I recently started writing about areas of my life that I want to improve. There are 15 total and over time I will be talking about them here and providing updates. I’m still working on organizing my day, but I picked a pretty busy time of year to try to implement that, so it continues to be a work in progress. I guess in some ways it, as is true in each of the areas, will always be an ongoing work in progress.
One of my 15 goals / plans is to lose extra weight I’ve been holding on to since the pregnancy. I don’t want this to be another New Years Resolution that doesn’t make it past week one, so I’m not waiting for New Years. My immediate goal is to lose 15 pounds in 5 weeks. This basically takes me to the end of December. The struggle of course will be the Thanksgiving and Christmas eat-a-thons, lol. I will be updating my progress toward this goal as I have something to report. If you have a goal / plan of losing x pounds before the end of the year as well, I’d love to hear about it so we can support each other.
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Good luck….. Even the longest journey starts with the first step. Happy Turkey Day
Good luck, Christy! I know this can be the hardest thing. The most success I’ve ever had with losing weight was when I eliminated wheat and milk from my diet. It came off quickly, and I felt really good.
This sounds like a goal I could get on board with, too. Good luck!
I have always been a very active person all my life. Then in July of 2001 I started feeling extremely sluggish and I started feeling like I was falling through the floor every step I made. I finally ended up in the emergency room, they admitted me and started running tests. After a week of poking and probing they finally came up with something. My organs were shutting down, my system was depleted of the necessary B vitamins it needs. I was diagnosised with Pernicious Anemia. I had to take a shot (B12) every week for almost a year, then twice a month for about 3 months and now I am to take it monthly for the rest of my life. YEAH!
Still I was feeling sluggish, most everyone thinks – Oh B12, boy I bet your feeling good – but the truth be known – No I wasn’t. After all those shots and all that time, my blood count was still way off. I had more tests done and the specialist they sent me to could not understand why my count was still in the 20′s. When I went back to my primary doctor, I ask him why after all these shots my blood count was still so low. His comment floored me. He said, “Oh those shots are just to maintain you.” – Maintain Me! – I told him that I had thought he was making me better not just maintaining me. I want to feel better – not just keep me feeling the way I was when I left the hospital. So I walked out, mad at him for putting me through all those shots and just keeping me maintained at a level that was so low. I wanted to be fixed, back up and running like before. Not kept in the condition that I was.
Someone had told me about the Master Cleanse and when I got home I got on line and ordered this book. It took me a while to get up the gumption to do it for the first 10 days. But when I did I started to feel the fog clear and I was able to start feeling like going somewhere again. Then later I did it for 16 days and then again for 21. Each time I felt much better mentally, physically and spiritually. Although I still have to “maintain” those shots each month. The Master Cleanse and the information in this book has helped to revive me again. I now feel like I want to live. And when I start feeling that pull towards the floor – I start planning another MC. My thanks to Peter for providing this information to those of us who need it. THANK YOU!!!
I am 47 years old and in the last 2 years put on 15 pounds. Every time I would eat I would look 3 months pregnant! I am a 3rd degree black belt and a certified weight trainer so it’s not like I wasn’t getting any exercise. I’ve been on the diet for 2 weeks and I have already lost 10 pounds! I fit into a skirt that I haven’t fit into for 2 years. I feel great! I only had a headache the first day and I haven’t craved sweets. In fact, I sell Mary Kay and had my Holiday open house last Saturday and had two trays of cookies and candy kisses everywhere and didn’t eat any. I now rollerskate every morning outside(I’m in Florida) to help firm up. I hate to cook but the recipes are easy and great tasting. I no longer bloat after eating. In fact my stomach is almost flat! I would encourage anyone to give this diet a try!
How do people put together such great blogs!
Nice work man. I found you on google when I was actually looking for my weight loss blog! 
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