The Way It Was…

I am reposting this old post from September 2012 to update you on my weight loss program. 

"I believe I have been on a diet of one kind or another, all my life.  Now don't get me wrong, I haven't always been overweight but I thought I was (even when I wasn't…and sometimes….. I WAS."

 

"In 2009, I spent several months, working out, walking, swimming and had lost 28 pounds. I felt good about that but it had been a major struggle to lose even that much. I was down to 160….not where I wanted to be but it was a start.

As you can see….a year later I was pushing 180…again!  Yep, that’s me.  Obviously, I didn't have many pictures taken, why would I? "

  

"I don’t look very happy (I know I was very unhappy) and it was a struggle to find the energy to do the things I wanted to do… one being my vintage trailer remodel.  I was also struggling with health issues; thyroid, depression, and unbenounced to me, insulin insufficiency.  I never wore anything but sweats…ugh!"

                                                

"Last winter, I took the bull by the horns and decided I had to walk an hour, 5 days a week for the rest of my life or I would never keep it off.  Luckily, I live near a facility at Eastern Washington University, where I can walk indoors in inclement weather. 

At the end of June, I decided to get help with the last pounds and fine tune the flab.  My daughter had been seeing a local trainer, Cindy Bourgoin, and we got dialed in and she has helped me tremendously!  I love that what she does involves every part of the body, diet, health, spiritual; she‘s just wonderful.  So encouraging….and she makes you toe the mark, and no guilt trips.  She also does Skype, so you don't even have to leave the house!

I had a goal to get myself on a horse and ride through the old Lewis and Clark trail this month and she helped me make that happen!  Thanks, Cindy!  It meant a lot to me to reach my goal! "

"Today, I am at 145….haven't seen that in years!  I am feeling great and I think it shows!"

"I reposted this, as a request, and thought I would update you....I am still working out with my trainer twice a week, walking and have added additional yoga.  Love that yoga, if anything, this probably has helped me the most.  When I started I had plantar fasciitis and it was so painful to walk.  None of the home remedies helped but the stretching in yoga did it.  I haven't had an issue with it since." 

"I love the way I feel after a class.  Relaxed and centered.  And it has trimmed and strengthen my core.  And I am now down to 138.  Never thought I would see that again....that is now 3 sizes.  I still have to wrap my head around what I look like...I still see an imperfect person...it may take more time to get the mental in place...ha!"  

I now weight 136 and I am darn proud of it......haven't seen this weight range for eons!  I still work out with my fantastic trainer, Cindy Bourgoin, twice a week.  I walk and do yoga.  I have just incorporated it all into my life.