I am learning that not giving up is such a hard
thing to do. However, I have never been comfortable on the sidelines of life. I
much prefer to jump in and get really wet from head to toe.
As most of your know, I am fighting with eating,
food and being obese. I arrived at a place where I could no longer stand that I
have been slowly taking years from my life as well as diminishing the quality
and everything I had tried seemed to fail me and I would gain more weight in
the process. So on FB there was a guy named Larry from Cherry Hill that was
friends with other people that I am friends with on FB and he kept posting
weight loss photos and comments about his "program". So
finally, I got curious enough that I messaged him to learn what his program was
all about.
I very slowly learned that what he is doing and
what I have started doing is the re-branding of Medifast under
"OPTAVIA,
we help you realize Lifelong Transformation, One Healthy Habit at a TimeTM. Our approach to health is
radically different. We believe Optimal HealthTM and wellbeing is about
what's added to your life, not what's subtracted from the scale. These habits
add to your quality of life by getting your mind and body working together to work
for you. For most, it starts with achieving a healthy weight. This
is the catalyst for bigger changes. When you achieve your healthy weight, you
increase your health, confidence, and vitality. You create space for a bigger
life. "
So I am eating prepackaged food every 2 1/2 to 3 hours- drinking water out the wazoo. I eat one regular food meal a day, which is called “lean and green, and this is my very first week. And Larry from Cherry Hill is my coach although he is now from Maryland near Columbia. I am very excited to get back to myself and have the life I deserve. The only thing in my way was myself- (as usual) and I am fighting for what I believe.
To support this process, I have signed up for a Trauma recovery treatment workshop given in North Jersey in January 2018. It will cost a lot of money for 3 - 9 hour days. There will be only 5 participants in the group. But I decided that I can pay for it in several different ways like a credit card or something like that as it competes with my car insurance being due and of course, the holidays. Nonetheless, I am worth it and I am sick and tired of postponing feeling good. One of the bonuses to motivate me is my trip to Canada in May of 2018 with Diane Levad. We have booked a great lodge near Baniff and Lake Louise. I want to be able to kayak, river raft, and hike while I am up there. That is not manageable at my current weight of 255. So I am doing this one-day at a time and one week at a time and I have not weighed myself this week as I made a commitment to only weigh in once a week which will be Monday December 11. I did have some challenges as I went out to dinner with friends and went to a baby shower at work. I am confident that my choices were ok enough.
Moberly Lodge is located just North of Golden, British Columbia, between the Canadian Rocky Mountains and Columbia Mountain ranges and is within close proximity to five of the most stunning National Parks in Canada; Banff, Glacier, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke and Yoho. The valley floor is home to the confluence of Kicking Horse River, famous for whitewater rafting ad the Columbia River, home to the longest protected wetlands in North America.
