NEVER GIVE UP OR GIVE IN !!!!!

It is not always easy and after you have been doing this for a while , you say to yourself, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE , that is normal, BUT, that is a cop out...it is the easy way out....yes we have food addictions....food makes us happy...but lets digress and explore the reason why we are all here.....well for me anyway...you all can let us know why you are here and why you want to lose weight....tough love is not an easy thing...especially for me...
One year ago....I could not walk from my car to my work ( a short distance as I always would try to park right outside the building) without being winded or feeling that I was going to have a heart attack.

One year ago..... a normal bath towel would not cover my torso....and I had three stomachs......I was fine with two...but when the third one started I thought something was medically wrong with me...it had nothing at all to do with chips every night.

One year ago....my right knee was in so much pain....I thought that I was going to have a knee replacement...and if I sat on the floor with the kids , I would have to crawl...mind you....CRAWL on the floor to get to a chair or the couch to be able to get up....and in pain as well..

One year ago.....I thought that I had cancer.....I would look in the mirror and imagine all kinds of things wrong with me.....not thinking about " You are what you eat" and my choices were never good....I had a grey tint to my skin and was pale most of the time.

One year ago....Katie and Chris opened my eyes to the challenge......yes to lose weight on a bet ...but a challenge for a better , longer, loving life......one that I will be able to grow and ENJOY with my children and their children and hopefully, God willing, their children too.....

So from one year from now...I hope we are all here to celebrate a healthy life style change....don't give up ....don't make excuses....they will get you down...if you are having trouble getting the exercise in....well do this first....don't procrastinate....instead of doing the hobby that you love...make that an award for doing what you don't like to do....I see people actually enjoy the running or walking or stretching or what ever their choice of exercise is......it will come .....I know that this is my plan for this week...I walked instead of watching my soap and playing Bejeweled.

We do have choices ......unlike a lot of people whose life is cut short...we are here...we are alive ....we are strong....we can think ...we can feel....we can act....so lets do it with positive attitudes and last but not least....LETS POST ...about our feelings...and actions.....someone here just may feel the same way...

Here is to another great day.....with love of course....Paula Lula Angel...

PS .... a lot of us did the Walk for the Cure and raised lots of money and walked 5 miles.....question.....
Could you have walked the walk and talked the talk ....Let go forward TOGETHER !!

CHOCOLATE IS BAD

PIZZA IS NEVER

ONE DRINK IS OKAY....TWO IS A NO NO

CANDY IN SECRET WILL ONLY GET YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU WANT MORE

NO COOKIES AT TWO O'CLOCK

STAY AWAY FROM DEVIL DOGS

AND .....LOVE YOURSELF.....YOU DESERVE IT

PAULA LULA ANGEL :0)