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How to maintain a weight loss...

From my experience:  1. Don't take prednisone.  2. Don't take hormone.  3. Do make sure that your thyroid levels are normal.  4. Don't sit for 8-12 hours per day.  5. Don't eat most of your meals at restaurants.  6. If you are taking glyburide, ask your doctor for an alternative that doesn't cause weight gain.  7. Don't use artificial sweeteners.  8. Don't eat when bored, tired, lonely or angry and not even if you are hungry if it is not a scheduled meal or snack.  9. Do weigh and measure the food you eat on a daily basis.  10. Do eliminate or limit refined flour and sugar.  11. Do drink water.  12. Do exercise every day. Build up to an hour - walk, bike, swim,take an exercise class, etc.  13. Do some meditation, or take some quiet time every day.  14. Do stretching exercises and/or yoga.  15. Join a support group -- Overeaters Anonymous is my favorite.

Quick update on weight loss

 As of today I am down 111 lbs from my highes weight of 283.  My goal is to be at 165 lbs- one day at a time!

Me & my boys

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July 2022 A lot has happened since my last post - 2021 was not the best year for out family.  My daughter Sharon had to have her left leg amputated below the knee in March.  Then on April 11 my son Doug died. My world fell apart!  Sharon and I made the best of things for the rest of that year.

Dec 28 2022

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 I posted this in memory of my son Douglas Bruce Stoddard who passed away on April 11, 2021 Five Steps to Create an Effective Brand Experience BY  DOUG POSTED IN:  BRANDING Your brand is: “ What the customer says it is, through their thoughts and feelings about their experience (real or perceived) with it “.  How you make people (customers) feel is 10x more important than what your organization makes, sells or does.  On the contrary, a brand is NOT just a name, trademark, logo, packaging or product.   In order to guide customers to perceive your brand in the way you desire, I have created these 5 steps to drive a long-lasting brand experience: Define/Document it :  You have to define how you would like your brand to be perceived through the eyes of you customers.  For example, at one healthcare organization I worked for, we wanted patients (our customers) to feel that their every need was being taken care of.  We simply designed what that experience should be. Enable it (Communicate, e

Still losing weight!

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 Well, I can't believe it is almost August 2019.  My weight loss is continuing and I am still pretty active.  I walk daily, ride a stationary bike several times a week, and use the gym and heated pool at Therafit twice a week.  I eat 3 weighed and measured meals a day containing no flour, sugar, wheat, or artificial sweeteners of any kind.  I drink water, or decaf coffee and tea inbetween. I also work part-time and enjoy visiting family in Florida and California. The reason I don't blog much is because I am so busy.  Also, because I don't get any feedback, I figure no one pays attention.  With all the emphasis on diets and healthy eating I am surprised that no one makes comments. I just looked at my first blog.  I said that I had lost 62 lbs.  As of today, I have lost another 45 lbs, bringing my total weight loss up to 107 lbs!!! Now, I just read another of my previous posts.   I walk 3 miles most days (yesterday on walked 1.85 miles and did 43 minutes of exercise

Wow 2017!!!

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I have been retired  3 years now and the time has never slowed down.  Personally things are going well.  I am still losing weight and at a new low weight! I love OA and my fitbit! I will try to update blog more often, but with working part-time and traveling several times a  year I never seem to get to do this. These 2 pictures are from Burlington, VT.

Sunday Feb 8-13

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Well it seems as though winter is getting our attention! I haven't been doing much except clearing off my car and moving it when the plows show up. Although, I have been reading Dean Ornish and am trying to reduce fat as well as carbs.  My weight hasn't moved much this month, but I am hopeful for the March 1  weigh-in. Hang in there!

Time is flying by!

I can't believe it is already Jan 21.   I got some good news this month.  My body fat percentage is the lowest it has been in a long time.   In 2000, my body fat was 49%,   This month it is 28.9%! I am thrilled. My trainer was happy too.  I had been complaining for a couple of months that nothing seemed to be happening either weight-wise or body-fat wise. I don't think I mentioned this, but some bone fragments made moving very painful for a couple of weeks. Gradually over the past month I had been working up to my pre-injury exercise routine and last Thursday was the first day I was able to do my full workout.  It felt great.  I spend about 45 minutes in the gym - 12-16 minutes warm-up and then 30 minutes with weights/exercises. The I do a round of exercises in a heated pool.   This helps my arthritis so much.  I would recommend it for everyone.  On the days I don't go to the gym I ride my stationary bike and walk 2-3 miles.  I've been light on the walking because

January 1 A new Beginning

Happy New Year Everyone! As of today, my weight is back to its pre-vacation/injury status.  So hopefully I will be moving forward again. I slept in this morning - the 3 time in the past week that I have slept over 9 hours.  My normal is about 7, so I am not sure what is going on.  However, I actually feel okay except for my achy knees.  I spent over an hour in the heated therapy pool and I felt so good. Also, it is nice to chat with the people who have the same issues that I do. -- Arthritis and old age! Since I retired in June,  I have been trying to organize my house and decide what I want to do.  I have been carting bags and boxes of stuff to GoodWill almost every week, but my house doesn't seem much emptier yet. Working full time is definitely not what I want.  I am working on a new website with my husband, but I don't know how much more of that I want to do. I usually end up on facebook a little too much and sometimes I need to stop myself.   I do love games, bu

Switching from S&L to Stevia

I finally found a stevia substitute that I like - PureVia.  I just noticed that I never posted this. Now I am using a new Stevia - called NuStevia that I use as well as Truvia.  It seems that a lot of companies have joined the Stevia bandwagon, but I wonder if the newer processed Stevia is just as good healthwise. I am glad to see Stevia used in a lot of products, but no where near as many as I would like. - Jeanne