Quitting Weight Watchers

Posted on April 30, 2013 by krisgetshealthy

So since July I have been doing Weight Watchers. I have done as I promised myself, I gave into the plan. I followed the weird math, I did the plan as it was intended. I didn’t use my weekly points, I used my weekly points. I used all, I used some, I worked out a lot, I worked out a little. I ate my target daily points, I ate less than my target points and here I sit, fluxing the same 15 lbs up and down.

Now there is something to be said about staying close to the same weight for a long period of time after having regained a bunch of weight, however I am not happy with this. I wrote, I believe last time, maybe the time before, about how I am switching to VERY low carb, and gluten-free eating. I would love to continue my Weight Watchers membership to get the meetings and the weigh in’s (I prefer to weigh in on someone else’s scale that doesn’t move around as opposed to mine that gets tossed in the closet after I weigh) however almost $50.00 a month is not worth getting on the scale 4 times. I will miss seeing the excitement and progress others are making on their journeys, and I haven’t told anyone goodbye or why I am leaving. I know my leader will be sad to see me go, but it isn’t working for me.

That after all is what this whole process is about. Finding what works for you, not what works for everyone else. I can’t sit here and say, oh such and such worked for Emma and blah blah worked for Joe, because when it comes to these things, I am not them I am myself. I have never been one to follow the crowd, actually that is something I pride myself on. I may have my f2fpack, but I never run with the pack. I follow my own drum and listen to what my body tells me is right. I did far too much damage to my body when I was young by not eating enough thinking that was the only way. Now with the wealth of knowledge available to me I know there are hundreds of ways to do things and I need to find what works for me.

I do know that tracking is the answer, however I think that tracking calories isn’t my answer. That led to a very dangerous world for me. I know that when I track calories I become so hyper-focused on tracking every crumb and every morsel that it becomes a sickness. I start to lose my grip on reality after a while. It didn’t happen luckily when I was tracking points as much, but it was still there. I think somewhere in my mind I just want so badly to succeed that I cannot let anything go.

I know that it takes time to get where I am going, and like everything worth doing it is worth doing well, and the right way. So I bump along, wondering how anyone ever loses weight working full-time (50 hours a week minimum), squeezing in working out, and trying to maintain a relationship with loved ones, and friends. It truly is no wonder I feel like I can’t ever catch up sometimes.

I find my center as I close my eyes, my bedtime is my time. It is the commitment I make to myself. It is the way I show myself respect, to let myself have rest. When someone asks me how much sleep I got the night before I like to be able to answer 7 or 8 hours. I could take time from that to keep up with everyone else… but it is not worth the expense. I am doing what I need to do for me… and in the end, no one else can do this for me, or do it like me.

Just Keep Swimming, Walking, Jumping, Playing!,

Posted on February 17, 2013 by krisgetshealthy

I invite you to climb into the way back machine with me for a moment. Crank it all the way back to your childhood. Remember those awesome school lunches, whether it was mom or dad packing you your very favorite lunch, be it peanut butter and jelly or a ham sandwich. What was the very best memory of school? Was it math class, or science? I was partial to dissections myself so science for sure, but many people think back to recess! I never really enjoyed it, the fat kid that sat alone and had no friends, was not picked last because that would require participation and there was no participation… But that’s not what this is about.
At some point in our lifetime we go from having playtime and recess to having to go workout. Why do you suppose that is? This morning I went to the gym and had a great time. I did my normal 45 mins of water walking/jogging that I had been doing, and was fully prepared to do more as my body allowed but instead found myself with a few friends playing an impromptu game of water volleyball. Now that being said I have exactly ZERO hand eye coordination. I was super hesitant to even join in at all, but with a little bit of coaxing I had what was quite possibly the most fun at a workout ever!
Laughing at the ball flying backwards, getting splashed in the face, chasing people around the vortex pool. We had become a group of grown up kids and it was pretty awesome!
I would have never even thought to play ball ever, let along engage in this activity in a public setting where anyone could see me. I am so grateful to have such awesome people in my life that help me to step out of my comfort zone and push me to do things that I think I can’t do.
Laughter heard the soul, smiles light up the room, and friends lift you to unimaginable heights. I am thankful to have had adult recess today at the pool, today I did not workout, today I played, and I cannot wait to go play again soon! Remember it isn’t about how much you can do, it is about doing something, anything, to get moving.
So what do you do to play? I don’t think that going to the gym and getting on the dreadmill sounds like fun, are any of you on a sports team? Bowling soccer kickball? Do any adults still play?

Healing the Heart

Posted on February 10, 2013 by krisgetshealthy

So today as I drove to the gym, in the early hours of the morning I was thinking. Thinking about my past, thinking back on old injuries. Thinking about how I just keep going back for more and how it speaks volumes about my character. It speaks about the person I have become, the person who I want to be. I started to wonder as I cruised long down 35W headed toward the pool for my weekly date with the water, feeling a sense of guilt over missing Thursdays workout, what shapes my determination? Where does my strength come from? Have I always had this inside of me?

I drifted back over my injuries over the years, back through back problems, back through knee problems that required surgery that didn’t quite work back through broken ankles that have still not healed correctly, back through a foot surgery that would not heal and landed me in a wheelchair during school hours because my foot had to remain propped up during the day. I kept scrolling back further, past the second break of my hip, through the tests that yielded scary things like hormone deficiencies, and statements like you wont be able to have children past my elected pin removal surgery for the SCFE to the first major surgery I faced the repair of my hip.

I thought about the pain, which looking back on it, I can’t remember honestly. I know I walked around for weeks, nay months with a limp before I went to the doctor for the issue. I danced in the school musical, more like hobbled, in it. I kept falling down. I kept telling everyone nothing was wrong, I kept telling myself nothing was wrong. When I was told I was going to go to the hospital the next day to get looked at and asked if there was a chance I was going to have to say and Mom told me no, I believed it.

We went to children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, and there I stayed, on “bed rest” in traction, with tears in my eyes being told I was to have emergency surgery by the doctors as soon as they had an OR open the next day. I felt betrayed beyond imagine. This is one of the few things I remember from my childhood. I remember being lied to. I have held onto this for many years. A few months ago my mom and I had a long heart to heart on a Sunday morning over virtual cup of coffee. (we have a weekly Sunday phone call, even if it is just to say I am fine) I finally felt a little bit of closure on this hurt.

My mom admitted to me that she did not feel that I at my young age, (of about 11) could handle being told I was going to need surgery. she didn’t think I was strong enough to handle it. While I am unsure if I would have been able to handle it at the time, I think I would have liked to have had the chance. I have spent most of my life trying to face things head on, and I think it is perhaps part of why I am so blunt about so many things.

I don’t know why I was thinking about it so much this morning on my drive, maybe it is because I worry that I am not strong enough to handle the obstacles placed in front of me at times. Maybe it is because I am a bit homesick. Maybe it is just because I am trying to be more aware and present in the moments that are occurring in my life, but I realised today that I am strong. I can face any obstacle that I come up against and I will figure out how to deal with it.

Life is full of struggles, choices, chances for redemption, chances for each of us to prove what we are made of and I certainly hope that as I keep on the path that I am on, to live the life I want, I cn keep proving my strength, to myself and to others. My mom now sees that the decision to withhold the possibility of surgery from me made things about 100 times worse for me, but we can’t go back. I realise that she was doing what she thought was best. We all make the choice in the moment that we think is the best one, and we cannot know the consequences from those choices.

The road not traveled may seem better at times, but it won’t lead you to who you are. <3

Sharing Circle

Posted on August 10, 2012 by krisgetshealthy

So in going to my meetings at Weight Watchers I have been forcing myself to talk, or rather, perhaps a better way to phrase it is that I have found myself opening up to the groups I have been with. Offering suggestions tips and tricks of what has helped me along the way so far. In my mind I can feel the members that have been there a while rolling their eyes at me, because I am new to their program, but I have been at this a while and have seen measurable success on my own.

I have been going, on average to two meetings a week. The leader I didn’t care for at first has grown on me, I think it was more the people at that first meeting I didn’t click with, and I think that had more to do with the weather, and the bad parking that weekend in the are around the location, and the fact that I was kind-of ignored and dismissed while I sat there.

I guess one of the things I am really enjoying about the program is actually the meetings. I like going, and interacting with other people that are trying to do the same thing I am. It isn’t that I feel alone, or lonely in the battle to get this weight off, I have concluded that there are very few people in the world that have never struggled with weight in one way or another, I just like hearing what others have to say. I like that it gives me a feeling of community, it sparks my thought process for things like lunches and dinners, even if I don’t take the ideas and use them that week, I know they are planting seeds in the back of my mind for the future. I also hope that what I have to share, in insight or past stumbling blocks for myself can help someone else there. For example we were talking about tracking food last week, and how a “3 month tracker” which is a paper tracker shouldn’t last more than 3 months. I use an electronic tracker now. When I first started I used paper. I liked paper, it was safe, I could erase things, I could reward myself on the paper with stickers if I was under my caloric goal for the day. I had a whole system that I used, and it worked for me. Eventually I went electronic because it was faster, and easier… and easier meant I could be lazier! Eventually I stopped tracking and I was one of those people who could have made that 3 month tracker last a year! I am bring very diligent and deliberate now with my tracking, and I know if one isn’t working I need to switch to the other. I offered the hint/tip that I learned from a PriorFatGirl event about recording life events, special occasions, thoughts and feelings in the margins of your tracker. It helps when you look back to identify patterns and stumbling blocks. Everyone seemed to really like that idea, so I know that I am offering the group something not just taking.

However I can’t help but feel like I am playing teachers pet when I talk. I am certainly not trying to be, but I want to be helpful to others where I can be. So I hush myself, until I know that I have something that is truly helpful and applicable to everyone in the room, or a goodly majority and then I go from there.

Do you go to meetings? Do you talk? Do you feel like you talk too much? How do you strike a balance with it? I would love to know what you think!

Week1 at Weight Watchers

Posted on July 30, 2012 by krisgetshealthy

So for those that follow me on “The Twitters” You saw something fun on Saturday morning. Or rather, something that started out unusual. I was not apprehensive about going for my weigh-in. See I have kind-of taken this whole new adventure into the Weight Watchers 2012 Points Plus program as a, low pressure experiment. Seeing as my calorie counting has become such a failure with the added stresses of my job This was logical. So Saturday morning I tweeted as I headed out to my meeting. Arrived, hopped up on my scale and collected my very first 5 pound loss sticker.

Now those of you that know me, or have known me for any period of time know I am a freaking sticker junkie. I am absolutely obsessed with all things cute, cuddly and adorable, and also with stickers. So the simple fact that WW uses stickers as part of the reinforcement for this program is just AWESOME!

Changes that have occurred in my household in the last week are things like, planning and packing my breakfast and lunch, instead of ordering Jimmy John’s (mmm vegetarian, add onions and hot peppers). I have also gone out searching for new recipes again, instead of relying on old standbys. I made breakfast for dinner twice, once was bacon egg and cheese biscuit cups, and once was hash-brown sausage egg cups. Both are made in Cupcake tins! Yumm Cupcakes for dinner.

I have now attended three meetings, trying to find a group/leader that I mesh with. I really liked the leader that I met on Saturday, sadly she was a substitute, and her meetings are on Thursday mornings at like 10Am which wont work. The Sunday morning leader and group that I met yesterday seemed really fun, plus it would put me in the perfect spot to go do my grocery shopping at Target right after. Nothing like getting inspired, and heading right to the store so I don’t fill the cart with junk right?

My fridge is pretty full of good things, I have been eating the same thing for breakfast everyday. Cottage Cheese with fruit (a combo of pineapple, kiwi, plums, peaches, cherries) and some cucumber slices. I like adding the cucumber to it because it lightens the flavors and makes it taste even fresher. You will also find in my fridge tons of mushrooms and zucchini, some salad mixes, grape tomatoes (which aldi had for $.79 a pint!) Seaweed salad. Then theres the typical base items to build meals from, eggs, chicken sausages, chicken breasts, lean ground beef, steaks. I want to stop at Coastal Seafood this week and get some shrimp or fish.

Of the 5 new meals I cooked last week there was only one miss-fire, which isn’t too bad when you think about it… it called for 4 cups of cheese… I cut it in half… and it was still far too much. Anything that isn’t a miss goes in my cute little book of dinners along with the point value per serving that should make meal planning a snap!

Confession time… I am still not in love with the gym. Big surprise right? I am trying to keep my modalities mixed, and I am shooting for five days of activity. I get so utterly bored when I am in the gym, I get in there and I just don’t want to be there. I know I need to think outside of the box about activity, perhaps a class or something, and maybe shift one of my activity days to the weekend, and maybe try Zumba or something different but I don’t know. Last week I did 2 days of walking 2 days of elliptical and 1 day on the bike. I didn’t do any of those things on consecutive days. I want to keep my body guessing a bit. I may also spring for a personal training session or two in the next month to familiarize myself with the way the weights in the gym work, because that should become a part of my routine as well.

—–Closing thoughts—–

This week did have a rough spot in it. My friend Mark passed away early Wednesday morning. I have been grieving, in my own way, trying to feel my feelings, but not let them interfere with my life. I appreciate my friends that have all reached out to me during this time, and I also appreciate the understanding when I haven’t returned calls because I just needed some space. This is my first Monday morning without Mark, I mean he hasn’t been in the office in a long time on a Monday, but there was usually a phone call or some laughter. This is the second coworker I have lost since I started here in 2005, but I was really close to Mark.

Mark paid me some of the highest compliments of my life in his last few weeks of life. Speaking to his daughter and I together telling her how strong I was, and how much of a fighter I am, and how she needs to be sure to get to know me and stay involved in my life because that is important to him. I am glad that I could provide him some awesome company during his life as well as some laughter and comfort at the end of his life.

Lookin Sharp!

Posted on February 25, 2012 by krisgetshealthy

So Friday night was a big night for me, well okay not really, but it marked the first time I got dressed up again in a while. I put on a nice dress, and fancy shoes. I rocked jewelry and donned a scarf. I didn’t go as far as to put makeup on but I got dressed up.

I was attending a Pre-Oscar party with a friend of mine, and I was going out in style rocking a “tiny” (okay size 18 isnt tiny, but it is tiny compared to the size 34 stuff I was in before!) black dress. Not just any black dress, a Calvin Klein dress! That’s right folks I was stylin’.

I had forgotten just how good it felt to get dressed up! The winters here in Minnesota keep me bundled up. Covered in warm clothes, layers upon layers of covered, cocooned up in the safety of not showing skin, protecting myself, staying warm!

It felt AMAZING to get dressed up. I felt GREAT in my dress. I loved the way it flowed around me. I had gotten changed at work, my coworkers had never seen me in anything but my jeans and t-shirts so it was quite a shock to their systems when I emerged from the ladies room in wedge shoes and a black dress. I like to joke that it is amazing what a little soap and water can do! Sadly sue to the nature of my job I can’t wear nice clothes to the office… ever. They would end up covered in grime and filth from my warehouse duties. This just means in my non-work life I may just have to start classing it up a bit! Who would have thought that the girl who found such comfort in pocket t-shirts would come so far as to want to have a fashionable wardrobe?

This weekend holds some amazing chances for me to play dress up. My dress will be seen this afternoon turned punk-rock-ish for the American Idiot show in Minneapolis. With the help of my friend Jenn, and the lovely sales girl at Claire’s in the mall I found some adorable jewelry to pair with the dress to turn it from chic to punk! Sunday I will be going back to chic and rocking the oscar look again to attend the party at Mall of America with my friend for the Oscars. Should be super fun. Yes it slightly messes with my sleep schedule, but that is what naps are for right? Besides I have been trying to expand my horizons here in the city a bit. I went to an opera, and a ballet. It is amazing how much more I can enjoy things when I fit more comfortably into the chairs, and into my clothes.

I am excited for Spring to roll in, warmer temperatures will allow me to open my wardrobe back up to dresses. I think when we (being a generalization here) hide out bodies it makes weight loss slow down. Being wrapped up and covered all winter makes us stop seeing our progress, it is the swimsuit season effect. I think it is about time to pull out those dresses ladies!

On a side note, I can’t tell you how embarrassing it was to have someone I know go “heeeeeeeeyyyyyy sexy!” as I was waiting to go out Friday night… all in fun all in jest… my face was surely 40 shades of red. Back to my sweatshirts at work for sure!

Chocolate is for Lovers Day

Posted on February 13, 2012 by krisgetshealthy

Gourmet chocolates, a bottle of good wine, cream sauces covering large plates of pasta, ramekins of melted butter with lobster on the side. Breadsticks, cheesecake, hand dipped strawberries, February 14th is so often a holiday that revolves around food that goes unnoticed as a food holiday.

So what is a girl supposed to do with the prospect of Valentines day on the horizon? Or even worse… the much celebrated discount chocolate day after holiday! I was reading on twitter, or perhaps it was a blog, about a set of friends that actually celebrate the discount chocolate day as the holiday. I remember buying the marked down candy just after Valentines day for my wedding many years ago. I didn’t ever really get into Valentines day, and that’s okay. Not to say that it isn’t important to celebrate your love and affection for your partner, and also your friends.

The trouble becomes how do you stay healthy and celebrate the traditional way that most couples do? There were a TON of 5k’s this past weekend that many of you participated in. However a 5k really doesn’t scream romantic right? It isn’t exactly the kind of thing you curl up and celebrate, it isn’t something that can be neatly wrapped up in a bow, or sent to someones office.

So let’s face it… most ladies, diets or not are going to be given a box of chocolates this holiday. So what is a girl or guy to do?

Are you planning on going out to dinner for Valentines day? Plan ahead, look at the menu of where you are going out to, or better yet, offer to cook at home! Valentines day is very much “amateur night” in my opinion. Everyone goes out, restaurants end up with long wait times, and by and large the service suffers because they aren’t in general equipped to handle all the 2-tops they have instead of groups of 2 & 4. Cooking at home is a great option, you can know what is going into your food, and you can make sure you are getting great quality ingredients. Even if you don’t know a lot about cooking, making a meal at home can be a great bonding experience for couples no matter how long they have been together. Learning to work together and cooperate is a great skill!

Skipping the wine is, in my opinion, always the best option. I’m not big into drinking calories unless they come from coffee drinks. There are lots of no calorie and low-calorie sparkling beverages out there that you could swap out for. Lately I have been enjoying the sparkling diet cranberry ocean spray juice cocktail drink. It would make a great treat with a roasted chicken dinner!

Think portion control! I know personally I would much rather prefer to have 4 pieces of really good expensive chocolate than a HUGE box of cheap chocolate. This way it makes it more savorable, not to mention portion control is built-in.

Chocolates that are darker, (dark over milk) have more or the good stuff in them, (flavonols) that makes eating them better for you. Opting for dark chocolate that isn’t loaded with creamy centers and jellies cuts out added sugars that your body doesn’t want or need either. Dark chocolate nut clusters pack an added heart health bonus.

If you are looking for a more calorie friendly option with a chocolate punch think about some chocolate drizzled fruit. I say drizzled instead of dipped because it allows you to still have the same taste with less of the chocolate. So take your traditional strawberries and drizzle some melted chocolate over them… but lets step outside of the box and grab a few oranges, after all it is citrus season, and you can get creative too and use any other fruits you like! You can drizzle kiwi, pineapple, bananas, and raspberries too and it is a super satisfying sweet treat!

Now, we all know activity burns calories… so remember to burn off a few extra calories with a walk… or a dance… or whatever other activities you can think of!

Happy Valentines Day Everyone! May you celebrate as you see fit, and may you find a way love and yourself!

Flipping!

Posted on February 12, 2012 by krisgetshealthy

So recently I have been hinting around on Twitter about a product I have Flipped over. I have shared these snacks with a few of my closest friends, and even a few coworkers have gotten their mits on my latest fave treat! I was hopeful that someone would out me on twitter about one of my new favorite snacks and no one has! I snapped shots of the bar code, which features a freakin surfer! How cool is that, and the packaging which features a girl doing a cart-wheel.

On this new healthy eating lifestyle thing I am always searching for new things to try, new products that might entice my palate or replace things that I used to turn to. I know replacing one behavior with another is the best way to fix something… well let’s face it snacks are a HUGE part of life. I on occasion have been known to want a cookie.

Cookies are loaded with crap! Sugar, filler, more sugar, more filler, artificial garbage, am I right? By and large most cookies out there are horrible for you. You can make oatmeal cookies at home that aren’t horrible for you, and that is for sure a great option but what do you do when you are out at the store, or need something to share or want something different?

Happily I was strolling the isles of a local grocery store and stumbled across these little gems called Somersaults. They are made by the Somersault Snack Co. I have been snacking on the Cinnamon Crunch flavor ones with my coffee almost every morning! They are crunchy and sweet and have a burst of antioxidants, protein, & vitamin E! Best of all I feel good eating them! I had seen them in single serving packs at Caribou coffee a ton of times and never tried them, and now I know what I was missing and can’t believe it!

Have you ever heard of these little gems? Have you seen them at your local store and ever wanted to try them? I checked out the website for the company and they seem to be a really great company very into healthy living and keeping roots. Very much a circular relationship to many of the things I talked about here on the blog in recent weeks.

So guess what? After a few emails with one of the company reps One lucky reader of KrisGetsHealthy is going to get their hands on a sample pack of Somersaults!!!

That’s right ladies and gents it is giveaway time again!

So here’s the deal to enter… Contest starts today Feb 12, 2012 and I will accept entries until 06:00 Central Time Feb 19! That gives you a whole week to take the time to head over to their website and check things out. I encourage you to seek out this product and try it on your own anyway because it seriously kicks ass!
One winner will be selected via random.org and the package will be sent directly from the great people over at Somersault! Winner will be contacted by email.

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Disclaimer: Somersault Snacks has provided me with a sample pack to try the other flavors in their line and has agreed to provide a sample pack of their choosing to one winner of this contest. The opinions that these snacks rock my socks are completely my own.

One Breath, For My Roots

Posted on January 24, 2012 by krisgetshealthy

The second person to speak at #OBOS was Philly D, who I had never met before, mostly because my schedule has never allowed me Friday nights to go hang out with all the cool kids at hot yoga. Happily that is changing and I will soon head off to my first Hot Yoga class in the near future! Anyway, Phil had me in tears for most of his discussion. He shared some very personal stories about his sister and some volunteer work that he does at a Children’s hospital with cancer patients. A boy who communicates only by RAWR-ing because he thinks he is actually a dinosaur… because they are strong… I can relate. #rawr.

Do you know what the difference between being and doing is? So many of us say I want to be BE healthy. The dictionary defines being as something that exists. That is something that I did for SO MANY YEARS in my life… I existed. If you look back on this blog you see me talk about feeling like I was watching life pass me by because it was. However doing is defined as action, performance, and execution. I don’t know about you all but I sure want to be doing not being.

Remember the human doing project at Mall of America last year… they had him DOING… so think about that… to be healthy you have to DO. There is a local health insurance company here that has a DO campaign and they truly have hit the nail on the head. To be healthy you have to DO.

I am sure you are sitting there going so what Kris… we all know we have to workout, so Phil said go do Yoga right? He owns a studio this is what he wants you to do right? No. It is hard to explain exactly what he was talking about in general or specific terms if you have never had that moment that wakes you up from that dark place, so forgive the bulleted nature of this. I am going to try to not weep as I think about how much impact his words had on my heart.

Phil’s wish for each of us is that we can learn to be more awake in our lives, that we can me more aware of what is in front and around us. In order to Rise Up and meet life, you must first wake up to your surroundings. You must tune into yourself, make deliberate choices about your breathing, and movements, feel your body, feel your breath.

As you move through this life and become more aware of things you will know when something feels wrong, and when something feels wrong you will learn that you need to step up and stand up for others. As you rise up you will see things that are unfair and unjust and you cannot ignore them. They will not change unless someone speaks up.

As you rise up you must reach out and down to others, this is part of why Jen (@PriorFatGirl) shares her story, and a very big part of why I am so open and honest on my blog about my struggles. When you reach out to others you let them know that there is hope, help and strength.

Be what you love in life, and use what you love to make a difference because it isn’t actually the length of your life that makes the biggest impact it is the width. The more people you reach, and they in turn reach creates waves and ripples that will effect more people than you ever intended.

He also spoke about how important it is to be aware of your word choices, which was also something Mary spoke about. The words you choose to define yourself, your life your goals and the things in your mind can really set yourself up for success or for failure. Do you remember my Can’ts Won’ts and Don’ts post? Go back and read it… I felt like they both took a page right from my blog and were telling me to go back and read my words… Kris make sure you are picking your words correctly.

After hearing both Mary and Phil speak about how can’t and and won’t and don’t are so often confused I really felt like I had a grasp on something strong. I know when I first had that moment of clarity about those three words back in August it really was something amazing. It really becomes a more about DOING what you have to do and less about what you want. I can’t cook healthy meals for my family is actually I don’t because my family won’t eat them. Well guess what you CAN because you make those decisions. I can’t workout because I don’t have time is really I don’t workout because I would rather watch tv, and I won’t give up that addiction to finding out what happens on that next episode of Lost (okay, I am out of touch but so what!) You get it right?

Who has control of your life? Do you have control? Who did you give the control to? Are you ready to take it back? Only you can!

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