Urban Renewel Update

The change is taking place. That sounds funny. Not what you think. January 23, 2008 was the first UR notice. Sometimes I wonder why in the world things take me longer to do. I guess I'm a professional procrastinator. I'm so stubborn that its a sin. The last time I did something like this I believe Annaliese was about 6 months old. She is 20 now. Good grief. I was busy? Not a good enough excuse anymore. So my thought was when I came back to AD in January after a fun food filled Christmas that I needed to make some changes in my life health wise because I wasn't looking or feeling so great. I didn't know exactly what it was going to be but it just kind of fell in to my lap and it was provided for me. Team Power Fitness..... A group of 20 ladies from all over the world that came together to make changes in their life. They to wanted to feel better. After I went to the Information Meeting I thought well now or never. I kind of do things like that. Cold turkey. One day I was enjoying nice big breakfast, eggs, hash browns, waffles etc and dinners, have you ever gotten sick of eating out? Never thought I'd say that. I looked back at the time 2 years before when I was on my death bed(at least I felt like it with pneumonia) and I stared at a bottle of diet coke for a week while I was in the hospital hoping I could keep breathing thinking God if I never drink another diet coke will you please make me get better? It took me about a year to feel like I was going to be ok. I had a relapse of pneumonia that April while I was here in AD and so I just took it easy. My lungs took a huge assault and they needed time to recover. But it was 2 years almost to the day from that when i stated this fitness program that I had my last diet coke. I talk to my self a lot since I'm alone about 90% of the time here so I said if I can do that I can certainly do this.

My new thing is spinning, cycling, or stationary bike riding. I don't know what they call it in the states but i have found that it kind of gives me the buzz after. It is shear torture during but the after feeling ..... Really weird. Never had that before. I go to class 5-6 times a week. One or two days I switch it up a bit. I will be swimming again starting this week so that will be nice to be back in the pool swimming with the kids .

I'm not ready to post any before picture yet(maybe never). I finally looked at it. Oh brother!!! Scary Shari

I was measured, weighed and pinched the first day and the last day of the first session of the class I was in. The categories are weight, body fat, water, visceral fat, muscle mass, physique rating, bone mass, calorie intake, metabolic age blood pressure, resting pulse rate, along with my other strength test, push ups, and sit ups. Happy to report substantial reduction in each category. I had them weigh me in kilos so the number would be smaller but I'm down 8 kilos and the centimeters are coming off in all areas.

I hope by being so public with this that I will be able to continue this lifestyle. A little pressure doesn't hurt any of us. I feel better, I sleep better, I eat better, I still am stubborn but I have a smile on my face most of the time. Also maybe if there is someone out there that has been thinking about making changes in their life maybe this will give them hope. A little is better than nothing. Make the right choices for you in your health.