Today is an awesome day! Twenty-two years ago today I met the love of my life; my husband, it was like I knew him forever. We talked all through the night into the early hours of the following day. We are complete opposites but it works, we balance and keep each other grounded. He accepted my daughters (from a previous) as his own…if you ask him, they are HIS\our daughters…and if you ask the girls (now 23 & 25) he is their Dad. The biological father had issues and when we separated, he fell off the planet, my husband stepped in as the father figure and we raised our girls together. He is the most supportive, kind man and I am so thankful he chose me to spend his life with.

Enough with the mushy stuff and now onto the journey. My training with Elle last night was amazing! It was like it all came together; I was stronger, increasing my weights 15 lbs on most of the machines, somehow anything less was just too easy. I felt strong, my back and shoulder didn’t hurt, my sciatica didn’t act up, and my knees didn’t even bother me as much. We still took it cautiously slow increasing weight with each set until I felt like it wasn’t air. With each exercise I gained confidence and felt stronger, my form was dead on, I found a good rhythm and went for it. We still modified some things but it was definite PROGRESS that surprised us both!
She was so excited for me that she found herself loudly offering a YEAH as I finished each task. I had my own personal cheerleader LOL.

I think the last disk decompression treatment Dr. Ted gave me Wednesday made all the difference. I really felt recharged and strong like I did 10 ten years ago; it was a pretty awesome feeling. AND I lost another pound, down to 211.6lbs…YAY ME!

I also noticed my body is becoming tuned to my eating habits, when I first started, I had to force myself to eat every 2hrs and most of the time I felt sick. I've spent the last month just getting used to eating the required calories, not under or over, making better choices, now it’s time to really fine tune the diet; starting with the amount of sugar and fat intake. I was eating too many servings of fruit and therefore my sugar was a too high, this is an easy fix. I’m finding that now my body starts to tell me about 30 minutes before (if I listen) that soon it will be time to eat again. I’m pretty good now with planning enough calories for my meals and consuming enough water. I just need a little fine tuning and to start branching out my menu a bit.

Yesterday I pulled up my test results from January’s blood work and to my surprise, my calcium levels were actually pretty good…10 was the highest range, mine was 8.9. My LDL cholesterol was a little high at 101 and my sugar was also a little high at 99. There was no Vitamin D or B test, so I will get these this weekend. I think its great the Lab my insurance uses has a portal where I can view and print all my medical tests…I’m going to create my own medical file, so I always have a complete copy of everything going forward.

Yesterday I wrote about being reborn like a phoenix, I felt it then and feel it again today! I feel like a phoenix…slowly rising from the ashes! I honestly think it was the compression of my disks making me weak all over. I just feel SOOOOO much better.

I get the grandson tomorrow and Sunday, so excited because I didn’t get him last weekend and he’s getting so big, he’ll be 9 months on the 23rd…which is also the 6 month anniversary of when mom passed. SIGH…but she isn’t in pain anymore and was a 24/7/365 positive person…I know she would be happy for me and proud of me for sticking to it. Love & Miss you Mommy & Daddy (kisses to the sky).

I will try very hard to get out with the grand baby…it’s supposed to be in the high 70’s here with a 10-20% chance of rain. And OMG I forgot...I bought my husband tickets to see Jeff Dunham (the puppet guy) in Atlantic City for Father's day and that’s Sunday evening too…BONUS…grand baby and date night all in the same day!

I would also like to thank everyone who commented on my blogs offering support and encouragement when I needed it the most. Today I’m feeling pretty darn great and a little more like my old self.

The quote that inspired me today…

“TODAY is your Day! Your mountain is waiting. So…GET ON YOUR WAY!” ~ Dr. Seus


Happy Friday to all!