I was having a conversation with the receptionist from the University Of Washington Medical Center a few days ago. I was recounting the progress that Greg was making. I told her he had lost 25 pounds so far, to which she exclaimed "Wow! He should be on one of those infomercials". I said, "I know he is doing great, but me on the other hand am doing exactly the same thing he is, but I have lost 4 pounds all together." She paused and said "Well I guess your results would be in the small print disclaimer". Yep that would be me...the small print where it says results not typical.
Well at least I can rest easy knowing I AM doing something healthy for my body, even if my body refuses to reward me. Maybe soon that elusive metabolism will kick in and I will just see the pounds fly off. I can dream right!?
So on another note, we have finished the staging stage of selling our house. I did the final step at 5:30 last night. Today the window guys come to replace to failed windows, and the yard guys come to make the yard look its best and the professional photographer comes to take the pictures for the MLS. Then when all that is finished we will sit down with Joanne our agent and sign the listing papers. Then she will work her magic and our house will show up on the MLS on Friday. I am praying just the right family is in town for Labor Day week end and will come look at our house and fall in love with it and buy it in a week end just like we did 24 years ago.
This weekend we are off for the big city of Ellensburg, where resides two of the cutest little boys on the face of the earth, and their much loved mommy and daddy. We are all going to The Ellensburg rodeo. I have wanted to go to it for years, and finally will get to see it. You gotta love a good rodeo! I am just wishing my favorite cowgirl (Whit) was able to join us with her precious little peanut Sky and our Mattie Matt. Not only would it be wonderful to see them, but we would also be able to understand what we were watching. Oh well I never let a small mater like failing to understand something, limit my enjoyment of it ! (Track, rock climbing, wrestling, soccer, gymnastics, football and baseball all come to mind, but I suppose it was the child that was participating that interested me and not the sport itself) So we are off to the rodeo, and our house is going to sell while we play :-) !!!
So I come to the point of this little update...sorry I rambled :-).....
PLEASE BE IN PRAYER THAT OUR HOUSE SELLS AND THAT IT SELLS FOR AT LEAST 550,000. We are going to list for 580,000 and hope we get it, but if we have to we can come down to 550,000, but no less.
We hope to get out to the canal to see our dream house in the next few weeks and will decide if it is what we really want. Then if it is, we will make a contingent offer on it. So lots to pray over, and we would really appreciate all prayer we can get, since it will take a miracle for our house to sell in this market.
Here is a little aside prayer request; PLEASE PUT LANCE AND VAL ON YOUR PRAYER LIST. THEY LEAVE FOR COLUMBIA TOMORROW. WHERE PEOPLE GET ROBBED AND KIDNAPED A LITTLE TOO OFTEN FOR COMFORT.
On that note I will say good-bye for now...maybe next time you hear from me it will be to tell you we sold!
God Bless You! Joanne
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
OK so I have a problem with follow through.....
This morning I got a email from my sweet Valerie who is always trying to encourage me in my journey towards health. It was a gentle reminder that I did indeed HAVE a blog and I had apparently deserted it like I have so many of my attempts at becoming healthy.
Well not to be dissuaded by past failures, here I go again :-)
Since I last wrote here, I did indeed loose weigh for the "Wedding of the year". I wore the dress that had been 2 sizes too small and even had it taken in a bit. Hurray for the mother of the groom!
But sad for the 51 year old lady that gained it all back right after the afore said wedding!
Well here I am this year with 90 pounds to loose again, but with a very different motivation...The man that I love (Gregory Duane) has cancer.
It is prostate cancer and he has it in more than half of his prostate. The treatment we have chosen to start with is a strict diet, mostly plant based, to get him back to health over all, and then have him retested (hoping for a miracle that says he no longer has cancer) and then if the test shows he still needs treatment we will either have radiation or surgery. His chances for success with either treatment option will be greatly increased by his weight loss and a better, healthier lifestyle, so we are very motivated to continue down this path.
We have now been on this journey for almost 4 weeks, Greg has lost almost 20 pounds, I on the other hand was happy with my 7 pound loss.....then came vacation.....where I stayed on the diet with the exception of having maybe 4 alcoholic drinks over the course of the 5 days....well, I gained 5 pounds from those 4 little drinks!!! Five pounds!!!How does that even happen!?
So this new week has brought a new beginning..well not really a beginning, since I didn't really quit last week....I guess I can just say a continuation of what we started. Greg is doing great, loosing weigh like crazy and will be lower than he has been in years very soon....I am just continuing to plug away and trying to NOT focus on the weigh issue, but focus instead on HEALTH. We have also been exercising at least 4 days during the week, but trying to achieve 6 or 7 days.
I DO feel so much healthier! I am sleeping better, my ability to think (which is hampered by my fibromyalgia) is better and I feel good emotionally knowing I am on my way to health....Oh by the way, Gregs blood preasure is lower than it has been for YEARS! We are trying to decide if it is because of something He IS eating or something he ISN'T eating...we are thinking it might be due to the massive amount of green things we eat!
So in the infamous words of our daughter in love, Valerie..."It tastes like plant!" is the new motto of our life...we even drink things that look like green slugged and USUALLY taste good, though I must say there have been a few things that have gone down the drain rather than past our lips!
We are challenged every day(mostly me) in cooking things that have varied and wonderful tastes and are such a far cry from what we naturally would eat or cook, but so satisfying when we manage to have a fantastic meal that is full of cancer fighting agents and also contributing to our over all state of health!
I will try to attach some of the wonderful recipes to the blog as I go.....eating plants doesn't have to be boring and I will try to encourage you to "branch" out as I make new and fun discoveries.
Continue to pray for us as we walk this journey (especially for Greg and his cancer!) and I will TRY to do a better job of including you in our adventure!
Bon-a-plant (in case my attempt at humor flies right past you that is a play on Bon-appetit :-) )
Joanne
Well not to be dissuaded by past failures, here I go again :-)
Since I last wrote here, I did indeed loose weigh for the "Wedding of the year". I wore the dress that had been 2 sizes too small and even had it taken in a bit. Hurray for the mother of the groom!
But sad for the 51 year old lady that gained it all back right after the afore said wedding!
Well here I am this year with 90 pounds to loose again, but with a very different motivation...The man that I love (Gregory Duane) has cancer.
It is prostate cancer and he has it in more than half of his prostate. The treatment we have chosen to start with is a strict diet, mostly plant based, to get him back to health over all, and then have him retested (hoping for a miracle that says he no longer has cancer) and then if the test shows he still needs treatment we will either have radiation or surgery. His chances for success with either treatment option will be greatly increased by his weight loss and a better, healthier lifestyle, so we are very motivated to continue down this path.
We have now been on this journey for almost 4 weeks, Greg has lost almost 20 pounds, I on the other hand was happy with my 7 pound loss.....then came vacation.....where I stayed on the diet with the exception of having maybe 4 alcoholic drinks over the course of the 5 days....well, I gained 5 pounds from those 4 little drinks!!! Five pounds!!!How does that even happen!?
So this new week has brought a new beginning..well not really a beginning, since I didn't really quit last week....I guess I can just say a continuation of what we started. Greg is doing great, loosing weigh like crazy and will be lower than he has been in years very soon....I am just continuing to plug away and trying to NOT focus on the weigh issue, but focus instead on HEALTH. We have also been exercising at least 4 days during the week, but trying to achieve 6 or 7 days.
I DO feel so much healthier! I am sleeping better, my ability to think (which is hampered by my fibromyalgia) is better and I feel good emotionally knowing I am on my way to health....Oh by the way, Gregs blood preasure is lower than it has been for YEARS! We are trying to decide if it is because of something He IS eating or something he ISN'T eating...we are thinking it might be due to the massive amount of green things we eat!
So in the infamous words of our daughter in love, Valerie..."It tastes like plant!" is the new motto of our life...we even drink things that look like green slugged and USUALLY taste good, though I must say there have been a few things that have gone down the drain rather than past our lips!
We are challenged every day(mostly me) in cooking things that have varied and wonderful tastes and are such a far cry from what we naturally would eat or cook, but so satisfying when we manage to have a fantastic meal that is full of cancer fighting agents and also contributing to our over all state of health!
I will try to attach some of the wonderful recipes to the blog as I go.....eating plants doesn't have to be boring and I will try to encourage you to "branch" out as I make new and fun discoveries.
Continue to pray for us as we walk this journey (especially for Greg and his cancer!) and I will TRY to do a better job of including you in our adventure!
Bon-a-plant (in case my attempt at humor flies right past you that is a play on Bon-appetit :-) )
Joanne
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