Let me start this blog off by saying Rest in Peace Brad Renfro. It saddens me that a young man, less than a year younger than me, has passed on. It is well known that he struggled with addiction since childhood. I am still sad about this. I watched his movies growing up and its sad that another child star from my childhood has passed on. May the Lord and Lady keep you safe and guide you on this next turn of the spiral.

Ok, so I joined the gym here at work about two months ago. I've been going and I've lost like 5 1/2 pounds and a little over 4 inches off of my waist. That makes me happy. The gym here is so awesome. Truly a gift from the Lord and Lady. Its great because it is right here. I just walk my jiggly butt down the stairs and voila, I'm there! They offer so many classes. I go to yoga 4 days a week. I love having that time for grounding and centering. They are always doing programs and stuff to help people lose weight. They are starting a program called Jump Start. We could join individually or on a team. I'm on a team with three of my co-workers. It was $18, but I get these "Health Checks". It is a check book size book that the top part is a handy guide of the calories and fats and other stuff in food. Its got Mc D's and Burger King as well as all sorts of food you would prepare on your own. Then the bottom part is for you to keep track of everything you eat, how many servings of fruits, veggies, meats, etc, how much exercise you do and your stress levels. We start on Monday keeping track of what we eat. We are to use our teams to help make us accountable for what we eat. If we eat more one day, then we need to do more exercise. That kind of thing. The goal is for us to either cut back 500 calories in our diets or burn 500 calories in exercise a day. That would be 1 pound a week we can lose. I'm kind of nervous about it because I have terrible eating habits. Give me carbs carbs carbs and more carbs! Each meal should be meat, potatoes and bread. Now, I love veggies, but I like them cooked because they sometimes hurt my teeth (I've got soft teeth) and unfortunately they lose alot of their good stuff in being cooked. And I love the taste of fruit, but I can't stand the texture. I'm terrible about that, if it feels funny, I won't eat it. So I'm trying to find a way to include more fruit and veggies in my diet and less of the unhealthy stuff. So this morning I pull out my apple grape juice and see that it says "2 FULL SERVINGS OF FRUIT IN EAT 8 OZ GLASS!" So I'm excited about that. Two glasses a day and I've got enough fruit! Then today I see on yahoo an article about how you have to be careful getting your fruit by way of juice because it isn't filling and blah blah blah. Well I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't! LOL Any suggestions for me to get my fruit? The main thing I don't like about fruit is the pulpy texture it has. I love apples and strawberries and raspberries, but that is it. LOL

Ok, well enough blabber from me!

Brightest Blessings!