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  Last night I started my yoga with the corpse pose,  I used it to release the tension in my shoulders and hip.  I didn't really get to meditate in the pose only because BF was in the room and the tv was on - but I was relaxing the shoulder and hip that have been hurting and today I feel so much better.  I recommend to always start simple.  Don't go flying into anything quickly, especially with yoga poses.  You could do more harm than good.   The only thing was I needed BF to help me up - but I plan on doing it again tonight and maybe the rest of the week if possible.  On the weekend I will add more poses and exercises for the hip and shoulder.  Meanwhile, the diet has to get back on track.  IT was MY BIRTHDAY weekend and needless to say, I left no carb behind.  So back to the basics.  Protein shake for breakfast!   Have a great day, Namaste - here is some information on the Corpse pose. How to do the Corpse...

 The cost of being ill is ridiculous.  Today I had to cancel therapy because they wanted $414.00 upfront. I know in my head that everyone went to college and the costs of everything is going up but this is totally crazy.    $414.00 to show me some stretches and exercise that I can probably find online - I know what you are thinking,  maybe I won't do them right.   I have been at therapy before and nothing really helped.   I know I need the surgery, but I have to wait until Medicare because my work insurance won't do it while I am overweight. And then I have to find a surgeon who will do it while I am overweight - or I have to loose weight.   And speaking of that I just lost another 3 pounds so makes it 23 total! Yippee so only 80 pounds to go. (Or at home I am already there because I keep the number posted on top of the scale so I always weigh 145 - 20 more pounds then I need to loose but I did weigh that once, for a day)  Toni...

 Healthy, wealthy and wise is my Mantra.  When I need to center myself or just when I begin to meditate      - I focus on healthy, wealthy and wise.  It is part of my law of attraction studies with the Secret. And since I am trying to focus on health it becomes a handy mantra.   So what changes have I made to the diet so far.  PROTEIN.  Every time I see the dietician it is up the protein.  So, as you may already know I start the day with a protein shake. Lunch is a sandwich, but I find I crave salty - then sweet.  So now the salty is a few nuts and seeds, and sweet is a Fiber One brownie.  This way supper is usually a normal dinner with the family.   I try to plan the meal ahead of time and have been using the crockpot a lot during this hot summer.   Wealthy is also the goal - I try to think positively about having money.  I am going to put in a walk-in shower in the bathroom for my mom - then...

 My life has been one long diet.  Currently the dietician and doctor have me on a low carb diet.  With emphasis on getting more protein in so I feel less hungry. I now start my morning with a high protein shake with my coffee as the liquid.  It's not bad - I am use to it now.  But pumpkin spice season is coming, do they make pumpkin spice protein whey powder? Well, son of a gun they do - found it on Amazon - guess I will order some Friday so that I have it for the upcoming season. I was at the hip doctor this morning - finally a joint that doesn't need to be replaced.  Tendinitis, oh well, the joys of getting older.  Now is the time I need to start reversing all these things that are wrong with me. This morning I used the time waiting for the doctor to relax and meditate with controlled breathing.  Felt really good to do so.  Now I ate my lunch and will start drinking water instead of a diet soda to refresh and energize me.   Yes, w...

 I have been looking inward, listening to Hero in audible every morning, has me thinking about my path.  Yes, I have a great job and I love what I do, but I do other things; were one of them supposed to be my life's calling.   In school I wanted to go to college and become a minister, but I had no family or church, or even school support in that.  My grandmother nixed all of my ideas and said I had to become a secretary like my Aunt Shirley.  Somehow this was successful.  So, I took business in school, became certified in machines that no longer exist, and started out at a law office. Later I started working in Title Insurance and stayed at one office for 39 years, but unfortunately was laid off and having to pay the bills I found a new job, still in Title Insurance.  Now I am a processor and closer and my many years of experience serve me well in this job Some Sundays I fill in for the Pastor and do Sunday sermons or lessons, as I like to think o...

 Today I had an epiphany of sorts, I was listening to podcast about diet tips for weight loss and I realized that you can't do everything all at once.  If you do you feel restricted and deprived which causes me to be depraved.  But baby steps are not my style.  I want to lose a hundred pounds and I want to do it yesterday, so every time I start I go a little gung ho.  Be it Keto or Weight Watchers it was jump in and do, and while both worked I couldn't sustain the victory.  None became a new habit or a new way for me to continue.  But I realized this morning that when I do a big job, whether at home, like cleaning or at work, working on files, I breakdown the tasks. (Dan, there is that stinking word, tasks)   But I wasn't doing that for my self-care.  Instead I was trying, even though I didn't think so, to do too much at once. So, where do I start?  There are lot of steps in self care. Maybe I should start by making a list, I like l...

 So over and over I try to loose weight - I told my dear daughter-in-law, Lauren that I have lost 1000 pounds, 5 pounds lost, 5 pounds gained over and over again.  So now, on the eve of my 65th birthday I wanted to know why. I was listening to a weight loss podcast this morning, that was Bible based and the Preacher said something I can't forget - find your WHY?  And he was saying, you might have tried weight loss for an event, for someone else, your family, your friends but until you find the real why, you will not succeed, and that you cannot succeed without God.  Because it is with God, the creator of our bodies, we will learn how to take care of them.  So I have embarked on a spiritual journey and maybe, just maybe I will find my why.   Now, I invite also, my daughter-in-law, Lauren, to join me here in this blog, I am going to give her access hopefully, to this blog, and she may write whatever she wants or feels on this journey.  If she wishes...