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. I had a good day yesterday, thanks to your help and I was feelin the love
. We are getting ready for our trip to see my parents, so I will probably be lurking for a while...I should be able to post once we get there(Thurs~Weds) and have some down time~there is a computer at the hotel, my Dad's and if my husbands longevity check comes in, we will be looking for a newlaptop
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It was weird at first, but he is a good guy.
with your new shop!
Yep you read it right, a 4 lb gain. I only gained 7 lbs after pigging out and I mean pigging out for nearly 2 weeks over Christmas!! It's crazy. But don't worry I am not letting it get me down, no time for that nonsense. I shall just be a WW angel this week, with no treats and hopefully come next Monday some of those 4 lbs will be gone. I am not changing my ticker, never like to see the thing going UP. 
! Hope everyone has smiled this morning.
I have been so on plan and proud of it! 
I saw an endocronalogist a few weeks ago for my old diabetes. I have been on 3 meds and insulin for some years now and just not happy
with my BSL not changing with my diet changes. She is the most awesome lady. She is from India decent and has such a soft, 
mellow manorism. She changed my meds and cut my carbs to almost nothing and ordered labs. She has had me 
journaling my food too. I go see her tomorrow. I feel great, ( as well as 400lbs
feels great) but I still won't weigh until TOM has long gone. Its due today so next Monday I will prob. weigh. My waist is down almost 6 inches, so I like that!
7 birthday parties and one more to go before its done. I have had a total of..
.....2 bites of filling...
cheese pizza. I wont do that again
and it stays for about 2-3 days. I dont know why it is sooo hard on me but maybe it is on you too. My rings that spin on my finger are too tight to move before I get home. I only had cheese so its not the adding of the extra salty meats like I use to think
. I will NOT be eating that again. 
Any way, this was to be a short one and on and on I go.
I am sorry it has taken me soooo long to welcome you, but I am so happy your hear.
I didn't finish the whole session but I did 20 minutes! Which is great for me. I figure if I do that a few times a week I will build up to being able to do the whole thing. The only problem is I get so out of breath and I start wheezing a little bit. I have been checked for asthma. But I think its just because I am so heavy. Hopefully in time that will go away! I will ask my primary care Dr. about that wheezing though. Its not really bad just a little bit. So yeah I thought that was cool that I have a ton of fitness videos I can try out. Guess no more excuses to not work out!
