Hello everyone,

Well, I think I will try this again.  It is now July 2010 and I see the last time I posted any information on here was. . . . . May 2008.  That is pretty sad on my part.

I am still waging the war on obesity.  4 years ago (04-2006) I started a journey to change my life and I am still on that journey.  I am happy to say that I never completely gained back all the weight that I lost 2006.  I have managed to keep off 70 of the over 100 pounds that I lost.

In January of this year, 2010, I ended up in the hospital which was a shock to me.  I was having horrible problems catching my breath so when I went to the doctor it was decided that I needed to be put into the hospital.  I was admitted that afternoon and was there for the next week.  They discovered that I had Atrial Fibrulation or A-Fib for short.  What that means is that the upper part of my heart and the lower part of my heart are not beating at the same time. Nevertheless, a few prescriptions later and a week of “rest” (NOT) in the hospital life went on.  Since I am/was so anti doctors who knows how long I have suffered from this heart issue.  Along with all of that I was finally able to be tested for sleep apnea.  I was told that I have it.  Wow, big surprise.  Do you suppose that is why I was only getting 1-2 hours of sleep per night?  What a concept.  Again, nevertheless, after several months of going through the system. . . I now have a C-pap machine.  It’s amazing what life can be like when you are not sleep deprived.  I was so delirious from “no sleep” that literally all I could do was exist.

However, I have said all of that to say this. . . I am now sleeping and I am back on the road to conquering obesity!!!!!  :-)

Yesterday was the first day I was able to exercise in the pool.  I decided that walking in the pool was much better for me than taking a walk around the block.  Not to mention that I detest hoisting this fat body up and down the street.  It is just too difficult and frustrating at this weight.  I am very thankful to God for the pool.  Yesterday I walked around the pool for 10 minutes.  I would do 2 laps one way and then I would turn around and do 2 laps the other way.  This way I was always walking against the flow of the water giving me more resistance.  After that I set the timer for another 10 minutes to which I held on to the side of the pool and did kicking. . . and I might add that I did this without stopping.  Who knew that you could tire yourself out so much in 10 minutes?!  :-)

I have decided that for this week I will do these sets for 10 minutes each and then move on from there.  As I see it. . . I have two good months of hot weather to do this.  So I plan on being in the pool everyday and I am expecting results.  For now the results that I have are a red body from too much sun and a pair of legs that feel like noodles.  Praise God for sun and noodles.  :-)

Remember you are never too big to do something.  If I can keep going so can you!  Let’s win this battle together.