365

Hello again friends,

As most of you know we are celebrating Sean's transformation in just a year he has lost 212 lbs yes that is right.........365 days he has totally transformed himself into a different person....



So this Post is all about HIM, My Buddy My Hubby, My Guy, My Best friend

365 Reasons not to QUIT: Things Sean has Taught us

1.Be a lead in a play
2.Ride on a roller coaster
3.Walk a 10K
4.Sit in a booth
5.Try out Wicker
6.Patio furniture
7.Ride a horse
8.Sit in a sports car
9.Drive a sports car
10.Jog
11.Run
12.Smile Big
13.Endurance
14.Do sit ups
15.Push ups
16.Dance
17.Shake it (Less of It)
18.Ride a bike
19.Sit in a Air plane seat
20.Porch swing
21.I can put my arms around him
22.Sleep without a machine
23.Don't have to wrap his leg everyday
24.Touch toes
25.Swim
26.Dive
27.Play with the girls
28.Teeter totter
29.Baseball
30.Foot ball
31.Skate
32.Racquetball
33.Weights
34.Tricycle
35.Water Park
36.Tire swing
37.Water boat
38.Water skies
39.Skiing
40.Jumping
41.Jump Rope
42.Get healthy
43.Love
44.High blood Pressure
45.Diabetic
46.Heart attack
47.Jet ski
48.Bungee Jumping
49.Outgoing
50.Picnics
51.Dropping a size
52.How about dropping 22 of them
53.Shopping
54.Clothes that fit
55.Clothes that look good
56.Reactions
57.WOWS
58.No worries
59.Comfort
60.Eating to lose
61.Hope
62.Faith
63.Goals
64.Believing
65.Prayer
66.Confidence
67.Motivation
68.Iron curtain
69.Calorie bank
70.Inspiration
71.180
72.Mind over matter
73.Letter to Obesity
74.Obese
75.Hurt
76.Pain
77.Learning
78.Loving yourself
79.Forgiving
80.Moving on
81.Self esteem
82.Praise
83.Unforgettable
84.Cravings
85.Food
86.Courage
87.No fear
88.Better life
89.Happier
90.Healthier
91.Zone
92.Mind over matter
93.Cassette tapes
94.Achieve
95.Dream
96.Transformation
97.Indulge
98.Simplify
99.1500 calories
100.Ice cream
101.Steel curtain zone
102.Transform mind
103.Focus
104.Determination
105.Goals
106.Achieve
107.Strength
108.No fear
109.Joys
110.Smell the flowers
111.Feel good
112.Hop
113.Skip
114.You can do it
115.Freedom
116.Convey
117.Laugh
118.Cry
119.Changes
120.Insecurities
121.“PLAN”
122.Booth Freedom
123.Mix Tape
124.Mental hangup
125.My Kryptonite
126.Support System
127.Decisions
128.Investment
129.Time management
130.Encouragement
131.Choices
132.Life
133.Mentor
134.Struggles
135.It gets easier
136.Easy
137.Pitas
138.Pizza
139.Egg whites
140.Future
141.Decide
142.Conquer
143.Family
144.A Year
145.365 days
146.Alive
147.Derail
148.It gets better
149.Weigh in
150.Choose
151.Lose
152.Diary
153.Accountability
154.Awareness
155.Guilt
156.Patience
157.Grip
158.Stride
159.CONSISTENCY
160.CONSISTENCY
161.CONSISTENCY
162.Loyal
163.Commitment
164.Integrity
165.Food
166.Scales
167.Fast Food
168.Wants
169.Desires
170.Journey

And there is so many more things I havent mentioned....






365


WOW...He has lost 212 lbs in 365 days...that is the weight of THIS....


DO YOU REALIZE THAT IS 42 BAGS OF 5LB BAGS OF POTATOES?





LOOK AT HOW FAR YOU HAVE COME BABY!!
SO VERY PROUD OF YOU!!!

Cheers to new beginnings,
Irene
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A Promise To Me

Hello friends,


I am dedicating this post to me...The inner me, that has tried to come out for sooo long, and this is a promise to myself, to let me live and once and for all let me see me......




A PROMISE TO ME

I promise never to cause you any more problems, but be a part of your solution.
I promise you a life of serenity, like that of still water;
never causing turbulence, but erasing all your tension's
I shall be a good listener, whenever you need to talk;
I shall be beside you, moving step by step, with your walk.

My love for you if seen in a mirror, shall be devoid of conceit or contemplation; the image shall be pure and honest, reflecting my most noble intention of giving you love, without any strings attached;
of the greatest kind of happiness, that can never be matched.

I promise to appreciate your ideas, to learn your little ways
and to adapt to your outlook on life as time passes by, with beautiful days!

I admire your strong points, your strength, your every ability; so also, I promise to accept your weaknesses, which, I feel, you haven't got any.

My heart promises to fill your life with fragrance, like that of the fresh flower with dew;
it promises to hold you within forever, for it loves you more than you ever knew.

It vows to love you more and more, to explore the wonderful person within you,
your wishes, your wants, desires and dreams whether they be more or few.

I will be there beside you, anytime that you need me;
just as I am important to myself, equally important, for me, you shall be.

You are, for me, a beautiful dream, more precious than silver or gold;
you are that star of the sky, which my eyes will always behold.

I shall wipe your tears, holding you tight in my arm;
so that none in this wicked world, can cause you any harm.

I shall never ask you to change because your self-respect is what I admire;
but I will gladly change myself, if ever so, you desire.

I shall grow with you, gradually, but promise to give you space if you so need
I will never go away, you can always call on me

I will passionately love you and will genuinely care;
it is not just your joys, but your blues, too, that I will share.

You have taught me what it is to believe and have faith,
on these grounds, then, I make a promise strong;
that with my love, nothing will ever go wrong.



  
Cheers to new beginnings,
Irene

No fear

Hello friends,

I have missed you all once again...I have got to get this schedule organized more so I have more time to post, read, and comment...This week of work was good but very long. I have had a good time with it though have been going up and down the stairs a lot to get my exercise in, sometimes I feel like I'm just not getting enough. Still haven't weighed yet, think I am going to save it for Wednesday when Sean and Courtney go to weigh next, after all it is just a number, but I sure hope I have lost some numbers...want to be below two hundred sooo bad!!

Sean and I enjoyed a play today it was very good, and just loved spending some time together. Been working on his lines, it is so fun to watch and listen to him get into character, he is going to be great! Didn't get to meet his play wifey, but I guess I will soon, something must have come up...But we sure did have a great night!!

He will be going to the OSU game again this weekend with a friend and I hope they have a great time...I will get some housework done that needs it in a bad way and spend some time with Courtney, maybe her and I can go to the gym and get some good exercise in...

I have been doing the 1500 calories and exercise this whole journey, I have had a lot of changes in my body, but mainly in my mind..I have to tell myself a few things along the way....




WEIGHT LOSS....THERE IS A LOT OF ROAD ON THIS...BUT WE CAN GET IT TRAVELED...

THE FIRST THING IS TO ALWAYS KEEP IT SIMPLE.....THAT IS SIMPLY HOW ITS DONE...

EASY DOES IT!! ONE DAY AT A TIME

STAY FOCUSED FOCUS ON YOUR DREAMS ON WHAT YOU WANT AND GO GET THEM..FOCUS ON THE DAY TO DAY AND IF YOU DID IT YESTERDAY, WELL YOU CAN DO IT TODAY TOO!!

HAVE NO FEAR...YOU CAN DO THIS!!!


GOT TO HAVE FAITH IN YOURSELF...

BELIEVE YOU CAN DO THIS AND KNOW IT WILL HAPPEN...

KEEP HOPE ALIVE AND DWELL THERE...DONT EVER DOUBT YOURSELF...

DREAM BIG AND FOLLOW THEM ALL THE WAY....

IF YOU DO ALL OF THESE...YOU WILL REACH YOUR GOAL!!

Cheers to new beginnings,
irene

Life

Hello again my friends,

Well I have had my three days off...boy does it go fast!! Happy Labor Day!! I will start another set of 12's tomorrow not looking forward to it, but at least I do love what I do and they will be over before I know it.

We have had a good weekend, enjoyed seeing my Ambee and beating her and Courtney at phase 10...hahahah It was sooo much fun!! Amber and I went and got our hair did, and our eyebrows waxed it has been forever since I had done either one, so it was very fun, and my hair needed the ends cut something terrible, it feels so much better.

We went out to eat and just enjoyed each other today...Really didn't get in any exercise today, but I know its coming...and my dear friend Kathy J asked “what about the weigh day that you were going to do with Sean?” Well as it turns out, I haven't had a chance to go and do that yet, cause they are not open on the weekends where we have to go and weigh so....I will have to go before work this week...I am hoping its good!! I took some more pics today of the girls and I just having fun...

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So it was a very GREAT day ....want to leave you with a little something....

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Life Encourages

Life encourages us to take every Step in Life with Meaningful Intentions, Considerate, Purposeful & Responsible Actions

It is L I F E we L I V E for

Learning; Inspiring; Fulfilling; Expectations -

A Meaningful Vision of Peace, Faith, Hope, Love, Wisdom, Principles, Values, Ideals & The Very Finest of Virtues

L- for Learning
I- for Inspiring
F- for Fulfilling
E- for Expectations

L for Learning *

Learning meaningful values that will make it impossible to fail learning from the past of why we are the way we are and how to fine tune ourselves to become anything we want to be...that power is available and we can learn how to use it and once and for all become free...

I for Inspiring *

Inspiring one another to achieve and accomplish meaningful objectives, such as loosing weight and giving hope along the way that you are not alone my friend you are not alone and together we can DO THIS!!

F for Fulfilling *

Fulfilling our higher purpose of Life, seeking to fullfill the enter self and get to the root of all that is bad and corrupt and leave it behind...to full fill all that this life as to offer..

E for Expectations *

Expectations of the very Best for all People all across the World; expecting the best in ones self and to grow and learn from mistakes of the past and let go of all the mental garbage that holds you back and keeps you from being what you dream to become..

The above is a very brief prelude specifying a few of the salient aspects that encompasses a multitude of happiness and joy for one and all to go through this life full of joy and happiness...happiness in ones self and excited about the future.

It is L I F E we LI V E for;A L I F E of Meaningful, do make the best of each day and accomplish all we can along the way...LIFE is to short to be inhappy and unsatisfied with your life...We only get one chance to make it the best we possibly can make it...

Vision – A Meaningful, reasonable Vision for Life is Extremely Essential & Important to accomplishing your goal.

The meaningful vision, purposeful and responsible vision for one;s life; the road map; the strategic plan; the mind map; the life map of one’s life where each step gets you closer and closer to your goal and the number one reason is consistently

Cheers to new beginnings,
Irene

Making Lemonade

Hello again my friends,

Wow it feels like forever since I have posted...I have missed everyone and now just trying to catch up...I have been so busy 51 hours in 4 days and I am beat...gosh the things we have to go through just to get a weekend off...lol

Well My 12's are over for a few days I will return to them on Monday, but for now I have the weekend...YEAH and Labor day weekend at that...I did make some plans, but some of them fell through, but I guess that is just life, you plan and plan and sometimes nothing works out the exact way you wanted it to. I had planned for Sean and I to have this evening for ourselves but he had a 8hr rehearsal to do instead and now it is midnight and he is on his way home from another town that they ended up in. We are going to salvage what we have left of our evening, He was going to be home at 11 and now it will be after one in the morning, so not sure what we are going to do, but I hope its fun!!

Amber is in town and her and Courtney had plans tonight too, so it has just been some time for me tonight, which hasn't been bad, I have just missed everyone so bad with this schedule I have been on , that I was disappointed about how things went, and tomorrow Sean will be gone all day in Stillwater watching the OSU game so the girls and I are going to go do some shopping and garage selling it will be fun and then movies and playing games...Sunday will be the day we finally get to come together as a family and spend some time before Amber leaves again on Tuesday, because Monday I will be back to the 12's....


Well my week at work was so tiring and miserable working long hours with no sleep and then getting sick on top of that and you need sleep to help get you well and none comes...Thursday was really bad cause I was up for 30 hours with work and meetings all day...But feeling so much better loaded up on the vitamin C , the cough syrup, and sinus medicine.

Life sometimes don't go as planned so you gotta plan something else....
Kind of like the old saying...life throws you lemons...Well it makes a good drink...


I didn't plan on reaching over 345lbs- but had I not I wouldn't have gotten to know any of you; I wouldn't have gotten to know myself and my desires, I wouldn't know what all of you are going through without experiencing it on my own...I have come along way from that shy girl I used to be I am more out going and fun. I can do things I couldn't do before and the lower I go the more I will do. I want to feel free and alive, I have been dead for to many years and just living through the motions of living...No MORE, I want more!!

I didn't plan on being 37 with so much left unaccomplished- but I'm not dead yet, I have a lot of living left to do and a lot of bright things in my future still to come. When you are little you dream big, and as you get older you seem to forget how, I am dreaming big again and what ever my future holds it is going to be great!! I have accomplished a lot I am a wife of 20 years a mother to the most precious girls in the world I have a great job that I love and have worked my way up from nothing to only 2 people above me...

I didn't plan on this being so hard- because it doesn't have to be it is a way of living a change of life and one I have to make, am making, I want this for me... I have put everyone first and let myself go and I am grabbing myself... holding on to me...I cannot lose myself again I don't want to because in the end all I have is me and if I don't love me, How can anyone else really love me? I have hated myself for far to long and I am just starting to love myself again. Yes I have lost weight, 142lbs but its so much deeper than that. When you have felt ugly for so long like I have it takes time to get that back....it is coming but one day at a time....


I didn't plan on this taking so long to get to my goal- Of course that is my mind saying that, I have never had a gain I have stayed the same but, I am doing it natural and honest and day to day the same thing 1500 calories or less and most days exercising my butt off, it hasn't been fast but it has been consistent and I am pleased with the time it is taking, of course we do get impatient and sometimes I just grab my fat belly and say go away already!!! But then I say it didn't get there overnight and so its not going away overnight it does take time and I know in the end if I keep doing what I am doing it will be done...


Well my lemon drink should be home any minute and we are going to go cause some trouble, paint the town, or what ever, there is no plan we are just going to go enjoy one another....Miss my baby, my buddy, my best friend

Cheers to new beginnings,
Irene

Stranger In My House

Hello friends,

Gosh I miss you all, it has been a crazy week!! all the 12's seeing family I ha vent seen in a while and my dad in the hospital, haven't even gotten a chance to go see him, only talk to him. he went in with pneumonia and congested heart failure a couple days ago. He is doing a whole lot better now and is in his own room. it is so hard it seems to get just a minute in these days to do what you need to do.

I had to post and tell everyone that I am doing well haven't forgot you and haven't went anywhere...still hanging in there not eating the way I should been so busy...who has time...lol Amber will be in on Friday I cannot wait to see her, it will be nice to have her back home even if it is for a short weekend!!

I also had to say somethings about Sean's post....first of all he got an AMAZING role in what is sure to be an AMAZING play for one because he is in it...lol and I am so very proud of him for going after the things he has always wanted to do!!
Secondly, my sisters reaction....I completely understand, I know its so hard for him to see,but the changes in him are so different sometimes I think there is a stranger in my house....The old Sean will be missed I look at his old pictures and know I will never see him again. The face I fell in love with, the sense of humor he has, had is still there, but somehow different, it is really hard to explain and very deep and I am sure I will write more about it later in other posts. Its not that I love the "NEW" Sean any less...I love him more and more everyday, and sometimes I have to pinch myself that he is one in the same but different, better, the "NEW" improved Sean....He is happier and healthier and everything I have always wanted him to be...I look at the old Sean and he will be missed,But when I look at the "OLD" Sean I see how miserable he was and self confidence was low, and like he said he felt dead and just going through the motions of living...and now the "NEW" Sean will make sure he is alive and able to do all the things he ever wanted to do!!

About this play....HE HAS TO SHAVE....not happy about this....lol

Cheers to new beginnings,
Irene

When I Think Of Butterflies, I Think Of Freedom

Hello again my friends,

I have started the 12's so I will try to post, and comment when I can...cannot wait for them to be over, I will miss you all like CRAZY, but after these I will have 6 days off, so its a pretty good trade I think...Today was a good day in every department...

CALORIE DEPARTMENT:
Woke up to AMAZING steak my favorite food of ALL time, my buddy loves me and loves cooking on the grill. Had some mashed potatoes and little ear of corn. At work we have a man who owns a restaurant in Kansas and comes to the casino to do some gambling, well when he comes he always brings fried rice and egg rolls to us. So I did have a little fried rice and chicken and then when I got home this morning, and still had a steak waiting for me. So well under my calories for the day.

EXERCISE DEPARTMENT:
Well today exercise was GREAT, Sean and I went to the gym and did some more weight training so sore from that, my right arm is soooo much stronger then my left, so it will take some work to get it caught up....Sean was so funny with the weights...below is some weight training pics...ALSO I whipped him all over the place on the racket ball court. He may try to tell you different on this but DON'T believe him..K?



Want to leave you with what has been on my mind since I posted on yesterday.

Sometimes do you feel that your life can change from “Cocoon to Butterfly”? Can you feel something within yourself going through a subtle gestation process? Where changes are occurring, perhaps a new direction your life-yet it is unseen? Do you feel trapped inside the cocoon and you cant seem to free yourself, alone and afraid of what the future holds for you? That you will never become the butterfly that you know you are deep inside?


The Cocoon

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly,
one day a small opening appeared, he sat
and watched the butterfly for hours, as it
struggled to force its body through that little
hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress.
It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could on its
own and could go no further



Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he
took a pair of scissors and snipped off a remaining
bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily.
But it had a swollen body and small shriveled wings.



The man continued to watch the butterfly because he
expected that, at any moment , the wings would enlarge
and expand to be able to support the body, which would
contract in time, Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly
spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen
body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.



What the man in his kindness and haste did not
understand was that the restricting cocoon and the
struggle required for the butterfly to get through
the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid
from the body to the butterfly into its wings so
that it would be ready for the flight once it achieved
its freedom from the cocoon.




Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in
our life. If God allowed us to go through life without
any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not
be as strong as what we could have been when it is
time for us to fly. In your times of trial and tribulation
remember that the stronger you become, the further
and longer for a lifetime, you will fly......




Cheers to new beginnings,
Irene