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Joycetime 02/19/20
Jloughlin that is great! And you have a great incentive that helps..dancing. Keep up the good work, I know you have to be feeling so much better and starting to live your dream!

Jloughlin 02/25/20
Things still going well down to 9 lbs to lose to reach my goal of 51.4 lbs by May 29. That will get me to 250 by the time a musical I am rehearsing for starts. That has been my driving motivation. Tonight ,however, I am being careful because I have a doctors appointment tomorrow morning and he has not weighed me since I started the diet, so hoping to impress him.
I’m going to wait till I reach my goal to set the next goal, but especially if I go 5-10 beyond my first goal by the play,, then I think 225 by the Diet’s anniversary date of August19 would be a good goal. I have found that weighing less than 225 is just not sustainable for me.

Joycetime 03/08/20
It sounds you have a good plan. It is gone to be hard but dancing will help you get there! My goal is to get below 300 by end May. That is 30 pounds...I see my doctor March 18 I wanted to be below 320 but I don't know...hope so. My final goal is 180..I have been at 158 before and lot of friends told me I looked sick so I set a high goal than I will see how I feel and go from there. I wore a size 10 and really liked that and the way I felt now I wear 26 so along way to go but hope my next birthday in Feb I will be there. I have been exercising and trying. Hope you are having a great weekend and enjoying this road of a healthier life!

Jloughlin 03/08/20
Friends don’t always have the right words. They usually mean well.
Make that Dr. Appointment an immediate goal. I try to do that. So many lbs by the end of the month or before we travel to Maryland. It hard to stay motivated when you lose one or two lbs when your goal is to lose150, but to lose three lbs before a Dr. appointment forces you to work harder to make it happen.
It’s hard work, it takes time to fix good healthy food and to put in extra exercise time. But for me, if I can set goals and achieve them, that spurs me to do more.

Joycetime 03/13/20
Jloughlin, I agree goals are so important. .. and make them small! If they are to large and I don't make it I'm down on myself and my self esteem get low and before I know it I'm eating for happiness. I'm 62 and you never know when life ends for you...it can be at any age so I know living happy and having a high self esteem is one thing in living life to the fullest...I sure want that. So each day at my weight, needing to lose over 125 lbs I take a day at a time and if it is 1 lb a week lost I will take it also ... it is a lost and I'm that closer of being healthy. One thing I'm doing to help me move is if I'm watching TV every commercial up and walk must....must everyday walk be it around house 2 times with dogs or get in car and go cemetery...yes cemetery..and walk around a circle out there. Hope you have a great weekend..just think before long is garden time and we can go to garden stands and get wonderful fresh food out of gardens!

Jloughlin 03/13/20
Have had a bad week. The Corona Virus has canceled the Conference I was going to compete in next week and the Concert my wife and I were singing in the following week. I was particularly sorry not to be able to sing a duet with my wife at the concert. We normally attract an audience of 2500.
Doing well with my diet however. The lack of rehearsal will give me more time to excercise.
I hit 45 lbs down today and just 6.8 lbs from the goal I set for my play opening May 29. Should make it and hopefully another 5-10 lbs.
Glad to here you are getting some exercise. Just keep trying to add a little more all the time. I having been pushing my wife to walk with me. She has some mobility problems also, but we all know the old saying, use it or lose it.
Keep me up with how things are going for you. I will keep you in my prayers.

Joycetime 03/19/20
Prayer is the best tool in life. I pray everyday for guidance. You and your wife sounds has made a wonderful life of memories for you two....dancing and singing! And now getting healthy so you can make many many more memories of love for each other! I pray also you 2 make your goals and can live life to the fullness no regrets. Went to the doctor today blood pressure normal yes normal...they took blood we will see what that looks like in few days. The past couple days I have ate some wrong foods not healthy choices but have stayed in calorie wise but just not healthy. Tomorrow I veil to get back on healthy smooth road ...my goal is by end May be below 300 ...I can do it about 20 lbs. And walking doing great breathing a lot better not as short as breath..just if old age arthritis in my hip but the doctor said get weight off it helps with the pain of it...so maybe someday I can speed walk...hope so. Have great day! Keep up the good work. By the way what music do you sing...in Church singing is my happy place!

Jloughlin 03/26/20
See you are making some progress. Hurray! Love your pictures.looks like you have some wonderful grandchildren to love on. We have our second coming in three weeks. Not sure we will be able to travel up for the birth with this dumb virus.
I have had some misfortune the last two weeks. First they have postponed the play I have been losing weight for till November. I may actually be to thin to be ideal for my part by then ;)
Then last week my brother-in-law who has been in failing health died. I traveled to Ohio to be with my sister. She got sick and was hospitalized Tuesday with the virus. I came home and am sheltering by myself in my wife’s she cottage I built for her a few years ago.
I thought sure I would have lost a couple of lbs during my trip, but only maintained.
I am now only 4 lbs from my original goal, but have set a new goal to be 225 by the new play opening in November.

Joycetime 03/28/20
I'm sorry to hear about you brother-in-law..it is so hard to tell your love ones good bye until we meet again. Even when you know they are going to a better place your heart is breaking of the love for them. I will keep your sister in prayer that God will intervene keep her strong so she may pull thru it and comfort her at this time. I hope you and your wife stay health and don't get it. You probably maintained from all the stress...it can make you hold water and not lose....but good thing you are holding! I would love to see 225 and I will someday...right now working to be below 200. Sorry about your play but it is better be safe not sorry with everyone sick... I bet you thought you would never say to thin. Number 2 grandbaby to rock and love on..the best time I cherish holding and rocking. You two eat healthy and stay healthy!

Jloughlin 03/30/20
I hit the mile marker of 50 lbs. today. My sister has been released from the hospital, and I am still healthy and living in my wife’s she cottage. Looks like we won’t be able to go to Maryland for the birth. Things are heating up in Maryland. They reported a thousand cases overnight.

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