Kelly’s Blog – Week 5 Hello everyone! I am writing this blog on a one hour break between our local “Wizard of Oz” show that my daughter is in…but before the 11:30 cast call my morning started with a 2.5 mile walk, a visit to IHOP, and then a kick box video. At IHOP, I ordered egg whites with two slices of turkey bacon and did not eat the toast. In the past, I would have probably ordered regular eggs with a side of grits and regular bacon (then had a taste or two of my kid’s left over pancakes). So again…another food milestone of making good choices. That is really what it is all about in … [Read more...]

Kelly’s Blog So, this week started out great – shoulder workout, plus a 10 mile bike ride, then Tuesday a leg workout, plus Pilates & Kickboxing, Wednesday I worked out with my girlfriend and then painted a room….then Thursday!! WHAM!!!! I went for a walk on Thursday and my right knee gave out and I haven’t been able to walk very well since. It is a very defeated feeling, but I didn’t head straight for the refrigerator or pantry…sooooo…that is good. The pain level is about where it was two months ago (back to not sleeping well). But, I am not going to let it get me down. I am just going … [Read more...]

Kelly’s continued progress is going at a ‘normal’, expected rate that makes me smile and nod with a feeling of “YES….we have a winner folks!!” And I have to chuckle when she writes…”being on Angela’s food plan”…MY food plan consists of nothing most of us don’t already know—especially Kelly. It’s just like Kelly, not a lot of us have 1) a journal by which we’ve written in to keep track of what it is we’re putting in our mouth which is then followed by 2) someone with a little more nutrition education to piece a “plan” together and say…here—eat this! I have Kelly eating REAL, portioned … [Read more...]

As I mentioned in our initial “welcome” blog for Kelly, she, like Cheryl, started with a diet plan first before I gave her her first resistance training schedule over a week ago. This blog below focuses on her new eating patterns based on my instructions. Given the holiday last week, I asked that she ‘take off’ –not from her newer lifestyle habits – from blogging. She continues to this point dealing with summer social events and balancing kids’ schedules with her own need to eat more frequently and continue working out. Her blog below is from the last week of June. As you can see already … [Read more...]