I've been given a great opportunity. My husbands health insurance and work cover a program called OnTrac, they consult on your health and ask what various aspects would improve your health and then make resources available to you. It's normally like $700 a month, but they pay for it all. The majority of my health issues all come down to weight, therefore weigh management is where we are going to focus. To me the program is free and for one year I have access to a personal health coach, I'm forgetting the exact numbers, but I get to meet with a dietician and a therapist to help me in my journey. Years ago a friend told me, you are great at loosing it, but you suck at keeping it off. It's true. If I have a goal or commit to a plan, I can do it! It's the constant maintaining that I suck at, so I need to address those issues with a therapist I think. Now besides that, our aquafit classes opened back up, so I'm so excited. I had a cervical fusion in early January and after my 6 week appt I was approved to go back in the pool, went for 2 weeks and then the shut down happened. I was so bummed. In the mean time, some weight creeped back up and the arthritis in my good knee also recently started acting up. So both knees went out, which limited walking and I couldn't get in that dang pool!!!! Now, it's outside for the next 4 weeks and it can be cool in the mornings in September here in Colorado, but I'm going 5 days a week...REGARDLESS!! As long as weather is permitting and the teacher is there, I'll be going. That's my big goal this month is to be in that pool every weekday! So I'm not putting any number on my health journey, but it's a high number. Right now, I have a closet full of clothes that are too tight by 5 or 10 pounds and because I got rid of all my 3x clothes 2 years ago, I have to shed a few pounds in the next month to fit into all my fall and winter clothes. Not having anywhere to go makes it easy to stay in baggy shorts and a t-shirt. I start working elections in a month, which means I'll have to be presentable..lol..they don't want me in my Nike shorts and lacrosse team t-shirts..that's' for sure! So I'm here gals...I'll be checking in.
And Pamela, I've done 3 successful rounds on Whole30, so I hope you did it. It's one of the hardest things I've ever done, but so eye opening. If I could maintain it realistically year around I would. I say I'm going to live an 80/20 ratio afterwards, but I don't. I'd love to give up some of those things most of the time though, knowing how much better I feel, but it's so dang hard!!! Balance is key..and I have to find that. For me, it's an ALL OR NOTHING..and that's so not good.