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Well, I made it through yesterday. And, I did good. I didn’t use all my allotted calories, but I’m gonna bank them so I can indulge a little this weekend.rnrnI spent at least an hour yesterday walking around stores. I didn’t even use my cane!! That’s doing good. I did use shopping carts in some stores, but I didn’t use my cane to get from my truck to the store. I know some people say that walking around a store and especially propping on a shopping cart while doing it, isn’t considered walking or exercise, but for somebody that was in a wheelchair last month, I think it’s excellent, and I’m gonna keep doing it.rnrnI just hope today will be as good as yesterday. I know I won’t be doing the walking today, but I’m not able to do it everyday.

I’m starting a new day, and a new way of living. I just finished reading "Weight Loss that Lasts" and it made a whole lot of sense…a lot more than anything else I’ve tried, and I’ve tried practically all of them, except this one. And, this one is the most obvious and the easiest. All you do is count calories. You calculate how many calories your body needs just to exist from day to day, then you eat less than that. Going by my weight, height, age and lifestyle, it takes 2700 calories to sustain me for one day. If I eat no more than 2000 calories a day I should be able to lose 1-2 pounds a week, and that’s a safe weight loss. You can eat anything you want, whenever you want, as long as you stay below your maximum calorie allowance.rnrnHow did something so simple slip past me all these years?rnrnWell, now I know, and I’m gonna do it. And, I am going to "DO IT".rn

Well, I’m taking today minute by minute. I’m taking the advise of Dan & Nicole and trying to eat at least 6 small meals a day. I started with a bowl of oatmeal this morning. I’ve had cottage cheese with pineapple and a cereal bar with an orange. Now I just have to get through the rest of the day.rnrnOne day at a time, minute by minute.rnrnMaybe in the past I haven’t made the healthy choices I thougth I had. But now I’m going to make a conscious effort to keep up with every bite that goes into my mouth. Maybe I need to learn to make food my friend instead of my enemy.rnrnI’m going to try to stay between 1600 & 2000 calories a day. I’ve been doing some research and from what I’ve read, at 350lbs, my body needs at least 1600 calories a day for a healthy diet, but not more than 2400 to lose weight. Eating between 1600 & 2000 calories a day is supposed to enable me to lose, but not feel deprived.

Ok, today’s a whole new day. I started out with a bowl of oatmeal with bananas and a cup of decaf. I’m gonna try what was suggested on my forum thread…eating a small, nutritional meal every 2-3 hours. I’ve got my little fridge stocked with salad fixins…lettuce, carrots, cukes & tomatoes. Today I’m gonna concentrate on my health. And, this weekend I’m gonna work on getting some exercise. My husband has promised we’ll go to the beach if I’m up to it…and that’s one of my favorite things. I’ve had the privilege of seeing the sunset on the Pacific and the sunrise on the Atlantic!

Hi. I just turned 50 and have been married for almost 5 years to a Network Engineer and didn’t have a clue as to what blogging was until I connected with Buddy Slim. So now here I am.rnrnI’ve tried just about every diet there is and failed. But I’m going to, no, I NEED to try again. I admit I need help, but I haven’t gotten any from doctors. They say I can’t lose weight because I don’t want to. They say I eat too much. I don’t think 1200 calories a day is too much for somebody who weights 350lbs. I know there’s got to be something out there that will work for me.rnrnI have Fibro Myalgia and Psoriatic Arthritis so exercising is difficult at best. I spent most of January in bed due to severe pain in my hip and leg. The only way I could get out was in a wheelchair. That tells you how much I am able to exercise. Medications that I have taken for my physical problems only succeeded in putting more weight on and/or making me crazy. So, I flushed them. I trying to learn to cope with the pain and still function. I’m doing better this week than I did in the past few, but I still can’t walk far without having to stop and rest…and that’s walking with a cane. But I have to get this weight off. I know it will make me feel better if I didn’t have so much to carry around.rnrnIf anybody has any suggestions I’ll be more than grateful. I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. I want to walk, run, play with my grandchildren, go camping and to amusement parks with my husband…I want to live, and I’m not doing a very good job of that right now.rnrnSo, today is a new day, and tomorrow is a new beginning. I just need help getting through all those tomorrows.