Less of me

That's right, there's a lot less of me, than when I started this blog back in January. In that time, I've lost almost sixty pounds, and it's thanks to SparkPeople.com. I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but what a fantastic site it is.
I have reduced my weight from 240 down to 185, a loss of 55 pounds, and I am determined to lose another forty pounds yet in the coming year.
Check it out right here:

http://www.sparkpeople.com/

Look me up over there as Jani-Lou, stop by my Spark Page and say hi!

Spark People Again

For anyone trying to lose weight, I can't sing the praises of SparkPeople.com loud or clearly enough.

I found this website by 'chance', in answer to prayer, a few days after I asked God to help me with my weight problem. I was surfing the web and saw photos of the latest Biggest Loser contestants. One woman mentioned having used Spark People.com, so I decided to look it up and it has changed, perhaps saved my life!

Spark People is FREE. There are no fees, or costs, hidden or otherwise. You can follow their nutrition program with a daily menu, planned out for you based on your starting weight, goal weight and activity level. If you don't like a food on the menu, you can change it! No more having to look up those calories. The site does it for you, and also lets you know the fat, protein, carb, vitamin and mineral levels you have consumed for the day.

They give you a personal Spark Page where you can blog, post photos, and tell your story. Reading other people's pages will amaze you, when you see how much weight they have lost.

There is a personal fitness program, again, tailored to fit your schedule, your needs. You can make use of the site as much or as little as you want to.

As you progress through the program, you will earn Spark Points, and learn all kinds of motivational techniques, to help you make this a permanant life-style change. You will never say "diet" again.

Then there are the community forums, where you will find thousands of other people all striving for the same goals, to lose weight and become healthy again. Chat with people on just about any clean subject under the sun.

Spark People has a staff of professional nutrition, health and fitness experts on staff who present daily articles on a wealth of different subjects.

You can join Spark teams of fellow members who share your personal interests. Do you like horses, dogs, cats? Riding, sailing, motor-cycle riding? Knitting, sewing? Are you an Oprah fan? Or do love House or Law and Order? There is a Spark team for you.

Do yourself a favor and take a look at www.sparkpeople.com

It might change your life!

A Long Winter

It is winter and the snow drifts are piling higher than ever around here. We've had nothing but snow and ice storms for months. It will melt one day soon. Like the excess weight I still carry. Some days I look in the mirror and despair of ever seeing this fat gone. But it will "melt", just like the snow.
Number of the day is 210.4.

Pounds, that is.

Good Tasting Food

I am amazed at how good food tastes now since I began cutting back. I have always been a "comfort eater" and anyone who understands that, knows how uncomfortable that can be. Although initially comforting, when physical discomfort finally forces the comfort eater to quit, the emotional battering kicks in. Why did I do that? How could I eat that entire package of (fill in the blank) ? What is wrong with me?

Some comfort, huh?

Sometimes people who have a weight problem will say they enoy their food too much to give it up. I used to say that. It was a lie. I didn't enjoy it at all.

Dieters have a disadvantage when compared to people giving up alcohol or cigarettes. We still have to eat, and yet, learn how to control it at the same time.

It is tough, but learning to do it is going to be the best thing I ever did for myself.