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Happy Independence Day to everyone!  I hope your day is filled with fun and family and friends!!

I was kind of chuckling because I got a message from a friend who said that they were having a party and wanted to invite me but didn’t because I don’t eat like everyone else at functions, and they didn’t want me to be uncomfortable, or their guests to be uncomfortable.   They said they would be posting pictures and didn’t want me to be hurt that I wasn’t included.    They were serving lots of pasta and salads, hamburgers.   They thought it would be easier to not ask me.  And I sat at the other end thinking….. What????

First, it is fine with me not to be included?  I didn’t think anything of not being asked.   Who cares???    I certainly don’t.  TRULY….  How silly really.

It really is funny to me that as my weight goes down, people have entered my life and a lot of  people have left it.   I think this might be a sign of someone leaving and I am fine with it.  Independence…. that is a powerful word!!!

Read moreIndependence Day…. Enjoy!!!!!

Well….. So here is the story.  Those people who really know me, think of me as pretty pulled together.  I give off that persona, working two jobs, doing all kinds of extra things for school, curriculum enhancements,  keeping up with plans, papers and more, crafty things for my class, digital projects.  All that besides helping my own kids and my family, being all the things that a mom is, always there. If you call, I am in the car, on my way.   I do most of my own yard work, take care of my house and everything that just goes with living.  On top of that, I always make time to help friends with all kinds of projects. I don’t hire people, I find out how to do it and try it myself,  Like I said, I give off the notion of having it all together, all the time.

Read moreWho needed a life coach? Turns out that I did! I absolutely did!!

No it’s not what you think!!  Lol….

This is my first attempt at a vlog, which I learned is the correct term. I already learned, move the camera, wear something nicer? Gosh fix yourself up some!  I just wanted it to be real, you know?

Some people told me I would be more real, if I did a couple of videos. We will see…..

When you are a teacher, you don’t have time for New Year’s Resolutions, so you have Summer ones!   I want to work on my blog some over summer so I am looking for feedback.

What things can I add that people would like to read about?

Are my posts too long, too short, just enough?  (Sounds like the three bears story)

More posts on…. what topics???

Video Blogs?   Would you like that and what would you like to see?

Add on Instagram? Twitter?  Pinterest?

ANY and ALL feedback is welcome. I take constructive criticism really well!

You can send me a note, post here or on my facebook page for Hashimoto Friend!

Thanks!!!  Chris

   What’s the best gift Dr. Jack has given me??  A picture says a thousand words, right??  He gave me back my life!!

I took my class trip yesterday.  It was a day long trip to Hershey Park.  Now if you have never been to Hershey, the amusement park is actually pretty hilly. And as years have passed taking classes on trips have been harder and harder on me.  My weight and Hashimoto symptoms played a huge role in that.   Getting ready took a long time because I was always tired.  Then the trip itself would be so taxing.  I had a hard time moving, everything hurt, both from the muscle aches and my back surgery.  I spent the day planning on places where I met the kids.  I would need to plan an hour to get to that place because I would need to sit.  Frequent sit breaks were needed. Most people don’t know that because I hid that all away.

Read moreDr. Jack’s best gift to me? Life!! My life!!

I know…. You have been following me awhile. You have read all my posts and now, you are staring the page wondering who hacked my page.  Well…… No one hacked me, I really joined the Y.  So last summer I had a horrible gym experience and I swore up and down I was never ever going back ever again, no how,  no way.  It took Dr. Jack forever to convince me to try Pilates!

If you read here regularly, you know about the gym experience I had last summer with people laughing at me, making fun and you know it really hurt me.   But two weeks ago, something changed all of that.  ,

My sister, Sara and I were sitting together talking,  Sara teaches Zumba at the Y and she always asks me to try it.   I am always fearful of that, I can’t walk and chew gum.  What can I say, we have different gifts.  She and my brother are very coordinated.  I trip going up the stairs and rarely don’t have a bruise somewhere just from being clumsy.    Anyway, we were talking and she was saying how I should give a gym another try, and I was pretty set against it, but then she said the magic four letter word…… Swim.   “You could swim and exercise in the pool.”  Swim??   Now you are talking the magic language.

Read moreI joined the YMCA…

Want a foolproof method to slow down weight loss?  Stress….   Absolutely stress weighs. Can you tell I have some??  Yikes!!

It’s been a rough couple of weeks.   I teach school during the day.   Middle School….   I am the eighth grade teacher and so there is s lot going on.  And things have been stressful.   Aside from the usual stress that goes with this job, there have been some additional things thrown in on top of the mix.   I try to build in time with my schedule for unexpected things, like the technology you are using suddenly doesn’t function right, or the kids didn’t finish something you need for the end of the year and so now you have to finish it.   But this year it seems like I have a bit more than usual.  How did I keep up last year??  Oh, yeah… I didn’t! 

Read moreStress Weighs….

Okay… It might sound silly.  I am off tonight from job two.  I made some dinner, and then cleaned up the kitchen. I did some of my Pilates homework.  I graded some work for school, and worked on a few projects that I need to get moving on.

I am sitting here waiting for Dr. Jack’s webinar to start.   Yeah, the webinar that got me to him in the first place.  Only it isn’t the same one, because he is always changing and improving it.  And you are wondering why if I have been with him since October I would be listening to it, right?

And yes it might sound a little silly as I have watched this webinar or one of his seminars probably as many months as I have been with him plus more.   After it is over, he sends you a link and YES I watch them again.  Crazy??  Maybe…. but what I have found is hearing it over and over and over, solidifies it all in my head.  Why I started in the first place…. Why I need to just keep on going…. Why no matter what, I am in this for life!!   

Read moreDr. Jack’s Webinar

So sure, after ninety pounds I should expect it right?  I mean at some point the weight loss was going to slow down.  Well  meaning people are always asking me, “Are you done yet?”  Ummmm…. no.   It’s just that things slowed down some.  This is always met with advice.   “You must be doing something different!  Are you cheating?   Have you thought of adding in exercise?   What about trying a different diet?  Ever thought about trying something else?”

My answers are usually, No… no … no… and of course, no.    At some point, it was going to slow down, and no, I am not thrilled by it, but there are other things to consider here.   First though, I take dieting advice from the only person who has ever been able to make any difference in this department, Dr. Jack.  And as Dr. Jack, so eloquently put it, “Patience, grasshopper!”   He always makes me giggle because he KNOWS how awfully impatient I am about this issue. Hey, when you waited as long as I have for happy ever after, you want it to get here, NOW!

Read moreSlowwwww weight loss…