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Thanks Jenn!

Starting June 1, 2009, I Kama Perry commit to working out 3 days a week with Jillian Michaels Troublezones Dvd. On Tuesdays, I take a rest day. On Thursdays and Sundays I do weight loss Yoga. On Saturdays will be a combo of either walking or running(as time and weather permit) and I will do one of my cardio dvds.

Plus, I commit to checking out the gym down the street, even if I have to go after work.

Also, I want to state, that the focus for this will not be so much for weight loss anymore. I am fairly happy with my body, but have some problem areas.

I want to focus on my health, and getting stronger and fitter in both mind and body. I want to continue to learn what works and what doesn’t, diet and exercise wise.

I will continue until July 1st, then evaluate and so a new contract.

Hold me accountable. buddies!!

Hi! How are you all? I feel great today. Seems like I have caught up on all my sleep, finally. Slept till 10:30 yesterday and 9 today!! So I was late getting on here, I needed to do my yoga first.

Yesterday I was real active. Had to take a walk to the store, and then came back and swept and mopped my floors, then did an hour of workouts with Jillian. I was tired last nite, started to come online, but pooped out after dinner.

Well I was so happy yesterday. I needed a new pair of work pants, as my black 10’s were too big, I was thinking a 9, but couldn’t find any, so I saw this cute pair of petite size 8’s I thought no way, but I tried them on and they fit perfect!! So that means that I have gone from a size 22 to a size 8!! So happy!

My weight was up at weigh in, by 2 pounds, I seriously blame water weight, I swell so much in the heat, plus, my eating was off, but I wasn’t eating much, just can’t when I am hot. So back to my workouts full scale this week!

Thanks for all your support about my friend. I have not talked to her since. I feel the ball is in her court. I was depressed about it, as I hate to lose a friend, but I don’t need the disrespect, thanks so much.

Anyways, doing good now that our ac is fixed, actually gets cold in here!

Hope you all are having a great Sunday!!

Hi all!!

Can I say my tribe and ALL my buddies are wonderful?

Been learning a real lesson this week. That your true friends love you for who you are, not what you do. Real love means you may not always agree with the person, but you love the person anyways.

I got this in my email and I thought it fit, even in a friendship:

I heard an old song on the radio that made me think about those of you who are in love or those of you who are looking for love. A hit song back in 1968, it’s a love song called “Bend Me, Shape” by The American Breed. But when I heard it recently, I began to think about it in a totally different way. The chorus goes:

Bend me, shape me
Anyway you want me,
Long as you love me
It’s all right
Bend me, shape me
Anyway you want me,
You got the power to turn on the light.

It was the bend me, shape me anyway you want me refrain that caught my attention. In short, true love doesn’t require bending and shaping because when someone truly loves you, they accept you for who you are. Sure, a minor tweak here and there is always part of the connecting process, but bending and shaping suggest something much more dramatic and transformational.

So, my message today is about love and happiness. Simply put, if you choose someone who loves you for who you are, you won’t have to deal with bending and shaping yourself to maintain love. As I write that last sentence, I’m reminded of those who marry thinking they can eventually change their spouse. Sounds like bending and shaping to me!

Wishing You Great Health,
Dr. John H. Sklare
www.innerdiet.com

Hello buddies! Well the prayers paid off, I think they finally fixed our AC!! Just in time for the temps to go up. Supposed to be 103 today.

Thanks for the support on my vent last nite. Thanks to you and my good buddy Nicole, I sent this person an email telling her how I felt. This is new to me. Standing up for myself like this is something I could never do before. Is hard, and may end the friendship, but that kind of friend ship I do not need.

Anyways, doing ok, a little tired, but did level one shred. All I could do, due to the heat. I am hoping to really get some good ones in starting tomorrow.

Hope you all are having a wnderful day!!

This really has nothing to do with weight loss. But why do well meaning friends think they have the right to disparage your chosen mate? As you all know, our ac has not been working, now they think it is the pipes(something Ted said all along, but they wouldn’t listen), so tey are working on that tomorrow, please pray this fixes it before it gets any hotter, and they also said we could move to another apartment, which I do not want to do.

Anyways, my “friend” texted me that I could come stay with her, and let the A**hole stay here in the heat and suffer. Well, I was livid, she does not even know Ted, and sure, we have had our problems, but we are BOTH working on it. So after work, I texted her back, and told her thank you but no, that would not be right, and she totally starts cutting him down, and telling me he is not up to her standards, and he should not be up to mine. Where does she get off? Then she says “I only care about you” Well I say Bullshit!!!!! If she was my true friend, she would respect my decision to be with him. He is a better man than people give him credit for. I am shaking as I write this. I was so angry all day!! This was hurtful I feel. She always kinda acts like she is a bit better than me, and she was one of my old drug buddies!! We have been thru the same crap!

She has cleaned up too, and gotten rid of a jerky boyfriend, but don’t put Ted in the same category! He and I renewed our commitment to each other this week, and are really trying. I love him and he loves me.

We made out a schedule for our computer use, that we are both happy with, and I will be darned if things aren’t coming at me to try and get me to go back on my word, I will not!!

Has nothing to do with him and me not communicating, we have done real well with that now.

Anyways, sorry, had to get my mad out. I love Ted with all my heart, and since he is willing to try, then so am I. And I’m sorry if some of my friends do not understand that. He has been here for me in some real rough times, and gone over and above what most guys would do. Do we have our problems? Yes, we do, but we are actively working on them, and I want my friends to respect that.

So. Our ac is still not working, I am gonna open the windows when the sun goes down, supposed to be 69 degrees tonite, cool for us.

How are you all? I am doing ok on my diet, been learning more about nutrition on SP, work has not blocked that. Did my level 3 shred today, have to keep it to the 20 minutes due to the heat, but is still a great workout.

Well sorry for the vent, I needed to talk about it, love you guys!

Hey buddies! So I really enjoyed being on here 2 days in a row. I feel so disconnected without being able to log in everyday. Left a big hole in my heart. Thank God for my “tribe” and Nancy for being willing to post for me.

Well, AC update, now they are talking putting a bigger pump on and calling out the plumbers to check the pipes. In the meantime we are sweltering, the pool is closed, and it is a releif for freeze at work! Poor Ted and the pets, they get no releif. But the manager promised to have it fixed soon or we may have to move into a new unit. Do Not want to do that.

My workouts are ok, this is break day. Doing the 30 day shred till the ac is fixed, the longer ones, just made me sick the other day.

Ted and I are doing better communicating!! He is really trying and I am too.

Well, I am still trying to find myself in my new lifestyle. I waver back and forth between being happy with where I am at, and wanting to hit goal. Hmmm, I will keep working at it.

I have to say something else. We all need to remember this blog is our journal and not a place for competition or tearing someone else down. If you don’t like what they say, then don’t read it, that simple. This is not a popularity contest.

Nuff said, love you guys!

How are you all?? I have had a nice relaxing day. I slept in, then got up and had a nice long call with my best friend. We never get to do that. Always too busy, busy. Then I did level 3 of the 30 day shred. Was gonna do a longer one, but since the air is still not working right, I thought better of it, was still drenched. Then I was gonna go for a swim, but our pool is closed for maintenance, so I came back and took a cool shower and here I am!

NIce to be slow today, I am always in such a rush. So I thought I would come on for awhile an see you all!

I am doing ok, trying to find that balance. My bf thinks maybe my body is happy where it is, and I am considering that. So really focusing on eating healthy and my workouts, and not so much weight loss. Thinking of putting my ticker to 137. What do you all think?

Anyways, just trying to survive the heat. The ac guys have been here twice, and I will have to call them tomorrow. Ted thinks it has to do with an underground pipe, they had to clear it out last year. So hoping it is done soon!

Well off to post and read mail, I will read blogs too!!

The guy was here all day, and even put a new one in. Still 90 in here. But the owner is here and working on it. Tired of being so hot.

I did Jillian’s troublezones last nite, was tired of not working out, really affects my attitude. Eating was off, was munching on mac and cheese with hot dogs in it, till I was sick! NO more.

But since it was so hot, and my poor eating, I think I made myself sick, I was so hot and nauseated after my workout. Better today.

So how are you all?

I sure wish you all a Happy memorial day and lets remember our service people!

Well hello!!

Well first of all, let me say I REALLY loved being on last nite. Was just not long enough! I missed you all.

Ok, this week has been bad for me. No workouts, and it is been too hot to really eat as well I I would have. Been resorting to cereal for dinner, instead of something hot.
Plus since I wake up at nite, the whole nite eating thing reared it’s ugly head.
So this morning, I feel puffy, bloated, crampy and irritable, and more furious than ever that I can’t log in!!
Enough griping. I am grateful for what I do have, with my friends who help me every day.
I just hope I can get back to my routine soon. My pants feel snug!

Enough of me: Please pray for Nicole, her mom was admitted to Hospice last nite. I ache for her, especially since going thru that recently for myself.

Oh and be sure and read Nancy’s blog!! She made me straighten up and take stock today.
http://khmerbeauty.buddyslim.com/2009/05/21/whoa-is-me-self-pity-schmitty-kickboxing-pilates-kicked-my-butt-6am-sunrise-training/

Love you guys and I will be on again as soon as I can. I do try and log in from my cell. Just real slow and not always sure it posts.
Talk soon!!