JustJane48

Hello out there!! Hows everyones day going.  I’ve been away for a couple days :(  Life just takes its turns sometimes and my fathers health is just failing again.  Was hoping for a better year, I’ve seen him suffer way to much.

 So I’m keeping a smile on my face and plunging along…God and I together

I’m desperately trying to read blogs.  Seems I’m missing so much that is happeneing.  Sorry I haven’t been here for you.

I’ve been on my bike only a couple of times.  Hopefully today I can get some exercise in. 

Just wanted to send the love to you all.  Keep on keeping on….summers not to far away!!!  And we all WILL look healthy and HOT!!! LOL!!

Blessings to all

Good Monday Morning all :)  Did we all have a good weekend?  Was everyone behaving?  I know I wasn’t the best, but today is a new day.  I’ll keep trying as long as it takes.  I must have quit smoking 20 times or more, and finally it worked  :)  Positive attitude and motivation and a great support system, lots of faith and a desire is what it takes!!!

On Saturday morning, I woke up and Jon and Alan were in my office putting the bike together!!!! They were just about finished.  I was sooooooooooo excited and still am.  I’ve been on and off of it.  Little at a time.  The games arn’t what I thought, but there is Black Jack, Texas Hold Em, Tetris, and one other, think its called Fat Blocker.  Doesn’t matter I’d rather do a preplanned program.  If you play games you can’t see what progress you’ve made. 

By picking a program it shows you exactly how fast, your heart rate, resistance (even changes it in the programs) calories burned.  There are 10 programs.  The fun part is we have the treadmill and bike in the same room, so Alan and I will workout each day together!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I’m really serious about this.  I have two vacations this year and need to look my best!!!

Hope everyone has the best Monday!!! I’m going to try and catch up on blogs

Love & hugs to everyone!!!! Below is a couple of pics

Yup, there it is.  In all its glory.  Isn’t it a beauty????  Bought it on Monday, my husband and a buddy from work went Wednesday evening to pick it up.  I look at it and I’m so proud of it.

But something is sooooooooooo wrong with this picture.   ITS STILL IN THE DARN BOX. :(    :(     

Maybe this weekend Alan says…he’s going to try to get it assembled.  I’m going nuts here….frustrated…and very impatient.

Oh well, good things come to those who wait.

Love, Hugs, Blessings to all my Buddys

Hey Buddys, its Wednesday  YAHOO!!!  hope everyone is having a great day so far.  You know how some days you just wake up and feel like you can tackle anything?  I have some, usually I just peeter out, but not today :) 

Today is my detox/cleanse day.  I should cleanse 2 times a week for better weight loss.  I’m going to try 1 day a week.  Its got to be better that not at all right?

By 5:00 p.m. I will turn really ugly!!!  Nobody will want to be around me because I will be hungry:( But not today.  I CAN DO THIS!!!

I do have some really exciting news!!! My husband and I bought a really nice stationary bike.  It is a Reebok brand, and you can play video games.  The controls are on the end of the handles.  How cool is that?????????????  It should keep me interested, heck I’ll probably ride it just to play the games…LOL!!!

Now we can both workout together.  One rides, one walks, then we can switch it up.

Yes JENNIFER IT IS OUR YEAR!!!!  I have a special trip planned for this summer and I have to look good, or at least better then now

I’ve posted this once before, but I’d like to post it again.  I hope you enjoy

Today I Will…

Be thankful for this beautiful day

Know that I am a whole human being and not a statistic

Live with  passion, give with kindness, and love completely

Find strength in the things that bring me joy

Express how I feel with honesty

Listen to my body

Rest when I’m tired

Eat when I’m hungry

Know that I am exactly where I need to be on my journey

We all know this is a tough journey, but we all know we can do this.  Lets make 2009 everyones year to shine

We just have to hang in there (see puppy at top )  LOL…he’s just a holding on there!!! and so can we.

Love and blessings to you all.

Its Monday Morning!!! A new chance, a new week, and is everyone working hard towards their goals???????   I’m beginning to find a routine here that I’m happy with

Got a clean bill of health on Friday.  Seems my kidneys arn’t blocked, doctor said they look beautiful, arteries open wide and clear!!!  Guess thats a good thing right?  So now its back to square one to figure out why I  have these attacks.  I’m not going to worry much, one day at a time.  My heart function has also gone up to normal.  Now is God Good or what?????????  Do miracles happen or what??????????  YES THEY DO!!!

I’m on a mission to find a recumbant bike for me to ride here at home.  In my office I have my treadmill, so my husband will walk the treadmill, while I ride my bike  LOL!!  Quality time with my best friend/husband, now thats a good life

Pantry is totally stocked with healthy choices.  I’ve found canned vegetables with no salt added.  I could never find stewed tomatoes without salt, but we hit the jackpot yesterday..YIPPE!! I could eat stewed tomatoes everyday, hot, cold….yum yum.

Were not very much into canned fruits, but here in Michigan nothing is fresh and in season.  So I was able to find  “sugar free” fruits.  Only 30 calories or so.

Lots of chicken in the fridge…..My Dad bought a variety box of Omaha Steaks, and there meat is very lean and very good  “rubbing tummy” 

So I think we are ready once again, just need that bike!!!

Are you all ready?  Set??? GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love you all….sending hugs and blessings for you all, Jane xoxoxoxoxo

Hello all buddyslimmers out there today

I was watching the news at 12:00 today and saw a special edition on laughing.

Did you know that a good BELLY LAUGH is the best medicine around????????  It helps your health, lowers your blood pressure,  keeps the adorphines up and your health will prosper from laughing.  Sounds easy enough!!!

We have a couple here on BuddySlim that share jokes….I love that.

I’ve said this before I’m sure in my blogs, but can’t say it enough.

My father always said this when I was growing up…….You only pass this way once, so be happy and laugh as much as you can.

I’m packing my overnight bag for tommorrow night.  Thank you all for your prayers and concerns, they mean the world to me.

Just talked to the check in department.  I was wondering what type of room I would have.

Normally in the heart center you have a private room.  They vary from good to outstanding.  You could compare them from Holiday Inn for good, all the way up to Hampton Inns. 

But if you are in ICU….thats the best room ever…LOL!!!! These rooms have several chairs, lazyboy recliner, and a couch.  LOVELY!!! 

A good room will have a nice lazyboy….and its private, and a outstanding room has a lazyboy, couch, and a  couple of chairs. 

After talking to the check in nurse, I asked which type of room I would have  LOL….she told me a private room in the heart center….YIPPEE HOORAY!!!!  Now Alan can stay overnight.  If it would be a double room, he would go home. 

We are calling this quality time!!!  I won’t have to cook, I can lay around in bed and not feel guilty, gets lots of drugs….have a clean bed and fresh towels.   NOW this is LIVING FOLKS!!!!

Only kidding, but I’m following my dads advice…laughing …..try to make every situation a good one.  Remember buddys, there is always a good side to everything.  It may be difficult to find or you might not see the good right away, but believe me it is there!!!

So I expect to come back Saturday all fixed up

Ready to tackle life head on!!!!

I’ll miss you, but geez its only a day and night.

Love you guys, you are the best ever, don’t know what I’d do without you.

Love and blessings to you all

Good Monday Morning!!!! Today is a very very special day.  Does everyone know what today is??????  Can you guess???? Cmon now…one guess!!!!  LOL….ok….want me to tell you????????????????  Ok…here goes

We have a birthay girl here at BuddySlim…YIPPEE YAHOO  :)  Today is our one and only KAMA’S birthday!!!!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to You!!!, Happy Birthday dear Kama, Happy Birthday to You!!!

We love you soooooooooo much Kama.  Have a great birthday and many more to come

Yesterday I received a card in my mailbox telling me I had a package to pick up. 

I was pretty sure what it was.  I WAS RIGHT

I love to meet people from other countries.  Its so interesting learning their customs, foods, and especially the words they use.  For instance, we here called Bologna, onion, relish, mayo ground up “Minced Bologna”  or some call it “Sandwich Spread”

In Canada they call it mush meat.  Same exact ingrediants different name.  Do you realize they REALLY do eat plumb pudding???????????  how cool is that

My friend had been talking about all the Christmas preparations and what is traditional for their holiday.  She told me she must go out and get a “Christmas Cake”  The Mormons are well know for wonderful cooking and my friend goes each year to get her “Christmas Cake” there. 

I was interested   DUH..of course cuz it was CAKE!!! asked what it was like because I’d never heard of it.  She had a difficult time explaining it, but said if she could get another one she would send it for me to try.

OMG Buddys….it is actually a “fruitcake”  but unlike any other fruitcake I’ve ever had.  YUMMY…and I’ve already had 2 pieces of it.  And its calling my name  LOL!!!

Guess I’ll have to walk an extra mile to make up for this.  “Big Tired Sigh”

Love You Guys….A big welcome to all coming in new…and has anyone see Little Flower lately?  and lets keep Nana/Bette Jo in our prayers, she is recovering from surgery. 

Good Afternoon all buddys in buddyslim

Hope your Wednesday is going well….1/2 way through the week   YIPPEE!!!

Just wanted to  touch on the subject of New Years Resolutions—–Have you all made yours for 2009?

Do you make the same ones every year and seem to fail?

Have you already failed at the newest New Years Resolutions for 2009?

You know what?  I always have the same ones, and I suspect most of you do as well.

• Lose weight
• Exercise More
• Bet a Better Person
• For the smokers……Quit Smoking
• Get more involved in your Church

Ok, you get the picture.  With my dieting…..much rather call it my healthy journey.  The D word always sounds so brutal to me.

This year my one New Years Resolution is simply “Do My Best For Myself”  This year I refuse to set strict boundaries because it has gotten me nowhere.

When I was struggling with a 30 year smoking addiction, I learned so much about addictions.  In my case I believe I am “addicted” to food.  I love cooking it, love watching people enjoy my cooking, love eating, love fast food and everythat bad that goes along with it.  In my smoking cessation classes, the one phrase they always used was “Never quit quitting” 

That will be my “signature phrase” for 2009

I hope that those who have made their New Years Resolutions will have success. 

Lets take this one day at a time.  Its a new year, we have a new chance…..and I’m putting on a new face….yes buddys, this is my GAME FACE!!!! LOL!!!

Thought I’d share some dieting quotes I found

• The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books–how not to eat what you’ve just learned to cook  ~Andy Rooney
• The cardiologists diet:  If it tastes good, then spit it out ~Author Unknown
• Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork  ~English Proverb
• Reality check:  you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight.  At your goal weight or not you still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids and the same life.  Loosing weight is not a cure for life ~Phillip C. McGraw
• The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life ~Cyril Connolly

I’m sending all my heartfelt blessing to all of you here, wishing you the very best 2009.  May all your goals be reached….your dreams be answered and most of all…lets all stick together as we are a “BuddySlim” family and get healthy!!!! 

Love you all sooooooooo much

Hey buddys :)  I’ve been trying to catch up on blogs…all I can say is NEVER GET BEHIND!!!  I’m working hard on it though.

I wanted to remind all the Biggest Losers fans that tonight is the Season Premier.  Not sure if anyone has blogged about it, but I know where I’ll be tonight 

I’ll be back tommorrow…..with a bang….in full swing

Love you guys sooooooooo much!!!