tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44702190967119765042024-03-04T22:31:34.827-06:00Cassaundra StJohn: I HAVE LOST 45 LBS AND FIVE PANT SIZES!I am a success of the MEDI-Weightloss program at the center in Richardson, TX. I am not alone-this place has helped people lose over 2000 LBS so far! Add me as a friend on Facebook (Cassaundra StJohn)JOIN MY FB GROUP: WEIGHT-TAKE IT OFF! HEALTH-PUT IT ON! ADD YOURSELF AS A FOLLOWER OF THIS BLOG-I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU :) IF YOU DECIDE TO DO THE PROGRAM YOURSELF, MENTION THIS BLOG WHEN YOU CALL THEM AND YOU WILL GET A SPECIAL RATE ON THE INITIAL CONSULTATION. (972) 423-6334kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-68071809817583389652009-10-13T11:59:00.002-05:002009-10-13T12:04:52.973-05:00been awhilewell it's been awhile since I've been here. life has been pretty busy. of course i wouldn't have it any other way! so i bought a bunch of new suits along this journey thinking i would end up at a certain size, which i would have been perfectly happy with-and much to my surprise, i am going to have to get them all taken in because they are too big! lol what a problem to have right?<br />looking forward to this next 12 months of training for the big marathon bike rides.<br /><br />we have a new initiative now also-we are gathering clothing, blankets etc any type of fabric and making quilts for teens who struggle with weight and other issues that lead to low self-esteem! if you have anything you want to donate-pls let me know!<br />thanks for hanging aroundkcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-25641137881258314572009-09-24T13:51:00.001-05:002009-09-24T13:52:31.454-05:00join my FB groupplease jump over to the FB group Gut-Less Wonders and support our new effort of health and wellnesskcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-37914735514451069492009-09-24T10:38:00.002-05:002009-09-24T10:44:53.406-05:00Now What?now that the weight is gone, and the body begins to go through this new phase-of healing and recovering from all that excess-what's next? the eating pat is just a part of living, just a new way of life; more alive and fresh, more clarity to see beyond the fog and haze of today and into the brightness and warmth of the days ahead.<br />we begin this new journey by cycling through other places, both in a physical reality as a group and within a spiritual place that each of us must go alone. we will take this new path to step outside of ourselves and reach out to others who have no relation and from whom we get no other benefit other than to have that feeling within us that we have given rather than taken.<br />join us on this new journey. our new Facebook group is Gut-Less Wonders!kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-14706032057728493972009-08-03T23:39:00.002-05:002009-08-04T00:04:24.464-05:00YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY!No-smoking a long skinny cigarette is not my idea of health-although most people may not even remember that Virginia Slims was the commercial that used that phrase to show women just how far they have come in the world-it was a post-feminism spot that was very successful for the company.<br />Cigarettes and health...advertising and women's rights? What is this all about????<br />The world of advertising is amazing-in both good and bad ways. I have always had a love for advertising. I have been creating ads for as long as I can remember (and according to my teenagers I am at least a century old! LOL). My formal, higher education, is in Marketing. Advertising is a slice of what marketing entails. I love to watch commercials, check out billboards, go through all the print media that hits my mailbox, etc.<br />Advertising, and the larger world of media in general, also has it's downside. From telling you why you need that extra patty on your bun (it's cheaper after all!) to the other extreme of the "fashion" industry.<br />It all comes down to this though: no one is forcing us to "drive-thru" or starve ourselves, or smoke, drink too much, gorge, puke, -whatever---buy a house beyond our means or any other thing that we do and when it back fires-look for someone to blame!<br />No company, no commercial, no product no endorsement made me get to the point that I was when I started this change in my life. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">I GOT ME THERE</span>!<br />So now I am here. I'm here because I found something that really works. I found something that found something within me....something hovering just below the surface--screaming to get out---a voice that could not be heard through the layers, a sound muffled and shoved deep down beyond the place where I could hear it anymore.<br />That sound has rhyme and melody. A soothing, yet exhilarating beat like the waves crashing against the rocks. That essence has the sweet smell of the air just after a fresh rain on a warm spring day. A picnic I can share with others; and they with even more beyond my world.<br />This is what makes the effort worth it after all. The joy of seeing something become so much bigger and greater than oneself.<br />From Bernbach & Ogilvy to Carnegie & Buffet one thing remains: the best advertising is the one that doesn't have to be created, but rather, born--born from the heart of a great product, a great company and people who have a passion for something beyond themselves.kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-86140430639561155972009-06-29T11:59:00.002-05:002009-06-29T12:07:39.135-05:00why the first picso people are asking me why I leave he day 1 pic up here. "aren't you embarrassed?" they ask...well the truth is YES I AM EMBARRASSED-I am embarrassed for that person back in March who had let herself get so far gone from being healthy. I am embarrassed that I had so little care for my own personal well-being that I chose not o do something about it a long time ago. What I am NOT embarrassed about is the fact that I finally threw down the towel and made a move. A move o make a change in my life. Now does this change affect the wold around me-in a way it does. My body looks beter of course but my mind and heart feel better-in tun I feel like I have a better outlook and attitude towards myself and the world around me. Change-that's all we heard last year-so when and where does that chang occur? It starts within. There is no way to change our world without starting at home.<br />change your mind<br />change your body<br />change your heart<br />change the worldkcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-30730820423626762322009-06-15T12:57:00.002-05:002009-06-15T13:02:31.280-05:00Finally a new decade of weight!Well I finally got into the 130 section! After three months and of course a little side stepping I have gotten past a new hurdle :) I thought about how far I would have been if I would not have taken that couple of weeks off and then I remembered where I started and how many times I never even got this far. From a size 16 to a size 8 is a damn good accomplishment and I have to just focus on that last lap :) The other day I put on a size 8 pair of jeans and thought I felt so fat-LOLOLOLOL how hilarious is that! All I had to do is take a quick look at my day 1 pictures and of course I instantly felt tons better!<br />So now the final stretch-well not really the finally stretch-maybe the final warm=up-life itself is the stretch. Keeping my health and weight are a part of the tools I need to do the things I am here to do.<br />Good luck to those who are just starting out-or just thinking about starting out. Every day is the chance to start something that will have a significant impact on the life you live.kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-26659868112099981852009-05-26T11:25:00.002-05:002009-05-26T11:34:00.403-05:00final stretchwell the final stretch is upon us and although I have had a few weeks where things didn't go exactly as planned-I am still 36 lbs, 8 inches in waist, 10 inches in hips and 3.5 sizes smaller than when I started so no matter what the results in a couple of weeks, I have achieved a lot and when it comes down to it- I just FEEL better. I love trying on a pair of pants that I bought on sale cause they were cute (but two or three sizes too small) and have them be too big! It has cleaned out my closet and I am down to just about nothing to wear-but I will take that problem from the smaller size any day!<br />It's funny how we immediately get rid of our fat clothes-but we always hold onto our skinny clothes! This is great-I don't even have any clothes that are the size I am getting in to!<br />Other than just the outside-which I am NOT minimizing-it is VERY important-anyone who says it isn't important at all is lying!<br />I just feel better inside-physically and psychologically. Even when I do have something like a three-day weekend that is centered around eating, I don't feel quite as bad-knowing I am not going to gorge and also knowing even if I do eat more than I should (which I am much more aware of now) I have a system to get myself back on path and it is easy to do that-<br />ramblings after a great Memorial Day weekend with family and friends-and plenty of BBQ!kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-5113828134797054612009-05-18T11:42:00.002-05:002009-05-18T11:51:50.225-05:00communication<span style="font-family: georgia;">funny how when you really look at things the single greatest factor to anything failing seems to be a lack of communication we assume people should know what we are thinking or doing without actually TALKING about it! someone has told me that i think i am better than others because i am a better communicator. what an insane statement! how can i be a better person if i don't communicate better? how can i better myself without always working on being a better communicator? if i don't consistently work on that and improve myself then am i lessor? i think so. if i am not moving forward then i am moving backward. that's my state of mind. i do not profess to have what works for you-only for me. </span>so i don't think i am better than anyone else-i do think i am better than <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">I </span>was-yesterday---and not as good as <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">I </span>will be- tomorrow.kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-68358291148461939312009-05-14T00:57:00.002-05:002009-05-14T01:05:50.032-05:00who is encouraging whom?I find myself in a position of encouraging others. It's pretty much always been this way. I love to find something in another person that I think is amazing and really special. I love it even more when I can be a mirror for that person and let them see what I see. To be able to see beyond the surface is a gift. We all have that gift as children. Somewhere along the way we often lose it. We learn to filter our thoughts and insights to conform.<br />I feel blessed in many ways and one of them is my child-like ability to see. See things that should be obvious to everyone & see things that no-one else can see for whatever reason. Sometimes that ability is a curse. People don't always want to know what lies ahead, or is in their very current existence. The key to using the gift is knowing delivery-method and timing. I continue everyday to learn more and get better at-delivery.<br />Delivering encouragement is so satisfying. I get encouraged every time I am able to encourage another person-the look on their face, the spring in their step-it makes all the normal crap of everyday go away-if only for a moment.<br />I hold onto the moments-they are a gift.kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-70842071608092651112009-05-06T00:46:00.003-05:002009-05-06T01:10:35.347-05:00BIG ideasmany times I get on a roll and the ideas just start flowing....sometimes they should really stay in the back of the closet but every once in a while one is so great that I just have to let it out-to see where it can go...see how people react-is it positive or not? is their response appropriate?? sometimes the idea is so far out there that it takes a while to catch on-I'm OK with that.<br /><br />my first week in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">DECA</span> ( a high school business class/club) I stated in my class "goals report" that my goal was not to make it to the National competition level-but to win when I got there-that seemed to be a ludicrous statement considering I had never taken a marketing class and there were others who were in their 3rd or 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> year and either gone and were going to make it again (thereby not leaving a position for this "newbie") or had never made it themselves. Well I made it to Nationals with relative ease-I didn't put much effort-as it just seemed so easy as it was...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">LOL</span> what an arrogant thought! I didn't win the championship-a lesson in <span style="font-weight: bold;">talent </span>requiring <span style="font-weight: bold;">effort </span>to be REALLY good!<br /><br />Anyway....my first college class was an English class where again we had to write our "college/life" goals. I was 26 at the time, with two small children and no prior college ( I think I graduated HS with like a 2.7 GPA!). I stated that my goal was to have my MBA, with Honors throughout, by the time I was 30. The professor tried explaining to me that these were supposed to be REALISTIC goals. I graduated <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Magna</span> Cum <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Laude</span> ( Dean's List, President's List...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">yadda</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">yadda</span>) with my Bachelor's degree three years later and a year after that earned my MBA with Honors. I thought about inviting him to my graduation ceremonies :)<br /><br />All this is not to brag about what I did-after all, it wasn't really that hard. The most difficult part was getting people to believe that I could do it. The odds were <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">definitely</span> not in my favor...the ideas seemed to be preposterous to others when I said them aloud. But they were my ideas and I knew what the result was going to be....<br /><br />After awhile I stopped trying to convince people of what could be done- I just went out and did it. Why is it that so many times in life and business we keep stopping and we look around for approval of ourselves and our ideas? Getting <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">input</span> and feedback is a VERY WISE thing to do-but sometimes you just have to step out there.....and when you step out there you have to be willing to lose some sleep, go hungry, cry, scream, sacrifice fun, work harder than you thought possible....and then gt up the next day and be willing to do it all over again....until you get there!<br /><br />(BTW-once you get <span style="font-style: italic;">there</span>-stop for a minute and enjoy the feeling-then start the process all over again!)kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-573864203192132302009-05-04T18:48:00.002-05:002009-05-04T18:54:59.349-05:00back painTried to lift a box and KILLED my back! ARGH-just when I was finally getting back in the gym. Guess this is a good lesson in just taking a day off to take care of myself-when was the last time I did that!???!<br />Funny how I seem to be the one that always takes care of everyone else. I guess I tend to like it that way-but every once in a awhile I like to be the one being taken care of-not very often though-would rather be the care giver. Just need to learn to balance myself better so that I am not completely maxed out with the giving before I take time to allow myself to receive.<br />Worried about AM taking this trip to Zambia...she has a heart for this though so I have to have a lot more faith and know that she is doing what she is called to do...<br />hope this trip helps her to decide what she needs to concentrate on in college-she stresses about that-talk about having too many talents-so people may see that as a gift or a curse who knows...the curse comes in not knowing what to do with the gifts.............to whom much is given, much is expectedkcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-82867757051006918432009-04-25T18:39:00.003-05:002009-04-25T18:47:29.292-05:00IN AND OUT OF A NEW SIZEI never thought a "diet" would do me any good-will power is just not my thing when it comes to good food. Food is the center of a number of things we do-celebrate everything from birth to death...I just happen to like food-not like I gorge or anything, you just don't realize how many calories and how much fat you consume while you are having happy hour and hanging out with friends. You have to have chips n salsa with your mojito don't you know, and then you might as well have some queso and guacamole to go with that, right?! Low Carb has never been a good idea for me-or so i thought..I figured it was just a way to set myself up for failure.<br />Something happened today-I went to go put o a pair of slacks and couldn't find a pair to fit! that's how long it's been since I have beeen at this size-everything is too big :) I jumped on the dea of a nice suit-after all a year ago a got a number of them too small on purpose so that "someday" I would be able to wear them-THEY ARE TOO BIG!<br />so now I am actually wearing a decent size but don't have a thing to wear-LOL<br />I started down this path as an experiment, to check out a product I didn't know or necessarily think wold work as good as the claim.....pretty hard to lok at al the clothes o the floor and not believe this thing works :)kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-39802799050529274312009-04-20T19:50:00.003-05:002009-04-20T19:57:46.434-05:00time to exercise???The thought of exercising makes me tired :) although I always feel better once I leave the gym...it's the getting there that's the hard part! PLUS, MOST GYMS ARE FULL OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY NEED T BE THERE. I guess that's the whole point of it-if you go on a regular basis-that's what will happen to your body. Eating better is only half of it. So....it's time to get serious and find a place to work out. I would really rather take my bike to the lake and ride, but I know that I need more than that. Besides, there's only 6 weeks left in the contest and I intend to win! I guess it's more than just that-although I do have a very competitive streak in me :) I really do feel so much better-but when I think of how great I will look and feel 6 weeks from now I get pretty excited about it. It's been a long time since I could actually feel comfortable wearing form fitting clothes. Why is it that when we gain weight we wear clothes that are even bigger? For one thing, it makes us look even BIGGER and another, we end up fitting into those clothes cause there's room to grow-talk about self-defeating behavior!!!!! There's an article coming out next week about the weight-loss clinic and Dr. Casad (the medical director) that interviewed me-they put the day 1 photo and the day 45 photo-OG did I realy look like that 2 months ago???? UGH. Oh well, I don't look like that now :)!!!!!!!!!!!!!kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-89286908183459434312009-04-19T20:37:00.002-05:002009-04-19T20:45:04.916-05:0025 down-25 to go!The smell of fresh pizza slowly fills the room with a wonderful sensation of goodness. My stomach revolts and my legs are leading me to the kitchen-but I CAN"T DO IT! I have come this far and I already ate mexican food yesterday :(. It never really seems worth it after I'm done.....Tomorrow I am going to put myself back on day 1 of the program. My BFF is starting the program and I have slacked off somewhat, so this will be a great time to jump start myself again. Plus, I am going to go back to the gym Y E A H!!! Funy how it takes so long to get in the habit of something good like the gym and only a few days to break it! Of course I want to win the contest so Brandy will have to dress up and we can all laugh and have fun at her silly expense (sorry brandy), but I also love the feeling of piling up a load of jeans and slacks to give away cause they are too big for me now! Oh yeah, there's the whole health thing-but honestly, that isnt what makes me do this day after day-I want to look good and in doing so-I feel good. I know I will be happy about being healthier-but right now I am just not there yet-I am in the superficial arena and I' OK with that-if that's what it takes for me to be healthier-so be it!!!!!!!!!!!!!1kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-71902017933443182142009-04-17T02:40:00.003-05:002009-04-17T02:57:59.766-05:00week 8 and picwell now that I am officially half way there I keep thinking about those two weeks when I either didn't lose a pound or gained a pound- I put myself two weeks behind where I wanted to be... and then I stop to think about the fact that I have lost 25 pounds! that's 6 inches off my waist and 8 pounds of junk out of the trunk! Guess I feel a whole lot better now than when I was thinking of those two lost weeks. I'm actually surprised I have managed this far anyway.....<br />lots of stress going on right now-my own stress and the friends with marital problems, health problems, business problems... and when I am driving in my car I can't help but let my thoughts drift to my dear friend Denise and how unfair it is that she didn't get to stick around this earth to see her kids finish growing up or take one more photo or time to laugh one more time about our crazy trip to Mexico....<br />I can't help shed the tears alone in my car. tears of anger and hurt and fear. tears of loss and lost opportunities. I want to hold even closer to the things in my life: the people who have made their way along my path at some point and at the same time fear the loss of them. I mourn. I mourn for the family of my friend. I mourn for the part of me that is so full of grief I have a hard time breathing some days. I mourn for the heart that seeks answers to so many questions.....<br />and I take one more step, one more breath....kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-87656642781473172892009-04-08T12:56:00.001-05:002009-04-08T13:06:19.713-05:00tucked my shirt in!today i tucked my shirt in my jeans for the first time in 6 yrs! woohoo. it's the little things that make a difference-that and getting rid of a whole stack of pants that are now TOO BIG!<br />great new snack/meal idea: take lettuce and roll up a thin deli slice of ham and a 1/2 a string cheese-this is so good and you can have four as a meal-although two are filling enough. add a little relish for some zang!kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-58809414243088244572009-04-05T15:09:00.002-05:002009-04-05T15:14:52.834-05:00week 6well i essentially stayed the same-actually i gained some last week and lost it this week so i thought i was down 24 lbs but i was actually down 20-so oh well. i did cheat a bit and the stress of denise dying took a toll on me this past week. but she made sure to encourage me everyday-the same way she did 15 yrs ago when i first started college-so this week's for her. i will be back on track and now have more reason than ever to do all i can to take care of myself. life stills throws us curves but i don't want to accelerate anything that i may be able to prevent.<br />seeing her kids at the chapel was hard-not only for their sorrow but for all the years in between that we all lost. no more putting off until tomorrow.<br />take time to go have lunch with a friend. no matter how tired you are-or how bad your day has been-it's important to take today and get everything out of it that you can. we are not promised tomorrow.kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-35717534757048584582009-03-31T20:05:00.003-05:002009-03-31T20:09:02.205-05:00week 6 comng upI am going to put myself back on the week 1 track to accelerate my progress I have gotten a little slack lately and need to install some serious discipline. Wish me luck. Been a rough week emotionally and its easy to let things become an excuse for slacking off................I have found some new recipes that should help-deli meat gets old after a while. The turkey pepperoni trick is a big help! thanks to all for your support.kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-76729311397160213652009-03-29T11:31:00.002-05:002009-03-29T11:40:55.044-05:00Denise Moore Stokesquite possibly the best friend I ever had died last night. makes everything else seem so small and irrelevant. makes my health seem all that more important. but sometimes even that isn't enough.<br />i don't have any doubt that Denise is, for the first time in over 20 yrs, in absolutely no pain. the pain is with us that are left to think about her not being here with us.<br />we hadn't talked in almost ten years. time and work and every other excuse just got in the way. what a lame excuse.....<br />so now i sit here thinking about the fact that i was supposed to go see her yesterday and i didn't.kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-77235068233261994162009-03-28T14:27:00.002-05:002009-03-28T14:36:04.229-05:00looking otside of ourselvespart of being healthy is remembering that we need to be looking outside ourselves at others who have needs we can help with..i am very proud of my daughter for being selected to be a part of project nambia 09 (see the group on Facebook). a friend of mine has been talking some lately about heart health ( the emotional heart) and it makes a lot of sense. if we have ugliness and bitternes inside then no matter what we do to the outside we are still increasing our negative health risks. we are human and we have many shortcomings, but to ignore them is dangerous. this nation elected a president that stood on a platform of change and regardless of whether or not you, i or we disagree with anything else he says-one thing is sure: we need to make some radical changes and the only way to do that in a real and meaningful way is to change ourselves. make amends with someone, change an attitude we have, whatever it is-if we all make some change, if we reach out to others, from our neighbor to a stranger in a distant land-only then we will be who we were intended to be!kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-4941506856533070112009-03-27T09:50:00.002-05:002009-03-27T09:55:17.258-05:00slacker weekwell I gained a pound this week-I guess it was bound to happen. I can't imagine that it had ANYTHING to do with that mexican food I ate the night before weigh in! LOLOLOL well real life has to still take place. Lost 3 pounds of fat and gained 4 pounds of water so that's at least good :) Guess I better not decide to cheat the day before I weigh in-besides that mexican food gave me a headache and stomach ache-guess I'm not used to eating junk..... the fact of the matter is I'm still down 5 inches in my waist and when I started 16's were tight on me and now 12's are quite comfortable to the point that they are about to be too loose!<br />stay tuned............kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-66791584722212835122009-03-21T14:26:00.002-05:002009-03-21T14:39:23.305-05:00week 4<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDht2N-uP_FtP1ncmXzFQh2-PefV34XyH6OfJ0FU3ENvBf2rGBgnLCw8yIYUiTgp4Fo7ZhIEVxUof_lV97844x6dnCAUGK3f9SkDmYEyL6ZaugU22pNpvJ6bb8MufdDGjVi1V4fMUrN6Ls/s1600-h/kc+week+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315727918404431314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDht2N-uP_FtP1ncmXzFQh2-PefV34XyH6OfJ0FU3ENvBf2rGBgnLCw8yIYUiTgp4Fo7ZhIEVxUof_lV97844x6dnCAUGK3f9SkDmYEyL6ZaugU22pNpvJ6bb8MufdDGjVi1V4fMUrN6Ls/s320/kc+week+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>17 lbs in 4 weeks!!! the program is working-or I am working the program. Either way-it's 17 lbs! I had the opportunity to talk with the people who created the program-it really does seem to be an amazing program. I am not to the point where I am willing to say that this is the absolute best program there ever was-but I think I am getting pretty close We'll see how the next month goes to make sure this first 4 weeks wasn't a fluke :) here's my 28 days later pic.</div>kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-30587496074730664122009-03-18T19:56:00.002-05:002009-03-18T20:25:42.747-05:00sitting in a room staring at the scale-obsessing about it-concentration lost on a piece of metal & wires...noise in the background--can't hear the words through the static between that piece of metal and my mind..<br />static heavy in the air<br />electronic pulses racing through my veins<br />the burn intensifies<br />fuel pouring itself upon the fire<br />my soul ablaze<br />will you feel the heat<br />if you get to close?<br />a waterfall flowing over me<br />i seek relief from this hell<br />a passionate flame<br />cannot easily be extinguished<br />an outlet for the<br />energy exploding from the corekcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-73076553205384960302009-03-17T17:24:00.001-05:002009-03-17T17:28:39.070-05:00week 3well week three seemed to be ok. total weight lost now 14 lbs! very excited-anxious to reach that goal line. had a few hard days in there-but overall was best week yet. had the unique opportunity to get to visit with the founders of the company and really see the mindset of the organization. i went with hesitation that i might experience another one of those stand on your chair and chant type things :) i was pleasantly surprised to find a group of people who truly have the health of their clients at the heart of everything they do. trying not to be too "sold" on the product/service, but after meeting that group and talking about their past and future it's pretty hard not to be! interesting...optimistic but still cautious.<br />notes from a hard day last week to come :) thanks for cheering me on!kcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470219096711976504.post-31160120585120551772009-03-07T17:30:00.001-06:002009-03-07T17:33:14.819-06:00WEEK 3WELL I LOS 3 LBS DURING WEEK 2. I WAS A LITTLE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS 4-5 BUT 3 IS BETTER THAN NOTHING! I THINK I SLACKED A LITTLE KNOWING I DID SO GOOD THE FIRST WEEK. MAYBE GOING TO THE GYM HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT-WHO KNOWS BUT I AM NOT GOING TO OBSESS OVER IT. UP TO AT LEAST 45 MIN AT A TIME ON THE TREADMILL-BUT I WOULD RATHER BE OUTSIDE WALKING. HOPEFULLT THE WEATHER WILL PERMIT THIS WEEK WHILE I AM IN FLORIDA. PICS TONIGHTkcpower67http://www.blogger.com/profile/15507352606312089407noreply@blogger.com0