RIP ~ PERSISTENTTIM

I will forever keep him in my thoughts...Tim was very encouraging to me and always tried to motivate me.

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 Hi Teresa,

Feel free to vent or just blabber on. I have contact daily with one person offline so I enjoy having people to exchange messages with now and then. I know you're right, at 40 I know I'll have to put myself out there to make friends.
I'm sorry to hear about your past drug problems but it's so encouraging to know you trusted God and he led you out of that life. I struggle everyday with my weight and like you've I've had ups and downs, mostly downs until the last year. I know the best in life is yet to come and if I can get healthy and spend it witnessing for The Lord I will be a happy man.

Good luck and write anytime my friend!


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Hello Tim,
I just wanted to stop by and see how things are going today? I don't have someone that I am accountable to, except for myself, and know what it's like to wonder if anyone really cares out there. I am not by any means trying to be negative, I just want you to know that, when I ask how you are doing, I am being sincere. They say if you want to have friends you need to be friendly so I'm striving.
This last week I made a commitment to myself that I was going to do some form of exercise for 30 minutes a day and so far I'm doing it, I just pray that I can keep it up. I have this bad habit of starting things, do good at it and then stop. I hate that. I don't have a miraculous story such as yourself but I have always struggled with my weight all my life. It sincerely got worse for me when I quit using drugs back in 1996. Speed/Meth was my thing only because I enjoyed being uppity except I sure didn't look pretty lol. I got into picking my skin and I don't know if you've ever experienced seeing someone on speed, just trust me its not pretty. But I am glad to say that the good Lord delivered me from drugs and an immoral lifestyle and now I choose to serve Him.
Why I went off on all that? I do not know. I guess I just wanted to share something with you that is not really on my spark page.
So my highest was 267 and I'm only 5' 3" tall, a couple of months ago I got down to 239 and I was so excited, last week I went back up to 246 ;-/ and said, enough is enough. I dream of getting under 200 one day and I really want to do it in 2015. I had tried to lose 50 by 50(Dec 29) last year but didn't attain that goal. So I'm trying again. I'm praying to at least lose 45 by June. I believe with the help of the Lord I will make it.
Well so much from my jabber jaws....sorry to have gone on and on. I really take you as an inspiration and I will follow you on your journey.
God Bless you!
~Teresa Dickey

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My Sparkpage from Sparkpeople

 Today I will begin to transfer my content from my Sparkpage from Sparkpeople because they are closing down the site on Aug. 17, 2021 and everything on there will be deleted. 

Hello and thank you for stopping by my page. My name is Teresa, I am 55yrs old and I live in Lancaster, CA. I have 2 adult children and 2 grandchildren. I work as a Para Professional with the school district and I love working with children. I started my journey with Sparkpeople back in 2006 and have yo-yoed up until March 2018. I have finally found what works for me and I am not ever going to give up not even when I reach my goal.This I found is not something that you do and then stop, it's a lifestyle change. My daughter, Jamie (j_mcc_85) was told by her doctor last year (2017) that she is type 2 diabetic and was put on medication. I knew I needed to do something to help her along with myself. She topped the scale at 301 12/2016 and in 1/2018 she was 297. Today she is 256 and the weight is basically melting off. For myself it has been a little slower however it's going down and not coming back up (ever). So in March we started implementing the deletion of sugar, flour, rice, potatoes, starches, all non-healthy and high carb fruits and within a week we began to see, feel and notice a change in our bodies. It was amazing! Inflammation -gone, swelling - gone, hunger - gone and cravings - gone. However our minds can play a little trick on us especially during the time of the month when we think we have to have CHOCOLATE but keto bombs are there to save the day.      

I have to admit that we do have our cheat days when we just want some pizza (with crust) and our favorite Parmesan potatoes from Vince's Pasta & Pizza. However now we order a personal size pizza and small order of potatoes to share and we eat one slice of pizza after we top it with the toppings from the other slices and dip everything in ranch.      

I have done a lot of research on the Ketogenic diet and I strive to stay as honest to it as I can. You have to make sure you keep up your electrolytes and you can do that by using Himalayan salt (pink salt). It doesn't affect high blood pressure like table salt and it is extremely good for you.      

Also neither one of us have done any extra exercise than getting our 10,000+ steps a day and you can simply do this by getting up out of your seat and stepping in place, watch a Walking with Leslie or just go for a stroll. We will be implementing other exercises as we get our weight down.      

If you would like to learn more about what we are doing please feel free to leave me a commit, add me as a friend (and my daughter j_mcc_85), read and subscribe to my blog.      

Also if you are following a low carb/keto lifestyle please share with me your tricks and inspirations along your healthy lifestyle.      

God bless you!      

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Happy New Year to me! Starting my year off in the GREEN!!! The scale is moving in the right direction! This is going to be my year to see more of the green! This lifestyle is not something you start off in the beginning of the year, it’s a lifestyle change that you live throughout your life!

My Goals:

My ultimate goal is to become a healthier happier ME!   

   

Weight progress:   

0. 250 - 240 ~ 11/2014   

1. 240 - 230 ~ 3/2016 ~ 3/01/18   

2. 229 - 220 ~ 6/2016 ~ 3/21/18   

3. 219 - 210 ~ 6/26/18   

4. 209 - 200 ~ 9/17/18   

5. 199 - 191 ~ 1/19/19 ONEDERLAND   

6. 190 - 181 ~ 7/17/19 I am still stuck in between 185-189lbs. (3/25/20) - 182.6 lbs. (1/1/21)  

7. 180 - 171 ~   

8. 170 - 161   

9. 160 - 155   

10. 150   

maintain it, live healthy and free from what has held me captive for over 20 years!   

   

199 is my first goal (1/19/19), 150 is my second goal however 130 is my ultimate goal!   

   

It's not 'if' I achieve my goal however it is 'when' I achieve my goal because I WILL REACH MY GOAL!

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10,000 plus steps daily (averaging 13,000)   

   

60 minutes of activity   

   

To consume no more than 50 net carbs a day! (Staying between 20-40 most days)   

By following a #Keto #lowcarb lifestyle.   

   

To keep a log or journal of my journey to healthier happier me.

~Teresa Mae~ 

"STRENGTH...A river cuts through a rock, not because of its power but its persistence". 

Jim Watkins 

We are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 

1 John 4:4