For the past 18 days I've been tracking all my food and drink on SparkPeople.  I've also been logging all my activity and checking off on various daily, weekly, and monthly goals.  


This has, in the past, always been something I fall short in and it seems, until now, could only manage a few days, never even a full week.  So going 18 days is GREAT!!!


At this point it's not even going to matter if there's any loss on the scale next time I weigh in ~ the consistency in doing these positive things will eventually result in great losses in weight and great gains in health!


Somewhere in the backwoods of my woodsy brain there is a notion that if I don't take care of myself, my own physical body, then the care I give to my spiritual body can not benefit me to the full.  Jehovah gives us so much; taking good care of what he gives us is the LEAST we can do.  :)


I think I'm finally getting it right - it's OK to take care of ME first!

All My Earthly Best and SparkPeople

This is the first post in documenting a journey of losing weight and regaining health and how it impacts the lives affected by it all.  At some point there will be pics.  There is just so much going on right now I'm not sure when I'll get around to adding them.  To date, I've already lost 33 pounds... in roughly 33 months - LOL  Not the rate I'm happy with but at least it's a loss!  My partner in this journey is SPARKPEOPLE ~ all the many friends I've met there who cheer me on, encourage me, fill me with info, spark me with fire in motivation and in general help me do what I must do to meet my goals.


Today I am on Day 3 of the 28-Day SPARK program.  A true work in progress; inspired by the newly released book by SPARKPEOPLE founder, Chris Downie: The SPARK!  


If you haven't read it yet, go to SPARKPEOPLE now and click on the link for the book and order it for yourself.  You won't regret it!