Changes

In every life there are changes, some good some bad.  

After 2 + years of driving for the railroad I feeling a call from God for a change, partially for my family life and for my own sanity, He decided my mission was complete with PTI. But I am not leaving without me making a mark on the railroad and the railroad making a mark on me. I think about the guys and gals that I drove around. Some were happy people and some where not so happy. I think about what my mission was at the rail yard, it still  baffles me but God had me there for a reason. I recall this last year and I think about the one engineer that looks like Cornelius the prospector from Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer, Yes he did pan for gold, played Santa Claus and scuba dived. I think about the conductor who was always ready for with a practical joke. Always acting like he was hurt that you said something or did something to him that was wrong towards him, but always got a mischievous smile as he got on the train.

I think about the conductor that was cold and aloof, just plain rude sometimes but  when I found out that he had a horrible back issue and his wife is slowly dying at home you learn to talk to him different and his attitude changes towards you and he even apologizes to you for being so nasty.

These are just a few of many that I think about daily, believe me there are many more that have made an impact on my life. The rail road life is not a good life. They get at best 48 hours home at any one time. Many have broken marriages, injuries they don't tell the railroad about so they can keep their job. Ye sit pays well but the quality of life is crap.

This brings me to three particular men who were in my life one day, laughing and joking and out of my life the next day at their own hands. 2 by gun one by pills. For what ever reason they decided that their emotional or physical pain was to much to bear any more so they decided to end their lives.

They are remembered in the hearts of their family members and at the rail yard they are remembered by three 8 x 10 wooden plaques.

I think of these three more than once a day. were they my mission? was I supposed to touch their lives and perhaps keep them from this ending? Was I supposed to show more of the love of Christ to them than I actually did? I know God will never "Blame" my for not doing more, but I know God would be disappointed in me if I had an opportunity that I blew. How many opportunities have you had that you kept silent on?

So I start a new chapter in my life. An opportunity to touch the down trodden people of Elkhart as a manager trainee at a pawn shop. My old boss told me I would be dealing with nothing but crack heads, I haven't seen that yet. I have seen a single mother trying hard to pay her electricity, a young couple searching for a perfect ring, a Hispanic disc jockey getting that last piece of equipment he needed for the perfect set up.I have seen people paying bills by pawning the same necklace week after week. I have witnessed heart break from people losing their jewelry because they simply didn't have the money to get it back because their bad circumstance got worse.

Yes, God has me were I am for a reason, through my last job I learned that I need to be more obedient to His calling. This job He has already given me opportunities to prove my obedience. I pray that I am always open to His calling and I always respond to it.

Until next time friends...... I will see you on the other side. ~ Drew

I'm a grandpa?

If you would have told me 32 years ago as I was graduating from high school that I would someday be a grandfather I would have told you that is a long way off. At the time I didn't even have a girlfriend, no prospects even. But the time flies quickly. Here I am 50 years old, and yesterday I became a grandfather for the first time. Jonathan Robert Wohlford Jr. was brought into the world at 9:20 last night. 8 Pounds 14 ounces and 21 1/4 inches long. After seeing how big my daughter in law was she must have been all baby. I can hardly wait to see little Jon, but that has got to wait until later tonight. I am going to my new job on my day off from my old job and fill out my paper work. Then I will wait for my wife to come home so Brenda, Sarah and I can go up and see the baby.  I have no problem with you calling me grandpa but for some reason Brenda has a problem with being called grandma. I think its a psychological thing, she says there is only one person that should call her grandma and he can't speak yet. So off I go to get a shopping list together for tonight, rest my eyes for a little bit and then head up to the next job. Hope you all have a blessed day. Until next time I will see you on the other side ~ Drew

"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"

Life goes on.... It's been awhile since I have blogged and I am sorry for that. This week I gained 1.8 pounds. It seemed to me that the week consisted of a lot of stress and drama. The weather has started changing and my body feels like it wants to go into hibernation. It can never get satisfied, even when I am full it is still looking for something. So this week has been an incredible challenge.

     I am going to be a grandpa in about 37 days.... 37 days. It seems like just yesterday Bekah and Jon said they were pregnant. A grandpa... I am someone that never thought I would make it to 30 years old, let alone 50 and a grand baby on the way. I had a real does of how fragile life can be last week when I found out a buddy from high school passed away. Lots of people my age are passing.  I guess its the fact that I am just getting older. So life goes on.

     I had an interview last week for another job. Had some red flags pop up so I will have to do some heavy duty praying if it is offered to me. God has a special place for me, I just need to be patient and wait on Him.

    Still believing God is going to our needs and some wants.

Next time I think I might blog about some of the characters that work for the railroad. That should be fun, including a guy who is Santa Claus. Until next time friends, I will see you on the other side. ~ Drew

Curve ball, swing and a miss

it is inevitable the life will hand you curves. This last 2 months has been nothing but curves to me. so here I sit drinking a beer trying not to wonder but trying to figure out what's going on in my life. The stoggie is being smoked the Beer is being drank. Do I continue and trusting the person that is hurt me beyond all hurt. Do I trust the words that I've been lied to me so many times. I pray, God gives me no answers. I cry out and still nothing. each and every day I hurt deeper and deeper. I love, yet I hurt. anyone that knows me knows that I over analyze every little detail in life. in fact I obsess about it. I try to think about everything is possible in that situation rather than trust what is actually there. Today I have decided to trust. I may be hurt again but it's all worth the hurt if the outcome is to my liking. My life is not been perfect I have not done everything right. I have however done more than been done to me as far as trusting and hoping. will I be hurt again? Absolutely. by the same person I pray I don't. my life has become such a country song. In a dead end job, cant make ends meet. it seems like everything is working against me when I am trying to get things back on track.

I know however, the devil working against me. He wants to see me fail he wants to see me walk away from my life. I have news for him I am a new creation in Christ. I will fight for what I feel is mine. I will give 100 and 50 percent into anything that I want. So as I relax and watch the neighborhood kids get off the bus. I know my life is a lot more perfect than a lot of those out there. I know that I have over analyzed things too much. I know the person that has hurt me needs forgiveness.

Tonight I will forgive that person, I will love that person, I will hold that person and I will cry. not tears of fear or doubt, but tears of a newfound hope that I have through Christ. for Christ is the answer. I ask and pray that He guides and directs me from this day forward. I covet your prayers to pray for me. this hasn't been easy but I will not fail. until next time I will see you on the other side. ~Drew

In the midst of it all

Depression sucks. I mean it really sucks especially when it is something you really can't control because of someone disrespecting you. I have been through a range of emotions these last couple of months, trying to put on a brave face for all to see. Sometimes though, all I want to do is crawl in a hole and hide forever.
When you trust someone and they break that trust multiple times it hurts. Sometimes a sixth sense kicks in after being hurt so much and you just know you aren't getting the whole story. But be that as it may, this is life! You evaluate and reevaluate the people in your life and decide whether to go on with them or not. A lot of reevaluating has been going on in my world. Still not sure which way I am going because of the hurt and confusion. I don't want to make any rash decision.

This week I knew I was going to gain weight. Simply because that is the way my body operates I lose for 2 -3 weeks and then I gain a few pounds. If this would have happened 9 months ago I probably would have given up, but because I have come so far I am not doing that. There are so many other things going on in my life right now that I really can't afford to walk away from my new way of eating. So I go on with the diet, I go on with my life and I just ask that you pray for me. I am really hurting, I am depressed and I need all the help I can get. Until next time friends, I will see you on the other side ~ Drew

If you would have told me a year ago

I would have told you that you were crazy if you would have told me a year ago that today I would be 3.4 pounds from losing 90 pounds. I would have let you know that you were certifiable. You see last year at this time I had no self confidence and no self worth. I had tried to diet but it had never worked because I was doing the quick fad things. Losing weight is a life style change, a life long commitment to eat better and exercise more. Do I fail, absolutely but now I take those failures and use them to my advantage, not to beat up myself but to learn what triggered the event.

 This week has been one of those weeks and the picture to the left actually is a picture of sin. You see this week I ate a McDonald's Happy Meal. I know, I know it is just a Happy Meal but it was on top of my regular food, so on that day I doubled my calories. It wasn't even the lowest calorie Happy Meal (Chicken Nuggets) it was a cheeseburger happy meal and they put a regular fry in it instead of a kid fry. That's right I stuffed my mouth with it all. I might add here that even though I doubled my calories I was still below the calories I started with last October. So lets look at the triggers. Depression, lack of money (makes sense to me to spend money I don't have to feed my addiction) and lack of sleep. So now I know what the triggers are how do I fix them. Lack of money, I am in the process of finding a better job, not too many people have openings for my skills or lack there of, but I am trying. Lack of sleep isn't going to change any time too soon seeing Brenda and I are on different schedules and Depression, I am working on this one but it is a daily battle for me. I know you are saying Drew, you are so happy all the time... Even a clown wears a mask.

As you can see my transformation is coming along. I feel encouraged when I put on a piece of clothing I haven't been able to wear, this week it was jeans. Besides my fat jeans I have not been able to wear jeans for about 2 years. I had two pair in the closet just waiting for me and this week I was able to put a pair on. I am so stinking close to a 3xl shirt it isn't funny. I can get it buttoned but it bunches a little when I sit down.

 Overall I am happy with the weight loss has gone and to possible be at 90 pounds gone next week is exciting. At 100 pounds I will be half way there. at this rate it will be at the end of my 51st year that I am fit by 51 but it will happen and I will be bringing you along on the entire journey. Thank you for being my accountability partners. So until next time, I will see you on the other side. ~ Drew

Everything Is Going Fine Except Everything

Chris Sligh - This is Life

The fact that I have a vested interest in this album project has not swayed my opinion at all. Anyone that knows me, knows that if I think something sucks I would tell you.
This is life is an album that was worth waiting the extra time for. Chris Sligh has hit it out of the park with his 37 song 3 CD album.

"Hey I'm on top of the world and everything is fine, except everything." the beginning words of "Around Me" really sums up how all of us feel at one time or another.

The Cd's are split into three areas, Praise and worship, Love and Hope.

In CD one you actually go on a journey with Chris From Worship to praise. He covered a few classics but also wrote some originals that are so great that I know some day they will be classics themselves. Some of my favorites, in no particular order, "You meet our needs", "teach me oh God", "How Great", "Communion Song." and when you hear "Come Revive", you won't be able to stay in your seat.

In CD two we see a personal love story between Chris, his wife, his child and his Savior. Some of my favorites in the CD is the a fun song, " A Poorly written love song", "This is Life", "Around Me", and "A good man"

In CD three, one of my favorites. Chris sings of over coming hardships and hardness that life throws your way and being triumphant over them. There isn't a song I don't like on this part of the project. LOVE "Shining Down", "Just Hold On",and "Learning to fly" however its "You were born to die" that even as I type these words I am tearing up.

Friends if you don't include this CD project in your collection you are missing out. Please support his ministry, I think these songs will touch you in places you never knew where touchable.

http://chrissligh.com/

Until next time friends, I will see you on the other side ~ Drew

I defeated

i screamed at God, in fact I yelled, I screamed, I cried. the pressure that I've been under lately monetary wise,relationship wise and now transportation wise had become too much for me. I am seeking God to give me renewal on all accounts. and I just ask you my friends to continue to pray for my family. It seems that every where we turn the devil is attacking us. I know God gives us the strength to handle whatever He gives us but sometimes I wonder how much more strength He's going to have to give me before I break. He does supply every one of our needs and He has shown that to us time after time. but still I doubt, and that's just the human  in me and all of us that when things are going bad we doubt what is happening in our life.

God has been so good to us in the past and I know I shouldn't doubt Him and I don't reallt doubt Him I just doubt the situation that we're in. I know once again He will get us through this hard patch and we will have to reexamin to find out how we got here in the first place. the heartache that we have is self imposed. God doesnt want us to suffer but we start listening to the king of lies and soon it becomes our truth.

On the plus side today. I have a family that loves me, inlaws that aren't outlaws and a God that will supply all our needs.  plus... I was able to fit into a pair of jeans that I know I have not worn in a very long time. until next time my friend I'll see you on the other side ~Drew

Are you sitting there wanting a Big Mac while Drinking my Slim Fast... Not me

Good Morning and I am sorry I have not written in a week. Seems the ADHD has really been kicking in even making it hard for me to read my bible. It rained last night which is nice because the gardens really needed it. This morning I took a pot of sun tea out side in hopes the rain stops and the sun comes out. While I was breathing in the newly cleansed air I noticed something red over in the garden so I decided to pick it. 13 tomato's later and all my pockets full I made it back inside in time to see Brenda off to school. Its been a week of a lot of work outside just getting ready for the upcoming cold season and I have tons more to do.  God surly has blessed us with a great garden of tomato's and cucumbers this year. I can hardly wait to see what the potato's are doing, won't be long before we harvest those.

     The locusts have been sounding the last couple of days and according to folk lore that means it only 6 weeks till the first frost. I am so not ready for winter. 

As I sit here eating my 35 calorie toast with my 50 calorie peach - mango marmalade on it , I am reevaluating some of my choices this week. Because that is what I do to make myself stronger and smarter. I have to tell you I AM NOT ON A DIET. If you go on a diet of potions, pills and little tricks to try and lose weight you will return to your old ways of eating and pack on more pounds then you lost. The secret of weight loss... are you ready? Changing the way you think about food thus changing the way you consume it.
We are slapped in the face with food ads everywhere. None of which, by the way, are healthy choices for a new life style. I have a motto here lately, the more music, glitz and fast paced fun on a food commercial... the more unhealthy it is. Watch Next time, the fast paced commercials enticing you to buy are the unhealthiest. Just something to think about as you sit there with your slim fast wishing you had a Big Mac. This week I lost 1.6 pounds. I hope and pray you have a wonderful week and I hope to visit with you again soon, hopefully before next Thursday. So until next time, I will see you on the other side ~ Drew
      

80 pounds gone

Thin Down Thursday ~ Just like anything in life, if you sin and confess those sins and come with a humble heart before God he will continue to bless you. Each and every day we make mistakes but we have to take ownership of those mistakes to overcome them. Regardless of how badly I screwed up the other day God went ahead and blessed me with a 2.2 pound loss. That's 80 pounds gone on this  journey of weight loss. I thought it was important for me to share when I fell on my face this week. So many times in this weight loss blogs you only hear the good and never the bad and then when something bad happens to you, you feel as though you can't do this. You can do anything you set your mind to. Will there be hickups? It is guaranteed! Thats right guaranteed, it even says so in the bible. "In this world you will have problems, but take heart I have over come the world." John 16:33. Take heart my friends,  I will always be open and honest with you becasue it forces me to be open and honest with my self. So until next time my friends, I will see you on the other side ~ Drew

1000 calories over

Yesterday was a horrible day for my weight loss to say the least. First of all I only got 4 hours of sleep the night before. With very little sleep my resistance is down. I walked into speedway and automatically picked up 2 of their breakfast sandwiches and ate them (Meaning I had over 800 of my 1438 allowed calories in one meal) For lunch a couple of egg rolls (360 Calories) and then last night, homemade chili dogs (You don't want to know)

As bad as yesterday was and as horrible I was at eating, today is a new day. I plan of taking a couple of walks and eating right. See when you fall off the wagon it doesn't have to be the end of what you are doing. It may be a little set back and I may suffer on the scales scales tomorrow but it is not the end. So if you have hit some stumbling blocks this week with whatever you are doing, pick your self up and brush yourself off and start all over again.  It is possible to achieve what ever you want through persistence. So until next time friends, I will see you on the other side ~ Drew

Come on get happy

I don't know what it is about early morning but whenever I get up earlier than what I normally have to I always have the Partridge Family theme going off in my head. I don't mean the original theme where it says come on and meet everybody, I'm talking about the one that says come on let's get happy. I don't know if its gods trying to pump me up for a beautiful day or what. so here it is "come on world of the song that were singing, come on get happy. A whole lotta love is what we will be bringing, it will make you happy" do you have a happiness song that helps you get through the day?

Yes I still struggle throughout the day, but you know with that song and what grace God gives me, I know I can make it. only 7 more hours of work and I get this evening off and I'm going to watch Extreme Makeover weightloss edition and then go to bed early. so until next time friends I'll see you on the other side~Drew

Bored

I am bored. I am bored of my diet I am bored of what I'm doing for a living I am just bored in general. it is almost like I have lost my zeal for life. I get upset when I gain weight but I know it's my own fault. because being bored with my diet makes me eat things I shouldn't. I still keep close to my calories but some of the stuff to nutritionally isn't as good as what it should be. I really enjoyed dumpster diving in going thru the trashand finding things that I can use. I love implementing plans for those things but then I get to the part where I don't have the money to finish something and I get very frustrated

my diet is a joke sometimes I mean how many ways can you make a Subway sandwich. I think I've tried to low calorie subs about everyway there is to do them.

My boss is very verbally abusive at times. I know she doesn't mean it and I think its the alcohol the talks most of the time. she was thrown into the job without any training whatsoever so they've done her diservice. but it is also true that she hasn't tried any self growth of the manager and that she doesn't look for different answers she has to always be right. and then she will lie to you if find her wrong in something and then she will tell you that's not what she said.

working 2nd shift my home life is a little shaky. never knowing what my family is doing or where they are.

the good parts though I am losing weight and I am getting closer to God. I know the boredom will go away and that my zeal for life in general will come back. I just ask that you continue to pray for me and that God reveals to me what he wants me to do with my life.

I appreciate you listening to me. Until next time I'll see you on the other side ~Drew

Not so thin down Thursday

Thin Down Thursday ~ I GAINED 2/10 of a pound. It was bound to happen. My eating habits this week have been atrocious. Not because I wanted to but because I am poor. The stress of Brenda working only part time this summer, bank accounts over drawn, and lack of sleep has also affected me this week. I KNOW that there are brighter days ahead. Brenda is back to working full time and God will supply our needs and some of our wants. So I rest in Him. What are you struggling with today that could use some prayer? I will certainly go to the Lord on your behalf if you would like me too. You can even P.M. if you would like at anytime and ask for prayer. Make it a great week everyone and don't let life's circumstances get you down. You are the only one that can change that by your choices. 

     

     On a brighter note on I am enjoying my photography and you can see some of it at https://www.facebook.com/DoubleaStudio I am enjoying my gardening which is doing well. Tomato's are an everyday thing while cucumbers are about a once a week thing. Still waiting on green peppers as they are just setting. Pulled the watermelon and cantaloupe yesterday as nothing set on them and the broccoli has been done for a few weeks. Never got any head lettuce it seems bugs bunny and his friends were hungry.

I am also enjoying my dumpster diving and projects that I have going on. On the right you see one of my freebie projects and right now I am working on a 9 foot long 3 foot high dog eared fence. I am doing it without having to spend any money. I always have a project in my mind and hopefully one day will get the house  and garden the way I would like it.  Well that's all for now, I have taken enough of your time.

 

Until next time, I will see you on the other side ~ Drew

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My name is Drew and I'm a ...

     My name is Drew Wohlford and I am a carbaholic. I have pretty much tackled my bread issue with this great bread from Healthy Life. I had been getting it at Walmart but I found out the other day I can get it at Save-A -Lot for $2.00 a loaf.

    My problem with carbs however comes with pasta. I LOVE PASTA!!!! in fact everytime we have pasta I have a tendency to eat in excess. In fact I can say I am addicted to pasta. With butter, with a red sauce, with cheese it doesn't matter I love my pasta. So I don't eat pasta very often because I can't stop.

     I believe that is one of the reasons that I only lost one pound this week because last night we had good ole pasta. I know that I can't be too hard on myself because we all fall off the wagon at times, it just means that I need to watch myself better when it comes to the love of my life .... Pasta. EVERYTHING in moderation. So my friends I will continue to do what I am doing and please feel free to cheer me on or yell at me if you see I am reaching for something I shouldn't be reaching for. I count on you all to be my accountability partners in my journey to a more healthy me. Until next time, I will see you on the other side ~ Drew

It's a party

     Well friends, it's a party. Why you may ask? Because I got a project done that I started about a year ago. When they walled in our furnace (Before we got here) they had left a small opening for us to get to the back of the furnace to change the filter. Needless to say it was very hard, if almost impossible to squeeze in there. Early this year I had taken the one wall of paneling off and had it sitting int he basement in everyones way. Today I cut out one of the wall supports (Not a load bearing wall, breath deeply, it's ok) and framed a doorway there. Then I put the paneling back on and cut the opening. Then I did something unlike me.... I cleaned up after myself. LOL

     Many of you are asking yourself why I hadn't got it done before this... simple answer, I was TOO FAT. I had a hard time getting up and down stairs, bending down to do any of the work and then getting back upstairs, lugging all my tools would have made "America's Funniest Videos". But today... I was able to do it and I am still looking forward to a walk this afternoon with my wife. I also plan on working in my garage this morning for awhile. I am a busy beaver, I have so many projects that I want to do. Only thing that holds me back from many of them is the almighty $$$$. So I dumpster dive and find treasures which usually result in more projects. LOL My wife hates this. SO in the past two weeks,

I have completed 3 major projects. My firewood rack to keep our firewood clean and dry.

a place for Brenda to stack her teacher stuff in the garage that she isn't using this year a school and finally today I  framed and cut a hole to get to the furnace.

     I have a long list of projects on my agenda and I add more it seems daily. But one thing about it I can add more because I am healthier and I have more energy to do them.  So far as of last Thursday I had lost 77.2 pounds, I have more to go but I know I have do it because each day is another successful day in itself. So my encouragement to you is something Lee Iococa once wrote to me when I asked him about his success. He said "Set your goal and work tiredlessly towards that goal."

     Have you set goals my friend? You need to other wise you have nothing to shoot for. Tonight is America's Got Talent and I can hardly wait to see Jim Meskimen perform. As many of you I love Impressionists and Jim is one of the best in the industry. I grew up with Rich Little and Frank Gorshwin but Jim blows them all away.

I encourage you to watch tonight and give Jim your vote. Here is a little bit of his. He can change from voice to voice without a hickup.

until next time my friends, I will see you on the other side ~ Drew

God Showed up.... like I knew He would

Things looked Dire last night, not knowing how we were going to make things work till next Thursday. Not being able to get what we needed for lunches and the like. WE still have to figure out how to get groceries but here is how God showed up today.

Blessing #1 - Sarah took Subway cards to Ohio with her for her missions trip. The last day she went to use them at Cedar Point and they wouldn't take them. She had cash so she ate and gave me the cards for two of my lunches. Today I carried left overs from last night so that means I only need to figure out 2 more lunches before next Thursday. He will work it all out, I know He will.

Blessing #2 -  Last night God told me to check out my Speedy Reward points, I had quite a few and was able to get $50.00 worth of gas ($20.03 for my and $29.97 for Brenda, I can never get the stupid thing to stop when it should) Also was able to get a $10.00 food and merchandise card. All for free. My bank account was never affected. This is how God blessed for the 2nd time today.

Blessing #3 I have been really struggling with the number of calories that I have been dealt the last couple of weeks. Today after a 5.2 pound loss I took in 1100 calories, not the full 1549 I am allowed. I praise God that I really am not hungry and He shook things up a little. Sometimes you need to break out of a routine to show yourself it can be done. I can hardly wait to see what God has in store for tomorrow.

5.2 Pounds

To say I  was stressed about this upcoming week is an understatement. I won't be able to afford my subway that helps keep me on my path of weight loss so now it is all on me and God to get this done. To say it will be more God than me is a given. I started this journey with 2800 calories a week in October, today when I put my current weight loss in I was at 1549. That's a Wendy's Double, Fries and a frosty, something that I would eat before without thinking about it. I guess my challenge has been trying to find food that is decent for you at a very low price. Not impossible but is very limited. Especially with a weird 2nd shift schedule.
       This week will be tougher because of Brenda not working very much this summer it has gotten us in a financial bind. In fact the one bank account is over drawn and the other on has $40 in it. That's for food, gas and everything. But when I get stressed like this I think about the feeding of the 5,000 with a couple of fish and a couple of pieces of bread. My God can do miracles.  That is where my hope lies.  Watch this blog because I will show you how God worked in our lives here. Until next times my friend, I will see you on the other side. ~ Drew

As hungry as a dog

I have to be serious with you'all, this new calorie limit that "My diet Diary" has me on is hard and I find myself obsessing about food, ready to eat about anything. Sometimes I wonder if it is all worth it but then I remember that I have lost 75 pounds and my clothes are fitting better and I am feeling more energy. So I will continue on and eventually my body will get used to less calories. For now I am off to bed. It is important to get your sleep and drink plenty of water. Until next time I will see you on the other side ~ Drew

I know to some it may not be a lot but this morning I ran 2/10 of a mile at 3.5 mph. Did 20 sit ups and 15 girly push ups.  guess you have to start some where. More on my exercise  and diet later, by the way I had 4 pieces of toast with Grape jam on 35 calorie bread. This exercise thing is going to take some getting used to.

Happy National Ice Cream Day

This week has been a rough adjustment for me as far as calories go.
In fact I went over by 200 calories because I celebrated National Ice Cream Day with a little Sherbet. It seems  like since I started this Journey in October it has been a battle but this week it has been a war.

In October I started out with 2800 calories a day. As I have progressed through out the months and weeks of this new life style my calories have slowly gone down. "My Diet Diary" which I use on my phone to track my calories has my on track to be 180 pounds by June of 2014. But my calories are now at 1545 so I am trying to re teach my body that it can survive on less.

It is possible, also it means that I need to also up my exercise. So look for that in the following days.  I hope you have all had a great National Ice Cream Day, God bless and I will see you on the other side. ~ Drew

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OK I will Blog more later but I am trying to get fit by the time I am 51 or shortly there after