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Year Four, Day 197: A Super Good Day! (With Update)

Here I am again! Alive, and still kicking!

Actually, today I am having a super good day!  I have been having a lot of those lately!

First of all, I woke up and stepped on the bathroom scale. I did a whoop and a holler and a happy dance! My daughter came running with concern. She thought perhaps I had slipped and fallen.

Nope. But another pound of fat has fallen away!

I have officially lost 15 pounds since I have been following the intermittent fasting way of life!

YAHOO!!

I weigh 180. At my heaviest, I was over 240 lbs! Not sure exactly because I avoided the scale in My BBW days.

My original goal weight was 139.  My daughter says she needs to lose 15 pounds. Her goal weight is also 139. I think my daughter is highly competitive with me. She said 139 is too skinny for me!  She said I should make a goal of 165. Then work on toning up at that weight and make a new goal if I am still too heavy.

So we both have to lose 15 pounds. And I think I am also competitive. So we are having a contest! The loser has to go to the mall with the winner, buy her a massage and watch Grace during her time of pampering.

I like those stakes!

I think elation kicks in after 18 hours of fasting. Either that or I am in manic phase. The truth is, I have always like my manic phase. Maybe it is just happiness, joy, relief.  I am not sure. But I thought it best to record it. It is odd, I tend to not remember my manic times.  Because I am usually mildly depressed.

So next time I am down, I hope I remember to go back and read about this super good day!

Today is also the day of my son's girlfriend's baby shower.  I actually finished loom knitting two baby hats and three matching pairs of baby booties. Alas, I am at the library and didn't think to take pics. I will hopefully remember later.

I plan on making many more hats and socks. I think it is therapeutic for me. I pray with each stitch for the person I am creating for.

Perhaps this is why my mood is elevated. After all St. Paul does encourage us to "Pray without ceasing!" (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)

I will have to stop here. I am committed to daily blogging, so my blogs may be shorter. But I aspire to being a woman of my word!

I will talk to you tomorrow.

Blessings of Peace and Joy!

Love,

Zita



P.S. No hooping video today. But I walked a brisk 1/4 mile already!

Update: Got my hooping in - Day 147!


And here are hat and bootie pics for my new grandson!


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