Good Day here at my house….up and at the gym by 10:30a, had a really good work out…worked hard for over 30 minutes – .got in 100 crunches at 3 different weights…felt good, I tried a bike but my knee was uncooperative…however I tried an elliptical and it worked okay….I of course am so out of shape I wasn’t able to stay on long, but it gave me a good sweat and heart rate ramp….so begins my stamina build for the elliptical…I will talk with my trainer on Tuesday on the correct way to approach this, unless any of you have some ideas…I would be grateful for them…then I went and picked up my 12 year old niece, we stopped for lunch and then headed back to the pool….it is family day and all family members can come for free…so we went and swam for over an hour…I got my 20 minute jog in and a bunch of other exercises all the while I watched my dolphin like niece swim laps around me…lol so great exercise day….yay….and by the way the swim suit is wonderful…it works and feels great…
I am at 1225 calories for the day…so doing well…I have introduced a potatoes back into my diet, I peel it and microwave it and then have it with my omelet only 1/2 cup but I am interested in seeing what it does to the scale…I alternate it with a slice of bread/toasted dry with my breakfast….so we will see what it does….they are both foods I have been avoiding for the last few month and I miss them…I love breakfast and feel like something is missing….oh well-we will see….count the calories but its the starch and yeast that affects me…
I hope all of you are able to see the beautiful lunar eclipse….I keep jumping up and going to watch its progress…I am a lunar baby and have a special bond with the orb….I may even have to break into a dance later, and of course clothes are optional at all my lunar dances…LOL

So as my weight comes off, so does layers of fat…I have started to notice I have someone else’s arms… my wrist, fingers and upper arms do not belong to the old Kathy…I notice when I am in bed my hip bones are more prominent…crazy…it feels like I am touching the body of an old friend…that’s doesn’t sound right, but I am sure you understand…the last time I started to loose weight when my body started to show signs, it gave me anxiety…so then I would eat….but this time I am excited. I am ready to be who I once was, never young again, and I will never have a firm body again, but I will be down in a decent clothes size, to go in a store and by a large or lets hope a medium top, I am so tired of having to by plus sizes…..anyway I can’t wait…
I have also noticed the terrible pain in my knee is almost gone….of course its not winter so I can’t say its gone for good, but it is really nice not have a dull ache constantly in my knee…I am still very careful about where I walk and how I move but the pain involved is a lot less…my hands continue to grow bumps on my knuckles, afraid there isn’t much I can do about that….so I continue my herbs and spices..just trying to stay ahead of the aging process….lol.
So until tomorrow