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Introduction Text There will always be open doors. Embrace life. Take chances. When I am tired, I am hungry for sleep. When I am thirsty, I am hungry for liquids. When I am feeling down, I'm hungry for support. When I am feeling lonely, I'm hungry for people.. - Submitted by GANASSI 1/28/2011 in Weight Loss Stop worrying about what you have to lose and start focusing on what you have to gain. - KURTZIE1998 Lose, maintain, just don't gain. -IndyGirl But we must hold on to the progress we have already made. Philippians 3:16 Life is too short to have a bad day (a choice). - SPICY23 if you don't move, there are no golden years. just years of pain. -SPEDED2 You will never FEEL like it. If you wait until you FEEL like it, you wil never do it. (paraphrase from TED talk by Mel Robbins) My doctor said, "One pound a week is 52 in a year." It was a life-changing statement. – Donna Gettings Apperson You are a shining star. Never let anybody dull your sparkle. KATHYJO56 What people think of you is not nearly as important as how you feel about yourself. Maria Akopyan - 1CRAZYDOG Some days are easy and inspiring, other days are hard and down-right boring. Don't give up! Know why you are fighting. TSTETSER Some days you just don’t wanna do it – follow your nutrition plan or exercise, maybe both! But if you fake it till you feel it, you’ll get through it. 1CRAZYDOG We define ourselves far too often by our past failures. That’s not you. You are this person right now. You’re the person who has learned from those failures. Joe Rogan Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.-Og Mandino Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Don’t waste your time. Joe Rogan Build confidence and momentum with each food decision you make from here on out and choose to be inspired. Joe Rogan If you can control what you eat, you can control all other aspects of your life. Joe Rogan No one deserves to punish themselves with their own thoughts... I want to take charge versus being a victim of my own thoughts... I have more control over my emotional and physical wellness than I probably realize. -SUSMANNIE The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. Alice Walker "...You can do it if you forget the yesterdays and remember that today is yours, and the miracle is, it is always today. It will take courage..." fromTODAY IS YOURS by Emilie Loring. I'm more capable than I think or feel. -Stephen Guise Success is achieved and maintained by those who try, and keep trying, for there is nothing to lose by trying and a great deal to gain if successful. By all means TRY! Do it NOW!!! ~ W. Clement Stone “Begin as you mean to go on, and go on as you began, and let the Lord be all in all to you.”― Charles H. Spurgeon, All of Grace I love being able to participate in life. - DEBYDOINGIT I deserve as much rest as I need or want. -Stephen Guise Thrive, not just survive. I've done it before, And I can do it some more, I've got my eye on the score, (Tick, Tick, Boom.) Don't stop me now. Cause I'm having a good time. (Queen) You ain't seen nothing yet. B-b-b-baby, you just ain't seen nothing yet. (Bachman Turner Overdrive) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * It Couldn’t Be Done BY EDGAR ALBERT GUEST published in 1917 Somebody said that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it! Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that; At least no one ever has done it;” But he took off his coat and he took off his hat And the first thing we knew he’d begun it. With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, Without any doubting or quiddit, He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it. There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, There are thousands to prophesy failure, There are thousands to point out to you one by one, The dangers that wait to assail you. But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, Just take off your coat and go to it; Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Today, I was asking the right questions instead of the wrong ones. "What can I do today to make me healthier tomorrow?" "What can I do to finish this painting by the end of the month?" We are constantly asking ourselves questions. Rather than "Why am I so fat?" ask yourself, "What can I do Right NOW that will help me to become thinner?" We need to be conscious of the questions that we ask ourselves because our brains are programmed to come up with an answer. Make sure that you are asking questions that lead you in the direction that you want to go. -ARTISTSBRUSH * * * * * A pledge by LADYLUK: I promise myself to be so strong that nothing can stop me from losing weight. To talk health, fitness and weight loss to every person that wants to listen. To help all my overweight friends feel that they too can lose their extra weight. To look at the fact that I really can lose weight and to make this fact come true. To think only of success, to work only for success and to expect only successful weight loss. To be just as enthusiastic about the weight loss of others as I am about my own. To forget the failures of the past and press on to the great weight loss achievements of the future. To be motivated to lose weight at all times and to help every overweight person I meet to be motivated too. To be so focused on doing things that help me lose weight that I have no time left to do things that make me gain weight. To be too determined to give up, too fit to be unhealthy, too slim to be fat, and too focused on successful weight loss to permit the thought of failure. To think well of myself and to proclaim this fact to the world by losing all the extra weight and keeping it off. To live in the faith that I can be slim for the rest of my life so long as I stay focused on the slim and slender me that I know I can be.

My Reason to be Healthy... Independence! To have the surgeries I need to get my life back. To take care of myself. To go where I want and do what I want when I want. Stay focused! Set short term goals that are challenging and keep me focused. Concentrate on maintaining each loss. I have lost hundreds of pounds since joining Spark without really getting where I want to be. My big goal for the rest of 2019 is to hang on to each weight loss. Eliminate/minimize weight gain.

Nutrition goals I am crazy about intermittent fasting and one-meal-a-day (IF and OMAD). It works for me. It is sustainable. It is a healthy way to live. Fasting lets my body switch from go mode to repair mode. (There are many kinds of fasts.) 1. While we may eat what we want on OMAD, it's important to strive for balance. Get enough protein. Listen to my body. 2. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Limit carbs. 3. Stop eating when approaching full. 4. Make water the beverage of choice. Reach for black coffee or tea when I want something besides water. Because of health issues, I avoid sugar. I also try to limit fried foods and excessively salty foods. Doing OMAD helps because I am not reaching for junky snack foods. Other goals: Move more. Get enough sleep. Visit Spark often. I will celebrate each victory, each fraction of a pound or inch lost. I do not look at how far I have to go. Set small goals. Be creative, try new recipes and new foods. Look for the posi

I am celebrating each day, counting my blessings. There are benefits in a good belly laugh.

You are their glorious strength. It pleases You to make us strong. Psalm 89:17 Serenity Prayer - Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen.

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