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Good morning Buddies! I have so much to catch up on with everyone here. I have missed you all!! Haven’t read any blogs all week!!  I hope everyone is doing great! I have been sick since Tues or Wed…..I can’t remember which day it was. I have had a major resp bug that my daughter Izabella shared with me. Nice of her, hugh? She had been sick the week before, and missed almost an entire week of school. I really figured it was more like the flu with her. I limped along at work, and just fell out when I got home at night. I spent all day yesterday in bed-which is really strange! I think I feel better today…..havent been awake long. Anyways…..enough on that!! HOW ARE ALL OF YOU??!!

As if things couldn’t be more complicated in my work world…you wont believe what else happened! The nurse at my work-who also happens to be my friend-informed me that he could no longer do his job….tired of the driving, tired of patients, etc. and so he left Monday morning with no notice!!!!!!!!! Some friend, right?  Just a quick background-I work & manage a respiratory company. We set patients up on oxygen, cpaps/bipaps, and nebulizers. The nurses job involves lots of driving, going in to peoples homes, and setting them up with equipment. Anywaysssss……now I have to find a new nurse to do the job-fun, fun! In the meantime, since I am a nurse I will be able to do the job. LIKE I HAVE TIME!!!!!!!!!!! Oh such is life, I guess. The help wanted ad went out in the local paper today, so I hope to have lots of resumes tomorrow!

On a very positive note-I had blogged about my brother a few weeks ago, and the cancer scare he had. Well, he did have testicular cancer-which they removed, and so far no evidence that it had spread!! He had a Cat Scan this past week, and it looks normal. We are now waiting on a blood test that measures tumor markers. At this point it looks like he caught it early-thank GOD!!!! This is key with testicular cancer, because it is a fast growing cancer.  There is no family history of test. cancer in our family.

On the diet front for me……had a maintain this week, which I knew would happen. I am hopeful that I am back to 100% by tomorrow and get back with the program. Prob wont be a ball of fire just yet…

Much love to my Wildcat team! Thanks for all the love this week….you guys are the best! Buddyslim is a pretty wonderful place!!!!

Have a great Sunday everyone!!!

A funny update about the guy in my office. He is the one I blogged about that was going to start his diet today…and told me that he would prob loose 30# the first month. Well bless his heart!!!! He didn’t start today-because he didn’t have time to buy groceries! I was sooo bummed! Was so looking forward to having some added support at work. In due time, I suppose!  I also couldn’t help but identify with that excuse…ya know?? How many times in the past-I was always gonna start on Monday, and then some excuse kept me stalled. I am not gonna give him a hard time about it…just keep doing my thing. Not sure if he is on for tomorrow, or if another Monday must come before he begins….the saga continues.

 Hope everyone had a wonderful Monday!

Hello all of you wonderful buddyslimmers! I don’t blog much…do read lots of blogs, and try to comment as time allows. I gain so much inspiration, motivation, and encouragement from reading what others are going through. Not to mention, sometimes enjoy a good laugh too!! Thanks to all of you for that!

 I just wanted to share what has added some fuel to my fire! This guy I work with is preparing for his HS reunion in May…he has been talking about it for some time. Saying he is going to loose weight cause he wants to look GOOD for the occasion. Well, first off…this past week has been his BIG FEED time! He kept saying “I weigh 246, and want to get up to 250# when I start on Monday (tomorrow)!!! It has been a joke around the office. I think…why would you want to do that???! But, whatever. He then tells me….”Your gonna hate me, cause I will prob loose 30# the first month!”  At this point he drinks like a liter & 1/2 of regular soda daily. Not to mention the pizzas, and the fast food. He says as soon as he cuts all of this junk he thinks he will loose that amount of weight off the bat. He might???! First off, men do loose faster than women….he is a few years younger than me..think he is 38. ANYWAYS…..this has encouraged me to kick it in high gear!!! The last two weeks of Jan I had a few slips, and didnt get the exercise in that I really needed. So, along with my own quest for health & “added” beauty (lol)..I am letting his comment fuel my fire and motivation. It will also be nice to have someone else in the office on this journey. I will keep you all posted as to how this goes!!!!

 On another note….cant believe it is FEB!!! Already!? Wow! That being said…I encourage everyone to kick it in high gear for this short month. Spring is around the corner….soon enough I wont be able to hide in that big winter coat!!  Here is to all of us! This is our time….lets make it happen!!!

Hope you are all enjoying a beautiful Sunday, and looking forward to a SUCCESSFUL week! We can do it!

Love ya all! 

WOW!! I made it the entire weekend…stayed on track with eats, and exercised!! The exercise is what I am most proud of. The cardio really kicks my butt! I know it will get easier with time, and with more weight off.

I had blogged a couple days ago about POWERING IT UP in the month of January. I just really need to get with the program, and I decided one way or another I was going to do just that. By the way, I dearly appreciate all of the wonderful comments you guys left me. I also was really excited about others that wanted to do the same as me….get busy & make this happen! There really is something to be said about power in numbers-WOW!

Lucky for me….Nancy, the coordinator of the WILDCAT team, replied to me and said she was going to come up with a challenge for our team for the month. Just what I needed!! A challenge! That really got me pumped…again, just what I needed. The next day there it was-a jump rope challenge! This will be a challenge, but she posted some really good tips and ideas on how to train with a jump rope. The one I will be doing is jumping for 5 min and then weight training for 5-in a 30 minute period. I really think this is doable. So, tomorrow I am gonna buy my rope and shake the place up!!! lol!

I invite all of you to join me in this. Doesn’t it sound like fun??!

Take care you guys! Have a great week!

~Renee