Hi   and welcome to my first blog.  I hope this will help not only myself, but some friends as well.

First a little about me: I am in my 50’s, and have been “fluffy” ALL MY LIFE. I was adopted at 7 months. There are pictures of me even then with rolls on my rolls. Never been much to do yo-yo diets. Tried Weight Watchers my senior year in High School. Lost 40 lbs. Still above what they considered my goal weight and looked like I came straight out of a 3^rd world country. Bones protruding all over from toes to scalp. Valleys where there should be skin. To me I looked great in cloths, but sickly in a bathing suit. I graduated, went away to college which had a meal plan, and what took 1.5 years to loose, promptly all came back in 3 months. I did not seriously try to lose weight again for years.

            So here I am a fluffy 50 something person with my health degrading at an alarming rate. And I am not planning on letting it get the best of me. Every doctor I have gone to over the last 5 years suggest gastric bi-pass. But I am not willing to go that route just yet.

            I had one of my current doctors suggest tricks to not only help my sugar levels, but to help me lose weight. Admittedly, I am a bad person. I have always skipped breakfast. He suggested to not eat breakfast, but to drink it. Protein Shakes… Thought this was a great way to get me going in the morning, I used a high protein shake, added fruit (and sometimes a little peanut butter). Went back a month later, everything was a fraction better blood test wise. Now he says, do this 2 meals a day and not bad for you foods. Nothing that is white (rice, bread, pasta) and no sweets, come back in a month. I want you to lose at least 4 lbs. Returned one month later and I did, in fact lose 4 lbs. I was a happy camper.

            This year I made a resolution – to feel better. So I joined my local gym. Really to help my aches, pains and regain the loss of muscle mass as well as maybe maybe a little weight loss. Doing ok, and still going. (a miracle unto itself) Aches and pains are better. A little more tone and a little higher endurance for that shop till you drop Saturdays. lol 

Multiple reasons why I am starting this blog.

1.     I am sure you all realize that if you have to “report” to anyone how you are doing on your diet, you stay on track better to achieve your goals. We all need “Diet Police”

2.    With the permission of friends, co-workers and Facebook friends I will also report their progress on this blog. I think we can all use some recognition J

3.    I have started a community page on Facebook to work hand in hand with this blog and other things. https://www.facebook.com/skinnyshemi.  Postings will be of beautiful photos, diet recipes, tricks on staying on track, links to cool stuff, and information on a diet products that should help you.

4.    I have started taking an all natural supplement called Skinny Fiber. I just started taking Skinny Fiber this weekend myself after doing lots of research. I am also a distributer. Hoping you will look at the links that I will be posting, and maybe try this product to help the weight come off. We can all do this together and succeed.

Please join me on a journey to feel (and l@@k) better.