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Introduction Text Thank you for visiting my SparkPage! I Love being supportive and encouraging on SP. You can call me Bobbie. **My Inspiration is Ernestine Shepherd, and she says, "Age is Nothing But A Number, You CAN GET FIT" My PLAN: is to stick with my Keto lifestyle and IF (Intermittent Fasting) and Dance to my Heart's content for the rest of my life. I want to be as healthy-looking as Ernestine Shepherd when I'm in my eighties and nineties! **************************** I'm a believer in what Dr. Eric Berg says : It's Not "Lose Weight To Get Healthy" It's "GET HEALTHY TO LOSE WEIGHT". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **The Simple Pleasures of LIFE I ENJOY:** ********************************* *The touch of my husband's hand on the small of my back! *A warm sunny day! *A field of wheatgrass blowing in a soft breeze! *The smell of rain! *Big puffy white clouds! *A freshly mowed lawn! *Watching my horses move! **************************** **From ANNIESADVENTURE SP page. ** Important Things to Remember: ** 1. Keep your plan simple. Do not complicate it with a bunch of rules that make it difficult. 2. Don't expect perfection. No guilt. 3. Expect plateaus. 4. Don't get in a rush. 5. Listen to your body. 6. Never give up on yourself. 7. Keep Sparking... ANNIESADVENTURE Thank You. ******************* When I was a kid I was called "Toothpick" and it hurt my feelings. I think I was skinny from way too much stress. Before my 1st child was born I weighed 110 lbs at 5 ft. 5 1/2 inches. After my 3rd child was born I settled at about 125 lbs. I had a total hysterectomy when I was 28 but, not much change in weight. I didn't get up to 140 until I was about age 39. Then when I was 46 I had stage 4 breast cancer and after chemo and radiation I got up into the 190s. I am a medium frame and at 51, I lost 50 lbs on Atkins in about 6 months. I gained it all back when I put all my focus on my daughter while I was caring for her after her stroke in 1997. She is doing fine now. But, it took me years of trying to get back on track until I started watching Dr. Eric Berg's videos explaining that the only thing the Atkins diet was missing was the veggies to protect the liver among other things. Also how good Interment Fasting is for the body. Now, in my golden years, I just want to stay healthy. I have been learning a lot from Dr. Berg and doing the Keto lifestyle since Sat.,10/26/19. I stopped using All SUGAR including foods that turn to sugar in my body, like all bread, potatoes, pasta, rice, and anything with white or wheat flour in it, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://www.drberg.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saturday ~10/26/19 ~ I made a commitment to myself: No More Sugar! (1) So far, my morning readings of Blood Sugar have dropped from 250s to 100s. (2) I'm sleeping better. (3) My mood is better. (4) I'm not hungry all the time anymore. (5) My belly Is NOT bloated anymore. (6) I have lots more energy. (7) I'm getting out of chairs easier and walking faster. (8) My left knee has stopped hurting. (9) I have stopped losing weight for now. (But, I'm not worried, that will happen as a side effect as I get healthy). (10) Update: I have lost 48 pounds as of 11/8/20, it happened very slowly. Once I made up my mind, I went into my kitchen and threw away my bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, and anything that was high in carbs or processed food. (I could do this because it's just my husband and me). Don't worry I kept the things he really likes and he's fine with it. Then I made my list of allowed meats, veggies, and condiments, and off to the grocery store I went. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You Can Do ANYTHING You Make Up Your Mind To Do.!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12/13/20 I Started Intermittent Fasting (IF). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I think the best Medicine is Resting, Dancing, and Fasting. Intermittent fasting simply allows the body to use its stored energy, by burning off excess body fat. Resting, and Dancing are great for the body and soul. **************************** ~~~Health EVENTS That are Important to Me!!! ~~~ The Changes I have made. You Can Do ANYTHING You Make Up Your Mind To Do.!!! ***************************** 11/10/17~ Quit Smoking 08/19/18 ~ Started Drinking Turmeric Tea 09/09/19 ~ Stopped E-Cig 10/26/19 ~ Stopped Eating SUGAR & foods that turn into Sugar & went to a Ketogenic Lifestyle with IF (Intermittent Fasting). I will be doing this for the rest of my life. 5/27/20 My A1C was 5.0 Down from 8.5 on 12/11/2018 11/06/20 ~ Stopped Blood Sugar Medication 12/01/20 ~ Stopped Blood Pressure Medication 3/25/21 - First VITAL PROTEINS COLLAGEN PEPTIDES, Helps skin, hair, nails, joints, and much more. *******A MESSAGE from MY DOCTOR****** RE: Lab results General Mailbox 05/29/2020 Hello Ms. Bobbie Walker, I have published your lab results on your portal. I want to congratulate you on the enormous success demonstrated by these labs. You are no longer showing any evidence of diabetes, elevated liver enzymes, or elevated triglycerides. Your electrolytes, kidney function, and blood count also looked great. Your thyroid is in control. Your cholesterol is still elevated however the majority of this is usually due to genetics. Please keep up your success and do not revert back to the diet that caused all the problems we identified earlier. Please review the labs and let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Dr. Tarpley ****************************** You Can Do ANYTHING You Make Up Your Mind To Do.!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ATTITUDE is ALTITUDE.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** Goodie for new IF members I want to welcome you to the "Intermittent Fasting" team. The main thing that IF has done for me is take away being hungry all the time. I started out doing the IF 16/8 (eating 2 meals a day) by eating only when I was truly hungry. I did that for a couple of months and then went to IF 20/4. As I wasn't really hungry but once a day. The main thing you will need to do is Keep Your Calories up. I didn't and that resulted in my hair getting thinner and thinner. I'm working on getting my calories back up to 1200 to 1500 a day while keeping my carbs around 20 a day. I'm glad you found this team and I hope we can be of some help to you on your journey of health and weight loss. (((Hugs))) Bobbie *******Daylight Saving Time******* March 14, Daylight Saving Time Begins November 7, Daylight Saving Time Ends FIRST DAY OF: SPRING ~ is March 20, 2020 SUMMER ~ is June 21, 2020 FALL ~ is September 22, 2020 WINTER ~ is December 21, 2020 USA ~ Significant HOLIDAYS Observed : January 1, New Year's Day February 14, Valentine's Day March 17, St. Patrick's Day April 1, April Fool's Day April 16, Easter Sunday May, Mother's Day May 29, Memorial Day June, Father's Day July 4, Independence Day September 4, Labor Day October 31, Halloween November, Thanksgiving December 25, Christmas ********************************* YEARLY ~ Start Weights about the 1st of each month. ********************************* Date: 2/26/07 ~ SW: 195.6 Total Inches ~ 339.25" Date: 1/04/08 ~ SW: 199.6 Total Inches ~ 335.50" Date: 1/03/09 ~ SW: 188.4 Total Inches ~ 321.75" Date: 2/10/10 ~ SW: 194.4 Total Inches ~ 335.50" Date: 1/11/11 ~ SW: 174.8 Total Inches ~ 311.75" Date: 1/07/12 ~ SW: 165.2 Total Inches ~ 294.25" My Best Year Date: 2/04/13 ~ SW: 176.8 Total Inches ~ 311.00" Date: 3/10/14 ~ SW: 170.6 Total Inches ~ 305.25" From 8/2014 To 8/2015 "We Spent on the Beach in Port Lavaca, TX" Date: 7/10/15 ~ SW: 187.6 Total. Inches ~ 319.25" Date: 1/01/16 ~ SW: 186.0 Total. Inches ~ 318.0" Date: 1/01/17 ~ SW: 183.4 Total. Inches ~ 314.75" Date: 1/01/18 ~ SW: 188.0 Total. Inches ~ 319.75" Date: 1/01/19 ~ SW: 198.8 Total. Inches ~ 327.0" Date: 1/01/20 ~ SW: 182.2 Total. Inches ~ 307.0" Date: 1/01/21 ~ SW: 161.4 Total. Inches ~ 287.5" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2019 WEIGHT~ Blood Pressure & Blood Sugar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11/10/18 - 207.2 lbs. BP 125/69 p.63 & BS-189 12/01/18 - 202.2 lbs. BP 134/68 p.68 & BS-248 01/01/19 - 198.8 lbs. BP 144/84 p.59 & BS-229 02/01/19 - 194.8 lbs. BP 139/76 p.62 & BS-260 03/01/19 - 194.8 lbs. BP 145/72 p.56 & BS-270 04/01/19 - 191.8 lbs. BP 141/75 p.58 & BS-364 05/21/19 - 190.6 lbs. BP 140/76 p.61 & BS-275 06/04/19 - 188.8 lbs. BP 142/78 p.60 & BS-293 07/01/19 - 188.2 lbs. BP 131/75 p.56 & BS-293 08/01/19 - 187.0 lbs. BP 140/75 p.61 & BS-289 09/01/19 - 188.4 lbs. BP 133/76 p.56 & BS-309 10/01/19 - 186.0 lbs. BP 131/77 p.60 & BS-268 Committed to No Sugas 10/26/19 To lower my Blood Sugar 11/01/19 - 183.6 lbs. BP 137/78 p.54 & BS~144 12/02/19 - 181.4 lbs. BP 138/76 p.67& BS~127 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2020 WEIGHT~ Blood Pressure ~ Blood Sugar ~ Inches ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 01/01/20 - 182.2 lbs. BP 143/79 p.60 & BS~150 ~ 307.0" 02/01/20 - 181.6 lbs. BP 143/80 p.68 & BS~118 ~ 305.0" 03/01/20 - 178.0 lbs. BP 128/66 p.63 & BS~ 114 ~ 301.5" 04/01/20 - 173.2 lbs. BP 123/74 p.71 & BS~ 116 ~ 298.75" 05/01/20 - 170.0 lbs. BP 119/64 p.67 & BS~ 103 ~ 296.5" 06/01/20 - 170.8 lbs. BP 124/72 p.66 & BS~ 133 ~ 296.5" 07/01/20 - 168.8 lbs. BP 132/77 p.59 & BS~ 102 ~ 293.0" 08/01/20 - 164.2 lbs. BP 116/71 p.76 & BS~ 113 ~ 291.0" 09/01/20 - 163.4 lbs. BP 101/67 p.68 & BS~ 105 ~ 292.0" 10/01/20 - 162.0 lbs. BP 115/72 p.72 & BS~ 107 ~ 286.5" 11/01/20 - 160.8 lbs. BP 124/69 p.72 & BS~ 106 ~ 286.25" 12/01/20 - 163.4 lbs. BP 124/69 p.72 BS~121~ 286.25" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2021 WEIGHT~ Blood Pressure ~ Blood Sugar ~ Inches --------------------------- 01/01/21 161.4 lbs. BP 112/70 p.68 BS-118 ~287.5 inches 02/01/21 163.0 lbs. BP 122/63 p.64 BS-124 ~286.5 inches 03/01/21 165.8 lbs. BP 104/67 p.55 BS-109 ~286.5 inches 04/01/21 168.4 lbs. BP 116/68 p.68 BS-115 ~286.5 inches ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STRENGTH TRAINING at least 30 min. a day, Mon. & Fri. on my BowFlex ****Monday's Core & Upper Body***** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sets~~Reps~~Lbs. Seated Row, Aerobic 3 8 40#s Bench Press 3 8 40#s Biceps Curl 3 8 40#s Lateral Raise 3 10 20#s Triceps Press 3 8 40#s Lat Pulldown 3 8 50#s Resisted Crunch 3 8 50#s Resisted Twisting Crunch 3 8 50#s Resisted Reverse Crunch 3 10 40#s Hyperextension 3 8 40#s Seated Rear Deltoid Row 6 16 40#s ================================== Time 55 min x 6 = 330 Calories Burned ****Friday's Core & Lower Body**** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sets~~Reps~~Lbs. Seated Rows, Aerobic 3 10 50#s Seated Ab Crunch 3 10 50#s Oblique Crunch, Right side 3 10 25#s Oblique Crunch, Left side 3 10 25#s Hip Extension, Right leg 3 10 30#s Hip Extension, Left leg 3 10 30#s Inter Thigh Ext., Right leg 3 10 30#s Inter Thigh Ext., Left leg 3 10 30#s Seated Leg Extensions 3 10 60#s Seated Leg Curls 3 10 60#s ================================== Time 50 min x 6 = 300 Calories Burned `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` *** Sisters in that way.*** Hi Friends, I was writing a comment on a friend's page today, that had also survived cancer. I know there are a lot of Teams on SP for folks going through cancer and for survivors and I'm a member of one. I don't post in it very often. Mostly because it puts me in a melancholy mood. At the time and place, I was in while going through treatment (1992/1993, there were no support groups that I knew of and all my family was back here in Texas so I did it on my own. Like a lot of us did in those days. I had God and my husband and it made me a stronger person. I had good training for it though. My mother died when I was 17 and my dad when I was 9. I really don't know what it would take to knock me down. I came close in Jan. 2004 when I lost my younger brother, Gary. I survived stage 4 breast cancer in 1992/93 while living temporarily in LA, CA for my husband's job with an Oilfield Co. That was the loneliest time of my life. But, I wasn't scared because I knew I would make it through it. Positivity means everything at times like that and I say it can move mountains in my life. I have met several strong women recently that are cancer survivors. We were all blessed by God and are still here to live a full life. We are sisters in that way. I love them all in a way only you could understand if you had gone through and made it through a life-threatening disease like that. Life is great and I celebrate it every day in every way. I like to be upbeat and live a positive lifestyle. I can tell you that you haven't lived until you bend over in the shower and your bald head hits that cold shower curtain! LOL (((Hugs))) Bobbie

Enter a summary of your goals, or just a few you would like to share. #1 Goal: GETTING HEALTHY Inside and Out. The weight will come off as a side effect. ******* Important Things to Remember: 1. Keep your plan simple. Do not complicate it with a bunch of rules that make it difficult. 2. Don't expect perfection. No guilt. 3. Expect plateaus. 4. Don't get in a rush. 5. Listen to your body. 6. Never give up on yourself. 7. Keep Sparking... *****************************

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My name is Bobbie from NorthTexas Formally: Charlie-B originally joined SP Aug. 16, 2008 My Goal Board http://www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/sa_goal _board_setup.asp

**The SIMPLE PLEASURES of LIFE I ENJOY:** ********************************* *A warm sunny day! *A field of wheatgrass blowing in a soft breeze! *The smell of rain! *Big puffy white clouds! *A freshly mowed lawn! *Watching my horses move! *The touch of my husband's hand on the small of my back! ***************************** My Fav quotes: If your dog is fat, you're not getting enough exercise". Author Unknowns: Life's too short to be unhappy." by Me Sometimes in order to become the person you are meant to be, you have to grow in ways you never imagined. by Bryan Anthonys Never trade for what you want most for what you want at the moment." by Unknown Believe in Yourself. Women are like Tea Bags, we never know how strong we are until we get in hot water." by Unknown Age is Nothing But A Number and You CAN GET FIT" by Ernestine Shepherd If you gonna be Stupid you have to be Brave. by Charles Stamps “Accept yourse

Add a Link Bobbie ~ from Bonham, TX There is NO Finish Line in NO MORE SUGAR and a HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. Keto & Intermittent Fasting
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