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1. 😂 Too cute 🥰

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2. Ok, serious and vulnerable question. I’m in perimenopause, have been for several years, and I’m a mess. I need to loose 100 pounds, my emotions are a wreck, and I have 0 energy. I used to do your workouts all the time, but just going for walks is exhausting. What the heck should women my age do??? 😭😭😭😭

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   1. I did side steps and toe to toe walking etc like from arthritis adventure. Doing exercises any time throughout the day is very helpful to get your heart rate up and help build stamina back. If you get resistance bands that’s a great way to build up the muscles you need to be stronger. Jen O’Connor has some great videos with easy exercises.

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   2. How young are you?? I’m 55. I just lost 130lbs. I still need to lose. I’d like 60lbs more. Prob not going to happen but I’m going to do my best.

      You don’t have as big of a physical problem as much as a emotional problem. When emotions are high what do we do?? Eat the wrong foods, sit around, stay in bed, & feel sorry for ourselves because nobody understands & we feel alone. Even in a room full of ppl. Every time we look at the scale we want to cry. Once it’s over 40lbs we feel hopeless & mad. It might as well be 300 lbs we need to lose. I lost a whole person. But I lost a lot of muscle. I was muscular in all the right spots. I don’t know about you but with depression we grab something to eat instead of planning & cooking. When you cook you see what your putting in your body. We catch ourselves.

      I was a dancer. My dream was taken away. I ended up after a horrible car accident where i was thrown 70feet up & out. Hit telephone pole & skidded 50 feet. I coded 4 xs & was never going to live through the next few weeks. Touch & go. That’s the night I lost my dance career. Told I’d never walk. I proved everyone wrong. I was not supposed to live.

      I ended up teaching aerobics. It was great. It was 8 yrs later but I was in the Best shape ever. Got married. Then got divorced. Total we’d been together 7yrs. Many falls down different strairs etc. when my divorce hit I didn’t function. I had a whole other story there. Gained a lot of weight. Struggled for a long time.

      Went into a coma & they told my family we needed to pull the plug. Priest read my last rites all that. Some miracle but woke up 4 hours b4. I was in a wheelchair for awhile because I had 2 hospital stays & had not even walked in almost a year. I’m in a skilled nursing facility for physical therapy. I’ve been here almost 5 years. Crazy. Can’t afford to move out. Have a controlling sister constant fights. My check goes to this place. If I need something I have to bother my sisters. I was always a workaholic making good money. My emotions are all over the place my ex boyfriend didn’t like coming here. Only came 2xs in 5 yrs. He & I go back & forth & now it’s for good. I’m here wasted 5 yrs of my life.

      But I wake up grumping. I don’t sleep well but I have a smile on my face & a nice compliment to everyone I see. My nurses love me & think I’m so upbeat & chill. lol. I stress & want to scream. But when I smile, they smile back at me. When I say thank you & please they aren’t use to that. We get 1 life. I’ve had numerous miracles that are in medical journals. I should be dead.

      As far as weight loss. Wake up & smile in the mirror. Take a good hard look. Guess what. That beautiful person looking back at you is you!! You are beautiful & have a beautiful soul. That’s what you’re missing. You are looking in the mirror saying I need to lose weight. What’s wrong with me how did I let myself go. I’m not good enough. You can do anything. Once you know who you’re going it for. You are doing it for Stephanie Today. Not Stephanie 10yrs ago. Today it’s for you!! Only you. You struggle walking well just put your shoes on & walk to the corner turn around & come back. Stretch out & relax your body. Next day you walk to the corner & walk past the next 2 houses. Turn arond & relax. Stretch out & feel good. You went farther then you did. What’s the rush?? We don’t have to lose 100 lbs today. We are doing for ourselves so we are in control. We only need to do it for us. Everyday just walk a little bit farther. Walking is good because you need to walk with a purpose. Tighten that core & mean it with every step. If you go 5 steps that’s more than you did. Find your starting point & just get there. But Smile. If you walk by someone say hello & smile. You are worth putting in some work. Play some music. Ear buds on your phone & crank up any songs you love. Put some pep in your walk park farther away from things you normally do. Grocery shopping park 10 cars farther. Idk. Only you know. But try. That’s it. If you don’t like going outside to walk, put on some music & start with step forward & backwards. Make a v out & a v step back. Out out in in. Out out in in. Put your arms up. Arms go out out in in. Turn 1/4 & do it in that direction. Just move!!

      If you read all this I’d be surprised. But just know you’re not alone. We both are on a journey re our weight. I get it. We are both dealing with emotions. I get it. Just remember there’s someone in California smiling & rooting for you. Someone who’s fighting a battle too. I hope something I said can resonate with you. I’ve got exercises down. lol. For food I make sure I eat my protein first. I eat a lot cottage cheese, yogurt, tofu, beans, eggs, broccoli, salad , nuts, protein powder & collagen. Keep moving!!!!!! WE GOT THIS!!!!!! WE ARE DOONG IT FOR OURSELVES. Today is a good day. The suns out & we are alive. We are choosing to make our lives better by making us feel better. 😁😁😁😁🤗❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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3. Awesome 🔥❤️

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4. Yes😀🩷

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