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Priscilla: Hi world! GET MOTIVATED to change your life today. Don't wait, don't make excuses, start NOW! Post your LITTLE changes you are making on this TAG BOARD...I want to know! :) Priscilla
Priscilla: Hello everyone, my new motto is going to be, MOVE IT AND LOSE IT! Wow, can you believe I didn't even REALIZE it was LABOR DAY WEEKEND! The traffic is a nightmare and I'm off to a really wild start on the next shoot. Come on in and get the exercise going, let me hear on HERE just what you are getting up to. Have a great HOLIDAY weekend and be safe! Priscilla :)
Priscilla: Hi world, I'm off to NYC to film working one-on-one with a personal trainer in the Big Apple...will post later!It should be BRILLIANT!
Andrea: Keep up the good work Priscilla! You are truly an inspiration!
oswald: just blog hopping here.
mommyto2: Just passing through. keep up the positive attitude.
Jeremy: Hmmm... Upstate NY is not very far from... CANADA! Maybe I should attend Camp LC. I have started my own LC by walking up the 10 flights of stairs to get to my office in the morning instead of taking the elevator.
Priscilla: Are you READY for NEXT SUMMER? We are putting together the HEALTHIEST, FUNNEST and FITTEST summer camp for ADULTS next August. Email me if you are interested! :) Priscilla
Gracie: LOL.....I often think...EVERYTHING tastes better when someone ELSE makes it! I have done the same thing! Went home and made the same exact wonderful thing I ate at a Cafe', and it just didn't taste the same. :-)
Priscilla: Hi Michelle, thanks for that! The wonderful thing about Deerfield is they are actually on the top ten list of the best valued spas in America. We are doing a breakdown of what all the meals, services, classes, etc., would cost if bought seperate and you will really be surprised when you see the bottom line. Think about starting a DEERFIELD piggy bank. Put money in it that would go to candy, etc. You would be surprised how quick it would get full and you would have the best week of your life
Michelle: What an inspiration you are! I love your blog! Keep up the good work. I live 10 minutes from Deer Field, and would love to go, but it's just wayyy over my budget.. Enjoy yourself here in my neck of the woods!
Priscilla: Hi World! Get yourselves along to Deerfield Spa, you are going to FALL MADLY in love with it. There are so many people here who keep coming back, because they do it oh-so-right! Remember to tell them who sent you :) GET MOVING and stay motivated!
cindyrella: YOU GO GIRL. i'M SO jEALOUS....BUT I'll be thinking of you and looking forward to blogs, recipes and videos. Enjoy andstart Losing!
Priscilla: Thanks Gracie! Hello all, it's 1:21 am and I'm TOO EXCITED to sleep! I'm getting up at 6 am, so I have to just say goodnight and get to bed. THANK YOU to everyone for all your email, it is overwhelming in a good way! We are on this journey together, stick around, the best is yet to come! Night from the lovely Deerfield Spa in the Poconos - Priscilla
Gracie: LOVE getting emails letting me know to read your daily posts Priscilla! So anxious to read about your Spa visits! Wish I were going with you...lol...sounds so wonderful! I am still working on getting rid od my remaining 40# , and taking my hour walks each evening. You inspire me to know that I CAN DO IT!! Since losing my first 45#....I feel the same way as you do...I want EVERY amazing journey I can have!! Take care and travel safely dear lady! xoxoxox
EKNarayan.com: Take Care.
Pika: This is very inspiring, keep writing!
Jon: What an inspiring spot you have here. Congrats on JOTW. Also sorry to read of a passing. Stay Strong.
Kerri: I had dropped by to say congrats on winning JotW again, but I am sorry to hear you have lost someone you love. I pray you will know the comfort of the Lord.
Eveyli: Well done Priscilla!!! Queen of Bravenet methinks!
Steven: Congrats on JOTW!
Boink: Boinking my way to your blog! Congrats with the JOTW!
cindyrella: way ta go. Congrats!
mommyto2: Congrats on JOTW!
Bravenet Community Blog: July 14/08, 11:15AM: Congratulations on winning JOTW Priscilla!
marites: Hi there, Pris..i have been through trying to lose weight too and I know it's difficult:) so, i quite admire your determination to stay with it:)
Bravenet Community Blog: Good morning, Priscilla. Thanks so much for your tag! I've just finished posting the link to your journal; I hope it helps you. I quite enjoyed reading your posts, and I hope others will, too.
Bravenet Community Blog: Hi there! I was looking for some great blogs and I found yours. Your layout is great, posts are easy to read... All around, it's a great journal. Have a great weekend!
Priscilla: Hi Gin50 & the world! Please click on the link in the blog for Monday, July 7 (it is a little blue box with an "X" in it) and you will go to my profile. There you can add me as a friend! Thanks and come on, we ALL need all the help we can get!
Gin: I'm Gin50 on the daily plate and tried to add you as a friend. I have sent you an email before offering you my house is you need a place to stay in the Tampa Bay area.
Priscilla: MOTIVATE ME with your comments, I had a very bad eating day on Saturday and don't want to repeat that ever! I'm off to chase good health today, come along with me!
Laura: WELCOME HOME PRISCILLA!!!! Glad you had a great time on your trip and that you made it home safely!!
Cindyrella: So glad your safe
cindyrella: HAVE A SAFE RETURN TO AMERICA!
CoffeeAmbassador: It's been a while since I've visited your site. It's amazing how much you have done since you left Idaho those many months ago! I'm proud of you for making progress even out of country! Can't wait to hear about the next leg of your journey!
Iris: WOW PRISCILLA!!! I HAVE NOT BEEN OVER HERE IN A WHILE. I AM STILL SO PROUD OF YOU. I HAVE COLSED DOWN MY OLD YAHOO! 360 & HAVE A NEW ONE WILL ADD YOU TOO THAT ONE IS IS BRAND NEW & ALL THE OTHERS ARE CLOSED DOWN. JUST NEEDED A WHOLE NEW START! BUT I WILL SEND YOU AN INVITE! HUGS, LOVE YOU BUNCHES SIS & I KNEW THAT YOU COULD DO THIS!
Cindyrella: The slide show was beautiful and you looked it too! I love that picture of you . The one with the houses and winding road reminded me of the story Heidi! My daughter and I are going for a bike ride...30 minutes of exercise. Yea!
Priscilla: Hello world! I wish that EVERYONE out there could have been with me for this incredible walk tonight! WOW! One of the prettiest of my life and really motivated me to get my backside in gear and do this more! Way to go Cindy! Keep it up and tell your mom I said HELLO! Hugs to everyone - Priscilla
cindyrella: Hi! I joined the walking program at work last week and we're on teams. This ispires me even more to walk MORE then I do. I have alot more energy and in the a.m. I usually walk on the incline part of my treadmill for just 10 minutes and even that gives me so much more energy for the day. I can't believe it. Get moving. :)
Priscilla: Still in England, leaving here on Wed, 2nd of July and CAN'T get my ticket changed without spending $800. - - - I'm going to have to knuckle down at the computer to get everything done on this side of the pond...details to follow
m: where are you?
cindyrella: keeping in touch! HI!
Priscilla: Our family just got a bit bigger in a good way!!! I now have all these amazing new relatives that live in England...now it's time to get to work downloading the hundreds of pics I took. There is also 12 hours of film from it...whew! Get your 30 mins - I'm off to eat dinner
Sarah: Whatever!! JK :) Alexander is properly walking now all the way across the living room and has started making the most beautiful sweet noise when he does it. His own theme song if you will. He is missing you and you are missing out on a lot of changes in him!! We are proud of you and wish we were there. If we took an 8 pm flight tonight we could be there for the wedding... xo S
Priscilla: Hi world, SARAH...you are VERY naughty making me homesick...lol! I have my ways of checking on my man (grandson Alexander) without phoning! Im sad he missed me but I will see him and YOU soon! hugs, your mommy and his gramma! xoxoxoxoxo (for my little lamb)
sarah: do u ever call ur daughter? U haven't even checked on Alexander and he noticed u were gone when we went to ur house today!
Laura: GM Priscilla!! Just giving a shout out from northeast PA, sending some luv and enjoy your trip!! Be safe!! Love this site, it's GREAT (so are you, continued success!!!)
Priscilla: Hello World and Hello England! I made it in to Heathrow LATE last night, arrived safe and sound, more to come - p
Priscilla: Hi world & Cindy! Pics will start coming tomorrow. I have lugged around cameras all weekend and have had my pic taken, but have none of me...tomorrow... see you in the UK!
cindyrella: Hi. Good luck with the flight. anxious to see some pictures.
Priscilla: Raining in NYC, ready to go for day two of a life-changing event. Make TODAY the day people that you start following your dreams! Remember to get at least 30 mins of MOVEMENT and keep making those little changes :) Happy Sunday
Priscilla: Leaving on a jet train for NYC now, and when I get there I'm going to walk 2 miles, set up a temp. office and jump on here and tell you all about it! Do good things people :) Priscilla
Priscilla: Hi World! Hope everyone is dandy and ready for a fantastic day. Karen, you can do this and so can I. We all need to help and encourage each other and not beat ourselves up over the bad times. Change it :) Priscilla
Karen: This is the first time I have been on your site. Thank you for putting this out there. Two years ago I got rid of 50 pounds by walking my dog every day. I have since gained back 8 pounds but I continue to work on my issues. Tonight I ate a pint of ice cream...and I feel awful. It was a great reminder that I will have my ups and downs but to continue moving in the right direction...moving my body and accepting myself - faults and all. Thanks again,Karen
Priscilla: Wow! The true confessions were really popular! So many of you responded with binges and ideas that it would fill an entire book! Keep doing good things - forget the binges and focus on the GOOD STUFF! Priscilla :)
Mary: Just one batch of RK treats? Lucky you...if only I could've stopped at one batch-no kids in the house & a husband who does not even eat them! I have good intentions & like Priscilla, I try to buy only 'light' snacks!
Lori: I have many too but once I made rice krispie treats and ate them all and my kids were so mad. I told them they didn't turn out.
Beautiful Mind: Oh, let's see... geez there are so very very many to choose from! I can recall ordering a family sized meal from a pizza/pasta restaurant which included dessert! It took a while but I ate it all myself and I was PROUD!
Priscilla: TRUE CONFESSIONS - tomorrow, Tuesday, I'm going to tell you the story of my worst thing I have ever eaten, and the amount...you won't believe it! I want everyone to post their true confession or email it to me and we will get it all out there.We are not freaks, just people who want to get healthy and stay healthy.Laughing about something and sharing it rather then keeping it a naughtly little secret will help!DO GOOD THINGS today, get your movement and moderation in, eat fresh fruit and veg and
cindyrella: Hi. good luck with it all. Me and my husband are weight watching together. I have been, but he's now started. Lost 4 pounds just by eating healthier. I haven't cooked pasta or have had breads on the tables. Nor desserts. For awhile at least. He also quit smoking after 42 years from using Chantix. If he can do it, you out there can. CHANTIX. Ask your Dr. about it. Lots of people I know have quit using it.Anyway, glad to see your back on the blog.:)
Priscilla: Get ready people, it is SUNDAY morning and time to take a walk, ride a bicycle, swim that extra lap or use the stairs...GET MOVING! Today is the day you have to think about all your own LITTLE changes that are going to make a BIG difference in your wonderful life!
julie: glad to know you're still out there, i was afraid when i hadn't gotten any new things when i was able to log back on that i'd lost you.i've been through some changes myself over the last year,we moved to a bigger house and lots of work to do with remodeling.i've lost 30lbs in the last 6 months due to all the work, plus getting diagnosed and treated for a thyroid problem.i still can't believe alexander is almost 1,has it been that long?anyhoo, i hope you keep doing great and i am going to keep my
Scott: Hey, Priscilla,Remember me from Portsmouth, NH? Just checking in on you to see if you are alright. I see that you are!!! My wife and I will be biking again in NH and Portland, ME in September. Wouldn't you like to do that ride agin?
Priscilla: I'M BACK to blogging! Wow, it feels great and THANK YOU to so many out there who have written (almost as soon as I posted) - - - keep watching, keep in touch and KEEP MOVING PEOPLE! Love - Priscilla
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sinrose: Hi, whats going on. Haven't heard from anyone! hOpe alls well.Happy Easter to all!
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Priscilla: Hi everyone, BIG & wonderful news coming up...I will only keep you in suspense for a few more days! Keep doing GREAT things :) Priscilla
Jeremy: There ought to be a law banning the sale of Oreo Cakesters. I'm serious, they are THE DEVIL.
Gracie: Yay!! Congrats to you Morton!!!
Priscilla: WooHoo! Morton passed his driver test and I have RETIRED as his personal driver to and from work. Now he has a British license, an International license and a PA license! He is ready to drive anywhere - more to come, do good things people, life is short! Priscilla :)
Lady: Hi Priscilla, Congrats on the 4 libs. Some of my friends "give up" something for Lent, but the punitve approach has never worked for me. If I do what I always did, I will get what I always got. So I took up eating better food, "for" Lent. So far, I have only faltered once at he market. The way I do it, is to insist , for myself, that I eat at least 3 "meals of good stuff, and snacks are also composed of nutritious foods. For a fe days, I was nudgy, but it's going well now. I'm sthinking L
Angie: Priscilla,Keep up the great work. I check out your blog daily to help keep me motivated. Since the beginning of the year, I have lost 15 pounds and plan to lose another 30-40. I am planning to run a 5K the end of May so I too can't wait for spring so I can get out there and practice. Keep up the good work and I will too! Angie (Manchester, PA)
Lady: Hi Priscilla. Did you know that I "parlo litaliano, un poco"? Yeppers. I want to get The Rosetta Stone Course and practice, practice, practice. I'll be emailing you about driving that van/camper, again soon, too. In the meantime, watch this: Mi piace practicare la lingua, and bisogno ricodare molti paroli. That means I like to practice the language and I need to remember many words.
IRIS: GOOD MORNING!, (FROM KS)WELL ONCE AGAIN IT IS SNOWING HERE & EVERYTHING OUTSIDE IS ALL COVERED IN WHITE AND SO BEAUTIFUL. THE WEATHERMEN SAY WE WILL ONLY RECEIVE 3 INCHES OF SNOW, BUT USUALLY WHEN THE SAY THAT IT IS MORE LIKE 8 TO 9 INCHES...LOL "BUT ONLY GOD KNOWS!" LOTS OF HUGS, LOVE YOU BUNCHES, & HOPE YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY & STAY WARM
Priscilla: SPAM!!! If you are on here just to put out messages (Ozzy???) please don't! This tag board is to talk about making LittleChanges in your life that add up to big ones! Say hello, tell us a recipe or give us an idea! Come on and make some little changes! :) Priscilla
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Priscilla: Happy Valentine's Day World! Happy Anniversary to my dear Morton and we wish everyone a great day! Computer issues keep me from blogging at the moment...more to follow - P
Priscilla: The bicycle ride on Sunday Feb 10th is NOT ON...Morton has to work and I am going to a matinee musical. Next week! GET MOVING and stay warm people!
Priscilla: The SUNDAY RIDE is going to be SO MUCH BETTER when spring gets here, but THANK YOU to the people that are writing to ask about the route. We are going to get a map up these week and HOPEFULLY we will see YOU on Sunday! Priscilla
Priscilla: Hi everyone! Thanks so much for writing, watching and GOOD LUCK with your knees Joan...you can do this, I know it!!! Have a fantastic Sunday and make sure you get you 30 mins (or more!) YOU DESERVE IT!!! :) Priscilla
Aussie Lady: Good morning from Australia - wish you every success with your new book and happy cycling!
Gracie: still alive here in Minnesota! We have been in a deep freeze for quite some time, and I have cabin fever something fierce! I can not wait until nicer weather arrives (maybe in late April...ugh!). I am having walk withdrawal...missing my 10 mile daily walks emmensly!!So excited that your book will be out soon! I will be one of the 1st to purchase it!Wishing you and Morton a super week end!! xoxoxox
Tiffy: Cant wait for the book!!!! Ive been struggling a great deal lately and all my little changes have been lost somewhere in 2007. Its a new year and hopefully by 2009 a new ME! Congrats on the book cant wait for the rest of the journey!!!!
Priscilla: Hello world, Our email keeps failing due to the volume...ugh! We are alive and kicking (barely at times) but over the next few days I hope to shake off this cold winter FUNK and get back with the program. I feel like I have been hibernating and it's time to wake up now and shed this fat. GET MOVING WORLD...it IS the secret! Priscilla :)
Kathleen in the Keys: Hi Priscella and Morton, I have not gotten emails from you in awhile. How are things going? Please do re-add me to your email list. Greetings from sunny and warm Marathon
Priscilla: Hello everyone, our email is doing BAD things again. We can get it, but it isn't sending out our replies. They think we are spamming, because the volume. UGH! Technology is great when it works! Nevermind, get moving and think about what you are eating. Do the right things for your body - Priscilla :)
Priscilla: Hello world! Have you gotten your 30 minutes of exercise today??? I have and the sun hasn't even came up yet! Come on and do this with me...MODERATION & MOVEMENT!!!
Iris: May the Lord God bless you all with His love, peace, health, forgiveness, financial blessing, and joy in this New Year! May He walk with down every road and guide you in every decision and make you path smooth, I wish you health and prosperity for this New Year!Happy New Year! Just think: One year gone...one more year closer to going home to live with Jesus!!! Hugs, Luv Ya Bunches, Keep Your Eyes Focused On God At All Times!!!, Iris
Angie: Hello, You can snap out of it. You have come so far. I am planning on buckling down starting on Tuesday. I want to lose about 50 pounds. My goal is to run the entire 5 K on May 31st. Last year I did it but I walked and ran a little. Reading your blog has been a great inspiration to me. You need to keep going so I can keep going!
IRIS: DROPPING BY TO WISH YOU BOTH A MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPIER NEW YEAR!!! ALSO "JESUS IS THE REASON FOR ALL SEASONS & JUST NOT AT CHRISTMAS" ~ (((HUGS & LOVES)))
Priscilla: HELLO WORLD!!! We wish EVERYONE a very Merry Christmas and hope you all have a safe and wonderful time this year. SMILE and be kind, give LOVE for Christmas this year...it's FREE and makes everyone feel GREAT (and there are no calories in it!!!) BIG HUGS from Morton and I and keep your emails coming! Happy Christmas, Priscilla
Tina: Hi Priscilla, I am inspired by what you are doing and will join you on Jan 1 for exercise. I live in Reading but will drive if the weather is good enough. Keep up the good job!!!!!!
Fire-Fox: Seasons Greetings and best wishes for the New Year from Bajan Fire Fighters.
Priscilla: Today has been FANTASTIC so far. So many wonderful emails (and my email seems to be actually working!) and an interview from the UK & one from Germany! We will post the links to the articles as soon as we have them. GET READY for a great 2008, make it the year of MOVEMENT and lots of little changes...Priscilla :)
Priscilla: Hi everyone! My email is STILL messing up! Aaaargh! As soon as I can get connected properly, I'll update!Keep doing GREAT things people :) Priscilla
Garf: nice blog would you care to exchange link?
IRIS: Well It Seems Like Its Been Forever Since I've Been Over Here. But I Hope You Got To Enjoy Your Thankgiving Dinner This Year Even If Gaining A Tid Bit Back. I Went Out & Really Enjoyed Thankgiving Day With One Of My Older Sisters & Her Family Members & Shared Our Blessing With Each Other Of What God Has Done For Us Throughout The Year. (Lots Of Blessings As God Is So Good To Us All & We Just Thank Him & Praise His Precious Name). It Was Snowing Out Pretty Good This Morning Here In Kansas. But H
Claire: Priscilla,I subdcribe to this journal and don't know if this is the right place to ask that you change my e-mail address from tweetybird02744@juno.com to tweetybird02744@aol.com. I so enjoy following your journey and have been doing so since I read your story in the New Bedford Standard Times. This is where I live. I got a good belly laugh just reading about your experience with the half eaten turkey of a few years ago. You have a way with words that is enjoyable to read. I also try to walk a l

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Friday, September 5th 2008

1:13 PM

The knee update :)

Positive thinking must really work!  I went to bed last night with a knee that actually had me in tears, numbed with an icy rub Morton had put on it and woke up this morning with it feeling so much better, I can actually walk without limping!  Woohoo!

There was a moment I was panicing thinking about the big filming schedule, all the "what ifs" that run through our minds and then I just thought that I needed to sleep on it and see what tomorrow brought.

Almost as if she knew I needed to hear this, one of the visitors to this website sent me a beautiful email this morning that I have to share with you.  It said this...

"We ran into you I think it was two years ago in Vero Beach Florida when
you were beginning your journey.  I know you have had lots of ups and
downs and you are still going at it!!!  Great for you, keep it up!!!
 
I want you to know that my husband was nearing 400 lbs when we met you and
he is now down 131 lbs and I have you to thank for that…our 4 year old
twins are appreciating the fact that their daddy can be active and involved
in their life.  Thank you so much…you can’t even imagine the lives
that you have touched!!!"

This email STILL has me smiling and guess what, my knee isn't hurting at all!  Wow, it was great hearing from this lovely lady and I remember her and her family very well.  We were taking a break on a bench beside the road (they were our sofas on the bicycle trip) and this family had seen us on the news the night before.  We had a great chat at their car window and then they were off.

It is BRILLIANT when this happens.  Please don't be shy to email me about any changes that you have made and are in the process of making.  I love to hear them, they are music to my soul and really do push me to go up every mountain in my life.

Give motivation and get motivation...it is a never ending daily process.  People will say they find it hard to stay motivated when it comes to their health and I can relate.  I have had some real set backs with injury, depression and an on-going battle with food abuse problems, but this thing called motivation is a bit easier when we think of it as something that continually needs stoked.  Like a fire that we build to toast marshmallows on, it would go out if we didn't add some wood to it.  Like the fact that we have to drink water every day, even though we had our eight glasses yesterday.  Motivation is something we need to RENEW each and every day of our life.  For me, I have found the best way to GET MOTIVATED is to try to motivate others.

We can do it lots of ways and I hope in some small way, I can play a part in your life with real motivation.  In return, when you write me emails like that, you motivate me beyond belief!

Bring on the world, I'm ready for it!

Priscilla - Amongst the living

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Thursday, September 4th 2008

8:14 PM

Bicycling Blues

Today started early and fantastic.  I was out for a ride on my bright orange bicycle before the sun had a chance to warm up the day.  The air was cool, the ride was fantastic and there was even a big hill I managed to pedal right over that I had to walk the last time I tried it.

Parking my bicycle on my daughter's front porch I spent the day with Alexander and my laptop, in that order.  He is learning to climb on and off the sofas, so important, and most of my day was spent sitting on the living room floor. 

This afternoon, even though I had been walking around the house, I discovered that my right knee was swollen, hot and feels like it is locked up.  I think I asked too much of it on my early morning ride and hill climb.

Tonight I'm going to keep it elevated, do some upper body stuff, my wall push ups and then put some ice on the knee.  Hopefully while I'm sleeping the good knee fairy will pay me a visit and it will be fine and dandy in the morning.

Oh how I long for the day that I'm a normal weight and I can see if my knee is a bit better behaved.  Surgery is going to be my very last resort, but walking around with 300 extra pounds on my joints for how many years did a world of damage to my poor joints.

In saying that, this morning I was down almost three pounds from last week.  Woohoo and keep on going!

Priscilla

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Wednesday, September 3rd 2008

8:02 AM

Removing the negatives from our lives

Okay, we all know WHAT little changes are.  Things we can do that we don't even notice that we are doing and they become habit that leads us to HUGE changes in our lives.  Today I'm going to share with you a really big little change that I'm working on.

Negative things.  These can be the words I tell myself, things I say out loud or the worst I suppose are the negative words that I might type on here.  I have to lose them, starting with the decades-long mindset of "I hate exercise" because I don't.  It's a lie I have told myself for so long that I actually believed it.

The truth is, after my two-week or so sign up at the gym I'm not just looking forward to each visit, but it has really helped me kick my horrible habit of eating at night.  We all know what terrible things this does to your body, the eating late part...not the gym!

We need to replace the negative things we think and say with some positive phrases that will help us reinforce all the really good things that our happening in our lives.  It isn't as tough as it seems.

Focus on the positive, do good things and your life will change in ways that you won't even be able to get your head around!  I speak with a bit of experience here and if I can do it, so can YOU!

I'm going to also work really hard on not putting myself down all the time.  It is an old gut-reaction from ancient days of school.  If I would crack the fat joke first it didn't seem to hurt as bad.  It is all negative images of myself that I have built in my head that I have to work on erasing.  After all, I'm changing!

Now on with the change.  Today, I reached a wonderful place on the scale.  I can't tell you about it because it is TOP SECRET until Healthy Vacations happens, but lets just say that since I started filming at the Deerfield Spa in the first week of August, I exceeded my losing two pounds a week goal in a rather BIG way!   

Losing feels great, when it comes to weight. Gaining strength in our bodies can lead to being stronger in other areas as well.

Remember, it is never ever too late to change your health or habits.  I'm living proof that you CAN change bad habits.

Do something remarkable today and then EMAIL me about it!  Share the motivation with your friends and family and pledge to NOT be the person that eats themselves into a wheelchair.  More on that point tomorrow.

Priscilla

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Tuesday, September 2nd 2008

8:42 PM

Spliting time in NYC

I love NY!  I really do.  The sights and sounds are just amazing, it really never does sleep and you expect to see the Sex in the City chics walking around every corner, or Mr. Big!

My filming there is going to be on a two-take split.  Three days there, then back to the bright lights of Middletown, Pennsylvania, then back to the big apple in a few more days for three more days.

Now I can say this ONLY because I'm going to be with another trainer the next time in NYC and because it is true...but my abs and muscles are not hurting like they were at Deerfield Spa.  Hurting in a good way, you know, where you feel like, "That was one heck of a work out and I SURVIVED it!"

Perhaps it was the lack of Joe's awesome ab classes that I was sure were going to set me on fire, or Janine saying, "JUST TWO MORE PRISCILLA...YOU CAN DO IT!"  I just didn't get that.

What I did get was stunning NYC scenes, people, smells and stung UNDER the little toe by a bee, three times!  There was lots of walking, lots of wild sort of situations and it was brilliant, don't get me wrong.  My body just doesn't feel as "glowing" as it did when I left Deerfield Spa.

Tonight I'm going to be sleeping in my own bed, just spent 90 mins at my own gym that I joined two weeks ago and am going to NEVER STOP with my fitness training, motivation, healthy eating (for the most part) and actually TAKING THE TIME to care about my body.

It is fun to go away, but it is always a blast to come back.  OK NYC, here is the challenge, REALLY bring it the next time!  I want to limp away with my abs on fire under my layers of ever-leaving fat and really feel the benefit of the BIG APPLE!

Priscilla

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Monday, September 1st 2008

9:16 AM

Recipe you NEED

Good morning world and Happy Labor Day to all in the US of A!

Just wanted to get you all as FIRED UP as I am about getting FIT and staying there.

Here it is, the only recipe I need to make this lifestyle change work.

Enjoy and eat daily!

Recipe for a Perfectly FIT Day (Serves all sizes, shapes, ages and health levels!)

1 cup of WAKE UP A BIT EARLIER IN THE MORNING (use this time to really jump start your daily fitness level)  In our case, the early bird won't get the worm, it will get the FITNESS!

1 eight ounce glass of water (start your day off right and then follow up at least with seven more glasses like this...NO, your tea and coffee are NOT water!)

1 set of weights (I am currently using 5 pounders but will increase as my strength does - ie: if they are easily tossed about, they are too light!)  More sets of these would be better - I'm keeping mine by my computer, but I actually carry them into the bathroom with me whenever I have to go during the day.  This way, after I wash my hands, I can do a little set of arm exercises (my arms are diabolical at the moment, but getting BETTER!) and hey, sometimes when I'm working away at the computer, getting up for the bathroom is the only exercise I get!   NOW is also a great time to get your glass of water filled before heading back to the computer (or tv, or any other thing you are setting down for)

6 servings of...Lots of little meals (Try to split your eating up into six little meals, never allowing your body to get that hungry wolf feeling)  This will also force you to get up off your backside and think about what you are eating!  It is the best way to keep your sugar levels in your blood steady too, great if you are diabetic or not!

Two massive scoops of...Bringing back your youth!  (Put on your thinking cap and remember)  Long ago and far away I loved being outside.  I would spend perfect whole summer days with my little brother outside, stopping in the house only when our bellies forced us and there was nothing to raid in my father's garden.  I wasn't fat as a child, because I was burning off all my calories each day.  I also loved riding my bicycle, walking, running, jumping over things and swimming in forbidden water holes in the river (don't try this at home, we were VERY lucky and should have listened to our parents!)  If you make your daily exercise something you LOVE doing, you will stick with it.  We all know the way to get anything in this life that we really want is FOLLOW THROUGH!

***********  PERFECTION! ****************

There you have it people, Priscilla's recipe for not only becoming a fitter person, but adding some fun into your day in a really easy way.  Come on along and GET FIT with me.  You are not going to believe my next set of pictures on here...even my daughter (my biggest fan and critic all rolled up into one fabulous person) even commented that I was looking GREAT!!!

Exercise is the fountain of youth, the secret ingredient that the diet companies can't sell you and the best thing you will EVER do for yourself.  Quit making excuses (time being the biggest one) and GET WITH THE PROGRAM!!!  You have to MOVE IT to LOSE IT and then, once all the excess weight is gone, you need to MOVE IT to keep building your muscle that we naturally lose as we get older.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?  Switch this computer off, go do some great arm exercises, go dancing, skip a rope, try some wall push ups or just play the AIR DRUMS through the next three songs you listen to!

Great things are waiting for you, don't you want to stick around to see what they might be?

Priscilla - Working my BUTT off, literally!

 

 

 

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Friday, August 29th 2008

11:19 AM

Drowned rat of hope wearing great shoes

This morning was as good as it gets.  After a full eight hours of sleep with only two night-time wake ups from loud neighbors, I was off to the gym for 90 minutes of bliss, sweat and targets.  I met and went over a lot of my exercise goals today and it's a good thing.

I'm heading off to NYC now for filming the second hour-long episode of Healthy Vacations.  With my morning work out in the can (I had contemplated skipping it) it feels like I could rollerblade the Brooklyn Bridge with no bother at all.  I have walked over it already, a sight that I recommend seeing.  Stunning views and then you have to do the Manhatten Bridge as well, just to be fair.

So on the way back from the gym, wait, first as I was coming OUT of the gym, it was raining.  I contemplated for two seconds about phoning someone for a ride so I wouldn't have to walk the ten-minute (or less) walk to my apartment.  WHAT WAS I THINKING?!  I mean, geesh, I was already soaking wet from sweat, this rain would feel great.

Plus last night before going to bed I was looking over my journal from the bicycle trip and reading about the day we pushed the bicycles for miles in the rain, then road in a downpour for almost all the day.  That was in Massachusetts and freezing cold.  Today it is mild with no 100 pound trailer to tow behind me.

Smiling at myself for my stupid thought I tucked my purse under my arm which contains my ever-present Samsung digital camera and my phone.  I didn't want it to get wet, even though the purse is leather and the rain really wasn't coming down hard enough to soak it through in ten minutes.

Now just about a month ago I did this same move and my left arm shielded the purse completely.  Today I'm pleased to say, the purse got wet.  I noticed this and my grin got bigger.  My FAT arm is getting smaller.  The weight training is really working.  Woohoo!

All smiles now and a most unusual spring in my step, I bound for the shelter of my porch then a shower.  I'm more aware of my posture now when I'm sitting, standing, walking and stalking around.  I looked at my toes peeking out of my MBT sandals as I dodged the forming puddles on sidewalks.  My feet are actually looking better too.

From my first 140 pounds I have lost I have shed countless dress sizes but also two shoe sizes.  This was getting my feet measure at the same shoe store by the same person in the space of just one year.  Seeing my polished toenails I suddenly have this vision dancing in my head.

Remember that my legs are not straight, I wore braces to my hips until I was three years old due to a birth defect, plus I have had knee surgery, have stretch marks on my legs by my knees where my flesh has bulged out to bursting point with fat and my legs are not now or ever been closely able to associate with the word "sexy" --- all I can say is it's a good thing that Morton isn't a leg man or he would hate me.

But today, walking in the rain after taking 90 minutes at the gym to try to erase all the decades of damage I have done to my body, wearing my now baggy shorts that Stella from Cape Cod gave me in Maine, in June 2007 (Old Navy, size XL), I feel far from sexy, but for the first time in my entire life, I can see shape taking in my legs.  Perhaps if I'm lucky, work very hard and don't give up, one day my fat foot will slip into a sexy sort of shoe and with my legs toned enough that they don't wiggle and jiggle, I will even put on a short skirt.  Age appropriate of course, I don't want to get accused of being "mutton dressed as lamb" by Morton.

Getting into the apartment I fight the urge to wake Morton up (he was working third shift last night) and ask him if he thought my legs were looking more toned.  But I resisted, opted for the shower and am grabbing my packed bags and heading for the bright lights and the big city that is New York.

Who knows, maybe while filming I'll have to go into a shoe store or two and see if there is anything that works for me, or at least get a few pictures to dream about!

Priscilla

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Friday, August 29th 2008

12:27 AM

NYC bound for Healthy Vacations

Off for the next week of filming in NYC.  It all kicks off on Friday and hopefully I will be able to do all the WILD THINGS that are on the schedule.  If it doesn't kill me, it just might cure me.

Hopefully my body will be able to take it and I will keep you all posted on my progress.

DO GREAT THINGS, don't wait to start, get your health under control by taking the first step today!

Priscilla

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Wednesday, August 27th 2008

7:18 PM

That BURN I'm feeling is my FAT melting!

Oh happy day, the scale is sailing down with every passing day now.  Going to my local gym between shooting Healthy Vacations is a really smart move.

Now I'm sure there are thousands of studies that have been done about the relationship to depression and obesity, but I can tell you first hand...there IS one!  It is a hard road to walk when you have as much weight to lose as I do (almost 300 pounds in total) and it is easy to get frustrated, down, feeling like it will never end and then the penny drops I realize that I'm already there.

What I have already been through, the miles I have under my belt, the hundreds of thousands of people out there that are moving because of our bicycle journey and website, it is just staggering.  I wouldn't just be letting myself down if I threw in the towel on fitness, I'd be letting loads of perfect strangers down too. 

With each little glich I get, I can learn from it.  With each binge that happens (which there have really been NONE since joining the gym) I can try to pinpoint the cause and change it and the best part about it all...I get to share it with all the people who care enough to visit this page!  BRILLIANT!

There are MAJOR-MEGA things happening, a whole new look for the website, whole new set of adventures planned for during and after the filming of Healthy Vacations and so many reasons to motivate the world to move I can't begin to name them all.

So here it is, I did about 90 mins in the gym, came back sweated and my weight down just under FOUR POUNDS from last week.  My goal is two pounds a week, so I'm over-the-moon.

Getting moving world...regardless of your shape and size EVERYONE of us need at least 30 minutes of exercise a day.  EMAIL ME and tell me what you are getting up to.

Priscilla

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Monday, August 25th 2008

8:00 AM

Cloudy skies and endless review

Good morning world,

Last night my eating, or lack thereof, was BRILLIANT!  Stayed under my calorie goal for the day, walked many miles and even managed to spend several hours working on the computer.

When Morton arrived home last night, I was still sitting at the computer working, with my five pound weights sitting on the floor to be used when things were uploading a bit slow (huge video files take ages) and we both were excited, talking and didn't find sleep until nearly 2 am.

It is easy to just take my husband for granted.  He really doesn't question my schedule, supports what I'm doing and in return, I find a lot of times he is the last to know.  It isn't the first time that he learns about something major happening in my life from reading this blog.

Last night we talked about what the upcoming months are holding for me as he stays here and holds down the fort.  He is great about me spreading my wings and flying, taking millions of people on the road to better health and pushing them in the right direction of getting their fitness levels raised as high as possible...he just would appreciate a bit more of heads up on what is happening and when.

After our big bicycle up the journey I'm afraid all our nights of searching for places to stay, living minute-by-minute, running out of money, food and water, have him feeling way to practical to ever live the travelling life again.  A steady job suits him, after all, in Scotland he worked for the same company for twenty years without ever taking a day off due to sickness.  He is steady and reliable, two things that I love about him.

When you are working on a project with the size and length that I'm currently on, filming Healthy Vacations, things can change quick.  One week he might think that the next week I will be away, something happens and here I am.  My schedule got pushed back by a few days for NYC and left him asking the question of, "What are you still doing here?"

Then there is my task of going through hours and I do mean hours, from the filming at http://www.DeerfieldSpa.com  I am doing DVD's for them of various classes, wonderful moments, their sights and sounds that aren't going to make it into the hour long television series.  It is my way of saying thank you for a wonderful week of my life.

As Morton looks over my shoulder in the late wee-hours of last night, he sees me huffing and puffing on the computer screen, red in the face, still breathing, working my butt off (or trying to) in one of the dozens of exercise classes that were on offer to me that week.  He watches with almost a painful look on his face.  The camera doesn't lie and the sweat pouring down my face isn't a special effect but really real.

At the end of the clip he gives me a little pat on the back and tells me to keep doing that, he wants me to be around as long as possible.  It is all the support I need from him now.  No more trailing me around the great outdoors living on bicycles with no indoor plumbing.  Let him stay in our apartment, work his job and feel the security that four walls can give you.  That really does suit him well and it is nice for me to have a place to come home to and wash my sweaty clothes.

As for me, I choose the world of travel, motivating, being motivated and staying on this journey of a lifetime that will lead to the ultimate prize a person could ask for, better health.  2009 will be the year that I finally reach being a normal-sized human, and I'm not going to just settle for that.  I want to be a normal-sized human with an incredibly high level of fitness.  After all, my health needs to match my zest for life, which is freakishly high!

Do something remarkable today that you have always been afraid of.  Join a gym, take a class, book a week in a spa, buy a healthier cookbook, go on a walk - alone or with a friend, throw out the garbage that lines your cupboards or do like I did, banish it to the basement, make some LITTLE changes in your life that will give you the big results you are looking for.  You know it's a great little change when it feels like you are doing the impossible with little to no effort!

You are worth it and you know this.  We can whip these bodies of ours into shape and ENJOY the journey to better health.

Email me and let me know what you are up to, post it on our tag board here or join our free group at The Daily Plate and speak out about your wonderful little changes...you might inspire that one person who really needs it!

Priscilla

 

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Sunday, August 24th 2008

10:01 AM

Smoking in my sleep

Last night might have been my worst nights sleep in my life.  It was warm in the house, the bedroom window was open and the fan was running.

After working several hours at the computer I went to sleep with a headache from eye strain and was happy about my eating (of lack thereof) for the evening.  The last thing I said to Morton was, "Woohoo, we don't have to set the alarm" and I thought that I might actually manage to sleep in.  That would be about 7 am for me.

Now I'm just getting over a very bad throat and I want to say that I've never smoked in my life.  Second-hand from a lot of people, yes, but the only experience I had with cigarettes lefts me too scared to ever really try them.

It was when I was ten or eleven and a friend and I had snuck two cigarettes out of my mother's pack.  We decided the safest place to smoke them would be up at the pony barn where my shaggy black pony Suzy and her red baby Sunshine lived.

Once we were at the barn with a pack of matches and the two cancer sticks, we decided we need to be up on a pile of freshly stacked hay that my dad had sitting beside the barn.  It was going to be loaded into the hay loft later that day, so we were lucky it was sitting outside and we could keep an eye on the house as we lit up for the first time.

We both had a cigarette in our mouths and had both managed to get them lit and the match blown out.  I hadn't given a thought to the fact that we were sitting on a big pile of flammable hay that was going to be bedding and food for my ponies.  I was just thinking about how cool and grownup we looked holding these long white cigarettes in our little hands.

My friend told me I wasn't inhaling right.  She said that I need to suck on the end of the filter like a straw, then hold it and exhale.  She demonstrated and had the smoke come out her nose!  I think she must have done this before since both her parents smoked just like mine.

This time, on my second or third puff I did indeed suck it like a straw.  Something happened and I started choking, really choking, on this toxic puff.  The cigarette was dropped on the hay and there were flames all around us in an instant.

Just like out of a cartoon, the two of us stood in horror while the flames shot taller than my pony barn and even higher than the trees that sat on the fenceline of the pasture. 

In less than a minute there was just black smoking clusters of charred hay laying everywhere on the ground.  One of the trees that was closest had some leaves on fire and we both did a mad dash to use the bucket that I normally watered to ponies with to put out the fire.

Neither of us ever smoked when we grew up so I guess we learned a lesson.  We never confessed to our parents and my dad just assumed that the bad boys down the road set the hay on fire.

Last night I kept waking up with the smell of smoke in the apartment, cigarettes to be exact.  With my throat already sore I couldn't figure out where this was coming from or why.  The only window open faces our neighbors porch and they appeared to be in bed.

Laying back in the bed after searching for a ghost-smoker in the apartment, I almost jumped out of my skin when a man's voice spoke just like he was standing next to the bed...and it didn't have the Scotttish accent of Morton.

It turns out our neighbors must have been having a quiet inside party where everyone had to go out to smoke.  They would lean against our windowsill, which is what this guy was doing, and my little fan that had been pulling in the cool night air was now bringing horrible second hand smoke inside and blowing it on me.

This continued for several hours, happening about every fifteen minutes.  Finally, zombie-like at five a.m. I headed for the bathroom with thoughts of just going and sleeping on the couch.  I was going to pop back in the bedroom to tell Morton and when I stepped in our bedroom it really smelled like an ashtray and the smokiest bar on the planet, minus the bad jukebox music.

Heading to the window there was a flannel shirt filled with a smoker leaning against it.  He was chatting away to a female who was puffing away on her cigarette.  They were both less than two feet away from my bed with really just a screen seperating us. 

Reaching up to pull the window down I learned it was stuck.  Nothing in this house really works right, why should the windows close?  Leaning down on the bed I whispered to Morton and asked if he would close the window.

Morton pulled the curtains back, while in his underwear I might add, then says to the guy and girl, "Would you mind going around the side of the house to smoke, it's coming right in our window" and to my shock, the man apologizes, understands Morton and even calls him sir.  Wow!  Who would have thought that simple manners and communication can work!

From this point I dozed in and out, window shut and fan on, for the next few hours.  A very unrestful night but maybe an opening line to actually talk to one of our neighbors.  We have clusters of them living over us, around us on each side and behind us...not ideal but it might be nicer if we all at least said "hello" once in a while.

Today, this beautiful Sunday morning, I'm heading off to a local park on my bicycle to take part in a lovely photo shoot.  I can say it's going to be really beautiful because I'm going to be on the backside of the camera, taking pictures of my lovely Alexander in his kilt!  Just one year old and already following in his Scottish father's footsteps of wearing the kilt.

Have a wonderful day and make sure you get your exercise in, talk to a neighbor and make at least one fabulous little change in your life.

Priscilla

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