tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90022322024-03-13T13:23:42.203-05:00The World Of NoireUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-70587315946099190942023-02-14T22:00:00.002-06:002023-02-15T22:01:59.452-06:0018th Wedding Anniversary!<p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Art I Did for it!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4-C6-KvxLr-Pt67xyp7Pabgec2J-oD7_R4D9W0wgPBz0Eb7_rmSK3QKvjNXa9W6DJYVoqqljiOmQf0EQewIa__up6F1LZ1JZjZP9AsTlkR7B2RTww_4CQFhKOlm5guMOWwbdixNF_F89o0raYh2YrjT6-aRdlHfs92FLrhmX35lS5ENsG28/s2200/18th%20Anniversary%20-%202023%20v3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2200" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4-C6-KvxLr-Pt67xyp7Pabgec2J-oD7_R4D9W0wgPBz0Eb7_rmSK3QKvjNXa9W6DJYVoqqljiOmQf0EQewIa__up6F1LZ1JZjZP9AsTlkR7B2RTww_4CQFhKOlm5guMOWwbdixNF_F89o0raYh2YrjT6-aRdlHfs92FLrhmX35lS5ENsG28/w640-h524/18th%20Anniversary%20-%202023%20v3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-46092232695230142282022-08-02T20:14:00.003-05:002022-08-02T20:19:42.279-05:00Weight Loss & Life Updates!<p> Just a quick update to let you know those of ya that read this, I am still here!</p><p>Just been busy!<br /></p><p>Hubby & I celebrated 17 years of being married earlier this year</p><p>My last of the 3 kitties that moved here to the states with me passed away back in March, she was 18, she beat renal failure into remission because we caught it early but mother nature couldn't make up her mind with cold/hot/warm/cool weather and caused her allergies to flare up, which made her really exhausted. :(</p><p>She told me she was tired and had enough.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPN01Gxg1e_v_hN3j4dq6q3i8G8epyakUUfXDy70HLo-DTZBRilnh-v6pq_9LKeeZi2v5KQW6UTgFBRbBIov2Qq1eVau_lgsPYW8GpKDwKb3TWbKJssGOkgUtymIpWZABcXREN7t0UpiVJka8fTofHpj3d6hpk9hiWbDbBKmvSIYL50ziB_Qw/s2048/fuz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPN01Gxg1e_v_hN3j4dq6q3i8G8epyakUUfXDy70HLo-DTZBRilnh-v6pq_9LKeeZi2v5KQW6UTgFBRbBIov2Qq1eVau_lgsPYW8GpKDwKb3TWbKJssGOkgUtymIpWZABcXREN7t0UpiVJka8fTofHpj3d6hpk9hiWbDbBKmvSIYL50ziB_Qw/w400-h400/fuz.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Still working on my weight loss.</p><p>Just been having plantar fasciitis in my left foot acting up these last couple of months which has put me down on the weight loss train, which sucks!</p><p>I gained a bit of weight back but I am doing everything I can to get my foot manageable so I can get back on track.</p><p>We saw Quiet Riot in concert recently.</p><p>But my last side by side I am proud of, I need to get a new one, its been a while since I have gotten one.</p><p>Hope you're all well =) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7MeFTjI2_FbiLEVSVOSugSGB47lEtYz6Ssy1PelXd_QEYKt9cAhXxToOanVVpl-NiMcc4QfDMUv_ttrevF2vFnAng7HVqwkklAjbjw7IRjVK4h_wBNY3c7AV9unXS90c84KBqS2wxJl6_JhUzHbvT_DYfecw4pc6XaLOpPcZJ-0CciLTC3o/s609/2015-April%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="609" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7MeFTjI2_FbiLEVSVOSugSGB47lEtYz6Ssy1PelXd_QEYKt9cAhXxToOanVVpl-NiMcc4QfDMUv_ttrevF2vFnAng7HVqwkklAjbjw7IRjVK4h_wBNY3c7AV9unXS90c84KBqS2wxJl6_JhUzHbvT_DYfecw4pc6XaLOpPcZJ-0CciLTC3o/w400-h350/2015-April%202022.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-79270921554580427722022-02-15T20:45:00.000-06:002022-02-15T20:45:18.254-06:00#transformationtuesday - weight loss updates!<p> It's been about a month since my last side by side.</p><p>It will be 7 years this coming May since I Got on track.</p><p>The progress is slow at times.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I can tell you...</p><p><br /></p><p>Losing over 25-30% body fat & 20+ inches in my thighs, to my arms to many other body parts from head to toe.</p><p>Its been hard work but worth it!</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't had surgery & I have lost over 250lbs, it's been very hard work.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've cried, I've bled, I've had injuries both from the gym & wrestling school, I've screamed, I've broken things, I have gotten so angry I have wanted to give up, among countless other things.</p><p><br /></p><p>But one thing I haven't done this 3rd time trying to lose weight... </p><p>I haven't given up!</p><p>I got help building my esteem and confidence the things I lost when I got bullied in high school for being in shape & giving up on myself after graduation & gaining 300+lbs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a wonderful support system I built for myself but I couldn't have done it without the support of my husband, my family, my friends, my gym trainers, my wrestling school trainers, and of course my doctors ! So thank you!</p><p><br /></p><p>The thing you have to remember...</p><p>It doesn't happen overnight all good things come in time.</p><p>Going from 6x clothes down to an L/XL depending on the clothes...</p><p>The pants I am wearing right now are a medium in this brand!</p><p><br /></p><p>Just remember its a life change, you are worth it, make it fun, don't call it a diet, just moderate what you eat, weigh everything, and when you reach a goal, have that cheat meal, and don't overindulge! You got this!</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not done yet, its time to keep going! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRHTpcmRLovIN0aWWtSXWc2knZKfg6SDgxiAkDS1eHIQzLTm-0b5PzOqCGI7LMWSZKMAYU_g-7Jif8w5nWuKSB4Q0OJXk380AO8HTs9Pw19Ouv4ro2VcAb0wUp3pCvl06LUAC3UV_W7Uo45FveBrRM6T0yp2pcGOYc0Ry82_c9sQehH-ic7pE=s609" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="609" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRHTpcmRLovIN0aWWtSXWc2knZKfg6SDgxiAkDS1eHIQzLTm-0b5PzOqCGI7LMWSZKMAYU_g-7Jif8w5nWuKSB4Q0OJXk380AO8HTs9Pw19Ouv4ro2VcAb0wUp3pCvl06LUAC3UV_W7Uo45FveBrRM6T0yp2pcGOYc0Ry82_c9sQehH-ic7pE=s16000" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-22329274346282737882022-02-14T01:07:00.010-06:002022-02-14T01:11:39.112-06:0017 years ago!<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">We met online gaming back in the fall of 2004 and spent almost 6 months talking online/phone and getting to know one another.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">He drove 14hrs to Canada & popped the question right on my doorstep!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">We ran off 2 days later after we first met & got married ...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Here are to many more years </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">😍</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Plus, yes I am still here, just don't update as much as I used to...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">But besides that update!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">I am now down over 250lbs</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">We adopted 2 new kittens last fall, so now we have 6 cats!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Fuzzy kitty (the last one of the 3 that moved here with me from Canada) beat renal failure last summer!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">We caught it early & after a 3-year fight, she is still with us today!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">All our kitties are doing well!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Not much else to report really.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Just enjoying life, thankful for many things including hubby, family, friends, and kitties!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">I hope everyone is well for those of you that still read this lol 😅</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-55538023533014365572021-05-22T20:16:00.003-05:002021-05-22T20:26:02.796-05:00Updates! - Yes I am Still here!<p style="text-align: center;"> I don't update as much as I used to, I don't even know if anyone reads this thing anymore lol.</p><p style="text-align: center;">But I got my 2nd COVID vaccine about a month ago, my hubby got his just after Christmas since he works in healthcare.</p><p style="text-align: center;">All went well, so not sure why so many are still freaking out over it!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I am also down half my body weight (230lbs lost) in the last 6 years with no surgery.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Not much else been going on really!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I started coloring again though...</p><p style="text-align: center;">Got tickets to LA Gun and Slaughter which is gonna be fun as hell!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">That's about it really!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Now some of my coloring and a music video!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Enjoy!</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pCXpvS5jfRo/YKmtJ3i4_1I/AAAAAAAADo0/femj0xMa9fsNEYxIhBTJ0P82rkmLkd_mACPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_9142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1789" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pCXpvS5jfRo/YKmtJ3i4_1I/AAAAAAAADo0/femj0xMa9fsNEYxIhBTJ0P82rkmLkd_mACPcBGAYYCw/w560-h640/IMG_9142.JPG" width="560" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="2048" height="326" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o94Za1FoQMw/YDyXVYAyeDI/AAAAAAAADmg/DF6Q3vFNHZAF6qIcGeUnDDRwrqbs2upYQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h326/1.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-34579768227938618592021-02-14T03:16:00.004-06:002021-02-14T03:16:43.236-06:00Happy 16th Anniversary!<p> Today my husband and I celebrate 16 years of being married!</p><p><br />He drove to Canada 16 years ago after we talked online/phone for almost 6 months, 5mins after we first met popped the question, then we drove off 2 days later on Valentine's day & got married & been together since!</p><p>We met through a friend we both online gamed with in the MMO City of Heroes!</p><p>I did some 3d art for just the occasion! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dHKGBroLwLI/YCjp30-Kg3I/AAAAAAAADmQ/CQ3GVV1sWkwnew2raBhL446XUP7i2zRfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Happy%2B16th%2BAnniversary%2B-%2B2021%2B-%2BFinished.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1755" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dHKGBroLwLI/YCjp30-Kg3I/AAAAAAAADmQ/CQ3GVV1sWkwnew2raBhL446XUP7i2zRfgCLcBGAsYHQ/w548-h640/Happy%2B16th%2BAnniversary%2B-%2B2021%2B-%2BFinished.png" width="548" /></a></div><br /><p>.... and to all the haters... hate =p<br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-83152189597091953872020-12-24T21:31:00.000-06:002020-12-24T21:31:06.893-06:00Year End Weight Loss Journey Check-in!<p> As you sit there and read this... Not just for me but for you too It's been a never-ending journey and changing your life to be healthy and lose weight and all that stuff right? But it's also a lifelong change. I hope you don't get scared off and actually take the time to read this, that way you better understand not just me and my journey but understanding everything that you see online related to similar things you see out there if that makes sense. As well as think back on all your hard work and know and realize things and know that what you are doing is worth it.</p><p>I know I have had people tell me my story inspires and I been sharing it more and more these last few months, there are many people like you or may not be like you that need that inspiration, so please don't get scared, read away. I promise it will be worth the read I wanted to write this again on another website so I decided here on Fitbit to help those of you out there taking the time to read this... So this is my journey and after you read it, sit and think and reflect on your own journey, you will be surprised the little things and big things that stand out once you reflect...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Things started for me back in the years 1997-2000.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>2000</b> is when I graduated from high school. Through high school years being active doing track/sports/weightlifting and being made fun of for it, I was told I looked like a boy and girls shouldn't be lifting, girls were made to grow up and have babies and take care of babies. I grew up in a small town.</p><p>After graduation, I turned to food and just ate. I got into a dead-end relationship for 5 years in the late 90s early 00s, where the guy I was dating his depression didn't help me any, I thought I could help him. He told me one day if we were together in 5 years we would get married & have kids.</p><p>Well over the years things got worse.</p><p>When I would want to go to friends to hang out he would moan and cry and not want me to leave my friends dumped me soon after when this got really annoying. When I would go to work he would call me 15mins after I clocked in asking when I was coming home because he was hungry. The threats and abusive nature from him, I didn't know what else to do being so young, I had no one to turn too. So I would spend all my time eating and not going anywhere. My family didn't care so, I was alone with him...</p><p>Finally 5 years down the line he finally admitted he didn't want kids or get married, plus years during this dead-end of a relationship my esteem, confidence, and self-worth the little I did have, was now gone. But I finally got out of there in early 2004! Him showing up at my job and acting like a total nutcase making a big scene, I was at the end of my rope, I was done and had the courage to GTFO! Thanks to my friends who had come back into my life after abandoning me because I got into that relationship!</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, in late <b>2004</b> I started talking to my soon to be husband online/phone as our friend that lived across the border from me introduced us while we were playing an online game called "City of Heroes". During this time I realized over the years I had got really fat. But my husband accepted me 100% for who I was, weight and all. I mean he did drive to Canada (14hrs) and popped the question from the midwest USA so, there was that!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>2005</b> we got married after talking online/phone for 6 months. I tried to start losing weight and bettering myself but I kept falling backward. Failing! I gave up.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>2007-2008</b> </p><p>I had a doctor misdiagnosed me. Put me on metformin even though I wasn't diabetic, 2000mg a day. She also put me on an unlimited meat/eggs/cheese diet and I was only allowed 20 carbs a day from veggies, nothing more or nothing less. When I got my first set of blood work before I started this diet it was surprisingly normal for as fat as I was.</p><p>3 months later being on this diet my numbers were in the crapper. I lost about 40lbs in those 3 months because the metformin was making me sick most of the time so I couldn't eat. After another 3 months, I felt like I was dying, I was craving potatoes, rice, pasta so bad by this point. I was crying. I felt so awful. But the doctor wanted me to continue what I was doing.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Fall 2008 </b>- My husband changed jobs and got one that had benefits, I could actually go to an actual doctor instead of gear to income clinic from hell as I called it. My new doctor right away told me that I wasn't diabetic so he was unsure why this other doctor had me on metformin and esp that high of a dose, no diabetic even would take a dose that high!</p><p>Turns out when the doctor at the clinic from hell gave me an insulin/sugar test with the sugar stuff you drink, she gave me enough for a pregnant woman!! She clearly didn't know what the f#%^k she was doing so that was why I was so white and ready to faint after the 4 hours and drawing blood every hour!</p><p>Jeebus!</p><p>So my new doctor after reading over these tests promised to help me and get me on track, the first thing he did was cut me back slowly on doses of metformin. He also ran my blood-work and I was months shy of actual death due to the diet my previous doctor had me on, I was 27...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>2009-2010</b></p><p>I continued on the right path losing weight and getting on track, but something felt wrong to me yet again. I hit a plateau and got discouraged. My doctor helped me out by temporarily putting me on phentermine. It got me over the plateau but my blood pressure was now outta wack, so off the phentermine and on blood pressure meds.</p><p>By the fall we moved into our new house just before Halloween, I fell off the wagon and gave up losing weight even tho I had lost over 150lbs.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>2011-2014</b></p><p>I gained all the weight I lost back, then probably some extra. I don't know. All I know is I was still on blood pressure meds, still feeling pretty crappy. Found out after almost 9 years of trying for a family I couldn't have kids. This sunk me into more of a depressed state.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>2015</b></p><p>Being married now 10 years at this point, I was still struggling with confidence/esteem issues. I was just set in my ways. My hubby sat me down and expressed his concerns with my weight, telling me that he wanted to grow old with me and enjoy retirement with me and he was concerned we would never be able to do that with my weight and how it was.</p><p>I realized he was right, I was now almost 35 and I haven't done much but take care of the house and game for the last many years. I mean in 2013 I did start working part-time to get a 2nd car and put all my pay to paying it off (which I had done in the first few months of working there).</p><p>So I realized that I needed to not just start working on my weight but myself too so I looked into getting some counseling since I wasn't ready to join a gym. Last time I joined a gym I remember I would walk in and have everyone just stare at me. So I decided to workout at home. I had my biggest loser DVDs from my previous journeys and I could walk outside. So off I went.</p><p>So from Summer 2015 to Summer 2016, I did just cardio. Once it got to the hot super summertime in 2015 we bought me a treadmill so I could walk inside instead of dying in the heat outside. Same with the fall/winter didn't wanna freeze.</p><p>Summer 2016 came around and I joined a gym. I felt better at walking into one being over 100lbs lighter, they offered free personal trainers so I got with one. He gave me workout plans, started to do them. My eating was still okay, not the best but ok. Fall 2016 I started to plateau, the trainer told me I wasn't eating enough that I needed to eat more, so I did, tossed the scale aside, and did what he said.</p><p>By Christmas, I didn't feel any different if anything I felt fatter then I was again, turns out when I jumped on the scale eating more was the wrong move. I gained 50-60lbs back, I was devastated. I almost wanted to give up but I didn't.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>January 2017</b> I quit listening to the trainer I had and started doing my hubby's old workout routine when he was in the military.</p><p>Hubby even joined me because he felt motivated to make some changes. He was still doing really well on quitting smoking. He had quit for almost 10 years but running into some old friends triggered wanting to pick up cigarettes again.</p><p>He was super mad at himself. I told him to just take steps to quit again that he did it before and I believed in him that he could do it again.</p><p>I quit smoking back in 2000 so it was a huge deal to me.</p><p>By April/May we joined a new gym, got with a trainer there, and a food coach too. By the time I joined with them I had lost all the weight I gained from the other trainer. So I kept going.</p><p>The year and my workouts went on and I managed to lose about 90lbs that year.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>2018</b></p><p>I kept on the same workout plan, my eating was so-so. But I kept moving forward.</p><p>April I had enough guts to join wrestling school, esp since they were having free tryouts for women. I was nervous as all hell going in there but thanks to one of the trainers Sarge, it wasn't so bad lol. I was about 200lbs down by this point.</p><p>Even tho I was still struggling with my mindset of being even heavier sometimes it took learning moves pretty hard because I was scared to hurt people.</p><p>I made 3 wrestling show debuts in 2018 which were enough to graduate wrestling manager. I was told to work 3 more shows to graduate referee. I even got my wrestling license in August that year!</p><p>There been setbacks that year, one was landing on the ring apron and being down and out for the 2 weeks. But got back at cardio and ended the year slow.</p><p>early 2019 was the year I graduated twice from wrestling school, the first female non-USA born to do this accomplishment, both referee and manager.</p><p>Sadly my car needed repairs come that summer and that put my wrestling fun on hold but I still had my artwork that I do!</p><p>I resumed my workouts and kept kicking as much butt as I could while I could till September when I had to have my tonsils out, but what was another setback at this point?! Just another bump I will get over!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Well... here is 2020!</b></p><p>and now yup it's 2020 and late 2020 at that, we are almost at the end of December!</p><p>I promise I am almost done with my story!!</p><p>For the last little over 5 years, I have been busting my ass to lose weight and get healthy... I had setbacks, who doesn't? Some days I look at the calendar and go... great another year gone and it feels like I didn't accomplish anything...</p><p>I know over 220lbs is a lot and yeah sometimes I don't eat the best, other times I do. My workouts are sometimes consistent and sometimes not. I try my best and my hardest to keep doing what I am doing even with the obstacles and other things that stand in my way.</p><p>I know it's all a process and journey, not a race...</p><p>For now, I will continue my workouts at home because I am still not heading back to the gym since numbers are still climbing with COVID, having less stress working out at home is best right now anyway since I am getting more results this way, plus my doctor was happy when I told her I was sticking with at home till this COVID stuff goes away!</p><p>But here I am and yes I am still powering through and you know what you can too!</p><p>Between all this and the bullying and everything else I been through, I know I will reach my goals, takes time, as frustrated and annoyed as I get sometimes... yeah I'll get there, I am worth it, I can't give up now.... neither can you ♥</p><p>I went from a 6X to now an XL/L depending on the clothes...</p><p>lost over 25 inches in my upper arms and upper legs</p><p>and countless other victories!</p><p>Not to mention this after my doc apt this week!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bt4IgTb_wsE/X-VcpgNu3gI/AAAAAAAADlg/pJvoSglJv-g9VpZzCNAzpn8ZTt7swktbwCLcBGAsYHQ/s821/11.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="815" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bt4IgTb_wsE/X-VcpgNu3gI/AAAAAAAADlg/pJvoSglJv-g9VpZzCNAzpn8ZTt7swktbwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/11.png" /></a></div><br /><p>Thanks for reading ♥</p><p>Remember you are not alone in this, we are in this together!</p><p><br /></p><p>SW: 460</p><p>CW: 236</p><p>Current Goal: 200</p><p>GW: 160 </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-83109733719031050062020-06-16T23:51:00.001-05:002020-06-16T23:53:40.640-05:00Skeeter - 2004 - 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This morning we had to help Skeeter reach the rainbow bridge, it came so suddenly... Around midnight last night she was playing & getting mad at me for spending the first-night cleaning & not sitting down so she could sit in my lap... finally after she ate a bunch of food at midnight she made herself comfortable in my lap.</div>
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Around 2/3am she got so upset and struggled to eat and such. I tried everything I could to help her get comfortable. She would hide in her cubby hole in the cat tree. Joel was at work so I sat here trying to be strong and not cry because I didn't want Skeeter to see me cry... I knew this was her way of telling us she was ready... we think just like that with a blink of an eye her one or both kidneys gave out. She got diagnosed with kidney issues last June & she had been doing well up to this point with food/fluid treatments, we did have a scare a few months ago before quarantine started but she was starting to get better.</div>
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I suppose it was her time as much as it hurts and I didn't want it to be... She was such a good girl, she loved to sit in our laps, and when she wanted she would crawl up and sit on our shoulders and neck. Things had to be HER way... she was a demanding little kitty!</div>
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I will never forget the day we brought her home... we had taken Salem to the vet (this was back in 2007) Salem was getting spay... we saw Skeeter in her cage. At the time she was called "Skeet" because they thought she was a boy... she rubbed up against the cage wanting attention. At the time we had 5 kitties (Salem, Scyko, Slayer, Bubbles, and Olivia) we didn't think we could take another... Fate had another plan...</div>
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When we went back to the vets about a week later to get Salem's stitches out Skeeter was still there... her cage said "Last Day August 30th" It was now Sept something... Joel asked the vet what it meant... turns out if they don't get adopted by a certain date they give them another week or two, they don't get adopted they... well you know... Joel & I couldn't let that happen!!!!!</div>
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At the time I was working part-time at Bath and Body Works and Joel was guarding grocery stores. We happened to just have a check his work owed him for back pay on a shift he worked for the exact amount = $95 to adopt her... we lived off $1 isle food for 2 weeks just so we could bring her home! When they took Skeeter back to make sure "he" was neutered they came back out saying "it's a girl!"</div>
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So that is how she went from Skeet to Skeeter ♥</div>
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She was about 3 when we adopted her back in 2007, so we had many good years with her over these last years. Rest well little girl, by now you have reunited with Olivia, Slayer, JR, Bubbles, and Salem and running those fields of the Rainbow Bridge, we will see you again someday baby. Until then have fun with your brothers and sisters Skeeter-do, we will always love you!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-54375386457335375912020-06-05T18:41:00.000-05:002020-06-06T05:48:14.492-05:00A Wife of a Security OfficerAs a wife of a security officer<br />
For the last 15+ years<br />
and I know many more years in the future<br />
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For years before 2020...<br />
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I always worried about my husband when he left for work<br />
I would always say my prayers to keep him and everyone safe<br />
I would swallow and smile and keep my chin up as I see him pull from our driveway and head to work, I would get a workout done, house cleaned, meals prepared, errands ran...<br />
I then play my video games, play with our kitties and sit here for the hours he is at work<br />
Keeping myself busy also watching tv, knitting or other hobbies I enjoy doing<br />
When I would get wrestling show work I would do that or spend time with friends<br />
Work on art commissions or my comics to keep the time passing by till he walks in the door<br />
My fear would grow when I don't hear from him for a certain amount of time<br />
But he would always find the time to call now and then to say, "I love you and I wanted to be sure you are doing ok and safe. I miss you and I will be home soon, promise"<br />
I knew he would be okay, he's got a great group of guys and gals that have his back<br />
He always promises to come home every day and I believe him<br />
When he does walk in the door I greet him with a smile and ask him how his day was followed with a hug and kiss.<br />
He then would go shower since he works in a hospital... then we would go about our evening with some dinner and a few tv shows with a glass of wine/beer before we turn in!<br />
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Today... as of the last few weeks... I worry even more...<br />
I say my prayers to keep him and everyone safe<br />
I swallow and instead of putting on a smile with my chin raised...<br />
My lower lip trembles in fear as tears fill my eyes as I see him pull out of the driveway<br />
Once he is no longer in view tears fall down my cheeks<br />
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As I sit here for the hours he is at work<br />
Fear grows when I don't hear from him for a certain amount of time<br />
He will call now and then to say "I love you and I wanted to be sure you are doing ok, I miss you and I will be home soon, promise"<br />
Sometimes he doesn't get that chance to call at all because things are so busy<br />
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I still get a workout done, house cleaned, meals prepared, errands we only run together on his days off every 3 to 4 weeks due to COVID19 so I don't run them anymore...<br />
But I play my video games, play with our kitties, and sit here for the 12 hours he is at work.<br />
I keep myself busy watching tv, knitting or other hobbies I enjoy doing<br />
Wrestling show work is unknown when that will come back again due to COVID19...<br />
Even then I can't do that because I need to save for a new car because of the wear and tear on my current car from doing wrestling shows driving everywhere and back I had to put a lot of work into it to keep it running... so it will be a while...<br />
Spending time with friends is also on hold due to COVID19<br />
As is art commissions and sales with my comics because so many have lost their jobs or just can't afford it right now<br />
I just have to keep finding stuff to keep the time passing by till he walks in the door<br />
But I also find myself breaking down every hour or so, trying to keep strong.<br />
I know he works for an amazing company, he's got amazing people he works with all keeping one another safe and all that... but I still worry...<br />
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When he gets in from work I can't hug and kiss him as I used too<br />
Instead, I have gloves and a trash bag in hand for him to throw his uniforms into<br />
I have a bowl of soapy water for him to wash his hands even though his hands are so dry and chapped from using sanitizer all night...<br />
I then lay out a towel and open the shower door for him and while he showers I get dinner and a glass of wine/beer followed with a few episodes of our favorite shows before we turn in. We then share a hug and a kiss, Then wake up to do it all again the next day!<br />
This is coming from me...<br />
I wrote this, I feel this, I am not just scared for him and everyone he works with<br />
But our whole city, country, world...<br />
Who would have thought we would be living a life like this in 2020... we were promised flying fucking cars!<br />
But in all serious... in our lifetime I keep praying every day for us, our family and friends, and everyone in the world today.<br />
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Everyone who knows me knows I am a pretty strong person and can hold my game pretty well... I can even during the hardest times keep a smile on my face and hold ground and be the rock for everyone else even when I am crumbling apart on the inside because I find a way to fix it and be able to deal with the stuff I need to deal with. I rarely show I am breaking... because normally I can just fix things on my own!<br />
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But today I can't hold my ground or be that rock, I am falling apart slowly and trying to glue the pieces back together but they are falling faster then I can glue... today I am coming out and being honest saying ... I AM FUCKING SCARED!<br />
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I can't do this alone just like everyone around me can't do it alone, we need to help one another and build one another up and support one another.<br />
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I am truly thankful for my husband and everything he does every day for us and our kitties, I couldn't ask for a better man. Exp with how much shit of mine he's gotta put up with =p<br />
Thank you for reading ♥<br />
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From falling outta the ring as wrestling school and smashing my back into the frame of the ring to strained muscles, tonsils being taken out, loss in the family to everything else between.<br /><br />Some days I look at the calendar and go... great another year gone and it feels like I didn't accomplish anything... <br /><br />Example: Before the COVID19 lockdown happened I was going to the gym and mainly lifting with very little cardio, I found myself gaining weight, losing some inches but I felt like it wasn't enough, I did get some gains too but the gains I didn't want... Over the lockdown, I focused mainly on cardio and cleaning and getting things done here, less stressful which helped me lose 18lbs...<br /><br />How is it going to the gym for a year I get the good and bad gains but over the course of almost 8 weeks I lost 18lbs, I don't understand! But I will take it!<br /><br />It's taken me 20 years to get this far... I tried to lose weight a couple of times in the first 10 years after my hubby and I got married but I would fail... I failed because my confidence and esteem was crap because of the bullying I went through in high school being made fun of for being in shape and doing track/sports and weightlifting. <br /><br />After high school, I gained almost 300lbs and getting married at my heaviest. I never thought anything of it until I kept trying and failing and giving up... this time... I haven't done either and I am trying my hardest to keep it that way! As much as some days I want too!<br /><br />There are days I feel like giving up again because I am at the point even after losing 200lbs or so... things are slowing down and I want the weight to keep coming off fast, I know things take time but it's so annoying because it's been 5 years and I just am so tired and want things done and over with!<br /><br />I know 200lbs is a lot but at the same time it feels like it isn't enough, not sure why I feel this way but I guess I am to the point of frustration that I am wanting this to be over. I know once I lose all the weight it won't be over but the maintaining is where I wanna be like NOW...<br /><br />I know sometimes I don't eat the best, other times I do. My workouts are sometimes consistent and sometimes not. I try my best and my hardest to keep doing what I am doing even with the obstacles and other things that stand in my way. I just want to hit delete on all the things that held me back all the years before and some still haunt me to this day. <br /><br />I know it's all a process and things take time but sometimes I am impatient and other times I am super impatient. Like right now! <br /><br />Anyway, my thoughts fo the evening, thanks for reading, hope to have some new side by sides in the near future!<br /><br />Still not heading back to the gym since numbers are still climbing, having less stress working out at home is best right now anyway since I am getting more results this way :DUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-77992220330790963502020-04-21T20:53:00.000-05:002020-04-21T20:53:20.876-05:00Quarantine - Pros & Cons!<span style="font-size: large;">There have been some positive things & some negative things about this quarantine stuff for me...<br /><br />I have been actually able to LOSE weight & inches more so now then all the times I been going to the gym! I kid you not, keep reading for reasons why <img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t20/1/16/1f61c.png" /><br /><br />But I have been keeping active with my Wii as well as stated above and actually keep better control of my food sizes/weighing stuff out then I have ever before.<br /><br />Even with all the pizza, I've managed to make over the last almost 4 weeks I have had better success! I've even managed to break this 9-month long plateau! Which is amazing I can cry <img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t40/1/16/1f62d.png" /><br /><br />I may stay home & do art as my main job (and reffing when I get my car back on track) but a housewife's job is never done, we never get a day off... as much as some think we do... we really don't.<br /><br />Between all the cooking and cleaning and everything else... I have been able to accomplish more with house projects inside & out since all this started!<br /><br />I haven't had the stress and panic of going to the gym, stores shopping once or twice a week to get fresh veggies and work on cleaning projects, food prep, and all the other projects I been trying to complete.<br /><br />Because normally after the gym my energy is gone to shit & I don't feel like doing anything. I know to some it sounds crazy but my energy level after the gym is next to nothing because all the energy, blood, sweat & tears I put into my workouts.<br /><br />I am the kinda person that stocks up when things are on sale so I didn't need to panic buy like so many people out there did.<br /><br />My stress level has gone down BIG TIME, I still have some stress but yet my worry level is another story with Joel working at the hospital.<br /><br />Every day after Joel gets done working I meet him at the door with gloves on every morning he gets home with a bowl with soap and water, even though he's hand sanitized his hands 10,000+ times at work and in the car and his hands being so dry and chapped he washes his hands and closes the door he puts his gun straps in the water and then he hands me his uniform, I place it in a trash bag and go put his jacket, gun, etc... aside in another room along with his boots, etc.<br /><br />I then close the bag as I put it off into the washer. I open the shower door and grab him a towel just to be safer so he can hop in the shower. He always showered after work but not to this new degree of measures we take every day.<br /><br />The yard work that I usually never did because it's just too much for me to do, I've been slowly working at it while the weather is nice... it didn't go from snow to hot as fuck this year so that is one awesome thing!<br /><br />My front garden doesn't look like a big huge mess, the branches/trees/fence line in the backyard hasn't looked better, I mean still got more to do but because of the cold snap we just had my yard looks pretty bad back there with all the dead branches everywhere lol.<br /></span><div>
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It's been a super fun day of getting massages and dinner at our fav sushi place and now seeing this, awesome! =)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-46052865796055039622020-01-21T20:23:00.002-06:002020-01-22T23:38:53.207-06:00Updates - Yes I am still here & still going strong!<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I am still here, still around.<br />Life has just been busy busy! <br />Hubby & I are getting ready to celebrate 15 years next month of being married<br />Time has just gotten away that's for sure!<br />It's now been 4 years & 8 months... since I got on track with being healthy and losing weight.<br />I used to be that girl that was afraid to get back on track because of how I was made fun of in high school for being that girl that was in shape, doing track, sports, and weightlifting... called a tomboy and told I looked and acted like a boy because I enjoyed doing all the things boys did because I was never a girly girl <img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t9f/1/16/1f61b.png?_nc_eui2=AeHI5yl1wRKR6lUw0DRKxtKVtEw7_3JOxL4A3LhGKzyEJUs_xacTnDTFmWU_ZXLLMTnrmJcdixYaZSlIVMAWZlMRJJbT0wnQTI2dXAK6FnWVvg" /><br />That damage that was done to my esteem and confidence carried over to life after graduation (graduation year: 2000) and I ate myself into a hole and an abusive relationship, thankfully after 5 years, I got outta there!<br />I tried to lose weight 2 times before after my husband and i got married but failed, I realized it was because my esteem and confidence needed work...<br />So here I am today... my esteem and confidence have grown big time, thanks to my husband & his family, my wrestling family & friends... I wouldn't be where I am now without everyone's support, so thank you!!!<br />This last week since I got my Fitbit I managed to lose almost 10lbs and some more inches, I feel like now that I can track things a lot better and not have the stress of other things, the weight is coming off easier and the inches are flying away, it's been stressful this last bit but what a difference can make when stress/worry are no longer there to deal with!<br />I feel this is the year that is finally the year that I can finally finish losing the weight! It will be nice to CTRL/ALT/Delete everything that has been holding me back all these years!! I have been waiting for this for so long, I FINALLY see some kinda light at the end & moving into maintaining everything, I am excited!<br />Gaining weight and stressing and everything between and setbacks were awful all these years, but now that 100+lbs has been lifted off my shoulders I feel empowered to continue, I been sleeping better and feeling so much better these last couple of weeks! Not sure why I just do, but either way I been feeling awesome! <img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7f/1/16/1f60a.png?_nc_eui2=AeFT8C3u4npSN-k8OW_1Ehw9_NIyUwbVDk1WVhl3jWGHYFF0nYgd0_hZPAiB229L3V7X4cJNibz-PI1sX9umoKVmFVsGNaZVDdi0e6_duQvs4g" /><br />Thanks again everyone for the support, here is my recent side by side, let's do this!<br />Just know it can make a huge difference when getting on track to be healthy!<br />Don't ever say, "I can't, it's too hard, I am too lazy, I am not worth it... "<br />The excuses are endless, stop making excuses!<br />I used to make them too now I am glad I stopped making them and being that scared little girl, but all the stress and BS made me the women I am today along with all the supportive people in my life, again thank you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We here at the XWC we would like to congratulate Tina Noire on becoming a 2-time XWC graduate! She graduated from our referee program this week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Like Tina, you can continue to train at XWC after you've graduated from one of our programs. You can continue training in another one of our programs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I am now 4 years into my journey/life change and I have lost over 225lbs... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been working on some trading cards! As well as getting some copies of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NoireComics/?__tn__=KH-R-R-R&eid=ARD02nCsGzQnhsCU6qOEkLVzbf1a2VGYMusKPwBhq5_cpI3bvZX2SIfwsYBNmT1XQszhGvaMrsfKk4HM&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARA6ERintlpIdySzVihQqNH0mXpcx4V67JP8SgKsw_xBB8VoKdKyjdfoqEfIhnPs6RK5LCoQvdG7-FJNxw9D2RJ4q3X30GPx57I_-1p_HF7G9usMnGJAo-ySaAR_NmS0v_1zFMROmAQbvfublpZQTH3uzRF9DBP23z1XkGmmYSsNgfZcAiVyJT2ViPK_Kcn6HRNgb8ttziK2ggWOgTlBXGFpMSVfhzFzgxRdFjcfg__mK-fxBPfRW758JJI1_CNtxMT6XLbgVfNk7acsBjpMXVj639UAGL9dZkMVLqeKHjuPDEZlRVHC0TZ2iY8D_Q" style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Noire Comics</a> Issue 1 & 2 from my publisher!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Noire Comics #2 is where Corrupted Canadian makes her debut!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Are you as excited as I am!? I will keep you all updated on when they will be available!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please note: They will only be available by going to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KCXWrestling/?__tn__=KH-R-R-R&eid=ARCdJNhPvrvzuJSAudYb7iAsqrlb87z7kIrVSKx4sxWJG4fFXIcEojE2X19ZkhOes9s2ueNUIkbd_oeg&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARA6ERintlpIdySzVihQqNH0mXpcx4V67JP8SgKsw_xBB8VoKdKyjdfoqEfIhnPs6RK5LCoQvdG7-FJNxw9D2RJ4q3X30GPx57I_-1p_HF7G9usMnGJAo-ySaAR_NmS0v_1zFMROmAQbvfublpZQTH3uzRF9DBP23z1XkGmmYSsNgfZcAiVyJT2ViPK_Kcn6HRNgb8ttziK2ggWOgTlBXGFpMSVfhzFzgxRdFjcfg__mK-fxBPfRW758JJI1_CNtxMT6XLbgVfNk7acsBjpMXVj639UAGL9dZkMVLqeKHjuPDEZlRVHC0TZ2iY8D_Q" style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Kansas City Xtreme Wrestling</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MidwestEliteWrestling/?__tn__=KH-R-R-R&eid=ARBiD53m9RkRx0tNUDQEGRWfA1hzslB2bfQSnUoa3IU6vD0ws7MsLEdnYsDtwL-Vty-BftimBoGI2Ykp&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARA6ERintlpIdySzVihQqNH0mXpcx4V67JP8SgKsw_xBB8VoKdKyjdfoqEfIhnPs6RK5LCoQvdG7-FJNxw9D2RJ4q3X30GPx57I_-1p_HF7G9usMnGJAo-ySaAR_NmS0v_1zFMROmAQbvfublpZQTH3uzRF9DBP23z1XkGmmYSsNgfZcAiVyJT2ViPK_Kcn6HRNgb8ttziK2ggWOgTlBXGFpMSVfhzFzgxRdFjcfg__mK-fxBPfRW758JJI1_CNtxMT6XLbgVfNk7acsBjpMXVj639UAGL9dZkMVLqeKHjuPDEZlRVHC0TZ2iY8D_Q" style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Midwest Elite Wrestling</a> and other wrestling shows I will be at, thank you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can still pick up Issue 1 in print at Indy Planet and the PDF versions of Issues 1 & 2 at Drivethrucomics. You have to be logged in to see the listings. Issue 2 in print will be available once the test print comes back okay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now for what the trading card will look like!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Myself as Cute Canadian with The Wonderful Wendy, Your good guy wrestling managers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Corrupted Canadian made her Debut at Kansas City Xtreme Wrestling!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Corrupted Canadian informs everyone in the crowd that she is the FIRST female to graduate the XWC manager program and that that makes her better than any of the females in the crowd, but not just ANY female, a female from Canada!</span></div>
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Thank you to Shanna for the awesome photos!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well back on January 25th, I was asked to make another debut in wrestling!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They wanted a good guy so I debuted as The Cute Canadian!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you picked up issue 2 of Noire Comics you would have noticed a superhero in there by that name!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a nickname I was given many moons ago and my alter-ego!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is one image from the match I managed as I was going around slapping everyone's hands and getting them pumped up for the match!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a lot of fun & they asked me to come back!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stay tuned for more at another date!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Corrupted Canadian should be making her debut at another promotion this month too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Please note Cute Canadian & Corrupted Canadian are ©®™ to myself & Charlie Rock</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-41392666679730011362019-01-26T04:45:00.000-06:002019-03-29T04:45:16.356-05:00Noire Comics #2 - Now Here!<div class="separator" style="background-color: black; clear: both; color: white; font-family: Lobster; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Lobster; font-size: large;">Read about the adventures of Mistress Noire as she tries to stay one step ahead of the law while stopping evil. Meanwhile her sinister step-sister schemes dastardly deeds behind the scenes. Lots of trills, crime fighting, and daredevil exploits.<br /><br />The adventures of Mistress Noire continues in this second issue! Jam-packed with action and adventure Noire Comics is a comic book with a stylistic mix of modern and the golden age. This issue features the debut of Super Patrol. But can even that colorful and heroic team help Noire solve her greatest mystery? Find out in this full color, 26 pages, thrilling issue. Plus a bonus story: the origin of the world's most sinister villain ever.<br /><br />Pick up your copy today <a href="https://www.drivethrucomics.com/browse/pub/7895/Amazon-Comics-Group" style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">here</a>!<br /><br />Reminder you do have to be logged in to see the listing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />As always thanks for your continued support!<br /><br />Tina Noire & Charlie Rock<br /><br />I will post at a later date when the print becomes available as of today 1/26/19 it's being sent to the publisher for a test print!</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-74363296808430372462018-12-29T04:44:00.000-06:002019-03-29T04:44:20.918-05:00Noire is excited to announce...<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Lobster; font-size: large;">...that the hardest part is now done on Issue 2!<br /><br />I was also able to add some advertisement in with this image for Noire Comics as well as Kansas City Xtreme Wrestling.<br /><br />Which is where I will debut my wrestling character soon! Also, my wrestling character will be making her debut in Noire Comics #2 in January, so stay tuned!<br /><br />Thought about being a wrestler? manager or even a referee? XWC has free tryouts all December and the month is almost over. If you live in Kansas City and wanna try out now would be the time to do it!<br /><br />Also looking for Noire #1 in PDF?<br /><br />Head <a href="https://www.drivethrucomics.com/browse/pub/7895/Amazon-Comics-Group" style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a>!<br /><br />Print <a href="http://www.indyplanet.us/?s=noire+comics" style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a>!</span><br style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Lobster; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Lobster; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FN1vDN7DB14/XCdAxEh4PqI/AAAAAAAADYI/r9kRdjSfEbQDeSzMryw1W9vF2XkbpMPdQCLcBGAs/s1600/Noire%2BComics%2B-%2BArt%2Bis%2Bdone%2B-%2BKCXW2.png" style="background-color: black; color: red; font-family: Lobster; font-size: 13px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="543" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FN1vDN7DB14/XCdAxEh4PqI/AAAAAAAADYI/r9kRdjSfEbQDeSzMryw1W9vF2XkbpMPdQCLcBGAs/s640/Noire%2BComics%2B-%2BArt%2Bis%2Bdone%2B-%2BKCXW2.png" style="background: rgba(0, 255, 255, 0); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgba(0, 255, 255, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-61016333744962380612018-12-25T04:43:00.000-06:002019-03-29T04:43:31.973-05:00Happy Holidays!<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AiQekJOm0YQ/XCCwhZ0zUyI/AAAAAAAADX8/F4sajaz0-OoAYoel7rK5iXFLV2wScWdxACLcBGAs/s1600/Merry%2BChristmas%2BFrom%2BNoire%2Band%2BUs%2BAt%2BNoire%2BComics4.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: yellow; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1600" height="440" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AiQekJOm0YQ/XCCwhZ0zUyI/AAAAAAAADX8/F4sajaz0-OoAYoel7rK5iXFLV2wScWdxACLcBGAs/s640/Merry%2BChristmas%2BFrom%2BNoire%2Band%2BUs%2BAt%2BNoire%2BComics4.png" style="background: rgba(0, 255, 255, 0); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgba(0, 255, 255, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a>What's Ivoire up too?<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-36943546635573666082018-12-21T04:41:00.000-06:002019-03-29T04:42:42.405-05:00Noire Comics #2 - Previews!<div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Lobster; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002232.post-63754569243885650222018-12-19T03:00:00.000-06:002018-12-19T03:25:59.829-06:00#transformationtuesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
My last <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/transformationtuesday?source=note&epa=HASHTAG">#transformationtuesday</a> post for the year, I know it's now Wednesday but I been working on this since I woke up Tuesday around 4 pm and I had to run a few errands also. So I am behind... But also the reason for the last one for the year is because I won't do one next week. I am making this a journal since it is going to be a long one. I hope I don't bore you with this long note but I wanted to finish this year with everything I been going through on this journey.</div>
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It's been a never-ending journey and changing your life to be healthy and lose weight and all that stuff is a journey but it's also a lifelong change. I hope you don't get scared off and actually take the time to read it, that way you better understand not just me and my journey but understanding everything that you see online related to similar things you see out there if that makes sense. I know some of you may have had read some of the similar things before or read some of the things I am writing again but again it's my journey.<br />
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Things started for me back in the years 1998-2000. <b>2000</b> is when I graduated from high school. Through high school years being active doing track/sports/weightlifting and being made fun of for it. I turned to food after I graduated and just ate. I got into a dead-end relationship for 5 years in the late 90s, where the guy I was dating his depression didn't help me any, I thought I could help him. He told me one day if we were together in 5 years we would get married & have kids, so I had hoped I could help him. I loved him enough at that point why not right?<br />
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But he was always lazy not wanting to go anywhere but stay home and play video games, he didn't have a job during this time either. He always blamed his crones. He finally got a desk job & I thought things would have gotten better, he got some testing done from the doctors finally and got put on some new meds to help his crones. Things didn't get any better if anything they started to get worse.<br />
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When I would want to go to friends to hang out he would moan and cry and not want me to leave. When I would go to work he would call me 15mins after I clocked in asking when I was coming home because he was hungry. So I would spend all my time eating and not going anywhere.<br />
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During these years is when I found Slayer in my friend's backyard. My ex-bf and I adopted 2 kitties together Sabbath and his sister Salem. I also adopted Scyko.<br />
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5 years down the line he finally admitted he didn't want kids or get married, I had to get out, I realized I was wasting my time and life and I really didn't feel the same towards him in the last year & a half to 2 years of our relationship, it's just his abusive nature in all ways plus threatening me when I thought about leaving him during our years together, Me being 18 to my early 20s, I really didn't have anywhere else to go so I thought, "c'est la vie" for all those 5 years.<br />
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So I would go about my days eating fast food, junk food just stopped caring, I lost my esteem, confidence, and self-worth the little I did have, was gone.<br />
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But after these shenanigans & him admitting what he did I knew I had to do something.<br />
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When I left/moved I took Slayer, Salem, and Scyko with me. Unfort I couldn't take Sabbath due to that poor kitty having seizures, he would have never made a 14hr car ride.<br />
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After those years past and in late <b>2004</b> I started talking to Joel online/phone as our friend that lived across the border from me introduced us playing an online game. I realized over the years I had got really fat. I honestly tried to shape up the best I could in the weeks before Joel and I planned on meeting. I felt the worst about myself and wanted to better myself, but I didn't know where to start since I was surrounded with crap in my cupboards and I couldn't afford to dump everything and get new stuff. But Joel accepted me 100% for who I was, weight and all. I mean he did drive to Canada (14hrs) and popped the question so, there was that!<br />
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<b>2005</b> when we got married after talking online/phone for 5 months. I tried to start losing weight and bettering myself but I kept falling backward. Failing at everything I would try. I didn't understand why or how but I just kept giving up.<br />
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<b>2007-2008 </b>I had a doctor misdiagnosed me. Put me on metformin even though I wasn't diabetic, 2000mg a day. She also put me on an unlimited meat/eggs/cheese diet and I was only allowed 20 carbs a day from veggies, nothing more or nothing less. When I got my first set of blood work before I started this diet it was surprisingly normal for as fat as I was.<br />
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3 months later being on this diet my numbers were in the crapper. I lost about 40lbs in those 3 months because the metformin was making me sick most of the time so I couldn't eat. After another 3 months, I felt like I was dying, I was craving potatoes, rice, pasta so bad by this point. I was crying. Some nights when Joel and I would do a meat/cheese night and watch movies, we used to drink wine with it but I couldn't drink wine so I would just eat the meat/cheese and he would have crackers and there was times id just cry because I felt so awful. But the doctor wanted me to continue what I was doing.<br />
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During this time we also lost JR our one kitty, but we adopted another, Skeeter!<br />
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<b>Fall 2008</b> - Joel got a job that had benefits, I could actually go to an actual doctor that knew their stuff instead of gear to income clinic from hell as I called it. My new doctor right away told me that I wasn't diabetic so he was unsure why this other doctor had me on metformin and esp that high of a dose, no diabetic even would take a dose that high!<br />
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Turns out when the bitch doctor at the clinic from hell gave me an insulin/sugar test with the sugar stuff you drink, she gave me enough for a pregnant woman!! She clearly didn't know what the fuck she was doing so that was why I was so white and ready to faint after the 4 hours and drawing blood every hour!<br />
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Jeebus!<br />
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So my new doctor cut me back slowly on doses. They also ran my blood-work and I was months shy of actual death due to the diet my previous doctor had me on. They told me to go to the store and pick up a box of whole grain pasta and eat it! Start adding grains and things back into my diet to get my cholesterol and other numbers down asap.<br />
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This was also during the time that if you started at a new doctor or got benefits they wanted to know pre-existing conditions. The doctor I had before this one claimed I was diabetic, had high blood pressure and had PCOS. So this caused a HUGE issue because all my doctors said I didn't have any of those. But the insurance wouldn't cover any of my appointments at 100% due to my previous doctor. So I had to spread out my appointments to what I could afford, thankfully my new doctors worked with me for that year making sure I was able to afford my meds and my appointments, after that year everything went to being covered 100%<br />
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<b>2009-2010</b><br />
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I continued on the right path losing weight and getting on track, but something felt wrong to me yet again. I hit a plateau and got discouraged. My doctor helped me out by temporarily putting me on phentermine. It got me over the plateau but my blood pressure was now outta wack, so off the phentermine and on blood pressure meds. 2010 was the time we started getting on track with selling our old house to buy a new one. I was working out every morning after Joel left for work for 1-3hours, did the housework then spent the rest of my day either with some friends or playing online games till he got home. But I still didn't feel right, I felt like everything I wasn't doing wasn't enough.<br />
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My confidence/esteem/worth was still shot after all these years but I didn't realize it, how could I? I just kept working to please those around me and make them happy as I always did. By the fall we moved into our new house just before Halloween, I fell off the wagon and gave up losing weight even tho I had lost over 150lbs.<br />
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<b>2011-2014</b><br />
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I gained all the weight I lost back, then probably some extra. I don't know. All I know is I was still on blood pressure meds, still feeling pretty crappy. Found out after almost 9 years of trying for a family I couldn't have kids. This sunk me into more of a depressed state. I stopped working in 2008 and I started to do my own thing, I was still doing my own thing at this point. Taking care of Joel making sure he's got everything he needed for himself and work and taking care of the house and of course all our fur babies. Joel would always try to lift my spirits and help me anyway I could to make me happy all these years, the thing was I was happy (and still am) happy with him, that was never the issue, I was just never happy with myself.<br />
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During <b>2011-2012</b> Joel and I sat down and started talking about adoption, part of me hated and despised the idea because I wanted to give birth to our own baby. With Joel and his brother Eric being the last 2 on his dad's line on the tree I didn't' want things to stop there with them, Joel and I when we talked about having kids we wrote out 4 girls and 4 boy names and talked about having a platoon of kids.<br />
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My dream was to have kids of our own and be better parents than mine ever were. I wanted to be the best parents possible like my grandparents. They were always there for me and taught me so much over the years when they were alive. They knew how to raise a child and love them and help them any way they could.<br />
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Well deep down I still wasn't wanting to adopt but I figured meh whatever. So we looked around and how expensive it was. There was no way we could afford to go through an agency. We were talking $10,000-20,000 if not more depending on where the child came from if we decided overseas.<br />
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So we decided to go with the state. Since state adoptions are free. But the thing they don't tell you is they expect you to be foster parents first and go through 10-20 classes FIRST. Then you can start going through the process to become adoptive parents by doing another 10-20 classes after you finish the fostering process. They expect you to also have a bed for each child stage and other things.<br />
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They got upset with us because the days their classes were held Joel wouldn't be able to make them due to his work schedule. They didn't understand with people who work in hospitals their hours are always pretty stable but very LONG and to change days or have days off they need to be requested so far in advanced. Even then they are not 100% guaranteed because of how hospitals work. Not to mention every single day they had a class he was working, so how could he tell his boss that? Esp since they are on weekends which working weekends are mandatory.<br />
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Well, after all, said and done with the meeting with that... we got told if we couldn't meet the requirements that they couldn't help us...<br />
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We then thanks to his stepmom Faith were able to go through her church to try to do an adoption through them since they allowed a pay as you go process and they take a certain percent of your yearly income for the placement costs.<br />
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So as much as I was still iffy on it, we started the process and got done the home study and everything else that was needed. Then we just waited for phone calls.<br />
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During the<b> 2013</b> year, we also lost our furbaby Olivia due to her kidneys, which was a really sad time too.<br />
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We managed to get phone calls saying they found us a baby but then the baby got placed with someone else or the parents changed their minds and decided to keep their baby.<br />
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The process they had for this was you create a book saying who you are and your life and they give those booklets whom they think your best matched with and they pick through buncha books on whom they want to raise their child. So yeah...<br />
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But either way, I can't remember also if it was late 2013 or early 2014 Joel and I agreed to call the adoption off. We kept getting nibbles here and there but we would never get chosen.<br />
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Joel hated seeing me get my hopes so high then crashing and burning and crying to put out the fires. My depression got worse. So we both agreed it was time to call it off as much as I didn't want too at times, we just needed too. I could see it was killing him too but what could we do?<br />
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<b>2015</b><br />
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Being married now 10 years at this point, me still struggling with confidence/esteem issues. I was just set in my ways. Joel sat me down and expressed his concerns with my weight, telling me that he wanted to grow old with me and enjoy retirement with me and he was concerned we would never be able to do that with my weight and how it was.<br />
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I realized he was right, I was now almost 35 and I haven't done much but take care of the house and game for the last many years. I mean in 2013 I did start working part-time to get a 2nd car for the adoption stuff and put all my pay to paying it off (which I had done in the first few months of working there).<br />
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So I realized that I needed to not just start working on my weight but myself too. But I wasn't ready to join a gym. Last time I joined a gym I remember I would walk in and have everyone just stare at me. So I decided to workout at home. I had my biggest loser DVDs from my previous journeys and I could walk outside. So off I went.<br />
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So from<b> Summer 2015 to Summer 2016</b>, I did just cardio. Once it got to the hot super summertime in 2015 Joel bought me a treadmill so I could walk inside instead of dying in the heat outside. Same with the fall/winter didn't wanna freeze.<br />
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Late winter early spring in <b>2016</b> we lost Bubbles and Slayer. Bubbles had kidney issues and Slayer we think it was his heart murmur. I take all passing's of our babies hard but Slayer was extra hard because I found him during a super dark moment in my life back in 1998.<br />
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<b>Summer 2016</b> came around and I joined a gym. I felt better at walking into one being over 100lbs lighter, they offered free personal trainers so I got with one. He gave me workout plans, started to do them. My eating was still okay, not the best but ok. Fall 2016 I started to plateau, the trainer told me I wasn't eating enough that I needed to eat more, so I did, tossed the scale aside and did what he said.<br />
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By Christmas, I didn't feel any different if anything I felt fatter then I was again, turns out when I jumped on the scale eating more was the wrong move. I gained 50-60lbs back, I was devastated. I almost wanted to give up but I didn't.<br />
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<b>January 2017</b> I quit listening to the trainer I had and started doing Joel's old workout routine when he was in the army.<br />
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One day legs, one day chest, one day back, one-day triceps, one-day biceps and one-day cardio with one day rest.<br />
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Joel even joined me because he felt motivated to make some changes. He was still doing really well on quitting smoking. He had quit for almost 10 years but running into some old friends triggered wanting to smoke.<br />
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Joel was super mad at himself. I told him to just take steps to quit again that he did it before and I believed in him that he could do it again.<br />
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We couldn't stand coming home from visits smelling like smoke, we would toss our clothes in the wash and showering right away each and every time we came home.<br />
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Then working out the next day even tho we showered having the smoke smell coming outta our pours, I almost puked on many occasions trying to get through my workout because the smell of smoke was just that strong.<br />
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I quit smoking back in 2000 so it was a huge deal to me.<br />
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By April/May we joined a new gym, got with a trainer there and a food coach too. By the time I joined with them I had lost all the weight I gained from the other trainer. So I kept going.<br />
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6 weeks I stuck with the meal plan and trainer I got ... I lost another 15lbs. I then started to do my own workout thing again because I couldn't afford to keep a trainer and the food plan I had, I had to modify it because it was getting expensive.<br />
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I went through a serious of biopsy's and tests also this year due to checking to see if I had PCOS or not, making sure I didn't have cancer and other things.<br />
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The year and my workouts went on and I managed to lose about 90lbs that year.<br />
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Even with the unexpected setbacks throughout the year and unable to workout due to doctors orders. Losing Joel's brother it was a rough year but I still managed progress!<br />
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Joel and I would go to the gym on the days he was off work together and day of I would go by myself.<br />
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I also took this year off work to be with family and take care of things that needed to be done, the bosses told me it was fine so I wasn't worried.<br />
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<b>2018</b> <br />
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I kept on the same workout plan, my eating was so-so. But I kept moving forward.<br />
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January 2018 we lost Salem due to kidney issues, which really upset me also, but I kept trying to move forward.<br />
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April I had enough guts to join wrestling school, esp since they were having free tryouts for women. I was nervous as all hell going in there but thanks to Billy aka Sarge, it wasn't so bad lol. I was about 200lbs down by this point.<br />
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Even tho I was still struggling with my mindset of being even heavier sometimes it took learning moves pretty hard because I was scared to hurt people. I still struggle even now!<br />
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In May I got a letter from my 401k stating that my employment status changed and I needed to do something with my money. I was confused. Turns out management changed and what was agreed upon even with the new HR manager it meant bumpkiss. They fired everyone who wasn't around for 6 months or longer doctor notes or not they just up and fired all of us!<br />
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I was about to have my 6 years with them in 2019 but because I was only there for 5 years... guess what!? All the retirement funds that my job put in I won't ever see a dime, you have to be there over 6 years to see that money, but I paid out the ass in taxes on what I put in and only managed to get maybe $200. Thank you big jerks!<br />
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Anyway...<br />
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The year went on...<br />
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My workouts did too...<br />
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As did wrestling school...<br />
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Days I would go to school Joel was at work and I wouldn't go to the gym but on the days Joel was off I wouldn't go to school but I would go to the gym with him, even on some days we would go twice.<br />
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I made 3 wrestling show debuts which were enough to graduate wrestling manager. I was told to work 3 more shows to graduate referee. So waiting to hear back on my graduation for manager. I even got my Missouri wrestling license back in August!<br />
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There been setbacks this year, most recent was landing on the ring apron and being down and out for the last 2 weeks. But going to try back at cardio this week. So *fingers crossed* all goes well.<br />
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Since my doctor told me he was fine with me setting back my appointment till April for my weight loss stuff since I don't have much to show for right now being set back. Being a wrestling fan he understands.<br />
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So sitting here on December 19th, yes a day late for transformation Tuesday. But here it is none the less...<br />
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I gained about 15lbs in 1.5 weeks with all my being spoiled by wonderful friends and family, no complaints though! Just gonna get back on track! But the good news is in the last week I have actually lost 6lbs, so there is that, yay!<br />
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So still down over 70 inches in my waist<br />
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Over 20+ inches in my thighs and upper arms<br />
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over 30% body fat lost<br />
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210lbs lost<br />
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Still more to go but I am not done yet, hoping 2019 is the year I can finally hit my goal weight, guess we will see. But goal still stands to cosplay She-Hulk, hoping in 2020!<br />
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Thanks to everyone for reading all this for those that have, thank you all for the continued support. It means a lot!<br />
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Here is my most recent side by side.<br />
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Thank you!<br />
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Tina<br />
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ps... All my progress has been with workouts, eating right, sure I had some help with meds at some points, but no surgery what so ever!<br />
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