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Taking Charge

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  The last 13 months I have been in survivor mode. With my Aunt’s decline of her health and then death, and then switching jobs to a high stress job working over 60 hours most weeks for the first few month, life has been crazy.  I started my journey at 375 and got down to 201. Now I am back up to 250. It is time to get things going back the right way.  Now before anyone asks, I have stayed Keto the whole time, but with my Aunt, we were trying to cook foods that she wouldn’t turn her nose up at and getting her to eat a salad based meal even twice a week was hard. Plus she didn’t like some of our favorite meals. She could not tolerate any heat (black pepper) and she didn’t like some of the meat that we liked. So finding meals that she AND my children would eat was a full time hassle. Then with all the hours I have been working since she died, there hasn’t been a lot of prep time for meals.  So now it is time to say enough excuses. It is time to start putting a little bit of focus back on
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Food prep

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  With a husband and four boys who all enjoy their food, food prep time has always been an issue.  Before I started this journey, I would always sit while chopping, dicing, or anything that I could.  Standing was too painful and it always took too much time that my feet couldn't handle it.  I have always been told that it takes less time if you stand while you prep the food.  Now I find myself standing more and more as I prep the food for my family.  It does take less time, it does take less strength, and it is easier.  I no longer have to worry about my back hurting 10 minutes into the prep time.  I no longer have to worry about my ankles and feet swelling up because I am standing too long.  It is very freeing to know that I CAN stand and work in my kitchen for hours at a time if I need too.  
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MoJo Chocolate

  https://youtu.be/rrX8kalBCPM I hadn’t quit woke up yet when we did this video. 😂 Daniel was about to walk out the door, so it was now or never. Lol. It does have a bit of a dark chocolate bitter after flavor that Daniel loved. I ended up adding just a touch of Monk fruit to sweeten it before finishing it, but it was fantastic! Sorry the video isn’t quit in focus. I really wasn’t awake yet; however, we both were alert all day and never did feel tired.  There was no crash at the end of the day like our normal days.  https://www.tranont.com/toniawalker   Info on it  There is only 1 carb and 18 or 19 calories (depending on where I look at the info.) COFFEE ☕️ & CHOCOLATE 🍫 POWDER MOJO!    Vitality Blend Ingredients + Benefits:   1 – Brazilian Coffee or Cocoa Beans • Tranont Coffee and Chocolate are formulated with sustainably-sourced beans, promoting responsible farming and trading practices with growers and distributors in other countries.   2 - Bitter Orange Extract (Advantra Z)
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Parades

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Three years ago I didn’t think that I would ever be able to walk 2 miles in a day ever again. My feet would swell up just going to the store or walking a block. I had to sit with my feet propped up for hours on end to get the swelling to go back down. There was no way whatsoever that I could walk with any speed.  I remember walking to the store once with my two older boys and a cousin's daughter thinking it was just a few blocks when it turned out to be a couple of miles. (We were in a city that we were unfamiliar with.) The kids had to stop and wait on me to catch up to them so many times; I was in tears from pain and shame both.  We paid for a taxi ride back to our room because there was no way that I could make the trip fast enough that the food wouldn’t spoil   Last year, I was able to walk 2 miles at a time and not have to worry about my feet. That was a huge NSV. (Non Scale Victory)  This year I volunteered to March with the High School Band for the homecoming parade.  Then I
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New Suppliments

  Here is a video of me showing off my new supplements from Tranont.   https://youtu.be/E4p99Dj0VWU Here is a link to the website if you would like to check it out for yourself. https://www.tranont.com/toniawalker
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25th Anniversary

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This weekend,  Daniel and I went to Branson to have a short getaway to celebrate our 25th Anniversary.  While we were there, we did a little shopping. I found this red, white, and blue shirt on clearance for $5. They only had smalls left on the rack. I thought that I might be getting close to it and by next summer it would more than likely fit, so for $5 I was willing and to “risk” it. I was floored when I put it on this morning and it actually fit. (My 9 year old picked the picture.) Then we went to Walmart and we were looking at shoes for Daniel. He suggested that we see if they have anything in my size since their store is larger than our small town store. 21 years ago I had to go from a size 10 ladies shoes to a size 12 while I was pregnant with my oldest boy. I haven’t been able to shop at Walmart for shoes since. Today, I found 2 pair of shoes that were a size 10 and THEY FIT!!! I’m a happy camper.  
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Out of the mouths of Babes

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  I’ve been thinking about this post for a while, but life has been crazy busy for the last 2 months.  As people lose weight, it is a side effect that we end up with “bat wings” and hanging skin. I have now lost almost 175 pounds and I do have a bit of a bat wing on both of my arms. Both my 9 year old and my 11 year old at different times have “played” with my bat wings. I asked both of them separately, “Why are you doing that?” Both of them responded with almost the exact same wording. “Mom, I gotta play with it now before it disappears.”   I replied with,”oh really?”  To this question my 9 year old shook his head yes, but my 11 year old said “It already disappeared on that part of your arm” (my forearm)  Now how do you respond to that?  I’m going to tell you one more story.  My 17 year old noticed one day that my neck was looking more wrinkled than before and he was concerned that I was starting to age. I informed him that I was alright with that since I have looked younger than my r
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