arthritis...

I heard back from the Dr. office on my hip x-ray yesterday. They used the word "degenerative" and "mild". Which is good. It means I have mild arthritis! It means I should be able to get my hip muscles stretched out and maybe healthy again with hard work. Yeah for that! I have a chance at getting my hip back. :) I understand it will never be the same again, but if I could even get 50% back I would be thrilled. The doctor said I will be referred to a ortho Dr if I don't show progress in PT. Good enough! My physical therapist believes my muscles froze from years of not using them and compensating with my limits. They are tight and they need help. I hope they can teach me and help me. My insurance pays for 24 visits. Yeah, that just means I'M GETTING OLD and my muscles are messed up from a prior injury from years ago. good news :) Sounds like there is a chance we can work it out. I better make good use of my time I have these days...and take care of me!

159.0 pounds this morning-one more pound and I've made the goal I set for myself over a year ago. 169 pounds was my goal I thought I would never make. I could not picture myself at that size inside my head. It was my "I can't believe I weigh 169 goal". I came up with 158 because you put my height and weight in and that is the magic number that takes me from obese to normal. That is amazing. You'll never hear me bitch again about my weight. Anything past that is wonderful, but I feel lucky, blessed, thankful, amazed, and happy already. I just can't tell you how this has been a great thing for me in many ways of my life. For someone like me that has been standing on the side line watching for years- I say thank you god for this blessing in my life! Now it's just up to me to use this "tool" in my life forever.

100 ways Wednesday tomorrow. I'm blogging on Wednesdays for 10 weeks on 100 ways my life has changed for me from going to obese to healthy. My list is getting fun to put together each week. Check it out tomorrow...

I added this video here of my limp so you can all see what I've been living with for years. This video is from October 2007 and show my awful limp. I hated this video but thought I would post it cause it's me. I just want to be "a better version of me". Maybe a upgraded version of me? :)