50 is Nifty or It's my party I'll eat cake if I wanna!

So, Friday was my 50th birthday! It went pretty well. I spent the day quietly except for some wonderful friends and neighbors who came and sang for me! Also a few family who called and sang. David made dinner, spaghetti and garlic cheesy bread..ohhh fattening! And oh so good! And I had ice cream and cake. Sigh! Needless to say I spent this past weekend recovering from a sugar buzz! But I am on track again today!
Friday I did a "Happy 50 Workout". This was 50 of each of the following:
stair steps
recliner leg pushes
wall push-ups
bicep curls with resistance band
toe touches
ball crunches
It was a lot of work I tell ya! I did break up some of them into sets!
Today I did the workout I did on Monday, January 25th. So I won't write it out again.
I may have missed Jan. 27th exercise on here too...I walked 3 miles during Dr. Oz that day! The 28th I did laundry and a little walking..about 20 minutes.

So turning 50....not bad at all. I feel better now then I did a few years back. In 2006 early in the year I was looking at 293 pounds staring back at me from the scales at work. I vowed I was NOT going to be 300 + and so started walking on my breaks with my friend Marilyn. In April that year I was diagnosed with diabetes. Now some in the diabetes group I am in would say "It isn't your fault, it's all genetic" well let me tell you..that is NOT always the case! I am the ONLY diabetic in my family! One uncle had it but not until he got in his 80's! And no one else to my knowledge has it or ever did. I did this to myself. I will not use genetics as an excuse! I also will not use my medications as a crutch to eat what I want! I know dear in-laws who DO use that excuse! "Oh--I am on meds, I'll eat this cake (ah hem!) ok--bad example LOL! But I ate the cake KNOWING I was only going to have it that one day and not everyday as in the case of my FIL who will drink regular pop on a daily basis! I am convinced if he cut that out he would not need meds! That is my ultimate goal! NO MEDS! Not for diabetes, not for blood pressure and not for cholesterol! Although I have doctors who sometimes will say the statins are inevitable and that they will be taking or DO take them themselves! So back to 2006...I weighed 279 at time of diagnosis. I lost weight to 250-ish and then came the cancer diagnosis, chemo and radiation. The weight got wayyyyy harder to drop since chemopause and that is where I am today. My surgeon's nurse Cheryl said I had lost 10 pounds since seeing him last year. That was with shoes and fully dressed though. In the mornings when I weigh myself au naturale (sp??) I have lost 15 pounds since May 28, 2009. medications have been lowered and I exercise. I have also dropped clothing sizes and waist size...which if you watch Dr. Oz is the most important part anyways! So reflecting back on the last year--I would say I am coming right along! Praise God! He is my help in all this! He gives me the grace I need each day to eat what is best for my body and the power to exercise!
So...50 down, 50 to go! :-)
Love ya!