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In hopes that everyone is enjoying their day with the craziest people they know I would like to send a reminder out that this evening is the Onkwehonwe Womens Sharing Circle...tonight's topic is Self-Care and Self Expressions...I look forward to seeing ya ladies out tonight...I have a door prize for attendees!!! 7pm at 724 Chiefswood Rd

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Hey There!!! *REMINDER* Meeting this Thursday the 13th in the evening 6:30pm-8:30pm at the G.R.E.A.T. Building in Ohsweken in the Theatre. This weeks Guest Speaker > Rick Hill - History of Living Tax-Free.

Issues

Seems like moving home is beginning to finally feel like home again, and yet I still need my own home :( saddens me to not have my own home to call home, I need to rent a spot...something big enough, nice enough, just something to call my own home :(

The night falls deeper as I await to see your face
So far away and so close and near
time does not relive the empty space

No One Deserves A Healthier Lifestyle More Than You ~ Andrea Curley

“NO ONE DESERVES TO LIVE A TRULY HEALTHY LIFE MORE THAN YOU!” – Andrea Curley

Now I have never been the person that ‘took care’ of my physical self.  Sure, I have visited the dentist, eye doctor and my family physician regularly throughout my life.  When it came to listening to people, I didn’t listen to the good advice, or make better choices, and I couldn’t see past what I trusted to be true in my own thinking.  At age 16, I ventured into the world on my own, making it and breaking it along the way, without ever taking the responsibility of my physical health as a priority.  As long as I was in no physical pain, I thought I was healthy!

Because of the inherited blood that runs through my veins and some self inflicted damage of alcoholism, bad food and no consistent exercise routine I am a person that has lived with being over weight, high blood pressure and diabetes.   So, skip a few and a lot of details, time and events, and there I am meeting my new family physician while setting some roots in the town of Salamanca NY.  Week 1 - December 17th 2011, is the day that it began… I walked into an office with an open mind yet an uneasy feeling of “WHAT EVER” all along thinking “I hope my new doc is right on about introducing me to this program”.   Upon entering this office there sat this woman at her desk with the biggest friendliest smile.  She begins welcoming me to her place of employment by starting off introducing herself and walking me through the perimeters of the gym explaining all its contents.  Her sense of seriousness and humor captivated me instantaneously. By time the introduction of the program and assessment of my self was complete I just knew that I was going to listen to everything that this woman tells me.   Why?  Throughout the visit she goes on to say things like “what we are going to do is fix you from the inside out” and “exercise IS a dose of medication” and “it is going to be a lot of work on your part” and “you have to do what I tell you, there are no short cuts”.  You know the typical things you might hear from any personal trainer.  But wait! The key that unlocked my old instilled beliefs were – “what we are going to do is fix you from the inside out”.   See?  

In retrospect it has been hard for me to always believe it when people would tell me I was smart.    My history of education, work experience, travels, overcoming and soldiering on from life’s trials and tribulations, all along building a large circle of networking professional and social resources, could prove iota’s of a smartness.  Anything my history tells are things anyone could accomplish.  Quite honestly I often wondered how people could look at me and tell me they see me as a smart woman; I mean no one knew my health issues!  Anyone can further their education and anyone can build relations.  However, I thought this because I was overweight.  I was an obese, high blood pressured diabetic, and that just sounds unhealthy!  So how can unhealthy be in the equation of all those positive characteristics? 

So the work outs begin.  Sweat drips on the mats, muscles feel good sore (if that makes any sense), and my thinking was “OMG 8 minutes left???” or “5 more???” or “10 more seconds???  Who does this crap???”  The eating changes:  absolutely no salt, no pop, no more than a palm of pastas, rice, or potatoes if any at all, and no bread of any kind at all. Next thing you know I am at week 4 and after revisiting my doc the insulin I had to inject with 2 meals a day for the last 3 years is now gone.  That part of my unhealthy life is now dead.  By week 7 my pant size went from 22 to 16.  That part of my unhealthy life is now dead.  The belief that I was going to be on all diabetic medication and that it would only INCREASE with time, depressed me…and that part of my unhealthy life is now dead.  The change in eating has been just making smarter choices starting at the grocery store > looking at sodium and carbohydrate and fats amounts, by looking on line and in magazines about foods.  By realizing that WE DO NOT NEED a lot of the junk we so voluntarily just put into our bodies.  February 27th embarks the beginning of week 10 scaling in at a loss of 26.5 lbs and counting.  Most importantly new thinking and beliefs are instilled.  It is because of the internal results of becoming physically healthier that I see ME in a healthier state.  It is also because I simply LISTENED to a very educated, compassionate, walking her talk, woman that possesses a great love for her people.  It is because of her very existence that lives are changing for the better.  She is right here, right now, please do not let the opportunity pass you by to spend some time with Andrea John-Ortego and her amazing team in this amazing diabetic program that works for YOU! 

We owe it to ourselves to become stronger NOW for healthier generations to come.   Why waste any more time?  It all starts with your thinking.  Change your thinking and the feelings and actions change.   Don’t you WANT to be as healthy as you can be?   My goal is to be able to run with and teach my grandchildren, and my great-grandchildren.  At 37 yrs old with two sons ages 11 & 15, I look forward to everything that’s in store for us.  We are all becoming stronger.  So go ahead become selfish, take time for yourself, get healthier so you can teach your children by being an example of how to live longer and stronger.