Kenna Morton's Journal, 13 Apr 22

I was In the process of writing a little story of the mom and the general and the mom’s 175 lb weight loss. I had a long note written and a slip of the finger deleted the whole thing. The bottom line is that both the mom and the little girl totally got on the healthier lifestyle bandwagon— not on a diet. They also bought Into portion control and the concept of healthier eating most of the time and less optimal choices once in a while. NO GUILT INVOLVED— there was a magnificent little 8 year old involved. They took up walking on the weekends and at night after eating for just 15 minutes or so. They walked to the store to do their grocery shopping. They cooked together as a team and spent so much time trying new recipes. Eventually the little girl wanted to walk a 5 k so everyone got involved in that— and she founded what turned out to be a running club. People at her school and her church, me and many of my friends.
The GENERAL also lost all of her weight, totally got into school and developed a nutrition program to present to her class mates. Then she wanted to be a runner. I called in a couple of friends, one a female pediatrician and another a high school coach and a sports medicine orthopedic doc. They filled in the blanks for me and saw to it that she was doing things safely. Ultimately, eight years later she is 16 years old, with a high grade point average and set for a sports scholarship. Mom has kept her weight off—- she runs also. She got so Into this whole thing that she went back to school and became a life coach and got a great job with an HMO. The medical corporation later sent her back to school at their expense to become an Assistant Functional Medicine Practitioner. At one of the races she and the GENERAL participated in she met and eventually married a wonderful fellow runner and he loves the general with all of his heart and is her biggest supporter. This is life in its best fairytale mode. They both fought hard to get where they are today. Mom was young enough that she still had some skin elasticity and hers rebounded fair. She still has some of that flabby skin but she has chosen to let it be. She is happy and beautiful as it is. Best of all they both have self esteem that would just knock your socks off.

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1149 kcal

Fat: 58.46g | Prot: 58.07g | Carbs: 106.60g.   Breakfast: Sarabeth's Orange Apricot Marmalade, Aqua de Jamaica (hibiscus ice tea), Egg, Dave's Killer Bread Thin-Sliced Good Seed Organic Bread, Heritage beans, Beef Stew with Potatoes and Vegetables in Gravy, Morning coffee, Laird Superfood Cacao Creamer. Lunch: Kretschmar Wheat Germ, Trader Joe's Frozen Blueberries, Jarrow Formulas Whey Protein French Vanilla, Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts Shelled Hemp Seeds, Ranch Granola, Tru-Nut Powdered Peanut Butter, Wheat Montana Milled Flax Seed, The Greek Gods Traditional Plain Greek Yogurt, Sweet Heart Milled Chia Seeds. Dinner: Market Day Meatloaf Topped with Catsup, Trader Joe's Fresh Cranberry Sauce, Sargento Fancy 6 Cheese Italian Blend Natural Shredded Cheese, Frieda's Extra Firm Tofu, Yo mama foods Yo-mama’s chiani wine tomato sauce, Spinach, Eggplant. more...

1674 kcal

Exercise: Swimming (moderate) - 30 minutes, Water Aerobics - 30 minutes, Swimming (slow) - 30 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...