Resilient

From my July: A Fearless Woman calendar:

She weaves a web of resilience

Resilient - from the Latin resile: to bounce back

From countless tests and tumbles
she crafts a net of tenacity and fortitude.
With a glowing confidence she bounces back
to take the risks and rise again.

Week 3 of my very disciplined diet of no sugar or refined carbs is moving along. This whole foods diet using dairy only as a condiment and eating almost no sugar or carbs is the "rest of my life" diet. Organic vegetables, fruit, beans, quinoa, lean organic meat and wild fresh Alaskan fish. I've had a little steel cut oats with raisins and cinnamon and some smoothies made with full fat Greek yogurt and berries.  I am drinking lots of green tea and have a cup of coffee every morning with coconut milk and stevia in it. What a treat! I've lost 8 pounds and would like to loose about 20 more. I think it will happen slowly and surely as I'm walking the loop (2.5 miles) and swimming 30-50 lengths of the pool (one or the other daily and sometimes both in one day) and I'm doing Pilates 2 times per week (I would do more but it is so expensive). I start Aqua Zumba this Saturday. My blood sugar numbers are down some with this diet, activity and having started the diabetes medication. I've been feeling better!!!

I'm looking forward to going to see Henry Kapono this evening at the Triple door with my sister in law Jackie, seeing my parents here in Seattle tomorrow, helping my son prepare for an art show he is doing and Sunday taking my grandson to Snohomish for a train ride on Thomas the train. Peter leaves on Monday for a big fishing trip in Canada with 2 of his buddies. I gave him the trip as a gift on our 10th anniversary last year. Life is good!