Don't Eat That

Have you ever had that person in your house that always drank the last soda, eat the last cookie, the whole bit, every time you turned around food was disappearing and help us all, if it was the last piece of tissue paper, you have a bad roommate.

So, if you haven’t ever had a roommate like that, you might have been that roommate which is not a very good thing to be.  The time is now for folks who need a housemate that pulls their weight, pays their bills and doesn’t take the last soda and certainly not the last piece of tissue, you can check out the ones at Easy Roommate and see if you can find yourself a gem. 

I checked into have a surgery to make my stomach smaller a couple of years ago.  And, I qualified with diabetis, hypertension and gastro-intestinal distress, I easily qualify from a medical standpoint for the surgery.  However, our insurance hasn’t been very accommodating.

The reality is, I am over-weight and I suffer from thyroid dysfunction and other odds and ends going on with my body, our insurance still doesn’t think that I am a good candidate  And, as you know, I’ve taken part in a couple of Wii game challenges.  I even had this nasty surgery for TMJ that has basically prevented me from chewing since early November.  Still, the weight just bounces around. 

Even with the way things have been, I’ve had a lot of surgeries and although we make jokes when I see new doctors and they ask for my surgical history by telling them to get an extra piece of paper, the truth is, services like My Online Medical would make this a much easier task and for that matter, this could provide me with some safety in case I was in a position where I couldn’t give my medical history to anyone.  I’m anxious to give this a try.

Actually I have been here posting a bit o’ this and bit o’ that.  I’ve got contests and I’ve got video’s but let me tell you about a few other folks I know.

As you know, I’m headed to Orlando next week for the Social Media Moms Celebrate Disney and since I’m headed that way, I might as well get there in style, right?

And, with that, General Motors will be delivering this beauty to my house on Monday of next week (and let’s all pray my husband cleans up the front deck and lawn before then)

I mean, really, you can catch it all here because we will be live streaming it.  If something bigger happens (and trust me, it might), it may or may not be streamed on Facebook an/or UStream.  So, keep up, follow the Twitter feed @The_Jerri_Ann and @GMBlogs

And, you know, the goodness just get’s better around here.  I’m getting some new hot designer business cards for this event too….wait to you see me break out these bad boys…

And for those of you at the conference, the goodies just keep getting better…….

I’ve got temporary badges for your children’s safety from My Precious Kid and right now she has these awesome new car seat ID cards you need to check out too.

So, if you catch me in time, you can have a safety bracelet for your kiddos to sport at Disney.

I’m also going to be sporting this awesome T-shirt……I’ve been working with these folks and I love it…

And really ya’ll, can you say awesome awesome awesome!  And, there’s more…..yea for real, there’s more!

I have some of these…

I have one Otterbox to give away for someone with an iPhone.

I have one of these for the iPhone…

And, I have one of these for the iPhone

And, I have a cover like this if you have a BlackJack II

And, honestly, you never ever ever know what else I might come up with???

Like maybe….some Vital Earth Traditions…..????  you think that would work?

The Your Shape game is in the hands of a few people I know and know well.  And one of them is on week 2 and the first week she lost nothing.  She was disappointed and rightfully so.  This week, down eleven pounds…just look, this is freakin’ amazing!

That’s the real deal ya’ll!

I have an opportunity to win a ticket to one of the smaller but more intimate conferences, Blissdom.  All I knew you to do is go to this post, I Found My Reason and leave a quick comment.  The person with the most comments wins. 

I don’t ask for help often so if you can spare a minute, by all means, please help a girl out.

As you all know, I’m over-weight.  I grew up eating whatever and whenever I wanted and was able to do so because I was active in sports and kept myself busy.  My father and I lived within five minutes of the local fast food joints and that’s what we had for dinner every night.  And breakfast?  I usually stopped at a convenience store on my way to school and got a candy bar or donut and a soda.  So, obviously, I didn’t have a very good start.

Once I was no longer participating in sports, after college and even quit playing sports recreationally, the weight started to creep on me.  Since that time, I’ve never managed to curb my desire for fast food and large sodas.  So, even now, when I choose the whopper junior instead of the whopper, I think I’ve done something amazing. 

With that, I want to tell you that I do have a degree in physical education and it is quite amazing to may people that I am not a big exercise fanatic.  But, the thing is, I was never big on individual exercise, I did what I had to do to maintain my spot on a team and that was the extent of it.

Now that I have children, I am making an honest effort to see that my children have it better than me.  At the age or 39 I was diagnosed with diabetes and at the age or 40, thyroid disease hit me.  I do not want that for my kids.  So, I fight the fight to keep the candy and cookies to a minimum and also keep them active because they want to be active.  I think seeing their parents being active would be much more beneficial than anything. 

But, as I watch state after state remove physical education from the curriculum, I start to worry how this will affect my children.  And as I do more and more volunteer work at school, the more students I see who fit the bill of being obese.

With that, I want to introduce you to a website and a person who is making strides to fight childhood obesity.  Dr. Andy Baldwin and the website www.healthride.org can provide you with lots of excellent information.  Here’s an introduction straight from the site and Dr. Baldwin himself.

Andy Baldwin’s Pennsylvania Health Ride and Kids Fitness Days 2009

"The nation’s epidemic of childhood obesity weighs heavy on the future of our youth – and on my heart personally. As committed citizens and neighbors, we can and must serve as important role models to our children and teach them the power of healthy habits. Step up and join my effort to help the kids of Pennsylvania get and stay healthy!" – Navy Lt. Commander Dr. Andy Baldwin

 

So, go to the site, check out the information provided and see what you can do to help.