Re: Bridgeclimb

[Guest guest]

I am totally serious and would welcome any company this walk during

the conference time.

I have spend too many years not doing things cause of my weight that

now I losing weight, I want to do something momentos as I can.

I still have fair abit of weigh to lose but I figure I will be over

three years since surgery so I should be well and truelly at goal.

What better way of celebrating the emerging of the butterfly than to

do something so right out there!! What a empowerment to the girl hey?

We all had surgery for different and yet similar reasons - mine was

because I wanted a better life for myself. My knees started playing

up badly and it made me feel how hopeless my life was going to be

unless I did something serious about my weight. My biggest fear was I

going to end up on welfare as a very obese lady who could not get

around cause of bad knees. 55kgs down the knees are stilling me hell

but I have started seeing a chiropracticer. Have fingers crossed he

might be able to help me otherwise once I get under the 100 mark, I

seek medical advise and see what can be done that way.

I so yearn to be able to walk without being so stiff and in pain. I

would love the movement back into my knees so I could ride a push

bike. Small simple things for many but to me, something big.

Cheryl, I will most definitely accompany you in next year. Gee if we

get a few more involved, we could have our own banders bridge walking

group!!

Cheers

Kerry from Darwin

In SydBand , " Cheryl P " wrote:

>

>

> Thanks Cherie

> I brought a brochure back from Sydney on the climb. I also have

checked out

> the website. I am really keen to do this, yes I know it is

expensive but by

> the time I do it I WILL be at goal weight and I want to live my

life to the

> max now. Too many years of not doing things because I was always

too fat,

> too embrassed, too shy, too self conscious.

>

> I am 53 now, and want to do all the things I have never tried to

do. I went

> 10 pin bowling the other week, I was so excited, just to be able to

get the

> bowl down to the other end of the lane! October 2004 I had a minor

stroke

> and January 2005 I nearly died pushing my lawn mower from one end

of the

> garden and back. That day I decided I wanted to live, so I am

doing it one

> step at a time. I was so exicted the other week when I did the

10km Run 2

> Heal, and I am now looking at doing the Taupo Half Marathon with

another

> bandit. Cherie, I am embracing my life now with passion and I wake

up every

> morning so glad I am alive.

>

> Love

> Cheryl

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