Picture

Hello, I just wanted to let everyone know that I put a new pic on my profile, but I am not very computer savvy, and I don't know how to post it to my blog. This is a recent picture of Lowell (my husband) and I that was taken at Christmas this past year.

Things are going well here. I am just waiting now for my HCG to get here to start. Today I was reading the posts on the Yahoo board, and it mentioned that some of us were getting calls and/or emails about whether we wanted to do this IM or SQ. I haven't heard anything yet. I haven't heard anything since they posted our blog forum. I take that back, I have received 2 emails, one stating that they received my order and another to let me know a tracking number on my order. So that brings up another question. Do you have to get an account with drug delivery in order to view the tracking? I dont understand all this very well. This is the first time that I have really done anything on the internet like this and it is all new to me. Is there someone out there that can help me figure it out? I hope so.......
Until next time.............
Dawna

Happy Easter

Hello, Just 'hoppin in' to wish everyone a great Easter holiday. Seriously, it has been a wonderful day for me. The weather here is just beautiful. This season is one of my favorites. I love the rebirth of the flowers and other things. I am so grateful for what our Savior did for us so that we could have everything that this wonderful chance at becoming. It is really quite humbling to think about.
Anyway, I as always am ready to get started and am looking forward to getting my hcg and getting on my way. Hope everyone has a great day.

A day in the life

Hi everyone, it has been a couple of days since I posted my introduction, and I found that I left out a few things. I left out the important information of my age of 42 and that I have a lot of weight to lose, about 120#. I figure that it is going to take me 3 rounds of phase 2, based on 43 days each with the projected weigh loss of at least 35-40 each time. I figure it will take me at least 1 year to finish this out and I am definitely up to the challenge. I have a very supportive husband who wants to lose about 30#. I think he is perfect the way he is, but he doesn't and he is the one who counts in that area. Anyway I digress. Yesterday I ordered a colon cleanse. Not a pretty subject, but truth isn't always pretty. I don't know for sure when we are starting, but I am going to be as prepared as I can seeing that I really hadn't planned on starting anytime soon. I didn't have the finances to do this, and so I was just in limbo waiting. When this challenge came up, I thought why not....it couldn't hurt... WOW! what a shock, and a blessing that I was chosen. I know that there will be rough times ahead, but there is a silver lining.....even finances have improved a bit since then. I hope that everyone is excited to get started and I am hoping that we each "gain" friends while we "lose"

Introduction

Hi everyone, my name is Dawna. I applied for this challenge thinking that there was no way that I would be chosen. What a big surprise! Wow, I never would have thought, but now that I am here, I am very excited to get going. I have never done this before, and I have a lot to learn. I am a lunch lady at the local high school, and I enjoy working with the kids. I am a mom to one a 17 year old boy. I have been married for 22 years.
I chose to apply for this challenge due to the fact that I have been heavy all my life and nothing else that I have tried has worked well. I have tried all kinds of diets, and I even once went as far as starting the process to get a gastric bypass. After all the paperwork and testing were done, all I found out was that I have sleep apnea and diabetes. And then the insurance I had, denied the surgery. After several appeals, and dealing with a lawyer, I still didn't win. I was devastated. It took me a long time to come to grips with all that I had to deal with, after all the tests came back. But I made it through, and I am grateful for all the challenges that I have had. I am up for a new one. So here is to the last one I will have to do. When I tried for this challenge, I really thought that I would not have much of a chance. I have been 'lurking' around the HCG chatroom in yahoo for a few months and making changes to my lifestyle as I learned from everyone there. So far without starting this challenge, I have already lost 35 lbs just from the small changes I have made. I look forward to the new me in the coming months.