Welcome Message

April 2020

 

Boy, have we had a lot going on! How about you? People are getting back to work, kids are going back to school—although the school year is almost over. Spring in full swing, and summer is on the horizon. 

My weight loss journey has been phenomenal, and my husband decided to embark on his own weight loss plan. For both of us, on two different diets (if that's what you want to call them), it's more about living healthier, happier, and more productive lives. 

Richard is using the Optivia plan; I have a different program. I have fibromyalgia and belong to a Facebook group that came out of Dr. R. Paul Saint Amand’s fibromyalgia treatment program in Marina del Rey, California. I have hypoglycemia, and although fibromyalgia doesn't have a special diet, people with either hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia (otherwise known as diabetes) and who are overweight do you need a special diet. The group has helped me learn how to "work it" and be successful at it.

For me to feel the best I can under the circumstances I must control my carb intake very tightly. I cannot eat sugar of any kind, which includes honey, molasses, any kind of syrups, and sugar by any other name like glucose, maltodextrin, dextrin, lactose, or fructose. Natural sugars are packed into all of the fruits and vegetables we eat, but the lower glycemic index ones are acceptable for me. I just can't have the processed variety. 

It's a challenge. That means I have to read a lot of labels and cook pretty much everything from scratch. It’s paying off. Richard just started on his plan, and I’m excited to see how it works for him. For me? I’ve lost 50 pounds! It’s been quite a benchmark, and I’m not done yet. Even better, it has made me feel so much better to eat the way I do. 

As for other exciting events? 

Well, our son-in-law got a new puppy. He’s a hound dog, and while I am not a fan of dogs that bay, they are a beautiful dog breed. His name is Emmet. Isn’t he adorable? And the grandson just loves this pooch. Can you tell?

 

Isn't the cute redhead even cuter than the adorable puppy. But the puppy is cute!

Introducing Emmet, the newest member of the family. For now the eyes are blue!

 

Greatest thing of all this month is that I’m back to writing! I have the cover for my second book done in the Dragon Unchained Trilogy, Dragons’ Inferno. It’s so beautiful that I asked my cover artist to redo the cover for Dragon Unchained so that they match. He did a great job. I’ll do a cover reveal with my next entry.

Unchained also needed a facelift. Readers found a few mistakes, and I fixed them, so the new book isn’t an update, it’s a new book, as required by the national rules and regulations of publishing. Not that many changes, so if you’ve bought Unchained, don’t buy a new one; but if you didn’t get it when it first came out, then maybe the cover will tempt you. 

Both books will ready to go by summer.