My Knee

I have been so off point every since last Thursday, you see I decided to take 2 classes on Wednesday a Pilate's class and also my normal boot camp. Well what I forgot was that Wednesday night I had a presentation so that was another 3 hours on my feet. Then came Thursday morning...OMG I tried to get out of my bed and what happen I could not stand on my right leg at all, my knee was swollen the size of a small watermelon, I couldn't believe it! I push through the pain to get dressed, I had clients at 9:30 am and I needed to get my son to school.

After my 9:30am meeting I had a full day of meetings and clients( when you own your own company who do you call in too???) I suffer all day,up and down, still trying to be fly. I made it to the end of my day, came home iced the knee and to no prevail Friday I couldn't walk. So I called in backup to help take care of my son and I was off my feet until Monday.

Monday morning I go to the Dr's 'we need an Mri', she says, oh boy I am thinking. I have not exercised since Wednesday and needless to say I have exercised no discretion either in my eating.. Even though it is only 100 calories you don't eat the whole box! Well you do if you are me. You see I eat when I am bored and yet I stayed accountable by tracking my WW points oh the points.

My new friend Wonderful Max set me flowers and wanted to come over, I still think it is to early for that,but I was so grateful that he took the time to call and check in me daily and to see if there was anything that he could do.

Now I sit here with arthritis in my knee, working out slowly but surely and trying to get back on track. I have learned alot from this one thing is that sugar is not my friend, once I have a taste I just want more and more. Two take care of yourself, you are all you have once the body is damaged it is hard to recover and weight is hard on the knees, for every 1 pound off your body it is 3 pound off your knees. Three take time to just be still, it is the best thing you can do for your mind, body and spirit.


Chow for now.

The Wonderful Max

As you all know I am on my quest for love, well today I went on a lunch date with Max... Max is wonderful!! We have been talking for a few days while I was out of town and he made me promise that I would call him for lunch as soon as I returned, today was that day. Now you have to keep in mind that I have set this criteria up for myself of what my mate must do, be and have. Some people say that it is to much, but I say seeing that I have settled before I will not this time.



So with that said we decided to met at P.F. Chang's a wonderful Chinese restaurant with the greatest salmon on the planet and I hadn't had any fish in days, my body was craving it. Since this was my first day back I didn't have any clients and I was able to work from home, instead of working I spent my whole day in my closet. I didn't want to over do the fabulousness( and can you really?) but I also wanted to be as stunning as my pictures. Keep in mind it is 100+ degrees here. So I went simply yet sexy, I wore a black racer back dress the hit my ankles, so 2 1/2 inch strappy sandals and I pulled my hair up in a high bun and I was off.

When I arrived he was waiting for me at the bar, I walked in and their he stood 6"5, Carmel complexion,curly black hair, dress shirt and jeans... Inside I screamed"Take me now!!! Just do it!" He smiled and said" Fran?" it took me a minute because this man is FINNNNNNE!!! so after I picked my mouth up off the floor I said" Hey Max" he said " Your pictures don't do you justice" and I smiled and said "Thank you , you are to kind." He said" Let me tell them we are ready to be seated" I said " Ok" I am so sure I had this silly grin on my face like a school girl who had just found her first boyfriend.

We sat went to our table he pulled my chair out, order us drinks and we eat and talked for 2 hours. Then we went for a walk and he held my hand, put his arm around my waist, guided me... He was a complete and total gentlemen and he was a man... I like that. He walked me to my truck and ask me if he could see me again, I wanted to say" Hell Yeah" but I said " Sure I would like that" he opened my door, I got in, he kissed me and said" I will call you in a few to make sure you made it home." And he did. I didn't think that they made men like this anymore, but here he is The Wonderful Max!

Needless to say I had great dreams.


Chow for now!

The Weight Battle and My Mother

I have been on vacation for 5 days, out of those 5 days I worked out 2 days. My niece and I did P90X and I walked but..... I also ate. For the first couple of day I did really great the thing is I eat emotionally. My Mom is here.... Do I really have to say more? No matter how good I do, how much weight I lose, how good I look she can always find a flaw,she speaks it and I am reduced to the 10 year old chubby girl that is being teased by kids at school.

Being an overweight child is not fun, you are laughed at,talked about and made to feel less then. But when you are the youngest child in a house full of flawless,thin, beautiful women it is even worst. You see my mom is a Southern Belle in every sense of the word, a beautiful creole woman who stands 5"10 with cold black wavy hair down her back and a coke bottle shape and yes even now in here late 70's she is still beautiful. Now don't get me wrong my mother loves me, really loves me and she wants whats best for me but she doesn't always know how to relay that.

However I refuse to lost this battle I am still going to move forward, loving who I am and what I an which is a Fabulously Full Figured Woman. Living the life of my dreams!

The New Guy

As you very well may know by now I am on a quest for my true love.(Romantic I am) So I have been on some dating sights, I know that my partner is not here in KC because the men here are way to narrow minded. With that said I decided to look further and there was John... I nice, tall, handsome well dressed man from Arkansas.

He winked me, I winked back, we email for awhile and the the phone calls started, this guy is a true gentleman. Now as a rule of thumb I don't do alot of phone calls with this online dating thing because from experience that is all some men want to do, but how to handle this one since he is in another state??

John is different, he is a spiritual man(which is a must for me) he is a hard working man( which is another must) and he is a family man! Bingo!!!! We have a long wonderful talks on the phone, exchanged a few more pictures and plan to met this weekend.

I will let you know how it goes.. Wish me luck:)

Chow for now!