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I Realized My Entire Life Was Changing

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 pattysfitnessjourney

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59 and Feeling Fine

October 9, 2020October 7, 2020 pattysfitnessjourney

WOW! I am entering the final year of my 50s. I am so thankful to be alive! I spent my 58th birthday in a "boot" as I recovered from foot surgery. I had previously taken a very serious fall down a mountain while hiking and after that fall, I decided to get my foot taken… Continue reading 59 and Feeling Fine

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Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hashimotos, and Overcoming Anxiety

June 1, 2020 pattysfitnessjourney

For those of you who are new to this blog, I started this back in 2016. It was private at first, and then made public. It started as a journal about weight loss and then it morphed into Oh- My-Word my RA went into remission. And then I learned about taking a T3 medicine along… Continue reading Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hashimotos, and Overcoming Anxiety

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MySwimPro – Do What You Love to Do

June 1, 2020 pattysfitnessjourney

I was blessed to be interviewed by MySwimPro in Vail, Colorado right before the Pandemic hit. Here is the result. My exhortation? Never give up on yourself. Check out the video here.

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Home School? I Didn’t Sign Up for This

April 7, 2020 pattysfitnessjourney

As I went for my morning walk today, the street was very empty. I usually walk to the elementary school and back. When I got to the school, I was flooded with thoughts. How is this working? You see the school is E-M-P-T-Y. In March, when most schools were getting ready for Spring Break, Spring… Continue reading Home School? I Didn’t Sign Up for This

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COVID-19 – April 4, 2020

April 5, 2020April 5, 2020 pattysfitnessjourney

In my ongoing quest to try and get some of this down in writing for my future grand children and great grand children, let's talk about Lysol, toilet paper, spaghetti, and the price of gasoline in this post. I've been self-quarantining for the past three weeks other than outdoor walks, so I haven't been to… Continue reading COVID-19 – April 4, 2020

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Reclaiming My Life
🌸 Count Your Blessings 🌸 There was a time i 🌸 Count Your Blessings 🌸 There was a time in the not-so-distant past that the only blessings I could count were Dave, Jess, Joe, and Ben. I watched “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” yesterday. Not at all what I expected. But it reminded me “hurt people hurt people.” For many years “hurt” people did a number on me and I was in turn a “hurt” person hurting people. I had to remove a lot of “noise” from my life to remember that God is a God of peace and love, not hurt and hate. And thus the healing began and the old Patty started to come back. I love life and God again. Count my blessings? Here are a few. * My family * My reclaimed physical health * My reclaimed mental health * My reclaimed spiritual health * all of you * a successful business even during a pandemic * and so much more. If you are having trouble counting your blessings, how can you turn down the noise? I stopped listening to the news. I started listening to old church songs that I love. I wrote. I wrote a lot! It’s never to late to reclaim your life! EVER. #reclaimingmylife, #preacherpatty, #sundaysermon, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #samehere, #weareallalittlecrazy, #youmatter, #countyourblessings, #ellyandgrace, #wlstories, #youareworthit
Happy Friday! #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy Happy Friday! #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #weightlosssupport, #fitnessjourney, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
❤️❤️ #kindness ❤️❤️ #kindness
Getting ready to swim again! (Pool has a tentative Getting ready to swim again! (Pool has a tentative April open date.). I am loading my @underwateraudio SYRYN with all my favorite songs. I might have gone a little crazy. I think I can swim for 9 hours without repeating a song. Lol. If you haven’t tried swimming with music, you should check it out. It’s the absolute best EVER! Hurry up April! #underwateraudio, #swim, #swimmersofinstagram, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #usmastersswimming, #myswimpro, #themagic5, #seniorswimmers
I don’t like to talk about weight loss as much a I don’t like to talk about weight loss as much as I like to talk about feeling your best so that you can live your best life. However, I posted about taking a few weeks to track my food again AND move more AND get 3000 steps a day. I know that may not seem like many but we are moving upward in stages and so far my body is responding really well. I feel great. After one week of tracking and staying at 1850 calories a day, and one week of 3000 steps a day, and 5 days of 30-60 minute strength training, the scale has gone down 1.6 pounds. Again, I’m much more thrilled that I feel good, but some of my followers want the scale to move down badly. This is what’s working for me. I’ll keep you posted. And our pool may open early April. 🙌🙌 🏊‍♀️! #reclaimingmylife, #reclaimingpatty, #9wcf, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #youmatter, #movementismedicine, #onedayatatime, #slowandsteadywinstherace
The signature line on my email reads, “Preach th The signature line on my email reads, “Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.” The clothing line at @ellyandgrace helps me to live that truth. I love wearing clothing that puts forth messages of peace, encouragement and hope. #preachitpatty, #pattysweeklymessage, #reclaimingpatty, #reclaimingmylife, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #youmatter, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #beanencourager, #ellyandgrace, #peace, #hope
A friend reached out to me for help. She was tire A friend reached out to me for help. She was tired of her auto immune diseases wreaking havoc on her body. I had worked with her in the past so I asked her to log her food and drink for one week and send it my way. I thought, hey I’ll do that myself too. I haven’t religiously logged food for about a year and a half now. At the same time my trainer asked me how many steps I was getting a day. (I was dubbed “the crazy lady” (lovingly) when we first met because I was addicted to my FitBit. I now have an Apple Watch and I gave him the totals (1st column). Oh my, I knew 2020 had changed things for us but yikes. Now, I can’t just jump to 10,000 steps a day. I did that a couple of months ago and messed my knee up bad. 🤷‍♀️ So I have a 2-week goal of 3000 steps a day. I’m not going to lie. On rest days I found myself circling my house just to get 3000. These are the baby steps I’m taking to balance the “crazy” workload with our jobs and my goal of life without pain. Just thought I’d share. Any questions, let me know. I’m happy to share. #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #weightlosssupport, #fitnessjourney, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Happy Friday- it’s Giveaway time. My Facebook p Happy Friday- it’s Giveaway time. My Facebook page hit 19,000 followers and every 1000 followers I give away a sweat jacket seen here in this photo. To enter: 1. Like this post. (Don’t skip this step.) 2. Comment “Reclaiming.” 3. For an extra entry, share this post. Come back here and comment “shared” so I know. You can enter here and on Facebook. You all are the absolute best and I count many of you as my friends!! I will pick a winner, Sunday, February 28 at 6:00 pm Mountain time. #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #weightlosssupport, #fitnessjourney, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Spending more time on me and consequently getting Spending more time on me and consequently getting fewer photos and/or videos. 2020 was very good to our business (selling window coverings), but I became pretty sedentary again. I worked out (on my front porch), but then I sat ALL day. The combination of a new Rheumatologist, a new year, and much lower COVID numbers in our county have me back at the gym. (I do wear a mask in and out. I carry sanitizer. And I don’t use the locker rooms. I do what I need to do to feel safe.) It’s a new normal, but it’s working. Here’s to moving more this year! 🥲 #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #weightlosssupport, #fitnessjourney, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
THIS!!! There is nothing “wrong” with you. THIS!!! There is nothing “wrong” with you. Just un-recognized parts of who you are and who you are meant to be. Everyone has had disappointments - they are there to guide us forward. Look beyond the usual definitions of “success.” These are limited and do not encompass the layers of your being. “Embrace your creativity, quirkiness, raw edges, and sublime sensitivity. You are much more than anyone can label you. Allow yourself to peek into all that is waiting to emerge. Become more of who you already are.” - Randy Taran Repost from @projecthappiness_org #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #weightlosssupport, #fitnessjourney, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
SO TRUE: You are holding a cup of coffee ☕️ wh SO TRUE: You are holding a cup of coffee ☕️ when someone comes along and bumps into you 🤦‍♀️ or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere. Why did you spill the coffee? 🤔 “Well because someone bumped into me, of course!" 🤷‍♀️ Wrong answer. 🙇🏿‍♂️ You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup. Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea. Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out. Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it until you get rattled. So we have to ask ourselves....”what's in my cup?”☕️. When life gets tough, what spills over? Joy, gratefulness, peace and humility? 💓 Or anger, bitterness, harsh words and actions? 💣 You choose! Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation to ourselves and others, kindness, gentleness and love. 💜 💕 💜. 🙌🙌 #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #weightlosssupport, #fitnessjourney, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Life is good. Not intentionally ignoring this acc Life is good. Not intentionally ignoring this account. We are just 10 times busier than one year ago which is good news. Still fittin’ that fitness in. Keep loving yourselves! Happy weekend. #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #weightlosssupport, #fitnessjourney, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Love Never Fails! 💕 (Weekly message without t Love Never Fails! 💕 (Weekly message without the board. 😀) #pattysweeklymessage, #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #weightlosssupport, #fitnessjourney, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
For the record: None of these are easy for me. BU For the record: None of these are easy for me. BUT, they keep me moving. I threw in the Bosu ball balance after the workout, just to see if I still had it. Lol. Front Porch Fridays all the way! #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #transformation, #weightlosssupport, #fitnessjourney, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Throwback to the day I began prioritizing ME! Sti Throwback to the day I began prioritizing ME! Still today to write that, I feel guilty. Like I should be taking care of others—not me. I have learned that is NOT TRUE. You cannot pour from an empty vessel. Prior to Photo 1, I said “no” to EVERY adventure. I would travel with my family, yes. But I would not raft, or zip line, or snorkel UNTIL Day One when a trainer began to teach me how to prioritize myself! What a ride. Swipe ⬅️ to see just a few of life’s adventures I’ve said YES to since Day One. YOU ARE worth it. #morethananumber, #reclaimingmylife, #daybyday, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #transformation, #weightlosssupport, #fitnessjourney, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
What’s with all the colors? If you’ve been th What’s with all the colors? If you’ve been thinking about working out with bands, but are confused by all the color choices, I feel you. I used to be like, “I’ll take blue. Blue’s my favorite color.” Well blue is generally a thicker or heavier band then let’s say “yellow.” So your exercise will be more difficult with a blue band. Sometimes that was fine for me and sometimes not. All my bands have received a lot of use, as I progressed from injury to health back to another instability back to strength. I love my bands. Do you use bands? #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #transformation, #weightlosssupport, #fitnessjourney, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #motivation, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Truth! Sweatshirt from @ellyandgrace #pattyswe Truth! Sweatshirt from @ellyandgrace #pattysweeklymessage, #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #transformation, #weightlosssupport, #fitnessjourney, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #motivation, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Face to Face Friday Five year edition. Still trai Face to Face Friday Five year edition. Still training together. Just looks a little different. Got to love technology! #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #transformation, #weightlosssupport, #fitnessjourney, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #motivation, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime, #prsanddonuts
So excited to be an Ambassador for @underwateraudi So excited to be an Ambassador for @underwateraudio. Music is so good for the soul! And music while you swim?? 💯 #repost @underwateraudio ・・・ The first round of Ambassador Boxes shipped today! We had a ton of fun making them! We still cannot believe the response we had! You are all AMAZING! ❤️ If we have not contacted you yet, we will be saving your applications and videos for round two (date TBA!). Please feel free to keep applying and sending in videos, we will consider them all for round two! As soon as we have sorted everyone out for round one, we will announce the dates for round two! 😁❤️ Happy Swimming!!
“If you could only sense how important you are t “If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” ― Fred Rogers Shirt is from @ellyandgrace #wisewords, #happysaturday, #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #transformation, #weightlosssupport, #fitnessjourney, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #motivation, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
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Getting ready to swim again! (Pool has a tentative April open date.). I am loading my @underwateraudio SYRYN with all my favorite songs.
I don’t like to talk about weight loss as much as I like to talk about feeling your best so that you can live your best life.
The signature line on my email reads, “Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.” The clothing line at @ellyandgrace helps me to live that truth. I love wearing clothing that puts forth messages of peace, encouragement and hope.

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