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Introduction Text Hi I'm Martha-Ann. I WILL endeavour to reach the goal I've set myself. I CAN do it. I want to be healthier and eat better. I've had a few health problems, still a couple of quite biggies left, but I've beaten cancer and now I'm just getting on with life. I love SparkPeople. It has everything I could ask for. Good advice, great ideas but most of all friendship. The people I've met through this site are wonderful and are helping me towards a better, healthier way of life. THANKYOU. This is a Sanskrit proverb by the fifth century poet Kalidasa, it seems to sum things up perfectly. Salutation to the Dawn. Listen to the Salutation of the Dawn! Look to this day, For it is life, The very life of life. In its brief course lie all The realities and verities of existence. The bliss of growth, The splendour of action, The glory of power... For yesterday is but a dream, And tomorrow is only a vision. But today, well lived, Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, And every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day. Such is the salutation of the dawn!

I want to feel more confident about myself. I want to be as fit and healthy as I can. I want to live to see my grandchildren (and possibly their children) grow up and be healthy and fit enough to enjoy them. I want to work on small goals of 10lbs and give myself a small reward everytime I hit one. I want to see a 'new' me!!

Originally my programme was daily exercising, going for long walks and gardening but this has had to change due to illness. I can't walk far now but I intend to try to keep walking for as long as I can. I do chair exercises and I still garden, not like I used to, but I won't give up on anything. Eating healthily. It is not a diet, it's a healthy eating programme. It's a way of life and it's going to be MY way of life for the rest of MY life!

I'm from Yorkshire, England...we call it 'God's Own Country'. I live in a small village in the country but am only a few miles from the sea so I have the best of both worlds. I'm 71 years young. My DH and I have been happily married for 48 years. I'm a wife, mother, grandma, nana, sister, niece, cousin, aunt and great aunt. I'm retired from primary education, l had to take early retirement due to illness and after a long struggle l'm now cancer free and back to being part of my community again. I decided to lose weight and get healthy and am now working towards that goal. l've been diagnosed with a deteriorating spine due to spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis (arthritis of the spine) which is a bit of a challenge, it makes walking very difficult at times but l will conquer it. l also have psoriasis, Morton's neuroma and osteoarthritis in the middle toes of both feet, right ankle and knee, left shoulder and both wrists and thu

My hobbies are very varied, everything from puzzles to zentangles, reading to gardening, walking to birdwatching, writing to photography. I love language too, the nuances and foibles, so I enjoy dabbling with writing and poetry...my son once called me a wordsmith...I wish I lived up to it! You're welcome to browse my photos on www.flickr.com/photos/martha-ann And read my poems and prose on martha-annsmiscellany.blogspot.co.uk Just 'google' me or you can find the links under any of my team posts.

Add a Link martha-annsmiscellany.blogspotMartha-Ann, Yorkshire, England. You are welcome to browse my photos at <link>www.flickr.com/photos/martha-ann</link> <link>www.flickr.com/photos/martha-ann</link> And read my poems and prose on my blog page at <link>martha-annsmiscellany.blogspot.co.uk</link> It does not matter how slow you go as long as you don't stop. Confucious. You only get out what you put in. <link>martha-annsmiscellany.blogspot.co.uk</link>
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