Still Getting Better

Hello all. Dr Greg here.
What a bout with bronchitis I have had. I want to thank all of you for your get well cards and letters. As Tracy told you in her last post, I have been fighting a cold that turned into bronchitis. I was out of work for nearly two weeks. Now I am on four steroid breathing treatments a day, taking steroids by mouth, using a steroid spray in my nose and on antibiotics. I feel like a walking steroid. Obviously with all of this I have been off the diet and workout regiment. Its funny I have not worked out in two weeks and I can already feel the difference. I have gained 3 pounds so far. I don't like at all. I tried to work out on Friday but coughed so much that I had to stop. I will try again towards the end of next week. Tracy said in her blog that Life is Life and she is right. Real life has challenges, up and downs. I look at it as a war of many battles. We are loosing the current battle but we will win the war. Thanks again for all your well wishes.
Dr Greg

Back to work

Hello everyone! As many of you know, Greg has been quite sick. Since his bought with Cancer a few years ago, he gets sick very easily and takes a long time to get over what ever he gits. He has missed almost two weeks of work. He started off with a cold and gotten worse. He ran a fever of 102+ for the first week. He is now on his second round of antibiotics and steroids. Obviously while he was sick he was off the diet and off exercise. I have been making him chicken soup and nursing him back to health. I too have not been doing so well on the diet while Greg is sick. I have been eating the chicken soup and other things I make for both of us. I am still working out with Phil in the mornings but I have gained a few pounds. I am not happy with that at all. Life is Life, but I need to get back on the wagon while trying to get Greg well. He was just diagnosed with bronchitis today. He is coughing terribly deep. Anyway, I just wanted to say hello get you up to date. I will blog again soon! Be well! Tracy

Happy 4th of July

As the song says Let Freedom Ring - Its' Independence Day. I am proud to be an American and I love this Country. Freedom can mean lots of things to lots of people. For me, I am proud to live in a wonderful country, so free, that today and every day I can do what I want and speak my mind without fear. I can choose to live my life any way I want. But you know, Freedom isn't Free. And today, I thank all those that serve in the United States Military, in my place, keeping Me Free. I thank you for your service. And yes, I want you on that wall, protecting me and my family. Thank You

Tracy here. You know I'm proud to be an American too. I too thank all those around the world for their service. But today, I want to talk about another kind of freedom. You know Greg and I were prisoners of our own bodies. Just 6 months ago we were trapped inside and could not hardly move. I feel we're free now. As we continue to change our lifestyle, we become more free to get up and live again. We were literally eating our self to death. We are now free of that monster, hopefully for a lifetime.

Happy Independence Day & God Bless America
Dr Greg and Tracy
PS... Don't eat too much today.

We're Teaming up for Success

Tracy and I are helping each other, as Buddies, team up for success. Just yesterday, Tracy did not feel like getting up and working out with Phil our personal terrorist. It would have been so easy to just let her sleep. But you know, turn about is fair play. Just the other day, she made me get up and work out when I didn't want to. So what did I do. I turned on the light and tickled her knees. (her tickle spot) till she got out of bed. I won. No We Won. We both worked out and had fruit for breakfast and went to work. The Buddy way is the only way to change your life style. By the way, If you can't find a buddy here in Huntsville/Decatur, We have lots of them that have contacted us and are looking for a diet buddy. Just let me know by e-mailing me at drmillar@millarchiro.com. Thanks.
Dr Greg

What a Weekend

Hello All. Tracy and I went out of town this weekend to the Bar Mitzvah (our first) of one of our doctor's sons. What a party. Of course there are all the religious implications; but, the service was well done. It was the first time Tracy or I had ever been in a Jewish Temple. The party afterward was amazing. They had a sit down dinner for 250 guest. wow. I course we had no choice in what they served. What we had was control over what we ate. We did sample several new and exciting foods this weekend. Their family was most gracious. Good time had by all. Of course the trip also presented new challenges. We ate salads at McDonald's on the way over and at Wendy's on the way back. The salads were good an on the diet. We've got a very busy week this week up comming so its late and talk to you later. Dr Greg

I'm Doing Better on the Diet This Week

This week was a better week for Greg and me. He really stepped up as my Buddy and helped me to make good choices. We talked lots this week about how easy it was to just go back and not change our lifestyle. Go back to the way we were. It would have been so easy to just quit. I kept telling my self how good I had done so far and I deserved a break. What is funny is that for the most part, I have not really had food cravings or hunger cravings like Greg did. This week we both wrote down every morsel. We had stopped keeping our journals several months ago. We learned that this is necessary for accountability to each other. Greg and I are going out of town this weekend. Greg was much better this week off the Steroids for his neck. His neck still hurts but he is getting better day by day. Talk to you next week. Tracy

Tracy Fell off the Wagon

Hello All:

Tracy hit a real bump in the road this week. She said that with my being sick, in pain, and on steroids all week she was under a lot of stress and fell off the diet. She got stressed out and cheated once and the door was opened. She then cheated her next meal and off the diet she went. She gained about 3 lbs and got depressed. So we had quite a household, me hurting and sick and Tracy depressed. The good news is that as Buddies we talk to each other all the time. We decided that we can as Buddies help each other to go back on the life style changes.

I encouraged her to slow down and think about her eating. We have come too far to give up now. I reminded her that this is not a diet but a lifestyle modification. She encouraged me to not be so angry with everyone and get off the steroids as soon as possible. We will encourage each other and talk lots this next week. Keep us in your prayers.
Dr Greg and Tracy