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January Calories and Exercise Report

31. January 2010

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Click on the image below to enlarge the story of my caloric intake and fitness efforts for the month of January:

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Looking Back at Day One and Moving Forward

30. January 2010

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Today I came across some notes I jotted down during the first week of my weight-loss effort, and I wanted to share some thoughts I had on Day One (September 15, 2009) here: I really believe that I will do this. I have to do this. Being 80 lbs overweight might not put me squarely [...]

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Change Is Part of the Process

27. January 2010

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Looking back at yesterday’s post, I’m glad you guys didn’t write me off as a total drama queen. On the face of it, all that happened was that I gained a single pound. I’m glad you were able to look a little deeper than the surface and offer such kind and helpful comments, because as [...]

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New Clothes Make the Journey Fun

24. January 2010

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I’m a satisfied customer! After striking out at Kohl’s, I found two new shirts and pairs of pants for work at The Limited and New York & Co., respectively. This shopping outing was both a mini-reward for hitting 35 lbs lost and, let’s face it, sorely needed. My previous go-to work outfits were drooping all [...]

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Guess What? You Don’t Need Motivation

20. January 2010

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Back during some of my less successful weight-loss attempts, I used to beat myself up for not feeling motivated. I would wake up, not feel like eating right or exercising, proceed to berate myself internally for not feeling like doing these things, and then (surprise?) not do them. But it turned out I was misguided. [...]

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Angles

18. January 2010

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At different angles, my face can look totally different—something I learned while I was at my heaviest and attempting to take self-portraits. At very specific angles, my face didn’t look so fat. It was an optical illusion of sorts. Both of these pictures were taken today within minutes of each other: It’s all about angles. [...]

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Night and Day (With Progress Picture)

16. January 2010

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Last night everything felt pointless, boring, and tedious. Life felt devoid of purpose. I wanted a giant cupcake really badly because my emotions felt so intense and throughout my life I guess I got really used to soothing myself in such a way. It felt horrible not going to my old go-to, you know? I [...]

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10 Things I Love

13. January 2010

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Thanks to Josie for tagging me to play the Happy 101 game! The object of this exercise is to list 10 things (as opposed to people—so no listing family and friends) that make me happy, and since this is a weight-loss blog, I’m going to primarily foucs on things involved in that area of my [...]

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Strawberry Reward

12. January 2010

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Guess what? My strawberry charm necklace from Lucid New York arrived! This was my mini-reward for hitting the 30-lbs lost milestone a few weeks ago and I’m all enamored of it :). The photo is not very clear but the necklace is cute as hell and I love it.

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