Tiny Glow

Looking Back at Day One and Moving Forward

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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Night and Day (With Progress Picture)

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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Dipping My Toes Into Strength Training

This month I decided I would finally test the waters a bit and try some low-commitment (read: free) strength training in small (read: 15 minutes or less) doses. My free membership at SparkPeople has been the perfect medium for this experiment—in fact, reader Quix suggested this idea to me ages ago! Here’s my current SparkPeople online [...]

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A SparkPeople Challenge

Tracking my food intake consistently has been one of the keys to my weight-loss success so far, and the tool I consistently use to keep an eye on my consumption is the nutrition tracker on the free website SparkPeople. In addition to providing food and fitness tracking tools, the site is a community that is [...]

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Thoughts on Taking Things to the Next Level

I am so tired right now that I am 50% sure I am going to face-plant onto my desk at some point today. My mood is great, funnily enough; I think it’s just the extra exercise I’m getting this week that has my head feeling all fuzzy.  But that’s oh-kay, because tomorrow is Thanksgiving and [...]

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A Loss of 3 Lbs and a Mini-Goal Met

Today I weighed in at 186.5 lbs, which means I lost 3 lbs over the past week and slightly exceeded my mini-goal of 15 lbs total lost! I surfed right over to the SparkPeople store and ordered myself that T-shirt I promised myself. Woo hoo! (I love mini-goals). At this point it looks like my short-term [...]

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