Tag Archive | "Weight Loss"

Is There a Difference Between Losing Weight and Changing Your Life?

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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Not everyone who could stand to drop a few pounds needs to completely change their life. If you are reasonably happy and fulfilled, if you are stimulated by and content with most aspects of your life and your health is good, you may be one of those people. You honestly just need to lose a [...]

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I Accidentally Started Jogging

Monday, January 25, 2010

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I can’t believe I forgot to post about this. Well, actually I can. I have taken to embarking upon new challenges in a crablike, surreptitious fashion. Then, after they take hold, I start talking about them a little more. It’s my way of not freaking myself out. The strength training program on SparkPeople that I’ve [...]

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I’m Overweight!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

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Today I weighed in at 168 lbs. This is fantastic because: I lost 2 lbs over the past week. I hit my next milestone of 35 lbs lost. I am now no longer obese!! I am so happy to say goodbye to Obese and hello to Overweight (but not for long!). In September when I [...]

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“This Isn’t You.”

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

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The person speaking to me was the older man behind the register at the 7-11 where a friend and I were buying cheap alcohol for a party about five years ago. He looked at my driver’s license, looked at me, looked back down at my I.D. and said, “This isn’t you.” My friend looked merely [...]

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So Close to Being Overweight I Can Taste It

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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Today I weighed in at 170 lbs. That means I’m down 2 lbs from last week and 33 lbs total, and the scale is back on the move! It also means I am only a little over a pound away from being overweight instead of obese, according to the BMI charts for my height (5’3). [...]

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The First No-Change Weigh Day

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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So I’m back to my standard Tuesday morning weigh-in schedule after last week’s Thursday weigh-in due to holiday travels, and there has been no change in my weight. I have been following my plan for over three and a half months now, and this is my very first week of not losing any weight. It’s [...]

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Last Weigh-in of the Year

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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This week’s weigh-in had to wait until this morning, since I was away visiting family for the past week. I treated Christmas Day as a “free day” (I didn’t count calories) but otherwise counted every single day, and stayed within my “budget.” This activity was considerably assisted by the new iPhone I received for Christmas—and [...]

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New Year’s Day Goal Met . . . a Week Early!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

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175 lbs! That’s what the scale read this morning, and this means I have hit my unofficial New Year’s Day goal a week ahead of schedule. I’ll certainly be on my guard to keep the scale from climbing in the wrong direction when M and I (and the Bean) fly up north on Thursday morning [...]

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A New Month and a New Weight Decade

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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Into the 170s . . . by a hair! This is starting to be a pattern, me inching sneakily into the next weight decade. I am thrilled to have lost 2 lbs over Thanksgiving week, and I also know that I can attribute some of my success to the fact that: 1. I did some [...]

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