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Goal #3 20 year reunion ACCOMPLISHED!
Well, had the reunion this weekend. And it was a success! My friend even overheard someone say that I should get "most changed since high school"! And all my friends kept calling me "skinny *****" all night! And one person (who I didn't think would recognize me) said "yeah, I remember you, how'd you get so skinny? JEN!"…
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An OT Gloat.....
I've been married for 6 months today :smile: It seems so small, but means the world to me....:smooched: Thanks for listening....:flowerforyou:
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Check out
my TICKER!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!
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My Journey- In Pics
Here is a photo journal of my journey. I actually started my weight loss journey in October, though the first picture was in April of 2007. The weight & measurements were the same from April to October. October was when I got my act together and really put an effort into my new lifestyle.
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No Longer Obese
Woo Hoo! :bigsmile: I started this journey at the end of August fed up with my weight and my lack of effort to lose it. Something in my brain clicked and I decided to stop dieting, stop looking for a quick fix, and do this the right way for once and all. now here it is not even 2 months later and I've not only lost 16 lbs…
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birthday goal reached a week early!
:noway: after being on holidays two weeks ago and being home basically binging the whole time :sick: i didnt think i'd reach it until next week - which is when my bday actually is but i did it! i was in shock i had to get on and off the scale 10 times! ok so it was actually 13 i was counting :embarassed: but that number…
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I'm back and a size 12! woohoo
I have been away in Texas for the past three weeks ( Working homeowners claims after Hurricane Ike). Anyway, all I can say is that I'm back and glad to be so. If I had to eat out one more day I was going to pull my hair out! The good news, I went shopping yesterday and bought jeans and dress pants in a size 12!!! Woo Hoo…
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Before and After Pics - 30+ lbs lost...
Hi Friends, I thought I would post my before and after pics (now that Shorerider taught me!). I have SO few pics of me at my heaviest - I hid from the camera all the time. I was almost in tears sitting here at the computer - I can't believe I was that big. I have lost a little over 30 lbs from that first pic taken only…
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what did you eat today?
I want to hear from some sucessfull people on what they ate today. I'm looking for new ideas.
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Horn Tootin'
I finally, FINALLY, hit the 40 pound mark...even better, 41!!!!!!!!!:drinker: My BMI is 25....a healthy BMI for me is 24.9!!!!!!! Sooooooooo close!
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Updated before and after pics
Not too much to say....I guess the pics speak for themselves??? :happy: August 2007 September 2008 (Today)
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Another mile stone :-)
Well back on June 16th I hit 54 lbs lost and my next to the youngest granddaughter 5 yrs old weighed 54 lbs so I had her get on my back (piggy back) and took about 10 steps and was shocked at how hard it was. Helps put it in prospective! :tongue: Well this week I hit 73 lbs and my middle grandchild 9 yrs weighs 73 lbs and…
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Rearview Mirror
you know that part... on the back... where your bra mysteriously SHOVES fat into weird places on your back? aka Back Boobs? yeah i don't have that anymore!!!!!! i got dressed for work this morning and put on a shirt that usually was VERY unforgiving. and when i did the last check in the mirror before leaving the house i…
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How do you do it?
okay, i'm struggling with sticking to anything! I love to walk, so I chose that to get started, but even at that, I don't walk everyday (maybe 2 x week) I have an elliptical machine, videos and everything I need to be set up, but I just can't get started. I like what someone said about a goal of one lb! Maybe that's what I…
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Im new so....
Im new here so this is what you have missed.... IM NEW SO JUST COPY AND PASTE TO YOUR WEB BROWSER... http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f171/Purdymommy/?action=view¤t=4f1169a1.pbw
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I just kept hiking!!
So my boyfriend and I went hiking at Big Basin today and went to check out the water falls (small but nice) so beautiful!! Any who I struggled because I was so out of shape, my foot was hurting and those trails were not that easy. I wanted to give up but my boyfriend kept pushing me. It was such a great feeling I actually…
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I've lost ...
The scale is budging ever so slightly this week, so I thought I'd measure myself , and was surprised to nI've lost 4.5 inches all over!!! :bigsmile:
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Just When I Thought I Fell Off...
TOOT!! TOOT!!! Warning, tooting my own horn here...LOL I weighed just a bit ago, after eating, dressed, and feeling like I had fallen off the wagon. I am at my original goal of 30 pounds lost today!!! Yesterday was my birthday and I didn't weigh yet, but I had hoped to lose 30 by my birthday and well...I'm going to call it…
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We had our annual health screening at work today:
Height: 5'11" Weight: 173.2lbs % Body Fat: 7.8 BMI: 24.2 Systolic Blood Pressure: 112 Diastolic Blood Pressure: 78 Total Cholesterol: 117 HDL (good) Cholesterol: 55 ...and to think that as of the beginning of June of this year I was 208lbs and 23% Body Fat! Woo Hoo!
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I let myself eat chocolate
I let myself eat half of a chocolate bar today and felt no guilt. In fact it felt good because I had control. I had enough calories let and then some. Not to long ago I was not able to do this. Chocolate and sweets was always followed by guilt. I still have my days when I binge a little on sweets, but they are getting…
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SOOOO CLOSE!!!!
I have been a size 16 for like three years! Well I have only lost like nine lbs and 2 inches, but I wanted to try on a pair of size 14 LEE's at walmart. THEY ZIPPED and BUTTONED. I just need to lose about 3-5 more lbs so that my gut itn't peeking over, but they actually fit. Then I tried on a pair of LEVI"s and they were…
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6.3 lbs GONE 1st week! YAY
Im doing something right! For a change! lol BTW, just got my Wii Fit today and LOVE it!
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I turned down Pringles!!!
ok, this may sound corny but this is not an easy feet for me :laugh: Yesterday I had a bunch of jugglers over for dinner (We have a clown / entertainment company) I ate pizza in normal amounts and then when one of them offered me pringles (which would normally be a large-can-a-day addiction) I politely turned them…
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Dodged a Bullet!!
After all this talk about cookies and pizza and nom-ful things.....I was seriously starting to struggle.... And then... the boss lady asked me to pick up her Chinese lunch for her.....oye.....talk about TEMPTATION!!!! (BTW, for those who don't know, I'm in the first phase of SBD....no carbs. lordy!) I had been fine til…
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A mile in 12 minutes, 30 pushups.
WOW! I just jogged a mile in 12 minutes. When I started this journey I walked a mile in 30 minutes, and was winded. I could not do 1 pushup. Today I did 30. What have you accomplished this week or month? Have you challenged yourself to do something new? Something you dont THINK you are capable of? I challenge you to pick 1…
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Vegas!!!!
I qualified for the National Championship for the 1/2 Ironman in Las Vegas!!!! We are heading out next week!!!!:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
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Down 20 now
I posted when I had lost my first 10 and now I am down 21. I still cant see it but I do feel some of my clothes fitting loosely now. Now I have 126 more to go to make it to my original goal of 150. I can do this. If I did my calculations right I have lost 7% of my weight so far. I used this method. weight lost / starting…
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Bridesmaid Gown Alterations
Just sharing this victory... I'm in a wedding at the end of the month, so decided yesterday would be a good day for me to make sure the gown fit and all that. It did but it was really roomy. So I called some local alterations places this morning (first one was a bust the lady was SO rude!) second place the customer service…
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Hit first goal
I just wanted to brag that I hit my first mini goal.....3 weeks early. I wanted to lose 15 lbs by the END of October and here it is only the 6th!!! My next mini goal is 10 lbs by Christmas....I think I will hit it by Thanksgiving at this rate! I'm so excited!!
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One month!
Hey y'all, I've been here on MFP four weeks as of today, so I took my measurements this morning. I've lost 10.2 inches (I only started with 4 measurements, but I have added more for next month) including 4 inches off my waist! ... that salsa dancing must be doing something! :laugh: :laugh: That is with 5.4 pounds lost ...…