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  • I bought a new bathing suit top one size smaller than what actually fit me when I tried it on. My goal is to look good in it by May/June. (even though bathing suit weather in Austin comes as early as April.) I can get it on now, but it's...not flattering yet. More immediate goal: get into the "overweight" BMI category…
  • I'm 27, and newly divorced myself (well, 10 months ago), and it may have been one of the best things I could have done for my health! Being on my own again makes it so much easier to make the right choices. Some people gain weight after a divorce, but instead I found myself free of the massive amount of hot wings and pizza…
  • SXSW is happening, and I have no desire to wade through that many people to go downtown. Also I'm broke. Went to the gym, though, and had the place to myself for an hour.
  • I'd been keeping a pair of jeans I wore in high school (size 20 Levis, I was about 205 lbs my senior year...unfortunately the lightest adult weight I've ever been). Nearly 9 years later, and I'm comfortably wearing them again at 215 lbs. Wish I'd kept a pair of jeans from when I was 265 so that I could take a picture with…
  • Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but I know if I buy a box I'll want to eat the whole thing today...
  • Or even better, keep the food scale next to where you usually dish things out. Measuring serving sizes of dry goods by weight is more accurate than by volume. (I can fit more than 28g of Cheerios in a 3/4 cup, lol)
  • I've got a cockatiel done in the style of a traditional sailor's swallow tattoo, because I like cockatiels. I've got a ship's wheel to remind me that I'm ultimately in charge of the direction I take my life. Last year I got Laika the dog, and I'm considering turning it into part of a space exploration themed half sleeve if…
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