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Monday Motivational
Hello all, One of the many reasons that people struggle with weight is that they eat when they are unhappy, well, no reason for that. Like Rihanna says, "Choose to be happy," but oh if it were only so simple. One of the the things that impacts happiness is gratitude. Happiness results from gratitude, not the other way…
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Battel Won! War continues.
I went to my Dr. Saturday and showed him my FreeStyle Libra logs for the last months and my My Fitness Pal reports and... He discontinued my insulin! It was sure nice to tell the pharmacist I did not need that refill on Lantus! I am still on Metformin (so the war goes on), but my blood sugar is not even pre-diabetic at…
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Not every day is gonna be good
I had a pretty crappy day yesterday. My "Dawn effect kicked in" and I got a morning blood sugar spike, not horrible (111) but still there (lessened by my Hobbit drink, the night before, but still). Then I had 2 tuna fish sandwiches for dinner (Hero Bread) totally within my calorie and carb range... but spike! 145! I felt…
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Shame and positive body image
Ok, this is a thing, and like many things, I want to get my .02 cents in here. I am overweight by a bit. I need to lose around 50 pounds, but I am pretty pleased. Should someone try to body shame me, my response, if I bothered with the fool, would be this. Yeah? Fatty eh? Well, let's think about that. Firstly I am…
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New Again
Like a lot of folks, I have been here before and now I am coming back. What changed for me was a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, can't say it was unexpected but nevertheless I was unprepared for it. This was a real game changer for me, something about having to jam a needle into yourself everyday really serves as a wakeup…
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Motivational post, not really just the truth
Well, here we are (being here is something cool itself, which means you are already 99% of the way there) So here is the thing if you're here to lose weight. First, you are awesome already! Seriously you are, all that weight loss business is just becoming more awesome. You're not going to lose anything, you are going to…
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Hound needs new home!
So one of my favorite things to do was cook up 2 packages of Ramen noodles and cut some sausage up in it. I am telling you that I had this particular dish for lunch a lot. So despite the fact that I knew it was gluttony and I was not going to do it again I looked it up. Of course it was way off the hook in the amount of…
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Underneath
Underneath every overweight person there is a Hercules waiting to get out. Divinci said "The statue is already there, I am just removing what is in the way" it's the same with us folks. Your terrific already, just getting rid of the stone that is blocking the view :smile: Been a hard week for a lot of folks, keep your head…
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I'm not doing this anymore
Maybe this is something that only a parent would get. So I would go out to eat with my family, and no doubt I would end up finishing what they did not eat (Wife and 2 little guys (8, 12)) Man.. I just really hated to throw that away knowing it cost good money...and I'm not like broke or anything..just..well..you know. So…
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I have 100 pounds to lose!
I got this 100 pound demon sitting on my stomach.. I know right? I have been feeding this rascal for some time...but now its war! I have been working out like its going out of style, eating paleo, and tracking my calories.. Its working. Lost 6.4 pounds week 1, and not slowing down! I have set up mini-goals for myself and…
