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Anyone been to a weight loss retreat/Fat Farm success?
Just thinking about it...they used to call these places "Fat-Farms" years ago (that sounds soooo, ummm...UGHish)--now I think they're called weight-loss retreats or spas or something more positive. I've done a wee bit of googling info and YEOW....they are super expensive, that much I've discovered. That said, I'm wondering…
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Attack mode--Sieze the Day
Ya know, I/we can sit back and wait to "feel good and/or feel like it, et. al" or I can throw down the gauntlet and set my sites on not only/just the physical, ugly, unhealthy fat and flab I'm/we're carrying around...but go on DEEPER to do battle with the issues of LIFE (non-scale stuff :wink: ) than mere body fat/flab,…
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To Fat To Fight-Is Obesity A National Security Threat?
Reading the papers today I found these headlines and articles: Too Fat To Fight--Is Obesity The Real National Security Threat? Do you think the U.S. obesity epidemic a real "National Security Threat" or do you think this is just "media hype" or something like that? What's your thoughts on this issue/articles? More soldiers…
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Old School Living & Releasing FAT & FLAB Club
Are you "old school"? For those who don't know what that means, that means you are old-fashioned...but cool. If you are the type of person that thinks today's way of living, thinking and being is, ummmm...let's say not cool If you are the type of person that thinks "petting/pampering" a gluttonous & slothful/lazy (a.k.a.…
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What Price did you pay for your success?
We live in a day and time where sacrifice, paying full price for something, saying no to yourself and others, trying to "get by" in the least painful and the fastest & easiest way possible is not only rule of the day--but to attempt to succeed in any way other than what makes one "feel good" is the only way to truly…
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Chinese food tonight&guilt free relaxing all day!
This weight loss battle (for me) is just as much a mental one as physical one. This week, I've started daily mental fat & flab "work-out" routine "daily" of sorts (it's a seven days a week work-out plan--no rest from this type of "exercising" :wink: ). The same way I pre-plan and track my daily food and physical execise…
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Lighten UP--overcoming Stress&Anger success stories
Mental Flab&Fat Exercise for me today: focusing on (verses ignoring) and Working out stress & anger! Stress is a fat collector, especially around my GUT--for ME it is anyway, it super is. I can literally FEEL my stomach growing flabby/flabbier & yuckier when I get stressed and angry. I don't know what the "scientific…
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Are you shedding your mental fat or just your body fat?
Have you or are you actively and purposely/regularly changing yourself inside (your mind-set, the way you think about yourself and/or the underlying reasons as to why you are overweight or obese in the first place), as you are changing yourself/changing your body outside by losing the weight? If so, how or what are you…
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Didn't go over cal limits THXGIVING DAY success stories
Did anyone manage to NOT over-indulge today, Thanksgiving Day, to eat to your hearts content, not too little, not too much and stay within or even under your daily calories goals AND yet manage to have a super fun and great Thanksgiving Day? If so, how'd you do it? Did you/do you feel deprived or cheated or any such thing…
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Is it water weight? Probably, but I'm still THRILLED!!!!!
Woo--HOOOOOO {Happy Dancing Big-time } Thank you LORD! I've haven't had this big a scale move in such a long long time! The scale usually, most ALWAYS shows 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 downward week by week--hardly ever 1 pound PLUS move (going downward that is :tongue:) My official weigh-in day is on Sundays, but I pulled out the…
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My Planned NSV: anyone pre-fill Thanksgiving Food Diary?
I just pre-filled/pre-planned my Thanksgiving diary and I'm THRILLED! Not only will I have 146 extra cals left-over (that's WITHOUT exercising that day). AND the only thing I went over on is PROTEIN and FIBER :love: and also my sodium by 219 something and My daily goal without exercise is 1450. Everything else will be…
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UPPING cals&adding "juicing" to my foods....forever more?
I had HUGE, mega huge success with adding juicing to my daily foods when I first started this mission when I first started--HUGE results and most excellent things were happening in my body. My hair and nails were growing like wild fire, my hair became so thick and gorgeous, it was amazing. My skin glowed and I looked and…
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They don't fit :o(
I was cleaning out my closet this morning and found an OLD gift card to a store in a purse I haven't use in ages! I took it up to the store today to see if there was anything on it...it WAS, it was $55.00 on it. :bigsmile: I found some cute stuff and a really cute pair a CK jeans on sale for a super great low price. They…
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If you're feeling hopeless about your "curves" NSV
A smile is the most beautiful curve on a woman's body... I just hear that today, and I'm going to make this my NSV for today (cause this is one "curve" I can do something about and see results immediately :wink: ) and also I'm going to make this one of my "mind-sets" on this journey and add this "CURVE" to my daily…
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What are you SCARED of that keeps NSVs away from you?
Ya know, seeing and reading all these NSV posts REALLY are helping me so much! Today is weigh in day and I was all confident and sassy, just knowing the scale would PLUMMET today, but I got on the scale and so far, didn't lose anything. I'll officially weigh in later on, after I do my outside walking. That made me think…
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Is it flattery or should I just believe it?
Ya know, for the past week or so, my son has been telling me things like this: "You're getting smaller mommy" "You're looking good mommy" "You're looking slimmer mommy" This morning he said: "you're eyes are getting bigger, because you're getting thinner" I normally just smile at him or hug him and say thanks, but I really…
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Comparing ourselves is more than not cool--it's destructive!
My two daughters were out jean shopping today. The sales woman told my oldest daughter (who is a tad shorter than my youngest daughter) how beautiful she is. For the record, both of my daughters are gorgeous, but this chick (older woman, my age) just kept on raving about how beautiful my oldest daughter was and how she…
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anyone NOT taking monthly pics NOR measurements? Why NOT?
This is my 36th day back, and I have yet to take progress pics (ya know, front, back & side pics), plus I haven't taken my measurements either. Why not? I'm kinda scared to. I HATE taking pics and am scared to see the numbers on being measured. Well, I'm going to do it today. Today is weigh in day and I'll weigh in later…
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Any battle of the bulge without support success stories
I just got back in from my 1 hour PLUS outside walk/circuit training thing. I asked my boyfriend (who is slim and trim and also my hubby of over 30 years) if he would please go with me. He said "No, I don't feel like it". I got a "tude" and opened an invitation to a "pity-party". Two of my children volunteered to go with…
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No Excuses for me today NSV
We can do this and I MUST do this and am doing it something fierce! I was scheduled to do my Leslie Sansone Walk Strong (30 minutes brisk walking w/interval stretching and strength training) today. I went grocery shopping at three different stores and a ton of walking and when I got back, I had to prepare dinner and put…
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Any Holloween Candy NSV's
I didn't eat one blasted piece of Holloween candy, nere' ONE! Of course I should also mention that I didn't buy any :tongue: But still, I could have and didn't, which is a major league NSV for me (not so much for the children though:indifferent: This may not be too impressive to some...but it's HUGE to me. Anyone else have…
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Hot Yoga Pros & Cons~is it unsanitary? opinions pls.
I've recently heard about hot yoga and it sounds interesting. I was doing some research on the web about it and the class website and on youtube and it look interesting BUT...I'm thinking about all that sweat, from all those folks and GERMS. As I watched all those folks sweating profusely, I started thinking/wondering how…
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NSV: Smacking down this battle of the bulge & Depression
For me, (that's ME...everyone is different and our battles are unique no matter how much they don't look or feel like it) more than half of this battle is a mental thing--maybe even more than the physical addiction of gluttony and slothfulness. I'm meditating on a quote I read yesterday: "Noble deeds and hot baths are the…
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NSV: Anyone else losing inches? How can you tell you are?
This is sooooo terrific. I've got my size 16's jeans on AND I can pull them down without unzipping or unbuttoning them! This is my 25th day back on Mfp! I only lost 5 or so pounds, but the inches are definitely coming off--especially around my gut/waist. When I started three weeks ago, these bad boys were really tight, to…
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Free Equipment-ZERO excuses now+my ankles are smaller?
One of my friends called me last night to ask me if I want her complete full body home gym:love: Ya know, that thingy that you can do multi- gym heavy weight lifting and full body sculpting thing--I'm so thrilled I could CRY!!!!!! It's practically new, because she's had it for years, but just used it for a clothes rack. I…
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I'm SURE I lost 1/2 lb getting my dessert today-YAY!
I just got back from walking to the grocery store to buy dinner (Sweet Italian Spaghetti turkey sausage and lots of other good stuff from scratch). Now, walking to and from the store is no piece of cake for me, it takes about 45minutes to an hour to walk back and forth. There's a huge park not far from the grocery store,…
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I only ate 5 tacos for dinner-So proud of myself!
This is such a victory for me...it's HUGE! I was going to have something else for dinner today, but the kids put some of these in the oven and the smell was so good...I changed my mind and had this for dinner. These are Trader Joe's Mini-Chicken Tacos (and they are really very small--5 of them equal 238 calories:love: ). I…
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Any older moms( gave birth in 30's-40's)success stories?
Any older moms (moms who've had children later in life, ya know...late 30's & into your 40's) success stories? I'd love to hear the "411" on how you did it??? When did you have your (last???) child/how old were you? How much did you lose and how long did it take to get rid of the weight? How did you lose the weight (what…
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NSV: Take out dinner--of a "different" kind
Well, I'm having take out tonight...I WALKED to the grocery store today (took my tail outside and walked to the store instead of driving), brought a whole fresh chicken and other groceries--carried those bags home on my walk back (those bags felt like about 10 extra pounds of weights). My walk to and from the store was…
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How long it took U to lose 30-50lbs? Have you kept if off?
I've written about this before...I now know without a shadow of a doubt, that this weight-loss thing is definitely a journey (long-term/lifestyle) NOT a race. That said, how long did it take you to lose between 30-50 pounds? How long have you kept if off? If you didn't keep it off...what happened--why not?
