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BWL Papa & Smurfettes!!
Holy Cow am I really the first one today?! Morning everyone! I hope your weekends were all fantastic. Lets get in gear to work off the weekend and rock the weigh-in! Good thing - I went to the gym Fri, Sat, and Sun because I had been sick all week. I think I'm definately down some and I'm super excited. Bad thing - I have…
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This is my motivation!!
I loved this commercial when it came out and I still love it today!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVeN_B4hLo0 (I love to think of them as my *kitten*, thighs, upper arms and tummy)
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Well at least I'm not crazy...
I had my first physical therapy appointment today. In the past, people (doctors, coaches, family) devalued my aches and pains as "normal" even though I knew they weren't. Even sitting in the chair talking to this doctor I felt silly listing off nearly every joint from my waist on down as problematic - it just sounds…
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Has anyone seen this Alabama thing?
So apparently in Alabama they are working to start charging state employees for being obese and not willing to change. The jist of the story is, if their BMI is over 35 they can get a free assessment and free help for a year. If their health doesn't improve in like a year's time they will have to pay a per-month charge for…
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OOF, learned my lesson!
So yesterday was my birthday and I let myself eat junk. I biked home from work and grabbed potato chips, chocolate and a beer. I probably only ate two servings of chocolate and 1.5 of potato chips before I ran to the bathroom and nearly threw up. :sick: Lesson for the day - when you change your eating habits permanently…
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Biking
Okay, I know your answer is going to be - get a heart rate moniter - but I'll ask anyway in case there is something else I can do. I already have to have a key, phone, and rescue inhalor with me - the idea of adding something else on to my body is pretty difficult. How do I account for the different kinds of biking I do. I…
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I had to get it ALTERED!!
So I bought a dress a month and a half ago and haven't worn it yet - a super cute strapless black and white print number. It was a smidge big when I bought it but they didn't have my size. I have a wedding on Saturday, I pulled out the dress today and I was SWIMMING in it!! I actually took it to a taylor and not only did…
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TACO BELL!!!!!
We all have our FAVORITE fast food places that we loved from children to adults and mine are Taco Bell, KFC, and McDonald's. So one day more recently, I got dragged to taco bell, and ate I the taco fresco. I mostly ate it because it was advertised as healthy (healthier anyhow - me the skeptic) and it was delicious. I…
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Little girl's birthday party
Well, I did badly yesterday but not too badly!! My friend had her daughter's 3rd birthday party and there was food EVERYWHERE. I ate a lot of the veggie tray, only a little cheesy popcorn (in lieu of the 4 different kind of potato chips), and turned down the dairy queen cake for watermelon. I'm not that great... I had…
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OLYMPICS!!!
GO PHELPS GO!!! I WANT TO GO SWIMMMMING!!
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Biking
So I've started biking to work. It rained today and that kind of sucked but oh well I lived. It costs me 8 dollars a day to drive/park, 4 dollars a day to ride the bus, and 0 to bike. I figure right now I spend between 1000 and 2000 dollars a year on transportation!! I live just 4.2 miles away so its about 20-25 minutes in…
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Hungry Hungry!!
So I had a terrible splurge at work today. I ate ice cream (not that much but super high-cal) and other things. I worked my butt off after work, ate a light dinner, and even took a long walk just a bit ago just to finally break even. So here's my problem. I am hungry NOW. I am grumbling. I drank a glass of water, I'm…
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But why must I shrink THERE?!
I'm losing pounds and that's great and all... but why does it have to come out of the one place on my body I DON'T MIND having fat? I'm fine with my chest the size it is! Why can't it come out of my thighs or arms? They aren't slimming AT ALL. In fact, with the working out I've been doing my arms and legs are getting…
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National Body Challenge
If anyone hasn't seen the commercials, its sign-up time for the National Body Challenge on DiscoveryHealth.com. If you sign up before January 11th you get a free bally fitness 8 week pass. Here's my warning: I went to bally today to get my pass and they put me in a high pressure situation with a man named Wes who's arms…
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frustrated!!
So back in September when I weighed myself at the doc I set my scale. Apparently its broken. I checked at my new gym and I feel frustrated that I'm actually at 169 and not 164... Five pounds may not seem like a big thing but since I had THOUGHT I just went from 167 to 164 in the last couple weeks I am really bummed to see…
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Hello from the Cold
Hello from Minnesota. Its really cold up here. I never start fitness plans in the winter because its so hard to find activities to keep myself energized, but I didn't start this last summer like I swore I would. Last time I went to the doctor she told me with my BMI almost at 30 I was riding the fine line between…