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From overweight to Supermodel
Some people may not know that Yoanna House, winner of "America's Next Top Model" was actually overweight before she made it to the show. She lost 60lbs to compete and got all the way down to a size 2. She's actually one of my "thinspiration" stories that I keep in my diet notebook. It just so happens that my weight loss…
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OMG What did I do?!
I ate like a maniac yesterday and the scale jumped 4.5 lbs! Ugh! We had 2 family dinners to go to but I ate turkey, small slice of ham, spoonful mashed potatoes, spoonful stuffing, i roll, 5 sausage balls and 2 slices of pie. THEN I shared a bowl of fritos and salsa with my mom and ate 4 oatmeal raisin cookies..........i…
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The "Before and After" pic I didn't know about....
So this weekend I visited with family, of course, and my mom had the foresight to bring a photo album to my sister's dinner. As we were flipping through them I caught a glimpse of two photos of me side by side. One of them was taken in 2000 when I graduated high school and I was about 145-150lbs. (I had always been a heavy…
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OMG! 10lbs at LAST!!!!!
Well, technically 11. Sorry i've been kinda m.i.a. lately, life's been throwing some curve balls my way! But I FINALLY made it to the 10 lb mark! YAY!!!!! I have quite a bit more to go to meet my goal but double digits are awesome! BTW, I tweaked my diet a bit......very high protein and very low carb (except veggies that…
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WTF?!
I ate 1 freaking soft taco and the scale jumped 3 freaking lbs! I don't understand!!!!!! *Waaaaaaaaah*:sad:
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YES!
I'm FINALLY in the double digits! Minus 10lbs baby!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY!
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Best Exercise EVER!
So we were getting our carpets replaced this week so my treadmill had to be packed up and moved out of the way. It was my job to keep my kiddos entertained during the process so the guys could do thier thing with minimal interruption, so I decided to hop on the internet and play some music while letting my 2 year old help…
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Here's to the best diet ever!!!!!!
ok, so some of you know that the past few weeks have been weight loss hell for me......no self control, digestive issues and my treadmill broke.......but.........everything's back on track! I kept getting stuck at 177 - 178 and this morning i'm 176! I'm averaging about an hour on the treadmill at 2.5mph at level 3…
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If stress adds weight......
....i'm gonna be fat forever. Anyone know of any de-stress tips? I tried a yoga dvd but i feel like an idiot pretzel. Anyway, any tips would be awesome.
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Nuts and Hummus
Are pistachios really the healthiest nut compared to others? Also, someone told me that hummus is a really healthy food, but when i read the labels i was shocked! Does anyone eat it? What are the health benefits....if any?
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It's not fair!
It has been a hellaciouly bad week!!! First, my guy had a bbq with friends for his bday. "Guilted" me into eating his world famous bbq brisket, sour cream mashed potatoes and fried corn....yes I said it....fried corn. For desert, a piece of his birthday cake. All of this I ate KNOWING it was a bad idea but thinking that I…
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Fiber Supplement
So i've been having some real issues with my fiber vs. carbs ratio.....when i meet my required fiber i end up going WAY over on my carbs.....so i bought a fiber supplement yesterday called "Fiber Choice Weight Management" It has 15cal per 2 tablets, 7g carbs a total of 8g carbs and 200 mcg chromium and green tea and no…
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SABOTAGE!!!
Oh my friggin gosh! So yesterday my guy wanted subway for dinner (his way of being supportive...it could just as easily been fried chicken and jalapeno cheese poppers) and he asks me what i want and to write it down. I told him "sweet onion chicken teriyaki with lettuce and tomato. NO CHEESE AND NO DRESSING (that was…
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My Virtual Model
........is awsome. Myvirtualmodel.com then prevention.com cool!
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Energy Drinks?
Has anyone tried the energy drink "Redline" from VPX? My guy brought me home some this morning. 0carbs, 0 sugar, 0calories......and wow.......125mg of caffeine. It tastes pretty good......actually, much better than redbull........anyway, i was just wondering if anyone had tried it and what they thought about it. He picked…
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Fat Restriction
Is it true that diets with less than 5 grams of fat per day are unhealthy? I mean, are diets that cut out fat completely counterintuitive?
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Healthiest Bread for Weight Loss
Any clues? I'm trying to stay away from regular white sandwich bread and am wondering what the healthiest bread for weight loss is......are tortillas really worth their weight in fat?
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It's Official....
I need Jillian ........in my house.......everyday......screaming at me when i'm about to do something stupid.....like eating the stupid pancake dinner mom made escpecially after not being able to exercise for a couple of days. I'm almost right back where I started! I knew better. I knew while I was eating it. *sigh*:sad:
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Supplement Question
I was talking to my brother last night. He's doing a few new workouts for his job and mentioned that he was thinking about taking a supplement called "Mitotropin" from Gaspari company. He said I should try it with him if I intended to do any kind of weight/strength training. Has anyone ever heard of this supplement and has…
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Pressure and Diet
So i'm beginning to have really hard time dealing with ouside pressure from my morther-in-law. I'll begin with the fact that i'm a recovering anorexic (yes, fat people can suffer from anorexia too). I've tried very hard to set up a HEALTHY weight loss plan this time. Recently though, my mother-in-law, who recently dropped…
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Hi! From Rachel
Hiya! Just wanted to pop in and say "hi!" I'm new here on my "weight loss journey" and am really looking forward to sharing my progress and helping support others along the way!
