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Archive for January, 2008

15 Jan, 2008

Quote

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

“The thing about it is, the time needed to lose the weight would pass whether I made the effort or not, so for me, the choice was: did I want to spend that time losing or gaining weight? The choice was obvious.”

07 Jan, 2008

It’s as if God is pointing directly at me…

Posted by: Fat Pants In: Food| workout

When I eat poorly for several days, I start to physically feel it. I am sluggish, my stomach hurts, I’m tired all the time and I’m more anxious/worried than normal. I have been eating poorly…for about two months now!
I had excuses, sure… Thanksgiving and Christmas..holiday parties, traveling, and so on… even now, I guess I [...]

03 Jan, 2008

Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Posted by: Fat Pants In: Food

Well the first day back on the diet journey wasn’t as bad as I expected. I stayed within my calorie range and even got some exercise in. Today I’m off to another good start with Simple Harvest apple cinnamon oatmeal for breakfast. I’m pretty picky about oatmeal, but this one is pretty good if you [...]

02 Jan, 2008

The last year I’ll be this fat

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General| workout

It’s a new year. Sadly, I’m still about the same weight I was last year at this time. That’s kind of discouraging to me, but over the past year, I’ve learned a lot of things about a healthy lifestyle and weight loss that I think I needed to learn, so I don’t view the past [...]



Inspirational Quotes

"People begin running for any number of motives, but we stick to it for one basic reason… to find out who we really are." - George Sheehan

"Have a dream, make a plan, go for it." - Zoe Koplowitz, Achilles Track Club member with multiple sclerosis

"I focused on reminding myself I was running my race and not trying to keep pace with somebody. It's about your journey—not everybody else's journey." - Jennifer Beals on her first road race

"Even after all these years, running continues to amaze me. Mostly in its ability to clarify - to make things OK and bring you back down to earth, even when things are insane. Especially when things are insane." - Mark Remy