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Archive for April, 2008

30 Apr, 2008

A little bit of glee and excitement

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

I can’t believe tomorrow is the first of May, which means 18 more days until my birthday. I would really like to lose 5 lbs. by then.
I had a little bit of a shock followed by a fist pumping “YES!” this morning when I stepped on the scale. Keep in mind I haven’t weighed myself [...]

29 Apr, 2008

Posted by: Fat Pants In: Food| workout

I love idealists. It’s got to be a lot of fun not living in reality.
So I joined the gym yesterday. I went around 6 p.m. after I got done with school and DH was still at the golf course. It was BUSY! But I expected that… I live in the popular east side of the [...]

28 Apr, 2008

I made it!

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

Well I may not have lost all the weight that I wanted to before heading to Moab, but I did make the hike, and burned 2,000 calories in the process! I didn’t fall down or cry (two inside jokes between DH and I), and I feel very accomplished and proud of myself.
Moab is a fantastic [...]

07 Apr, 2008

Attempting to hike, part 1

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

So DH and I are planning on doing a 4-5 hour hike in Arches Nat’l Park when we go to Moab in t-minus 10 days. I’m not too worried about it, but I will have to carry 100 oz of water in a camelback backpack along with my trust DSLR, so we went on a [...]



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