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One pound. But, that puts me back at my lowest weigh-in weight, back where I was two weeks ago. 68 pounds down from top weight; 49.2 below where I started again last August. I’ll take it.
Obviously this is good, but a trend would be better. I’m grateful. 82 pounds to goal.

This is the first week I have had to post a gain since mid-November: one pound. It has been a struggle to get below or even hold the loss since seeing 232.8 three weeks ago.
Not sure what it will take to break this. My family keeps pointing out it may be that I am building [...]

I started to write this yesterday and then changed my mind. After reading Sterling and Inkheartmeg, decided I better come back and do it.
I read something a few days ago about how so many dieters blog like they hate who they are and their life and want a total change. The blogger liked [...]

I’m learning. When I entered Eileen’s Challenge I was thinking it would be almost impossible for me to do well because I need to take a rest day from exercise at least every one day out of three. But, I’m so glad I did join.
First, immediately being in the challenge inspired me to quit taking [...]

Whew. Yesterday I had such a breakthrough in my CrossFit workout that I am re-thinking everything about my goals.
I have only been a runner once in my life. At age 24, my husband and I both took lunch at work at the same time and met at the track to run 2 miles together. We [...]

From “Today’s Cartoon by Randy Glasbergen”, displayed
with special permission. For many more cartoons, please visit Randy’s
site @ www.glasbergen.com
What have you learned to avoid? For me, it is foods with aspartame or wheat, or too much sugar — they all trigger cravings and my willpower goes right out the window, for days! It takes about 5 days clean [...]

This week posted a 0.8 loss, for which I am very grateful. It has taken me 3 weeks to lose 2 pounds, and I’ve pretty much been fighting for every inch of territory taken back.
That is a total loss of 68 pounds with 82 pounds to go. Weight loss since beginning again in August ‘08 [...]

My (longest standing) diet buddy Sandi is back at it again (YAY Sandi!) and has got me thinking about what helps me keep going.
I know it is not the idea of my target weight, although that is an exciting number to me! And, it is not that I am desperate to look good to catch [...]

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I hafta tell ya… I’ve been doing pretty good on food since joining Eileen’s Challenge. But tonight I forfeited my gold star for a taste of maybe not roses, but still, it was sweet. Okay, okay, no details. But it was nice, not even great, just nice.
I really do believe [...]

I’m so glad to have made it this long still blogging, still weighing in, still paying attention to eating and doing a much better job at eating right, back again on excercise
The bad news is, in the last month my weight loss has really slowed and this week it was all I could do to [...]

I have joined the March challenge over at eileen2blean and it is inspiring me to really focus on March, my food and exercise, which is really helpful! I encourage you to join us!
My food goal for the month is to get back to at least three meals a day. I’m already eating mostly lean protein, green [...]

Loss this week: 1.2 pounds. This is a three-week average of 1.9, a nine-week average of 1.7 which is about my overall average. Loss for the Month of February: 5.6 pounds. I am 7.8 pounds above the halfway point, my next goal. Loss since August 10: 48.4; total loss: 67.2; pounds to goal: 82.8.
The averages [...]