Day #8 One week of induction down, one to go.
Starting weight (7/15/08): 279.8
Yesterday: 271.2 Today: 270.4 Loss-so-far: 9.4 lbs.
Sunday afternoon my husband and I dropped three posts into the ground and mixed and poured cement to ensure that the posts stayed where we wanted them. We did this out in the heat of the day and by the time the sun was going down we were both sweaty and dirty. So what do I do? I handed a camera to my son and asked him to take a picture of me, LOL.
Not just any picture… THE picture. The dreaded “before” picture that I never got around to taking, not in six whole months of calorie-counting! Well now as a show of good faith in the future (and in this new plan I’m on), it occurred to me that it was time.
So here I am, all 270 lbs. of me. (And oh yeah, that’s my cute Mustang Convertible in the background. Have I mentioned that I love my car?! LOL)
I am CONFIDENT (this time) that in a few months, I will have new pictures to share, neat pictures that show the progress I’ve made, the change in my upper arms, the decrease in my belly… I AM GOING TO DO THIS. I have never been more committed to anything, not even when I quit smoking last year. I want to be fit. I want to feel good. I do not want to be a slave to ANYTHING, not cigarettes, not carbs, not sugar… not FOOD.
No one ever leaves me comments - well, I’ve come to accept that - but does EVERYONE get this spam crap on their blog?!?!? Isn’t there anything that 3FC can do to stop it?!? OMG I get like 4 or 5 spam comments a day, I’m totally over it.
Am I the only one??
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Just had to stop in and say hi. I get all the spam crap too, and there’s a way to filter it out in your blog settings, but I can’t remember how (I read it on the forums and didn’t do it right away, so now I’ve forgotten).
Hi Eileen!
“We’s out here, lookin’ at you!” as a LOL Cat would say.
Great job on kicking the cig habit. I’ve tried so many times. I think that’s WAAAY harder than dieting. Plus, it looks like you are off and running on your new weight lose adventure!
P.S. I love your car too!
As posted by Suzanne 3FC:
“Unfortunately, spam comments are widespread across every blog platform. There are a few things that can be done to control it, but not eliminate it.
Under Options.. General.. Do you have “Users must be logged in and registered to comment” checked?
You might also be getting ‘trackback’ spam. Under Discussion Options, uncheck the option to allow trackbacks.
If you notice a frequency of certain keywords, you can enter them into the Comment Blacklist under ‘Discussion’ options. This will prevent them from appearing even for moderation.
Hopefully that will help.”
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=142332
I also found that by adding to my filter of unacceptable words, it helped.
kaplods - HI! I’m so glad you dropped in to visit. :oD I really enjoyed reading your blog entries yesterday, you’re such a talented writer!
susan - Hi to you too! For ME, dieting is WAAY harder than quitting smoking was! I smoked for 30 years and tried quitting several times and thought OMG it’s so HARD - but then I finally got to a place mentally where I WANTED to quit more than I wanted to smoke. I was so happy to be a non-smoker that quitting was much easier!!!
snapless - THANK YOU! I think that the keywords will make ALL the difference. Thank you thank you thank you!!!