Originally Posted by Cora

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Hello and Happy Wednesday. I am doing pretty good as far as keeping on track. I am on days off, but still have gotten a walk in and plan on another this evening when it cools off a bit. I have done the challenges and am getting out the exercise ball for some abdominals which are most dreaded of all exercises. I hate crunches etc. because I know they do not work for me, but I am still doing them, in hopes that someday my gut will miraculously get smaller...(I will not be holding my breath for that however)

I did have a soda today or a few drinks of one. I couldn't finish it. It is amazing that when you go without something for awhile you begin to get a distaste for it. I am happy to say I will be sticking to my sugarless tea and bottled water.

I was complimented at work yesterday, which made me smile and I thought I would share with you. A couple I hadn't seen in a while came into the store and started asking for a girl who used to work there in December, and when they described her and said my name I was like!!! Hey wait a minute, that is me!. the lady said I was so nice to them when they came through before that the wanted to stop in and say hello. BUT... they were surprised, because I had lost so much weight from when they had seen me, they didnt recognize me. I started thinking back to when I started my job there in the fall, and I have realized I am down from a size 28 pants to a size 20 and they are lose on me. My boss even told me she has seen a difference and that really made me think that even though it is struggle and I feel like nothing is happening there really are visible changes. Even if we are blind to our own successes, other people can see the change and sometimes we need to slow down and see what we have achieved.


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That's AWESOME Cora!!! Great Progress. You are doing a great job!!

Hi Everyone!! Happy... uhhhh... thursday???? wait... is it friday? I don't freakin know! LOL... (totally serious) Hope you are all having a wonderful day! I am here at work... sitting here. Waiting for a 911 or something. So far, I got nothin! Oh well, it's good to be slow, that means people are safe and not getting hurt or having other issues. Makes my life a little boring though! Anyway, I worked my rear off toady cleaning the house and re-organizing and then took all of Jack's little baby things to the 2nd hand store. He is already in 12 month clothes! EEK! My baby Oh well. Anyway, I feel good about today, hopefully that will mean a loss for the week. Well I have paperwork to finish (ick) so I will talk to you all later. Have a great day!

Christine, You are doing a great job. Keep working hard and those loses will come. Way to go!

well i weight my self this morning and i know i have to get back with it.. i have not touched any soda in weeks but, i haven't kept a journal this week eather. i lost a pound well almost i was 226 and now i am 225.4. the tracker doesn't do 1/2s so i just put it as a pound . i have some work to do this week. when i don't keep a journal i don't eat.. i know that is bad!!!! major shut down.... i have a lot of stress in my life, and i am fighting the emotional eater in me... i need to sit down and write another blog to let you guys know what is going on with the guy in my life... take care guys ...............and good luck with the scale.

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well i weight my self this morning and i know i have to get back with it.. i have not touched any soda in weeks but, i haven't kept a journal this week eather. i lost a pound well almost i was 226 and now i am 225.4. the tracker doesn't do 1/2s so i just put it as a pound . i have some work to do this week. when i don't keep a journal i don't eat.. i know that is bad!!!! major shut down.... i have a lot of stress in my life, and i am fighting the emotional eater in me... i need to sit down and write another blog to let you guys know what is going on with the guy in my life... take care guys ...............and good luck with the scale.

Sorry you're going through some tough times Stacie. Great job on not touching any soda. Yes, do get back into journaling because it helps you stay on track with food.

Morning guys!

Thank goodness it's Friday. Eight hours till freedom. I hope everyone is having a great Friday. Any plans for the weekend?

I don't have much plan other than maybe see a movie or two.

I was not on track with my food. Last night I ended up eating a bit late. Then Rodney bought as always food from Jack'O. This time he gets a cheesecake - what does he do? Feed it to me and I ate it....most of it.
Oh well, what's done is done.

Got up and made it to my 5:45am kickboxing class. I feel good. Then did 15 min. of morning yoga. Hmmmm...wondering if I should push it and go to yoga this afternoon? Not sure yet.

My office is a very green one. In terms of eating I'm putting more money aside for organic food. We're involved with the environment; the owner and his wife, my boss are very much into organic, green living. So I've caught on and started shopping at Mothers. There are things I buy green and things I won't. Like my fruits - all green especially strawberries and blueberries. Bread, organic, whole grain or wheat and freshly made if possible. I do see and feel the difference as I'm ridding my body of so many pesticides and chemicals used regular fruits and veggies. I can't do for home because there's too many people and they don't appreciate the "organic" movement I'm on. Actually, they view me as being weird. But I'd prefer to pay for good food then high medical bills later in life.

Have a good day!!

Happy Friday to everyone!! Even though it is actually my Monday. I have 4 long days ahead of me. I really through my back out on Tuesday so I am not even planning on doing anything strenuous now. I cant get into a chiropractor till Monday. I walk around like Frankenstein... Oh well I will live. I always do. I hope everyone is excited about weigh in. I know I am. I stuck to my plan this week and I did really good. I know everyone else did too. Well I am off to work. i have a 10 hour shift tonight so we'll see if I manage the walk home. Take care and Good Luck.

Originally Posted by Cora

Happy Friday to everyone!! Even though it is actually my Monday. I have 4 long days ahead of me. I really through my back out on Tuesday so I am not even planning on doing anything strenuous now. I cant get into a chiropractor till Monday. I walk around like Frankenstein... Oh well I will live. I always do. I hope everyone is excited about weigh in. I know I am. I stuck to my plan this week and I did really good. I know everyone else did too. Well I am off to work. i have a 10 hour shift tonight so we'll see if I manage the walk home. Take care and Good Luck.

Happy Monday Cora. Ewwwww, so sorry about your back. I hope the chiro doc. will fix you up.
Great job with sticking to your plan. I hope your back heals so you can get back to your routine. Good luck!

Hi everyone,

I've been doing a lot of thinking about my weightloss journey. I realize that this is something I want to do for the rest of my life. I don't want to just lose the 20 lbs to meet goal - I want to get to a healthy weight and continue eatin right and exercise.

But being at this plateau has been hard on me. I've decided that today is my last weigh in for the next month. With that being said, I would like to rejoin the team on 9/5/08. I hope by staying off the scale for the next month, which is going to be hard, I can refocus and continue to workout and eat right. The pressure has been building up and I don't want to be discouraged by a number on a piece of equipment. I'm going to continue to come support you guys on buddyslim.

Have a great day and weekend! Good luck at weigh in!

Hello everyone! My internet was down allllllllll day long. I'm so tired of my ISP! So anyway, I've got family from N.O. down for the weekend. Three birthday parties, four if I were having one - which I'm not, and all the food that goes along with said parties. Eeeeek! I've got to put the concentration and "willpower" on overload the next few days. I did take the kids to the pizza place today where they have all the games and go karts. We had a blast and I did not overdo it. I ate cereal for supper to help with the calories consumption. I really hope I lose at least one pound this week. It's been a really good week for me but TOM just arrived at the wrong time. I've got to keep it under control this weekend or I'll be back up a few pounds by Monday and I do NOT want that to happen. My husband and I are going to Houston Wednesday for a night or two and I want to be down a few more pounds from where I am now. That should bring me back to where I was a month ago - sigh. So I absolutely have to resist this weekend.

I hope your back is better soon Cora. Take care of yourself and don't push too hard and injure yourself further.

Nancy, I think staying away from the scale is a good idea. It will make you focus on your mind and body and you should achieve a great connection between the two without the distraction of a number. I'm sure you will get out of that plateau very soon. You are kickin butt!

Hopefully my internet will be on in the morning so I can log in. I'll talk to ya'll later!