lessinayear wrote Jul 01, 2009 : I set up a challenge for the month of June - an attempt to lose 10 pounds. I set up the challenge mostly because I knew my grad school course, on top of full-time work, on top of personal obligations, was going to make it REALLY hard to stick to a he...
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astrongnewme wrote Jun 30, 2009 :
In this corner: sweet, fizzy, bubbly soda that tacks on hundreds of extra calories a day, has no nutritional qualities, rots your teeth, and leads to that less-than-sexy bloated belly feeling!
In this corner: a woman determined to take better ...
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lessinayear wrote Jun 28, 2009 : I've been a little quiet the past couple of days. No blogs, because I've been trying to get my work done for the conclusion of my summer class. THANK GOODNESS it's over this coming Thursday, July 2. But, less cool is the fact that basically my entire...
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lessinayear wrote Jun 15, 2009 : Did my weekly weigh-in yesterday and I'm still hanging at 202 -- boo.
That said, I can't complain a whole lot. I know the weekend is what did me in. I went to Atlanta to visit one of my best friends, and I drank more over the course of two days t...
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astrongnewme wrote Jun 11, 2009 :
Still going strong! My week #1 of the Building Blocks challenge is going well. I have met my goals each day except one, when I met half of them :) I am getting ready to head to the gym right now and get my exercise in for the day. The kids w...
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lessinayear wrote Jun 07, 2009 : Spent the weekend at my mom's house visiting with her as well as a friend from middle/high school days who was in town for the first time in several years. It was a good -- if fast -- visit.
Just got home and decided to get the weekly weigh-in o...
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astrongnewme wrote Jun 07, 2009 : I won't pretend I'm happy to have gained back so much of the weight I had lost and was so happy to see gone! But I came to the realization that kicking myself while I was down was getting me nowhere...except heavier. Okay, I have to take several ...
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JustJane47 wrote Jun 03, 2009 : Hey Buddys!!! Hope everyone's Wednesday is a good one. The sun is nice and bright here in Michigan, the flower gardens all planted and I'm ready for summer and vacations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So if you look deep down inside can you find out why you be...
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astrongnewme wrote May 12, 2009 : A woman at work started running about the same time I picked it up again, and we discussed running trails, shared Runner's World magazine, and just liked talking about our new hobby together. Unfortunately there are very few safe running areas arou...
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JustJane47 wrote Mar 13, 2009 :
Happy Friday Buddys!!! Yup another weekend is upon us....how will we all do?
We'll all be great, because we are a part of the BuddySlim family "Proud Smile"
My progress has been slow, but the scale is showing hope. My exercise has reall...
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