marimor wrote Jul 08, 2009 :
All my life I was always a little on the "pudgy" side and then after high school I blew up. I tried so many diets and so many "tricks" to make myself lose weight. I couldn't do it. I even tried that horrible "cabbage soup" diet where all yo...
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astrongnewme wrote Jan 29, 2009 : There are a lot of reasons I wanted to lose this weight. There are a lot of reasons I want to keep it off! Looking better and wearing smaller sizes are certainly great side effects of losing weight, and I won't knock them for a second. I wouldn...
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astrongnewme wrote Jan 28, 2009 : I read this today and am full of emotion about it:
Almost half of American children between first and third grades say they want to be thinner.
Four out of five ten-year-old children are afraid of being fat.
Half of our nine and ten-year-o...
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astrongnewme wrote Jan 23, 2009 :
It's not easy to admit that many of our problems, including our weight problems, were assembled piece by piece with our own hands. Each bite, each swallow, each minute of inactivity that led to me needing to lose 70 pounds in the first place wa...
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astrongnewme wrote Jan 12, 2009 : Twelve days into January, the Christmas decorations have been put away, the New Year's resolutions have lost their glitter, real life is back in swing! Three full weeks left in the month. Time to put in writing my goals for the next 3 weeks of my...
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astrongnewme wrote Dec 12, 2008 :
What am I hoping to achieve in the end, and how do I think it will change my life?
I am already so close to goal weight, I don’t believe that much more will change physically in 5 or 10 pounds. But a lot will change mentally! Just know...
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astrongnewme wrote Dec 11, 2008 : What am I doing now that I can change to bring me closer to my goals and make me healthier both emotionally and physically?
Today’s Fitness Survivor challenge is to answer this question, and I have been thinking about it since yesterday afternoo...
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astrongnewme wrote Dec 04, 2008 : "You won't fail if you're not perfect; you'll fail if you're not committed to improving yourself slightly each day."
I found this quote this morning on Laura's Weight Loss Journey, and it was the perfect quote to start the day today. I am very h...
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