Archive for December, 2008

New Year’s Resolutions & Diet Success Motivation

I can’t tell you how many times my New Year’s resolution has been to lose weight, exercise more, blah, blah, blah. Those usually last about a week for me.
There have also been big events where I wanted to lose the weight, but just always managed to find any excuse not to.
And then there have been [...]

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Triathlon Here I Come

Ok, so it’s official. Back when I decided it was time to get fit for my 50th birthday (and actually even way before that), I had always had the idea that I would participate in a triathlon. My brother is a triathlete, a good one, and he is in incredible shape. Coming from the same [...]

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Christmas Cookies…All Cookies…Are Evil

I’m having a somewhat tough Weight Watcher’s week. Between work stress and at-home business deadline stress, as an emotional eater, not shoving everything under the sun into my mouth takes lots of willpower. Fortunately, I don’t keep anything in my house anymore that could do too much damage.  Add to that that because I’ve had [...]

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I’m in Onederland!

I heard that term today, and I thought that was so cool! Especially since I’m there now. Well, not officially on the Weight Watcher’s scale…I still have .3 pounds to lose for that (jeans….turtlenecks…it is winter after all), but on my scale in the morning (all week!), which actually weighs me a little heavier than [...]

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I am thankful that…

I made it through Thanksgiving!
I weighed in on Wednesday evening — down 1.4 for a total of 28.6 — which made me so happy after the scale did not budge the week before. I walked 2.5 miles on Thanksgiving morning so I wouldn’t feel guilty eating.
And I really enjoyed my Thanksgiving dinner and all the [...]

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