I have that song (you should check out the link...amazing 80's rock hair) by Europe stuck in my head this morning. Although that has to do with going to Venus or something but it is the final countdown before my 1/2 marathon. I am excited but anxious. I always feel that way. The weather is calling for 60s and rain. I sure hope that changes. I am going to run today and Wednesday. Boot Camp on Tuesday and Thursday. Then I will take it easy u… Continue

So my week did not go exactly as I planned, everyone got horribly sick! I was unable to make 90% of my workouts as I had to deal with the family who could not stop vomiting. TMI? you should just be happy you didn't have to live it. My toddler threw up on me while I was sleeping!!!!!

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I think I have finally accepted that blogging once per day is just not going to happen for me. once a week is doing well.… Continue

My parents, older sister, husband and I are all starting a friendly Family Challenge. We'll have 21 weeks to compete against one another, with weekly weigh ins, and a "winner takes all" pot. We've never done anything like this before, but we all get along REALLY well and I know it'll stay friendly and positive. I'm actually really excited about us doing this and can't wait to get going!

Today will be my first day of REAL workout and "diet" so, we all figured today would make a

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I got up early yesterday to go running at the park. I asked my older daughter to go with me so that she can start walking - she ultimately wants to run like her momma. We get to the park and I walk along side of her for warm up. At the end of 5 minutes I told her to on ahead without me because I was going to set my Nike + and start running.

I got myself situation and started putting one foot in front of the other. I was wearing running pants that I use fairly regularly. All of

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Week #11 – Day #1(Day 74 of 365 – lost .4) Total loss 10.4 lbs, 41.6 to go! I have discovered the majority of the recommended food items are on the outside perimeter of the grocery store…produce, dairy, meat, fish, poultry. With my shopping list

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Monday arrived as quickly as usual and here we are again. I hope you all had fant… Continue

ok so over the past two weeks i've gained 10 pounds... which is no shock considering the amount of food i've been consuming... and i didn't know what my problem was at all! but, today is a new day and i'm getting back into my weight loss groove... i was doing so good before, i know i can do it again... the only thing that really sucks is the fact that the pounds were soooo easy to put on, but are going to be tough to take back off...

on a hugely positive note, i rode my bike to school t… Continue

Today was supposed to be about the new name for my Baloney Muscle. However, to publish that post without making a confession felt hypocritical...Friday afternoon I succumbed to myself (no one else's fault but my own) and ate entire bag of Cadbury's Mini Chocolate eggs. 1400 calories in one sickly sweet sitting.

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So, like many of you, I'm reading the Intuitive Eating book. And one of the things they talk about is how dieting causes binges. Like some of the people in their book, I never binged UNTIL I began dieting. I gained my weight slowly and steadily by overeating over time. Now, I could gain weight in minutes it seems. I never felt this frenzy for food. It's now 4:45 am and I've been awake and thinking about food for at least an hour. I've never done a middle of the night binge, but my brain was seri… Continue

So Day 5 was "Eat Slowly and Mindfully", Day 6 was "Find a Diet Coach" and Day 7 was "Arrange Your Environment".

I will continue to work on eating slowly and mindfully, that is a tough one.

Finding a diet coach is also tough. I have asked my husband although I am not sure how that's going to work! I can't really think of anyone in my life that can provide me the support I need however I have been working on normal eating for so long that I might not need as much support as I would have in the… Continue