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"You have suffered enough and warred with yourself. It's time that you won." - Glen Hansard, Falling Slowly

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Christine commented on Cindy's blog post 'Working from Home!'

Dude, I have your new blog on my google reader, and I keep waiting for a post?! what's up?? :~) You must be busy with the new job. Sounds great!

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Tanie commented on Cindy's blog post 'Working from Home!'

How great is that?! Now you can spend more time with Lily I bet. How's the new job going? Or have you started yet?

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Brandy commented on Cindy's blog post 'Happiness Resolution #1: Pay Attention'

Being in the moment is something we rarely do anymore--I mean how many of us drive while listening to music, also talking on the cell, and maybe even making up a list of things to do in our heads, all at the same time? If we can pay more attention t…

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Do you work at a museum? I think that T-Rex is really something.

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About Me:

I am a 29 year old art teacher who has been battling weight loss for 10 years...and losing (not in the good way). This site has helped me regain and maintain my motivation. I am inspired daily by these wonderful BTL members who are fighting to be healthy each day. Join me as I figure out what is holding me back from living the life I deserve.

I lost 30+ lbs before I found out that I was pregnant on October 30, 2008! I had a beautiful baby girl, Lily, on July 10, 2009. She is so wonderfully lovely and fun, and she is adding to my motivation to get healthy once and for all!

Plan of Choice:

Other

Website/Blog:

http://takinonthejellies.blogspot.com/

Workout Philosophy:

I stay active doing everyday activities

Weight Loss Progress

Goal Weight: 175
Current Mini-Goal: under 270
Current Weight: 278.6
Highest Recorded Weight: 296
Total Pounds Lost: -17.4, 6.25%

Weight History:
7/12/2008: 295.5
8/9/2008: 286
9/6/2008: 277.5
10/04/2008: 269.5
11/01/2008: 261.5 ** Found out I am pregnant!!
7/5/2009: 281.5 ** Last weigh-in before baby!
8/13/2009: 265.5
12/5/2009: 276
3/13/2010: 284
5/29/2010: 278.8
6/12/2010: 283
6/26/2010: 278.6

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Working from Home!

Good News, Everyone! I got a job working from home teaching high school art classes at virtual academies. Read more about my new gig and my fun playgroup at my blogger blog... Continue

Posted on August 20, 2010 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments

Happiness Resolution #1: Pay Attention

One thing that my friends and family know about me is that I am not very observant. I am good at self-reflection and things like that and I am very detail-oriented in my work, but I am horrible when it comes to paying attention to visual details. I don't notice what people wear.

For example, this is a picture of a GIANT T-Rex fossil that I walked UNDER once a week since the middle of June. Next to it, is also a giant fossil of a pterodactyl-type dinosaur.

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Posted on August 15, 2010 at 9:58pm — 2 Comments

My Happiness Project

So, I transferred my weight loss blog over to http://takinonthejellies.blogspot.com, because I am
starting with a new focus--HAPPINESS! I realize that my weight makes me
unhappy yes, but I also know that losing the weight, although it would
provide me with some satisfaction, will not take all of my troubles
away. The continued failed attempts to lose weight only make me feel
like a failure, so I am going to shift my focus to happiness which wil… Continue

Posted on August 13, 2010 at 6:14pm — 2 Comments

Walking!

This is what a little girl will do for some sweet potato snacks. Continue

Posted on July 28, 2010 at 10:57pm — 3 Comments

my 10-year-old self knew what was up

I have a really hard time believing it has been 11 or 12 days since my
last post. It feels like it was just this week; time is passing so
quickly.

I am struggling with a thought right now, and I want to try to express. I am reading The Happiness Project on my new… Continue

Posted on July 24, 2010 at 1:08am — 7 Comments

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At 10:37am on August 7, 2010, Christine said…: Hi! I have missed you too. Same old same old over here. In the second trimester now (14 weeks), and starting to feel less naseous and tired. Told my boss this week, so I feel less stressed and like I can finally settle into being pregnant. Henry is growing like crazy. Close to walking, talking lots (like to say "moo" when you ask him what a cow says), and has decided he no longer likes baby food! Oh, and he is getting 6 more teeth all at once. yikes...

Still trying to focus on intuitive eating and work on my emotional health. I have moments where I get way too focused on the scale (I started this pregnancy about 8 or 9 pounds more than when I was pregnant with Henry, so I freak out a little about what that end weight may be). I find myself slipping into a diet mentality--wondering if I can lose weight during this pregnancy and fantasizing about being able to lose weight after the pregnancy. So annoying and not at all productive. I know I do it when I get scared of my appetite--forgot how HUNGRY you can be when pregnant!

anyway, enough about me. How are you?

At 2:31pm on July 22, 2010, Christine said…: Where oh where is my friend Cindy?

At 4:37pm on July 19, 2010, Tanie said…: A few places off the top of my head are: Westcliffe (small town, amazing views), and Pagosa Springs (never been but I've heard it's amazing). I will get back to you with more ideas in a bit.

I imagine you will be driving up, right? Bringing Lily or leaving her? What time of year?

At 12:41pm on July 15, 2010, Christine said…: Thanks Cindy... We should google chat sometime.

His surgery is the 20th. I am mostly fixated on them putting him under, and the fact that he cannot eat after midnight the night before the surgery?! Not sure how we are going to pull that off!

At 11:59am on July 15, 2010, Tanie said…: I have ditched the scale in the past and I thought by only checking every 3 weeks, that would help. But, apparently not. I haven't checked it in awhile and I don't think I am going to. Finally getting my head back where it needs to be.

Alaina is great! She is so cute right now- almost 4 mo. old and finally growing out of that fussy infant stage. I love it. She giggles (the other day giggled when the cat purred in her face), and she found her toes and her thumb. She is so cute and is really starting to get entertained by me :)

What's Lily up to these days? Any luck on the job front?

At 8:35am on July 15, 2010, Christine said…: Hi!

I am doing okay. I will be doing much better once Henry has his ear tube surgery next Tuesday and I am out of the first trimester and not as naseous/tired/moody. I just feel all out of sorts. Hard to just enjoy Henry right now cause I worry about the surgery, and hard to just enjoy this pregnancy cause I feel so icky. It'll be fine in a few weeks though!

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At 11:18pm on July 14, 2010, Brandy said…: Meant to mention the BodyBugg but forgot! You have to buy the subscription to the online system in order to use it and the system allows you to enter in the food you ate to track. So you have to enter it in yourself, but you can't use the BodyBugg without buying the subscription anyway....I decided against it and I've been using www.everydayhealth.com instead. I have to enter everything in manually, but it's been effective in helping me track.

At 11:15pm on July 14, 2010, Brandy said…: I thought about this bet for a long time and went back and forth on it, but I decided I needed a consequence to push me. It's nothing horrible. No sweets for a week won't kill me and allowing myself fruit is a better choice anyway. I decided that all behavior modification requires benefits and consequences. That's how the world works. So for this to work for me, I need to know that there's a benefit and a consequence. The worse consequence is for me not to lose any weight. If I've lost anything, I've won in my mind anyway...I just didn't win the bet. The same thing happens to me at work, to my students at school, in life in society....for example, if my students do their homework well, they often get a good grade. If they act up in class, they get sent to the principal. If I don't do my job, I could get fired. If I do my job well, I get commended. If I break a law, I go to jail. ...Although I don't really know what the reward is.... Anyway, from the psychological, behavior-modification view, this made sense for me. We'll see if I am able to stick with it. Hope that made sense.