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Jennifer Flexibility

When I was in my early 30s I wasn't in great shape or the thinnest I've ever been, but I was exercising and eating right.

And when I sat down on the floor with my legs extended in front of me I could grab my feet and almost touch my nose to my knees. I was moderately flexible at that time.

Not anymore. Ten years and a lot of sticks of butter later...not so flexible.

Earlier this year I could barely touch my toes at all!

Aaaaaiiiieeeeeee!! There was this ridicu… Continue

Added by Jennifer on September 3, 2010 at 8:31am — No Comments

Anne Marie It's Friday.....

and a long weekend. We will be hunkering down and watching a Netflix movie while Earl moves through. Not as bad as first projected and we are a bit more inland rather than coast. Take care to any east coast friends on BtL!
So I ventured to a local Walmart to purchase digital scales and Pilates DVD (thanks Kelly!) NO LUCK. So as I walk aimlessly down aisles and look at everything I could buy, candy, chips, clothes, I stuck to my plan and my list, well kind of. On list, hair dye and small cont
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Added by Anne Marie on September 3, 2010 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Robyn Olsen Birthday Motivation

In about 50 days, it will be my 19th birthday! I know it's not a big one, but I love to celebrate birthdays and life in general. I also love Halloween, which happens to be about a week after my birthday, so it is the perfect motivation for me to stick with counting points, exercising and being conscious of what goes in my mouth.

50 days... that gives me about 7 weeks. At 1-2 pounds per week, I can potentially lose 10-14 pounds! That's a great mini goal for me (my total weigh
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Added by Robyn Olsen on September 3, 2010 at 3:51am — No Comments

Rebecca Hello Lady.

So even after I told you all that my mom was going to come over so I could work out yesterday morning...I got distracted doing other things and did not have time to do it before I went to work for the day. I was outside for 4 hours in the afternoon, but things weren't very busy so I did a lot more sitting and talking than anything else. Since I'm training right now, I am shadowing other people, and I am not really looking forward to sitting by myself for a whole shift. Oh well.

I did,… Continue

Added by Rebecca on September 3, 2010 at 12:23am — No Comments

Kendra Forrest I'm Not Your Success Story

The first time I walked into the 24-Hour Fitness in Downtown Seattle I was all of a dither looking around and thinking about my sweaty future there. I looked at the treadmills and imagined myself wheezing my way to running a mile… and then five. I saw the weight machines and had visions of hrumphing under larger and larger resistance. I walked past the empty studio and had a flashback to days of contortionist like flexibility.

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Added by Kendra Forrest on September 2, 2010 at 10:50pm — No Comments

Jennifer Fantasy

OK, so here's my fantasy...

(And, no, it doesn't involve Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt or any other dreamy movie star covered in whipped cream and chocolate.)

So my fantasy is to lose all of the weight, to get really fit and to... ...become a certified personal trainer.

Shut the front door!

Me - the lifelong compulsive eater who's been occasionally thin, but more often than not quite heavy and every possible weight in between - become a personal trainer? T… Continue

Added by Jennifer on September 2, 2010 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments

Megan W A compromise

I complained to the gym about the PT. She said she would talk to the trainer.

I followed someone's advice ( I think Tanie) and made a compromise to bridge myself from W5D1 to W5D2. I did three 6 minute runs with 3 and a half minute walks. My goal is to run a 5K by my birthday in May so I have time to take it at my pace. Not that I have another choice. I worked as hard as I could today and it was difficult to run for 6 minutes at a time.

I let myself eat from wendys after my work

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Added by Megan W on September 2, 2010 at 9:50pm — 2 Comments

Paula Thurs Calorie Count 1654

Keeping it under 1700. I was really hungry. Sometimes you need to listen to your body. But another snack free night got done! Due to rain I did a Power 90 Sweat Video. Killer, but I feel so much better. More tomorrow. Thank goodness it will be Friday.

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Added by Paula on September 2, 2010 at 9:32pm — No Comments

Robin Did you know that you can actually injure yourself by being sedentary?

Yes, it's true! So I really haven't done much exercising anything other than some long walks this summer but found out end of June that I did some damage to my left shoulder. I discovered when I attempted to lift a weight at the gym - now this is BEFORE I lifted I noticed my shoulder was really sore. So of course, I didn't proceed with the weight lifiting and until this week I've only been using Advil and Aleve to help with the pain. It's the kind of pain that really only hurts when I raise my a… Continue

Added by Robin on September 2, 2010 at 9:15pm — No Comments

Kelly Fuller One of my huge inspirations!

Hey Dot and Shannon...Shanti posted another really good blog tonight!

Here you go :)

I love her!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALFSiwISJCM

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Added by Kelly Fuller on September 2, 2010 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

Jessica Where's the Salmon?!

I saw Roni's GLB post on the salmon salad and thought 'Great! I can make that for din-din!' After rummaging through the cupboard for the pouch of salmon that I kept tripping over, it wasn't to be found. For the love of....WHERE IS IT? Not even a can! Apparently I've eaten it...maybe a vauge recollection of salmon patties. Anywhoo...So much for that! I was perusing my Hungry Girl book "200 under 200" and came across an Enchilada recipie. I DO have a can of sauce and corn tortillas, and some refri… Continue

Added by Jessica on September 2, 2010 at 8:05pm — 1 Comment

Brandy Respect, Randomness, and a Whole Chicken

I really had to hit home to my juniors/seniors in one of my classes today that I won't tolerate disrespect in my classroom. They've just been really mean to each other. Not even so much fighting or bullying, just kind of sarcastic and stupid, but enough to hurt each others' feelings. So I said enough was enough and gave them a "dignity, community, respect" speech. Who knows if it worked, but the problems stopped for today. My feet/legs are still sore from standing all day. I wonder when I will… Continue

Added by Brandy on September 2, 2010 at 6:36pm — 2 Comments

Ideanna Acosta 9/2/10 Food Journal

Breakfast
Oatmeal 200
Yogurt w. toppings 200

Lunch
Subway- 6in Turkey Sub w/ cheese and veggies 320
Plum 100

Snack
mochi fro yo 200
misc 100

Dinner
Amy's Kitchem Tamale Dinner 330

= 1450
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Added by Ideanna Acosta on September 2, 2010 at 6:29pm — No Comments

Danielle $700 FOR ONE MONTH OF FOOD?!?!?!??!?!?!

I recently saw the Jenny Craig comercial with sarah rue where she lost 50 lbs and she looks AWESOMEEEE!!! so i called to inquire how much it would cost cause i'm a woman on a budget. I went through an hour long process where the guy told me all about it and what it would do and it got me real excited to start, i was about to say SIGN ME UP! when i asked (thank goodness!) how much it would cost, and i saw the "lose 20lbs for $20" add, and he said yes, the $20 is the membership fee (or $200 for

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Added by Danielle on September 2, 2010 at 6:26pm — 5 Comments

alexandra To be completely honest....

I have been so close so many times. I was 148 pounds two years ago. 10 freaking pounds away from goal!! 10 pounds!! Instead of pushing through it and working my ass off, I slipped. I gave myself a “treat” here and a “treat” there and then half a pizza and chips and pop and my favourite sandwich from work and a cookie here and a cookie there (k it was more then just 2 cookies here and there it was about 4; 4, 280 calorie each kind of cookie). I lost all control, all my focus and went back to what… Continue

Added by alexandra on September 2, 2010 at 6:17pm — 3 Comments

Rebecca C. Where I Am and Why

I have been overweight my entire life and I have, like many young women with low self-esteem, went to extreme lengths to lose the weight as a teenager. I would eat only 800 calories a day and workout two hours at the gym for months when I was the most depressed. I could lose over 30 lbs in two months (probably a lot of which was muscle) and when my body finally couldn't take anymore I would relax and quickly gain weight back, this time fat, and found that the next time I made even the slightest… Continue

Added by Rebecca C. on September 2, 2010 at 5:46pm — 3 Comments

Rebecca C. Question: How do you stay motivated?

I am so new to Blog to Lose so I don't know if anyone is reading my posts at all, but if you are, I want to know how you stay motivated to lose weight. It seems like the biggest challenge is not that you can't exercise or can't cut calories or even that you don't mentally WANT to, but that you lose motivation. I am always struggling with this and I really really want to keep myself motivated.

What I would like to do is have a list of motivation tips on hand so that every time I think a… Continue

Added by Rebecca C. on September 2, 2010 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments

Erin P. Captain Munch

Mysteries really seem to surround weight loss. Like today. How did I allow the giant box of Captain Crunch to sit in the front seat of my car next to me while I was driving home from the grocery store. I know that stuff is my version of crack. I probably had 5 cups of the stuff...and a serving size is 3/4 of a cup. And by the way, I HATE when cereals have weird measurements. I want them all to be 1 cup. Most dry measuring cups don't give you a 3/4 measuring cup. So you'd have to use the 1/2 and… Continue

Added by Erin P. on September 2, 2010 at 2:09pm — 2 Comments

Small Town Mom Who'd have thought it would be so hard to lose weight?

Who would have thought it would be so hard to lose weight? I am back up to 224 and have been following my points religiously. I have been working out almost every night for at least 1/2 to 1 hour and walking the dog every morning for 1/2 hour. The scale just will not budge. It is so frustrating! Could I be gaining muscle enough to cause me to not lose weight? At what point do you start to gain muscle from working out that it would cause me to not lose weight? I really have no idea but am hoping… Continue

Added by Small Town Mom on September 2, 2010 at 1:45pm — 4 Comments

Mary not budging

my weight that is. it's frustrating. doubly so because i swore i wasnt going to weigh myself. darnit. but i don't like not knowing if what i am doing works or not. i know that i could be judging progress by the way my clothes fit, but i spend most of my days in workout gear so it's hard to judge ya know??

anyway, i think my problem is eating at night. my schedule is off a few days a week and i have dinner at 5 so by the time i'm done working out and get home at 9:30 I'm starving...i thi… Continue

Added by Mary on September 2, 2010 at 12:33pm — 2 Comments

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