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Name: Lisa Age: 43 Local: Mid-coast Maine Kids: none! So/DH: married for 15 years this summer Pets: Taylor (1 1/2 yr. old mini-schnauzer), Kaiser (4 mo old mini-schnauzer), 3 cats (2 domestic, 1 pu...

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About Me:: I am a busy professional in my early 40s, blond (mostly real), hazel eyes, married, living in Maine with my husband, 2 miniature schnauzers, and 3 cats.

I have lost and re-gained 40-85 lbs. 3 times. I seriously want this time to be different. That is why I didn't choose a plan of choice OR diet interest. I want to eat healthy, PERIOD.

Being in the healthcare field I see women in different stages of their life and notice a strong correlation between weight and happiness, health, appearance, mobility, and general well-being. I want to be one of those 95 year old women that don't look a day over 70!

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Let's Kick Some Booty RED TEAM!!!

SW =232.4

Week 1 ( 7/7 – 7/13 ) = 229.8 (-2.6)
Week 2 ( 7/14 – 7/20 ) = 228.2 (-1.6)
Week 3 ( 7/21 – 7/27 ) = 227.6 (-.6)
Week 4 ( 7/28 – 8/3 ) = PASS (I was in Vegas, Baby!)
Week 5 ( 8/4 – 8/10 ) = 223.6 (-4)
Week 6 ( 8/11 – 8/17 ) = 223.0 (-.6)
Week 7 ( 8/18 – 8/24 ) = 223.6 (+.6)
Week 8 ( 8/25 - 8/31 ) = 221.0 (-2.6)
Week 9 ( 9/1 - 9/7) = 220.6 (-.4)
Week 10 ( 9/8 - 9/14 ) = 223.6 (+2.6)

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A First!

I had my first week since starting my healthy-eating campaign where I gained. It was surprising because I didn't veer off my plan. So, I know from experience to buck up, there is a good loss in my future! I won't say the number didn't affect my feelings at all, especially when I logged my weight @ ww.com and got this as my reward:

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Posted on August 21, 2008 at 6:58am — 2 Comments

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS...

...won't stay in Vegas because I'm going to tell you all about it!! My plan included taking a vacation from thinking about "dieting". For me, it was going to be completely acceptable to come back with a "small" gain. Since this was my strategy I surprised myself by still preferring healthier food! Snacks I packed for the long flight included mixed nuts and a bag of dates. We arrived in Vegas on Monday afternoon and was it HOT. Okay, I know everyone will say, "but it's a dry heat!". Well...when… Continue

Posted on August 2, 2008 at 5:54pm — 3 Comments

Half-Assed Indeed!

I just finished ~~reading~~ devouring Jennette Fulda's book, Half-Assed, A Weight-Loss Memoir. I read it in less than 24 hours, all 246 pages. What I liked most about her book is that she really seems to "get it". She wasn't "on a diet" and didn't have an answer to "what's your secret?" yet she managed to get fit. The book was had me laughing out loud and then feeling oddly poignant all in the same page. From the book, I went on to her blog and read the… Continue

Posted on July 5, 2008 at 2:37pm — 3 Comments

AWWWW...NUTS!!!!!!!!

I now have my own, "I didn't know that (BLANK) had THAT many points!!" story. I made a delicious salad for dinner: romaine, tomatoes, feta cheese, leftover roasted turkey breast tenderloins, cucumbers, dried cranberries...when I suddenly remember the honey roasted pecans my sister sent us. I chopped up enough to measure an ounce and sprinkled them on my salad. Now, I will digress, that salad KICKED BUTT, it was SO good! After I enjoyed the whole thing I sat down to journal. 5 POINTS!? WTH!? One… Continue

Posted on June 30, 2008 at 5:30pm — 4 Comments

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Is there such as thing as 'blog title block'!?! I wish I could be one of those really clever bloggers out there (you KNOW who you are!) that seem to effortlessly write fun blogs! Anywho...good week as I was down 1.8. I am finding "new" clothes in my closet that are fitting better! Cheaper than my worst addiction: Coldwater Creek! Fewer challenges this week with NO TRAVELING...wooohooo! Wait...I just thought of a challenge I successfully negotiated today! We went for lunch to Day's Seafood...a c… Continue

Posted on June 25, 2008 at 5:50pm — 3 Comments

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At 8:27pm on August 14, 2008, HungryHippos said…: Your breakfast sounds good. I've recently rediscovered blueberries and I'm loving them.

I was actually up this morning on the scale, so I'm pretty frustrated. If I have another week of no loss, I'm going to be so mad! I think it's because I haven't been able to walk because my feet have been hurting since I'm getting used to standing while teaching again. Once my feet get used to it, I'll hit the road, and I'm sure the scale will start moving again.

At 7:43am on August 13, 2008, J. Ross said…: Congrats on being the Week 5 Biggest Loser :o) !

At 3:58pm on July 29, 2008, HungryHippos said…: That's sounds like fun. Looking forward to hearing all about your adventures in your next blog post.

At 1:13pm on July 29, 2008, HungryHippos said…: Hey, haven't seen you around. How are you?

At 3:22pm on June 28, 2008, HungryHippos said…: Thanks for the recipe. I'll have to try it soon. I love to make good, simple food. I hate those recipes where you don't even know what half of the ingredients or spices are. Right now I'm making a meatball sub. I have been craving one from Subway, but it's 12 points, so I decided to make one at home for less. I just cook some lean ground beef (4 points) that I made into balls. Then I'm actually using two whole wheat hot dog buns that I toasted. I'm going to pour some spaghetti sauce (2 points) over it and some light cheese (1 point). Yummy!

At 8:39am on June 26, 2008, Melissa said…: Yeah, I know any loss is great. I will take the small losses over a gain any day. It does get frustrating though after itty bitty losses week after week. I was starting to lose my motivation despite losing.

At 5:42pm on June 25, 2008, Leah Danyell said…: Well they raised the premiums just prior to the onset of the Wellness Event. It is a 4 criteria discount. Basically $10 a month for each of the 4 criteria that are met. Skip the event and you're out an automatic $40 a month. I went this morning and met 3 of the 4. Of course, I didn't have the BMI that was required and very few people did meet it. You know it's funny, the culture that I was brought up in would say these people are way too thin. I'm used to seeing people with curves....Beyonce and J-Lo have curves but I would never ever consider them overweight. It's funny..I wonder if they would meet criteria. (I doubt it.)

At 1:07pm on June 24, 2008, Leah Danyell said…: What sweet "babies"! Hope your week's going well!

At 8:32pm on June 15, 2008, Carrie said…: The chicken was excellent. Thank you so much. I have to tell you as I was making the marinade yesterday my hubby was turning up his nose. So I only soaked two pieces of the chicken and the rest we grilled up plain. Well when I put it on the grill tonight he said how wonderful it smelled and when he ate it he wished we would have make up all the chicken in the marinade. It's definitely something he'll be asking for regularly this summer. It was so yummy! We will lose this!! You are doing great!

At 8:09am on June 15, 2008, Carrie said…: Hi Lisa! I just wanted to let you know I'm trying the chicken today. My grocery store was out of oregano so I put in a small bit of dried. We were going to grill it out last night after we got back from the beach but none of us were hungry so I'll be making it for lunch. It smelled wonderful!