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I am happy to report that I resisted the urge to pig out on the sweets that our co~worker brought by…It helped so much to blog about it here and to read your comments so for that I thank you all…also thank you much for the b~day wishes!

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Last time a co~worker brought a cookie tray in I was able to resist as well but asked everyone that was standing there if they would consider bringing in a vegi tray next time….They didn’t totally laugh it off but didn’t seemed to convinced either….But let me say this…Today one of my female co~workers stopped by my desk after lunch to tell me that she went to the grocery store with thoughts of me and buying a vegi tray but she didn’t have any luck as they had to be made to order..I thought it was really nice for her to try and do that and it tells me that I got my co~workers thinking about it at least.

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One of our Comfort Consultants brought in one box with a whole cheesecake and another box with little mini yummy looking chocolate cakes…I keep telling my self no don’t eat it but the lil devil on the one shoulder keeps telling me it’s okay have some after all its your b~day today one little bite won’t hurt.

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I don’t want to give in I want to be strong…I don’t want to use my b~day as a excuse to pig out…Fact is one bite will hurt me as we have all heard of the snowball effect and thats what will happen for me. 

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Hello fellow buddies hope all is well….A co~worker brought in a tub of cookies today that are my most favorite kind (the ones with a inch of frosting and the cookie just melts in your mouth) they have been calling my name but I have resisted so far.

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I didn’t do so well last nite as I was bored and had nothing to take up my time….When I would go outside to smoke I would take a book with me or I would call someone on the phone to kill time while I smoked…Now that I don’t smoke (going on 4 days now) I didn’t realize how much of my time was taking up by smoking…Crazy! I wound up eating in place of smoking I knew this would happen as it is what has always happened in the past. 

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I am going this weekend to find something to keep my hands busy and my mind as well…Maybe cross stitching or something like that.

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xooxxo

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p.s. Anyone have any ideas for what I could do to keep my hands and mind busy?  I have tried crocheting (not good enough at it) but open to other suggestions….Help!!!!

Hello buddies,

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Hope everyone had a great weekend…Mine was great went and saw the movie 300 man what a awesome movie had popcorn and soda while there then went out to lunch afterwards and had a tamale, enchilada and rice and beans…You know what? I’m not tripping on what I ate that day because we were with friends it was a beautiful sunny day and I haven’t smoked since Friday nite!

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I am terrified however that i will replace food with ciggarettes so i’m going into this with a plan I just hope I can remember to use it.  The good part is my health is going to be so much better and I will no longer be a slave to my ciggs.

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I am starting back up walking at my lunch times starting today so I am excited about this and I will start back to Curves tonite after work.  I am feeling good about all these decisions.

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xoxoxox

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Tgif buddies,  How is everyone?  Good here!

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I haven’t blogged in a while cuz I just haven’t felt like it but I faithfully read all of yours even if I don’t reply.

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All of you know that my grandaughter was recently born so things have been a little crazy as i’m sure you can imagine.  I did make it to weigh in at W/W and to my suprise I lost 1lb…I’ll take it as I thought for sure with the way I had been eating due to all the stress of the new baby thing going on that I had gained.

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I however did not meet my 10lb challenge that was up on March 7th but you know what? I’m okay with this because even though I don’t get my spa day I did loose half of the 10lbs which puts me that much closer to my long time goal…With out the challenge I still would have lost but not quite so much so fast…So i’m cool!

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My husband offered to extend the challenge for another two weeks but i’m not sure how I feel about it as it wasn’t the origional agreement..We’ll see!

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Life is good I am so in love with my baby grandaughter she is the best thing thats happened to me in a while…I tell you one thing which I have known for a while now but with the new baby it brings it home even more for me….I sure wish my kids were babies again so I could treasure all the moments I had with them for when they get older and start pulling away to discover themselves and there identities it is hard to let them go.

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xoxoxox

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Hello buddies,

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Hope all is well with everyone.   I haven’t blogged in a long time as I didn’t have much to say plus I have had a lot going on with my new job and with my pregnant daughter…So although I try to come on daily and read everyones blogs I don’t often comment as I don’t have as much free time at work anylonger. 

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As the title of my blog states I started out strong with my 1-month weight challenge and then fizzled out…Sad but true!   I didn’t weigh in this week at W/W as I had a baby shower for my daughter over the weekend and lost control then Tuesday and Wenesday I had a little pity party with my self and ate what ever my hands came in contact with.   So I felt for me it was better to not weigh in and see the damage I did then to weigh in and see the numbers up on the scale and sabatoge myself even more with the whole well I screwed up this much what the heck kind of attitude. 

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Most will not agree with this approach but it’s the way I chose to handle it and I feel good about my decision. 

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So I am happy to report that my pity party is over and i’m back on track as of first thing this morning…Which now means I have 1-week exactly to finish loosing the rest of my 10lbs to meet my challenge….I have no idea how much damage I did this week to that 4.9lb weight loss I had lost a couple of weeks ago so now I have to loose whatever I gained this week which is probably at least 2lbs plus the remaining…Realistically I don’t see this happening but I’m not gonna beat myself up over it and I will be extremely happy with what ever I do wind up loosing in the time framed that was allowed me for this challenge as I feel it is more then I would have normally lost without it. 

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People are now starting to notice my weight loss and not just in my face but in my body as well…And for those of you who don’t know this my husband and I work in the same place in the same office and most of our co~workers are male technicians and they are the ones that are noticing (in a polite way ofcourse) that i’m loosing.   My husband is not the kind of guy who pays a lot of compliments and I accept that as I knew this going into our marriage but I do have to say it makes me feel good that these men are noticing and saying so in front of my husband as there is a little part of me that wishes he would compliment me more on my weight loss and maybe this will get him to do so.  Probably bad of me but one can hope.  Mind I do not want him to be jealous thats not what i’m after just a nice compliment on my weight loss would be perfect.

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Well I’ve went on long enough Thank You for putting up with me.

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xoxoxo

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Hello buddies,

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Hope all is well with everyone today.   Today is a day of multiple celebrations for me

Hello Buddies,

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Yesterday was weigh in day and I gained point 9 of a lb.   Not to cool but not the end of the road either expecially since TOM just arrived this morn. TMI!  

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So my  husband has sort of jumped on the band wagon in that he finally buys turkey in place of beef…He can not seem to get the concept however to quit eating out so much on the weekends….He says that I should not be putting it on anyone else that these are my problem areas but that I should work around it and just order healthier.(Very True) BUT It seems to me that If this situation was reversed and it was my husband tryin to loose the weight I sure in the heck would hope that I would say yes if he  asked me to quit eating out so much because I can’t control myself in these type of situation.   ( I don’t think I made myself very clear in what I just said but hopefully you all get it)

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So I know I am on this Journey on my own I understand that and I get it sometimes we all just could use a little help.  I don’t think asking to eat out less is asking for the world and I also think it is do~able.   But this I do know I will just work harder to make better choices when put in that enviroment and not expect anything from anyone else.

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I got my husband to offer me a challenge toward my weight loss and here it is.  

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I have 1 mth  to loose 10lbs If I do then I will be rewarded with a spa day(something that me and my good friend have been wanting to do together for a long time and this way I can justify it to myself) If I don’t meet the 10lb goal then I will still be rewarded with something but something less substansial.  

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So here is my plan.

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1. I will make sure to get to Curves 3+ times a week.

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2. I will start walking during my lunch hour not sure how many times a week yet(gotta think about that one)

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3. quit eating after 7:00 at nite

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4. Most importantly I will make better choices at fast food joints or at restuarants on the weekends.

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5. Try to be more active at work and at nite at home. 

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I think this could work…Wish me luck!

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xoxoxox

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Hello buddies of mine,

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Hope all is well with everyone.   Today was weigh in day…I lost .4 of a pound thats point 4 of a pound not the loss I was hoping for but i’ll take it…So I am now at 200 lbs my goal still is to make it to the 190’s by next week.

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I know where my down fall is and I know where my weakness’s are…They all chalk up to weekends and eating out…I am going to sit my husband down tonite (already told him I would like to talk to him) and explain that I would love his corpation(sp?) for this weekend on eating at home and not at restaurants and fast food joints just so I can see how much of a diff this will make with my weight loss…I know if I ask him for his help on this that he will help me with it.  

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One of the things we have started doing is swaping lower fat versions of certain things like ground turkey instead of ground beef ( I thought I would never like ground turkey but it’s not bad) and turkey bacon for regular bacon(again very yummy and only 1pt a peice)  and ff sour cream instead of regular sour cream.   My husband has even put up with these swaps and seems to enjoy them as well…Yeahhhh!!   

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Becky

Hello Buddies,

I have said this before and I’ll say it again weekends and evening are the hardest for me.  I have got to figure out a way to make better choices over the weekends you see weekends ususally consist of my  husband and myself running errands and seeing family so this means running around morning till mid evening which means fast food and when socializing with family usually means going out to eat at restaurants..

I need to learn how to make better choices when going to these kinds of places I know what I need to do I just need to do it…I go in with the right intentions but once it comes to ordering I change my mind and get something not so healthy…

I now know this is something I seriously need to work on so since it is Saturday there is no better time.

xoxoxo
Becky