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I set out with good intentions this morning. My kids and I decided to go hiking. I like hiking..always have..but it's been a while since I've tried anything to strenuous. ("a while = years) So I pulled out my handy dandy trail guide book for the area and scoped out the perfect hike. My daughter wanted to do a particular trail she knew of so I looked it up...the guide book called the trail "easy". Now let me tell you that there are 3 levels in this guide book..Easy...Moderate...Strenuous. I'm all… Continue

It's been a while. Where does the time go? Thought I'd update my blog. I've lost 65 lbs so far! It's been a much different experience than I ever thought it would be. I'm getting tons of compliments and everyone around me keeps asking me "How are you doing it? Tell me your secret!" It's funny because even though I know I've lost weight when I look at myself in the mirror I don't see it. I guess it's going to take my brain a while to catch up.

I'm still needing to incorporate exercise. It's hard… Continue

Just a quick note to check in. Still losing, but still not incorporating exercise yet. Had to go to the store to get a few new pairs of jeans because my old ones were falling off my body. I kinda like the way clothes that are to big feel because it reminds me I lost some weight, but it looks sloppy so I caved and bought a smaller size. I should comment that I hate shopping with a passion so even though I was happy to have a smaller size I wasn't happy about shopping. And can I add that dressing… Continue

I started well this week and then lost focus. I'm working on my reaction to stress and I very much this week reacted to stress with my old habits. There were some downs in my weight at the beginning of the week but those turned to some gains. I am up 1.4 lbs from last week. I had set a goal of losing 3 lbs. I'm going to set that goal again for this week. I'm not going to look back (other than to learn from my experiences), but move forward.

I'm back on track again and it feels good. I had a goal of losing 4 lbs this week and I lost 6.4 lbs instead. I was off plan for a couple of months and it's not uncommon for my first week to be a big lose (water and stuff). I exercised 3 times this week. Not as many days as I wanted but it's a start. I'm still trying to figure out a good schedule for that. I'm NOT a morning person so that just doesn't work for me. I'm going to make a goal of 3 lbs for next week and to figure out an exercise patt… Continue