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Do Core exercises every nite!

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Lose 50 pounds

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To lose 100 lbs

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Start jogging

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Weigh under 200 pounds

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  • Books & Literature - I read all kinds of books; I use them as an escape from day to day craziness
  • Humor - I need it! I have learned to laugh, and it feels good!
  • Dogs - Sandy
  • Parenting - Instuctions please! I have two teenagers, HEELLPP!
  • Walking - It is under appreciated, I have come to love it !
  • Movies - Romance, it is the only way I seem to get it! ;-)
  • Education - Gotta have it! That is my passion, education means employment
  • Jazz - All kinds
  • Dating - I just learned how and it is fun!
  • WLS in your 30's - Must be complete! I don't want to deal with this in my 40's

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Hello, I am 35 and the mother of several children. Two of them are going to college soon and now I need to focus on me . I am not going to have surgery and I am going to loose the weight.  I need help, advice, and guidance through this process! My kids were not the reason I gained the weight... I was actually healthier and weighed less when I was pregnant, because I wanted my children healthy.  I gained weight because food is the only thing I can control, or so I thought. I have always been in survivor mode and now what I have used to survive is slowly my death sentence.
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It has been a while...
on February 20, 2009 11:23 am
Hello, it has been a looong time, things are going slow because my knee is still being rehabed, yet my weight loss is still occuring THANK YOU JESUS, thank you GOD. I watch what I eat and drink water and sneak in a little extra walking everyday. I know that I have to be careful if I want my knee to heal correctly. TAKE CARE OF YOUR JOINTS!  to everyone out there stay storing, stay focused and GOD BLESS, all of you...I appreciate all of the knowledge and esprecially the honesty that I have experienced.
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I know, I know, I know.....
on January 20, 2009 5:06 pm
     I have figured out my triggers after I gained 2 pounds. I am really a food addict, I have been struggling for the past month.  This guy that I am seeing, helping wants me to go with him to Montego bay there I would have to wear a swim suit and I have been eating like 90 going north, the thought of wearing a swimsuit is making me crazy, not to mention I saw one of his other "friends" and my skinny god sister this weekend and I didn't say I was giving up, yet my actions of over eating are saying I am giving up...I had cereal today, rice, meat, and veggies, and a bag of cheetos, a soda, one mini reese cup and an entire milkway, not to mention the cake and Ice Cream I ate yesterday. Damn, this is crazy and i really feel like I need an intervention, I am eating because I don't want to go to Jamaica, I don't want to be around him and his friends, my best friend has been tripping because i am seeing him and I would love for her and her dude to go with me, yet she is hating for no good reason and I don't want to wear a swimsuit. You know when he is not around I see my body differently, I don't feel uncomfortable, yet when he is near me I want to shrink away, he has never said anything, it is me, I just want to be healthy, tonite i am getting back on my tread mill, I cant wait for my knee to heal, I know once I lose the weight then the stress on my knee with  ease and it won't hurt has much because I won't be as heavy, On a lighter note:  PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Changed my Goal
on January 8, 2009 3:44 pm
I have decided to change my goal weight...I am nervous because I don't want to be tooo thin yet I want to be healthy. Therefore I have decided to change my target goal from 150 to 170... I am doing this because I want to be able to maintain my weight and not lose my mind trying to maintain my weight....My goal is to have lost the weight by July by loosing 8 pounds per month for 7 months...I have decided that I need to focus of several projects that I started in 2008, most of the projects are positive carry forwards and the others I have decided to scrap and move forward...
Happy New Year to everyone, May God Bless all in 2009 and always!
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Triggers
on January 6, 2009 12:51 pm
Ok, so it has been a while but I had a episode and I slipped very easily back into my bad habits, which is why I understand  why alcoholics and drug addits must leave their familiar surrondings inorder to have a successful recovery. I was upset about a situation and instead of confronting the issue I ate a bowl of peach cobbler. I then had to sit up for hours with heartburn and indegestion because I don't eat late and having a bowl of peach cobbler at 9 or 10 pm was definitely not a smart move at all.  I had been very good about not having anything except for healthy snacks in the house, but the holidays have proven difficult for me to maintain the low fat healthy standard. I am not beating myself up about the splurge, I am Happy that I am aware of my triggers and that I know that this is a life long battle and I can gain back the weight I have lost if I am not aware of my responses to certain situations.
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I Fell off the Wagon
on November 20, 2008 5:30 pm
 I went to the doctor and found out I have arthritis in both of my knees! That means I am unable to use my beloved treadmill! I must now invest in an eliptical machine because going to the gym is to difficult for me at this time. Pray for me. I have gained 3 pounds and it was so hard for me to come to OH and post my weight knowing that I had gained instead weight instead of lost.
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Basically I had kids, gained a lot of weight(after I had the kids) and now I am out of shape and slowly killing myself.  I have joint aches (my knee), chest pains, acid reflux, and horrible headaches.  I want to loose the weight with out surgery. I have been using food as dope for many years and I realized that when I ate a box (16) chocolate See's candy bars in two days all by myself. Then I had a horrible headache and felt like a fool.  So I began watching what I ate and hating to eat anything, I know I need nourishment, yet it is the source of the fat on my body.  Then I started having horrible gas pains and I thought I was having an heart attack . The Doc. in the emergency room said it was  acid reflux,  anxiety, and gas...that I needed to eat something healthier than a large slice of pizza, and if I wanted to loose weight  I should join weight watchers insensitive! That is great except for that costs money and I have a kid going to college soon and another right after that and I won't be there to see either of them if I am dead because I am not taking care of myself. Anyway I am now on a path of a healthy lifestyle I hope.