This time around the weight loss has been slow and steady. I'm okay with 2 pounds a week as long as I know I am making the right choices for myself to get to a healthier weight. I know this week I could've been more diligent with my food choices, but I did what I was comfortable with. Being overwhelmed with a drastic life change produces results, but as I have proven to myself, they are temporary results. We always go back to the place of comfort. The place where we feel at home.…

It's only 1030am and its hotter than the devil's balls here in California. All I want to do is lay around with no pants on and be a bum, however, that will do nothing for my actual bum and thighs so I guess I have to get up and go out into the sauna. Does just going outside in the heat count as a workout? I think it should. 

I had a green smoothie for breakyfast this morning and it was dalish. I think it will be part of the new morning routine..yay for my nutribullet. Gawd I…

Turns out, brunch today wasn't the best idea ever, and for the wrong reasons... We were there at 10:30, and I've not eaten that much (mostly pasta salad and couscous, but also fruit and cake, because, well, cake!) I was full afterwards, but not like I was going to explode, which would have been "normal" for me. It was still early when we've left, 11:45 or so, not that late, so we've gone for a walk at the park.

Now, we've been home for a few hours and I've been hungry for what feels…

I have gained weight over the last year. Not to state my diet is perfect but most days I do eat well and I exercise 6 days a week. After a road trip to Florida in March, I got home and was horrified. I had "swelled" from the waist down. My husband described it as "looking like the Michelin Tire Man" and was concerned. I have experienced swelling in my ankles for some time but attributed it sodium and old age. After 3 or 4 days I was back to…

Check a 5k off my list of lifetime goals. It is complete! We had a great girls weekend and really enjoyed ourselves. Us three girls drove 2 hours to Columbus last night and stayed in a hotel. Unfortunately, I slept horribly. I just don't do well in hotel rooms, I was excited about the race, and worried I was keeping the other girls up. I remember looking at the clock and just wishing it would be 6:30 so we could get up.

Here we are before the race began (I'm in the middle,…

Hi! I'm new to this and looking for some buddies to support and motivate on this crazy journey to a rockin body. I have struggled with my weight my whole life and at my heaviest i weighed 205 lbs. That did not look so hot on my 5'2 frame..yikes! I have been recently diagnosed with depression and anxiety and am trying to turn my life around and be a happier healthier person! 21 years young, just graduated from beauty school..waxing and makeup are my passions. I also suffer from a severe case…

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How to earn an enormous amount of bonus points...get up at 6am for a 7am tree sale....purchase a truck load of trees & shurbs...be home by 8am....prepare areas & plant 6 shrubs & 4 trees....plant cover crop in 10 X 20 garden....spend 2 hours cutting grass with a push mower/ not self-propelled...GRAND TOTAL OF 22 pointplus earned....now to bed for 2 hours so I can go to work tonight for 10pm....

Still have 9 trees to plant...plus 1500 Zyosia grass…

I was feeling good about WI this week and rightfully so - I was down a full pound! Woo hoo! I'm still in the 60s, but only by the hair of chinny-chin-chin (.3). I'll be back in the 50s again next week for sure.

After months of training and planning--it's go time. Race weekend. I know that a 5k is not a big deal to a lot of people. But to someone who literally couldn't jog for a minute a few months ago--it is a big deal. This is the first thing that I have really committed to that was way outside my comfort zone. I tend to shy away from things that are hard or that I am not good at. Not this time. I went through the Couch to 5k program and then beyond. I am slow. But I am doing it. I am so excited…

Hey all, hope you're all enjoying your Friday morning. I know I am, relaxing, etc. I work from 4-9pm tonight and I'm working a cashier shift, first one since I was trained so I am definitely nervous. I am trying to focus on eating healthy today, I have these yogurt covered mango granola balls that I am bringing to snack on during the day, I'll also bring (maybe) a small salad with baby carrots in it, a clif bar, and maybe a banana or mango, I'll write it out and post it on here later…