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Amie wrote on 9/2/2010:

Oh my gosh!!! People...I am down in weight...I am where I have been dreaming to be...and I was right..I want to keep pushing!!!! The results of the last two weeks have been amazing. Watching my sodium, sugar...carbs..double up on my excercise....worth it!!! Really I have only added about another half hour of walking usually...Soooooo...drum roll....finally I got to see 189 again!!! yahooooooooooo! I am so excited. I really needed that boost. The official weigh in will be on Saturday..so please lord..don't let me gain an ounce..because if I have to officially say I am NOT at 189..I will cry. I know that these crazy numbers won't last..but I will keep tweeking and evolving! So excited today! I just want to go for a nice long walk..but I can't, gotta travel today for work. Just a day trip. Hope everyone is doing well out there! Oh..went to pilates this morning...oh my aching abs.

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inspired wrote on 9/1/2010:

Today is haircut day for us girls. Just had a egg/spinache wrap for breakfast, with salsa and sour cream...nummers. Not sure what lunch will bring...I kinda wing it nowadays...I don't mourn the food I 'can't have' anymore. I just embrace the healthy stuff, and always reward myself with either crunchy carrots or sweet fruit, or even both each meal. And even though everyone else thinks I am depriving myself, I don't feel deprived. When I REALLY TRULY want something, I'll eat it. If I don't reallllly want it, I'm not going to waste my calories on it! It's about mindset, and mine is there. This week I've been VERY good, no nibbling on anything extra, and we'll see where I get...I may hit my 135 goal...WHO KNOWS?! But I definently want to stop at that weight. Everyone around me keeps asking, when are you done? You're done losing right? What do you want to weigh, 120 pounds?! Actually no...I'm about done losing, but thanks for asking! Jeez. We've had major rain the last 2 days...like over an inch...bought done with this FALL weather...it was blowing sideways even! Not conducive to a good hair day that's for sure. Anyways, hope you all have a good day...and you're feeling good about yourselves...it makes a world of difference in your day if you think of the GOOD things before the BAD this early in the morning.

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Amie wrote on 9/1/2010:

Chickened out on the weigh in. I ate a chicken fresco taco thing from Taco Gross yesterday! 140 calories..but was afraid the sodium would get me. It was an emergency. I got too hungry! I haven't been able to do spinning this week. Which is kinda a bummer, monday the instructor didn't show up..couldn't go today because it was the first day of school and I wanted to get the kiddos out the door. I already went and did my time at the gym though. Hopefully i can squeeze another one while everyone is at practice. We will see..it is going to be crazy hot today. Trying to think of a good dinner for tonight. Something in the crock pot!

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Nettie5 wrote on 8/31/2010:

I've been getting myself out for a walk every night and I really am enjoying the alone time. I need to start getting back in the habit of AM exercise too. We have a Wellness Team here at work and they are kicking off a new program starting Monday. For every 30 minutes of exercise and eating the 5 servings of fruits/veggies a day you log points. At the end of the week you turn in your points and for turning in your points you get put into a drawing for different things. They give you a chart to mark your progress. We done this in the past and I've enjoyed. I'm hoping that is will extra motivation for me. I have also been doing the journaling - crazy how sometimes I just rattle away about everything.

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Amie wrote on 8/31/2010:

My friends think I am a wacko! I got my two mile walk in yesterday morning and wanted to add some more activity to my day. I only found small windows..twice..so I took. I had 20 mins between drop offs..so I walked. Then I had fifteen minutes between drop offs..so I walked. funny thing is....a few of my friends drove by during these two windows and saw me at both times...I just had to explain to them..I truck when I can. Ten mins here, 20 there...I gotta reach my goal!!!Went to the gym this morning. I did less cardio and more strength today. I am planning on hitting pilates tonight. I find the two a day to be helping me mentally ... just breaks up the day a bit and stops those wanting to nibbles. I am afraid I am getting my hopes up a bit too much. I am hoping for 191 tomorrow and 189 for Saturday. I am setting my hopes pretty high..you know the higher you are the further you fall!! It won't be the end of the world, but it sure would be nice! I want scale reinforcement! Course now that I think of it 4 pounds in a week in pretty unrealistic..I just want that number so badly. I am really pushing hard to get there.

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inspired wrote on 8/30/2010:

I am not weighing until Friday. I want to see a fun # and I want it to be a surprise. And this is going to be very difficult for me, as I'm a daily weigher. I say good morning to my scale every day, and sometimes a few curse words too! ;) I have the cleaning bug today, and I really want to clean/organize and purge things we don't use or haven't used in a long while. I'm going to make a huge garage sale pile and maybe make a few bucks? We'll see. Amie, yes, I am not an emotional eater-I wasn't abused, I wasn't neglected. My mom always rewarded with food; during happy times we ate. During sad times (funerals) we ate. During holidays, parties or get togethers we ate. If I did good at school, I got a blizzard or something. I do the same thing, so camping is the same way. But I'm not doing it to cover up emotions I am having. I DO LOVE to eat when I am bored which is really hard to not do if I'm not busy, like camping. There is a lot to do, but a lot of empty space/time to fill. And I'm surprised at how easy it is to get back on the wagon for me. It's all about breaking cycles...and if I'm not grabbing food, I've replaced it with gum or another activity. Needless to say, I try to keep busy. My house if very tidy nowadays! ;) Nettie, I hope we as a group have made you feel comfort in knowing you aren't alone with 'feeling alone, in your rut'...we've all been there, and feel we can be brutally honest on here, as we don't 'know' each other, but are willing to be a little more transparent than we are in real life. Take comfort in knowing you ARE NOT ALONE in this endeavour.

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Amie wrote on 8/30/2010:

Let me start off by saying ugghhh! got up this morning to go to spin class..the instructor didn't show up. It is so frustrating to pull yourself out of bed at 5:30am to go sit on a bike and not have the instructor show up! And I really needed it today. So we walked a couple of miles..but lets just say it wasn't the best workout. I will HAVE to add something at some point today! I really don't have time for that. So - Yes I indulged this weekend! I had some beer and some portioned out chips and salsa. And guess what, I am acutally proud. I think if I didn't do that I would have been in a big hot mess. I feel like I did what I wanted, maintained control. It actually felt great. I also had a kids size ice cream yesterday...again planned and portioned and accounted for! I think that will keep me in check. I wrote it all down and counted every morsel. Saturdays calories were 2250 and Sunday was 1400. I made good choices all the rest of the time and did what I wanted. I am not struggling at all to be on track. I am going to allow myself those things occassionally. If I don't I hold it together for a while and then fall apart. Oh No..Not this time!! I really feel like I can feel myself progressing. It maybe slow on the scale..but it is progress!

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Nettie5 wrote on 8/29/2010:

Been feeling the last few days like I'm in a rut with everything in my life. I hate having to struggle - wish things just came easy but I know they don't. Think I'm going to start writing in a journal - will help to get things off my chest. The humidity is back but the heck with it. I am gonna take a water bottle with and go for a nice long walk - I need the alone time.

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inspired wrote on 8/29/2010:

POST YOUR PROGRESS--No. I don't have any to report! Went camping and the munchies come with camping because of all the goodies I bought for everyone to enjoy. This time it's not my mom's fault!! I did REALLY well the first day til dinnertime and then went berserk. I felt so sick I could have puked, and it curbed me, just thinking of the nastiness I felt the night before, so I really didn't eat too badly the last 2 days. The second day, I did enjoy some jalapeno chips, which are a hard to say no to kinda thing for me. And I had fishies, cause they were calling my name! ;) Today I ate perfectly til the fishies came out again. I'm back on the wagon and I am unsure if I will be weighing at all this week. I just don't think I could handle the #! Awesome work on the run Buff. I'm glad you got an award for all your hard work! I envy your stamina and oomph to actually get out there and run! Amie, I'm glad you're back at your prevaca weight, and you're right, it isn't worth the eating to see the #s you're adding, and I'm feeling your pain today in that department!! But we definently have fun while we're doing the damage! Don't we?!

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buffintraining wrote on 8/29/2010:

Amie you can find the pictures on www.jmachtphotography.com. I am on page twenty six,fifty and seventy two. The one with her eyes closed and about to die! Grey shorts and purple blue tank top, number eight. Did a four mile run this morning now trying to get the kitchen floor washed. My brother is home and has some sort of halo contraption attached to his leg. It is very scary because I just see the big picture. All that came from a sprained ankle and diabetes. I will call him later. Check back with you later today. I have a hot date with a mop. Buffintraining

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