February 2012
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Thank you!
For your comments to this post. It was very hard for me to write & even harder to push the “Create Post” button. But I needed to do it. Thank you for your comments & messages. I will be replying to them tomorrow.
Today I worked out - 2 miles in 34 minutes. I’ve been dealing with insomnia and bad eating this week. I have been tracking & sticking to my...
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Will I ever be enough?
I’ve always felt like I was never enough. Even though I was extremely overweight, I’ve always felt invisible. Ironic isn’t it? I’ve always been the third wheel, the “nice” friend, the reliable one, the fat one, the person who you call when you need something, the one who isn’t a priority to anyone not even herself. How can I expect anyone to care for me or like me if I don’t like myself? If...
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Taco Egg Muffins
One of the things that has helped me in being successful at losing weight is the variety of food I eat. If I get bored, I tend to lose interest & will go after food I know I shouldn’t eat. I follow several food blogs but one of my favorites has to be Danica’s Daily. Her recipes are easy to follow for someone like me who doesn’t really know her way around the kitchen &...
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To Everyone Who Tells Me They Could Never...
noquithouse:
…eat the foods I eat or do the things I do.
It’s not about eating yogurt or fish or oatmeal.
It’s not about running or weight lifting or jumping jacks.
It’s about wanting it more than you’ve ever wanted anything in your whole life.
I didn’t think I could ever do these things either. And now I am.
Don’t tell me you can’t. You can if you WANT TO.
A thousand times THIS!
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The week I walked a 10K, ate pancakes & lost...
Yesterday I walked my first 10K race & I was very happy with my results. I was hoping for average pace of 17 minutes per mile however, there were two obnoxious hills during the course & they slowed me down (side note: I really need to work on hills). Instead my average pace was 17:06 for a total time of 1:46:27. I am totally ok with that time. Now I have a base to improve on.
We...
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It's so, so early...
Today I’m going to participate in the Davis Stampede 10k. My first 10k race & my first race of 2012.
Pssst don’t tell my mom but my goal is to beat her today. She is a lot fitter/skinnier than I am and she has beat me at every race we have participated in & likes to remind me of that. All fun & games but watch out!
It’s on!
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fitnessandthetramp replied to your photo: #febphotoaday Day 1: My View Working on a…
Incredible composition! Are you a photographer?
I wish! I just happen to have an iPhone 4S with lots of cool photo apps.
runsforredvelvet replied to your photo: #febphotoaday Day 1: My View Working on a…
OMG I LOVE Fabrics!! I so wish I could sew!! :)
I wish I could too. My project is very...
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Random Act of Kindness
One of the goals that I had set last week as part of the Do Life Challenge was to perform a random act of kindness. I decided that I would donate to Ben’s cause as he is running his first marathon in memory of his friend who passed away from cystic fibrosis. I wish I could do more financially but I do know that every little bit counts.
If you haven’t read Ben’s blog, I...
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January in Numbers
I had set some goals at the beginning of the month & unfortunately I fell short in most areas.
Lose 8 pounds (actual weight lost this month was 1.1 pounds)
Workout at least 1000 minutes (actual minutes were 938)
Walk at least 50 miles (actual miles were 54.7 yay!)
Workout at least 21 days (actual days were 15)
I am disappointed in my weight loss for sure. I could’ve done so much...
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W10D1
Walking:
0:51:03 || 3.1 mi || 16:30 min/mi (+139 pts)
I worked out today & tracked all of my food. It’s 10:35 pm & I am starving but I know that I shouldn’t be so I am keeping busy by catching up on my dashboard & drinking tea. Do you ever have one of those days where you want to eat everything in sight? That has been me for the past two days but I...
January 2012
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Hard Work & Dedication
Yup, I am being cheesy & quoting Dolvett from the Biggest Loser. Last Monday I said that I would track every nibble & bite both on MyFitnessPal & Weight Watchers. I struggle portion control and I had hoped that tracking my food intake this way it would help me stay on track.
It was tedious at times but I am so worth the effort. I found that by tracking calories as well as...
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Do Life Challenge Week 4 review
Christy is my buddy for this week’s challenge & let me tell you how much she rocks. I mentioned earlier in the week that she has lost 76 pounds so far. That’s so awesome.
All this week she has been very motivating & I am so lucky that we paired up. One of my biggest struggles is motivation. She posted on her blog all these reasons why she didn’t want to work out...
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Fun times in the city
Today the weather was fantastic so I spent the day in SF with my mom & her best friend. We walked around the Embarcadero to AT&T Park (Giants Stadium) and we shared lots of laughs & yummy food.
If you ever come to SF & are a coffee fan, you must try Blue Bottle coffee & Pepple’s Donuts if you want a delicious vegan donut. It was my first time trying it and I am...
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Tracking
After I finished my workout last night, I was in my car tracking it on my Runkeeper app & I realized that I use a lot of tools to help me stay on track. I decided to share them with you. I will provide a link to my profile in case you want to add me.
Runkeeper - I use this app to track all of my walks on my iPhone. When I first started working out, I downloaded the Nike+ app...
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Do Life Challenge: Week 4
By Wednesday, share five specific goals with each other that will be reachable by the end of week FIVE. 12 days.
Christy (noquithouse) is my buddy for this week’s (and I think next week as well) Do Life Challenge. She’s lost 76 pounds so far. How awesome is that! Definitely check her blog & cheer her on.
Here are my five specific goals from today through the end of week...
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“If you want to be healthy, you need to take care of yourself!
As I say, it is...”
– Via notovernight
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The most important thing in your diet, aside for your adherence to it, is whether it’s easy or not to follow. Keep it simple and stick to it to see good results.
Via thespartanwarrior
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asmallloss replied to your photo: Tracked all my food for the day. According to…
that is really interesting! i always thought about weight watchers but the points system never really clicked with me … while i understand why they wanted to make some foods 0 points, i can’t see not “counting” anything i eat/drink that isn’t water
What I hope that I can get out of this experiment is the...
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