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Tony, my mom and my brother on Easter Sunday...
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May 2013 - A month for challenges!!
** LIFT ** PEDAL ** NUTRITION ** WATER ** TRACK ** CHEER **
Hi !! Welcome to my page! After 20+ years in the computer workforce, I lived my dream. I went to college!! I also got healthy and down to goal weight and maintained that goal for over a year. I was the happiest I have ever been in my life! THEN I LET DOWN MY GUARD AND LET OLD HABITS AND TWENTY POUNDS BACK INTO MY LIFE! Those 20 lbs are going DOWN!!!!
May 2013 - Spring into Summer 5% Challenge - Go CATS! GO! ...
** LIFT ** PEDAL ** NUTRITION ** WATER ** TRACK ** CHEER **
Hi !! Welcome to my page! After 20+ years in the computer workforce, I lived my dream. I went to college!! I also got healthy and down to goal weight and maintained that goal for over a year. I was the happiest I have ever been in my life! THEN I LET DOWN MY GUARD AND LET OLD HABITS AND TWENTY POUNDS BACK INTO MY LIFE! Those 20 lbs are going DOWN!!!!
May 2013 - Spring into Summer 5% Challenge - Go CATS! GO!
May 11, 2013: 136.5
May 18, 2013:
May 25, 2013:
June 1, 2013:
June 8, 2013:
June 15, 2013:
June 22, 2013:
June 28, 2013:
July 5, 2013:
April 2013 - I joined the Spring into Summer 5% Challenge!!!
Sad events in the family derailed me and I haven't really cared. I need to care!! Step one, return to Spark ways - logging healthy food, exercise and ACCOUNTABILITY!!!
January 2013 - Up to a high of 148 lbs!! The over-the-top eating has stopped and I've settled in at the very real 138 lbs. It's time to FIGHT!
December 2012 - Back below the very scary 130.5 lbs and in the 120s again. I will work my food plan and cut out the junk - EVERY DAY!
I KNOW I can do this so the only thing left to do is DO IT!! Go Melly, GO!
Previous updates:
2012 "Columbus Day Maintainers' 10-week challenge"
At Goal and Maintaining team - weigh-ins on Monday
Cannot deviate +-3% of starting weight!
July 30 = 119.5
Aug 6 = 120.5
Aug 13 = 120.0
Aug 20 = 120.0
Aug 27 = 121.0
Sep 3 = 119.0
Sep 10 = 121.5 (average from week)
Sep 17 = 121.0
Sep 24 = 122.5
2012 "Countdown to ONE YEAR Maintaining" challenge:
Doing this challenge with my Sparkfriends KATHYD62 and MUSTANGAMORE!!
Start July 9 - End July 26 (One year maintenance anniversary!)
July 9 - Weight ticker update, tracking, ST/recumbent, less snacking
(Update = accountability rocks. Fitness sessions, tracking food! Need to STOP the evening snacking!)
July 16 - Continue reintroducing consistent fitness habits, STOP snacking and get the scale to move! Am within +3% but not working it. Still allowing snacks... UGH! Pretzels are not an in-moderation option for me. Face it!
July 23 - Awesome strength session and a healthy food day. I dumped the rest of the bag of pretzels. Just cannot eat a single serving! COUNTDOWN!
July 24 - Lived through no evening snacking and here to post the proof! Maintenance ROCKS! Biking & healthy eating on tap today. Below 7/26/11 weight. Looking for 118 lbs. COUNTDOWN!
July 25 - On track to Stand Tall & Proud tomorrow!! Weight workout today, plenty of vegetables and lean protein. No evening eating last night, again. It's a choice. It's always a choice!!! COUNTDOWN!!
July 26 - ONE YEAR MAINTAINING!!! And, down one lb this am! Yes! Three nights in a row of no evening eating - hard work pays!! Here's to the second year!
July 27 - Th day is here. This is the day I stood at a very important family event and looked and felt my very best! I was SO PROUD! One year later, I am pressing on. Fixing things when I break them, aligning all the parts of this healthy lifestyle - it's for KEEPS! Thank you, my friends!!
2012 SPRINGIEST MAINTAINER 10-week Challenge
Starts January 30th - Finishes April 2nd!!
The person who deviates the smallest from entry weight will win the honored title of : "The Springiest Maintainer"
PERSONAL GOAL - Do not deviate past the 3% this time!!!
Signed up weight = 118
Week # Weight
1. 02/01/12 - 119.5
2. 02/08/12 - 124 (Ahhhh!)
3. 02/15/12 - 120.5
4. 02/22/12 - 118.5
5. 02/29/12 - 119
6. 03/07/12 - 121
7. 03/14/12 - 118
8. 03/21/12 - 118
9. 03/28/12 - 119.5
10. 04/04/12 - 118
2011 MERRIEST MAINTAINER 8-week Holiday Challenge
Starts 11/7/11 - Finishes 1/2/12 !!
The person who deviates the smallest from entry weight will win the honored title of : "The Merriest Maintainer"
Week# Weight
1. 11/07/11 - 117.5
2. 11/14/11 - 122.5 (officially OUT for a title win, over 3% gain. Can stay in...)
3. 11/21/11 - 117
4. 11/28/11 - 117.5
5. 12/05/11 - 119.5
6. 12/12/11 - 117 (back down, phew...)
7. 12/19/11 - 117.5
8. 12/26/11 - 119
9. 01/02/12 - 121.5
2011 FALL SEMESTER INVESTOR CHALLENGE:
"Invest in ME and my Sparky Plan - Operation Stabilization"
September 6, 2011 - December 20, 2011
**** This is a challenge to help me navigate the waters of maintenance, stay in my 118-123 target range, adding to the healthy food repertoire and nailing an exercise routine for GOOD! ****
11/10/11 - Update - weigh-in this week at 117.5.
12/20/11 - I made it in style! Living the maintenance dream with vigilance and happiness!! All with a little help from my Sparkfriends!
2011 KICKOFF CHALLENGE: It was successfull!!!!!
"Six Month and 16 Days - Lose Weight and Get Fit Challenge"
January 10, 2011 - July 28, 2011
* STARTING WEIGHT 1/10/11= 161 lbs
** WEIGHT GOAL MET - 138 lbs - April 6, 2011 Clean Eating!
***AND THEN SOME! - 129 lbs - June 8, 2011 Clean Eating!
***AND THEN SOME MORE! - 125.5 - July 5, 2011 Yippity-do-DAH!
**** AT GOAL WEIGHT!!! 118 - July 26, 2011 Maintenance Begins...
Successful challenge! I went out to graduation looking and feeling my best, under 125lbs and ready for anything! I DID IT * I DID IT * YES!!
I have been overweight most of my life, except for several forays into fad diet land. Exercise was never part of the equation, nor was the notion of a truly healthy "lifestyle" until I joined Sparkpeople in 2008. I came to know and love the food tracker and really started to understand what makes up a good, balanced diet. I also joined in with regular exercise, though the food part seems to come a little easier for me when I am on a roll.
Then I hurt my knee and tests showed an unrelated but scary bone disease that had my orthopedist saying it's time for non-impact exercising only. Great, just when I was getting my groove on!
I got myself down from 173-171 to within 5 pounds of 133, my original goal that first year here, and let the diagnosis and other things totally derail me for far too long!!! With some retooling I am figuring out the magic Sparky formula to conquer the weight and fitness for GOOD!! I'm back to Sparky basics. Accountability is the order of the day - EVERY day! Open trackers that are getting populated with healthy choices and good, consistent exrcise. I am feeling SPARKY! WOO-HOO!! Who's with me? Here's to my Sparky accountability buddies and SparkPeople!
It's time to stay serious about my fitness and clean eating habits. Consistency, no matter what!
We're all in this together, we're all in this together.
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Member Since: 1/30/2008
SparkPoints: 42,726
Fitness Minutes: 25,659
My Goals:
I want to learn how to navigate maintenance. I need to stay focused on my short-term goals (am I drinking my water? have I exercised today? have I entered in my food each meal?), while keeping the long-term behavior- changing goals in sight.
I also want to be able to help others stay motivated and excited by participating on the message boards and making new SparkFriends!
My Program:
- drink 10 glasses of water a day
-eat mostly clean, whole foods - TRY NEW THINGS!
- Eat to Live, Forks over Knives mentality wwhen it comes to my food intake!!!
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...we figure Patrick is almost 23...should be able to keep things under control. I have lists made out with chores each day...lets hope this goes ok!! I will catch up when I get back!..Kathy 
Have a Blessed Mother's Day! 