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Beauty Comes In All Shapes and Sizes, Not Just Size 5.     3/19/2010 4:19:24 PM,  58 comments

Earlier today, it broke my heart to read the blog of a young lady, desperate to be noticed and appreciated as pretty. There on her homepage, was an a...  Read more

BUTTERFLYSONGS

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Do You Want Tough Love, Soft Love, or Something Else?     3/19/2010 1:29:04 PM,  134 comments

In case you haven't noticed, a trainer has hit the Sparkiverse with a series of Tough Love blogs that are now very popular. I really liked the first c...  Read more

KARVY09

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Do it.     3/19/2010 1:22:48 PM,  121 comments

Go break a sweat and prove a few people wrong today. Be a fighter, a force to be reckoned with! Do it so you can glory in the feel of your h...  Read more

YOOVIE

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Day 18 & Tips on Mental Health For Weight Loss     3/19/2010 11:10:10 AM,  50 comments

Breakfast: 1 container of maple pecan oatmeal and medium coffee with cream from Second Cup (had after my dentist appointment) with a banana. Lunc...  Read more

PINKCOCONUT

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Ripples of Encouragement     3/19/2010 7:23:04 AM,  36 comments

When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your ow...  Read more

BUTTERFLYSONGS

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Day 80: The Warrior Goddess, the Jump Rope and Some Jiggly Bits     3/19/2010 7:16:40 AM,  99 comments

The warrior goddess is well into her sixties and an awesome kind of beautiful. She wears camouflage leggings, a sports bra that barely contains her ma...  Read more

TEENY_BIKINI

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Email update - everyone but Yahoo.com should be receiving     3/18/2010 3:24:45 PM,  101 comments

Hi everyone We believe that most users who are not on Yahoo mail are receiving emails. If you are not on Yahoo and not receiving emails you...  Read more

SPARKGUYANDTEAM

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The Outdoor SPARK Adventure     3/18/2010 10:36:36 AM,  109 comments

I am a member of the SPARK Done Girl Team, about a month ago, I got word that there would be a Mini Convention held at Devil's Den State Park in Arkan...  Read more

330POUNDWOMAN

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Spot Reduction update!!! New research     3/18/2010 12:38:27 AM,  103 comments

Nope, still not true. :) Spot reduction is the idea that if you work out a certain part of your body then that is where the fat is going to me...  Read more

TRAINERJAMES

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Day 78: Lessons My Grandma Taught Me     3/17/2010 8:06:56 AM,  160 comments

It is so easy to get wrapped in the minutiae of this journey … scales, counting, measuring, weighing, blah blah blah. But the measuring sticks that co...  Read more

TEENY_BIKINI

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3 Thoughts on your Recent Weight Loss     3/17/2010 2:01:36 AM,  170 comments

I have three things to say about your recent weight loss: 1. Great job. Keep going because the only other option is fat-the direction you are...  Read more

TRAINERJAMES

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Make Friends With One of the Best Tools Available Here on Spark People     3/17/2010 12:24:36 AM,  67 comments

I have read so many posts where members are not using their Nutrition Trackers and they wonder why they aren’t losing weight. One of the 1st things w...  Read more

TRAVELNISTA

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SparkPeople email update - newsletters starting to go out     3/16/2010 9:30:07 AM,  86 comments

A quick update as promised. Our email newsletters started going out this morning, hopefully everyone receives them again today. We know we are s...  Read more

SPARKGUYANDTEAM

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What is your "Building" made of?     3/16/2010 1:42:02 AM,  156 comments

Are you in an abusive relationship with food? Do you give it power over you? Do you allow it to ruin your body? Have you ever thought of food as...  Read more

TRAINERJAMES

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Day 76: Flying With a Broken Wing     3/15/2010 8:45:32 AM,  212 comments

This is not a diet Another quick fix that quickly fails and leaves me depressed This is not about solely gauging progress by the number on t...  Read more

TEENY_BIKINI

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Who inspires you to lose weight?     3/15/2010 1:19:18 AM,  62 comments

I thought we would take a break from the reality checks and present a challenge of a different kind. There are two parts to this one: who inspires you...  Read more

TRAINERJAMES

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Self talk and Weight Loss     3/14/2010 1:33:24 AM,  237 comments

How would you feel if a stranger came up to you and said to you the things you say to yourself when you look in the mirror? If you do, stop. Your self...  Read more

TRAINERJAMES

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Dr. Oz’s 10 Weight-Loss Commandment's     3/13/2010 10:04:19 AM,  237 comments

Yes I watch Dr. Oz too. 246 One of the best inventions for modern times is the TIVO or DVR. My schedule is so hectic I rarely can watch the TV show...  Read more

TRAVELNISTA

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Day 4: 3/10/10 - Mary's photo tracking nutrition blog!     3/10/2010 10:46:41 PM,  37 comments

Day FOUR!!! HUMP DAY! WOO HOOOO!!! Breakfast: 8:00am - Cream of Wheat, Natural applesauce, splenda, cinnamon and a few rasins...YUM (mixing one...  Read more

TREBLE02

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The difference of a year.     3/10/2010 10:29:54 AM,  34 comments

This is a long one and a sappy one… But I mean every word of it. Wow!!!! A pretty big day is coming up for me. Huge actually. About 100 pounds l...  Read more

DACIUS

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Spread a little Kindness     3/9/2010 10:10:24 PM,  46 comments

Today, I spent time reflecting on the things that I am most thankful for. Many times in life, people tend to gravitate towards negativity or the impos...  Read more

330POUNDWOMAN

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Dear FAT,     3/8/2010 2:42:23 PM,  40 comments

I'm sorry to break it to you - well, no, I'm really not sorry - but our relationship is over. That's right, I'm breaking things off. Don't act surpris...  Read more

BENJAMINSBABY

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SparkPeople email issues known     3/8/2010 2:11:37 PM,  101 comments

Hi everyone In case you haven't received SparkPeople emails in the past week, we wanted to let you know that we are aware of general email...  Read more

SPARKGUYANDTEAM

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MaryMack's Pound For Pound Pact part 2:     3/2/2010 9:37:28 AM,  68 comments

((Disclaimer: Mary posted a similar blog, but for my friends that don’t know Mary, I wanted to re-post on my page as well)) 335Miss MAAAARYYY...  Read more

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