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I should warn you...

Wednesday, January 16, 2013



I've lost 3 pounds this week and feeling full of myself!

  
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AMYTRIPP 1/31/2013 8:03AM

    Awesome!! What a great job!

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LOSER05 1/16/2013 9:56AM

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PEACEWYTCH72 1/16/2013 9:35AM

    LOL..this is my first week of being serious after being on my a$$ for a while so I don't expect a three pound loss every week. I remember how it went.

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SNS1968 1/16/2013 8:14AM

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YMWONG22 1/16/2013 8:13AM

  Wow! 3 pounds. You had the right to brag a little about it. No easy feat.
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With all that said, beware not to rest on your laurels. Keep it up!!!!

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DARJR50 1/16/2013 8:02AM

  Well done. You have a right to feel proud.

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SRBSRB26 1/16/2013 7:48AM

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Biggest Loser - Episode 2

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Am I the only one that hates the part of the Biggest Loser when it seems like they want to derail the contestants? I mean seriously...let's have a trivia test and the losing team has to be locked up in a room full of junk food for four hours a day and not exercise (although there was an air hockey table there and they could have burned some calories on that, but didn't seem to use it)?

I thought this show was supposed to help them. Of course, kudos to the girl that poured orange juice over everything so they wouldn't me tempted.

  
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JUMPINTHRUHOOPS 1/16/2013 3:32AM

    I don't agree with being sequestered with temptation, but there are a million of body weight exercise they could have done. Look at the workout they did with Bob in the room afterward... squats, burpees, etc. They could have made lemonade, rather than suck on the lemons! tee hee

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SHIRLANGEL 1/15/2013 11:26AM

    I completely agree. It doesn't make sense to lock a team in a room full of junk food and tell them not to exercise. What? Are they supposed to be building up their willpower against junk food? I thought about the air hockey table too - they put food on it w/ the OJ instead of using it to have some fun and get a little exercise. emoticon

Unfortunately I fell asleep shortly after they poured OJ all over the food. emoticon


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On weight loss and how people view themselves.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

I notice a trend in many of the weight loss commercials and stories out there. It usually involves a person being delightfully happy that they have finally lost the weight that burdened them. They feel free, they feel light, and they feel empowered. It's a great place to be when one sets a goal and works hard to get it.

Why, though, do so many of these stories add a part where they talk about what a loser they were when they were overweight? Yes, I get it...I have been slightly overweight my whole life and it wasn't until I made the lifestyle change to exercise more and eat more whole foods that I started to get it under control and yes, I did go through a phase of self-loathing because of my weight until I realized that overweight or thin, I was an on-going work in progress.

I guess what I am saying is that I believe you set yourself up for failure if you think that all your life's ills will be magically fixed by weight loss. I also believe that if you see your overweight self as a loser, you missed the point of the journey. What one is and where one is at a particular point in their life's journey is precisely where one needs to be for lessons learned and experiences lived.

I am not a different person because I lost 15 pound with 15 more to go. If I am a different person it's because I grew and evolved out of any bad habits I had. I will continue to be as different 10 years from now as I was 10 years ago. I will continue to evolve as a person long after the weight it gone.

We are all an on-going work in progress.

  
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EASTENDCLAM 12/5/2012 6:28PM

    Excellent points. "I am not a different person because I lost 15 pound with 15 more to go" rings true.

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TEMPENATIVE 11/25/2012 2:25AM

    one of the more depressing episodes in my life was losing weight (WW) and realizing i didnt feel any different about myself because of it. i thought i would love myself more if I was thin, but i was still miserable. talk about a slap in the face of reality!

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KRISTEN_SAYS 11/24/2012 2:42PM

    I agree! I thought the same thing with Jessica Simpson's WW commercial, where she says "I just want to be a better person for my daughter" or whatever. I was like, "Really?! You're the exact same person, just skinnier and richer from making this stupid commercial"

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The one I need to answer to is myself....

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

I'm through getting on Sparkpeople blogs to talk about my failure to get on track. There are no excuses, I just took the easy way out of not eating right and exercising regularly. I don't think I measure up to what I am expected to do here on Sparkpeople and I drop off the radar, because I am embarrassed because I didn't make a goal, or I didn't weigh in for the 5% challenge, or I didn't track my food, or I gained instead of lost.

But it isn't about answering to the community is it? It's about answering to myself and doing what I need to do for myself.

So, no...I probably won't blog every success and failure that I have.

I more than likely won't join challenges that want me to weigh in weekly (no offense to the challenges, it just doesn't work for me).

I won't compare myself to what everyone else is doing. The only person I need to compete with is myself...to become a better me.

I see it like this...if I do better today than I did yesterday, then it is a success.

Best of luck to all!!

  
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PEACEWYTCH72 10/31/2012 11:14AM

    To my two responders - that's exactly how I feel. I love that Sparkpeople is so supportive but outside of Sparkpeople I am a mother of two teenage boys, work full time, in the process of re-enlisting the the Air National Guard, and have a ton of other things to do. I don't have any more to give to others here on Sparkpeople too although I wish I did, but when I don't lose, or blog, or keep in touch, I don't feel like I am good role model.

My plan is to use the trackers to keep myself on track for food and to see my calorie burn. It seems that when I track, I succeed.

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LOSING30TOWIN 10/31/2012 8:45AM

    I agree with you that you have to find what works for you here and what is comfortable for you. This is my second time here (not because I gained back weight because I needed the tools here) and this time I involve myself differently than before. This is a place to take what you need. I do not do challenges and this time I have not added sparkfriends. I don't want to feel obligated to read blogs . I was spending a lot of time in the past reading sparkfriends blogs to be a supportive sparkfriend. I felt obligated to keep up. I only have so much time in a day.

This time I joined teams that are helpful to me. I joined the maintainers to see what they do. I participate in message boards and I track food. Tracking to me is everything.

We all have to find our own journey. The best of luck to you!

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WILSONWR 10/31/2012 8:42AM

    Just be committed to doing better and you'll get there. Schedule your exercise like you would a regular appointment and use the food tracker to see how you are doing with the calories. It isn't easy, but you are worth it. And you will feel so much better after only a month or so. Good luck!

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