http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal.asp?id=HBLACK11 HBLACK11's Blog on SparkPeople, home of free diet plans and a healthy living community http://assets2.sparkpeople.com/assets/nav/logo_spark.gif http://www.sparkpeople.com/ http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=3763469 I decided to give this another try. I haven't gained much weight, just need to get my diabetes under control!!! I'm excited!!! Fri, 5 Nov 2010 08:04:17 EST http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=2817183 Encouragement can come in many forms. It can be a smile, a pat on the back, a "You can do it", or simply a hug. I received encouraging words from a co-worker yesterday. He stated to me that he believes that I can be a size smaller (say 8-10). I was shocked that someone else could see that, because I sure as heck could not! After thinking on this person's words, I decided to create my vision collage and a before and after picture of myself. <BR> <BR> Well, this "sparked" something ins... Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:53:41 EST http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=2816109 Losing weight can be a difficult thing if we look at it like a chore or task. I have made the decision to look at it from another perspective. I have decided to look at weight loss in the terms of: How does God see me and what does he think about this weight loss thing that I am trying to do? <BR> <BR> Being overweight has been an issue with me for years. I don't ever remember being a size 10. If I was a 12, I still was not satisfied. I remember student teaching in 1999 @ Staley Middl... Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:07:02 EST http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=2650884 I have been on a weight loss roller coaster for several years (so it seems). For many years I resulted to instant weight loss strategies. I did soup diets, prescription weight loss medication, and many other things. I found that these things produced only instant results. So, when I first heard of Spark people (two years ago), I thought that it was just another weight loss fade. <BR> <BR> I finally began to look at other people that were making the decision to stay healthy and decided ... Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:02:16 EST