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Trying to get back on track; eating
11/26/2012 1:35:57 PM,  0 COMMENTS

Over the summer I lost 15lbs--it was great! I was training for a Triathlon, an 8 mile race, and now I am doing a 5k on Saturday (just for fun!) ...  Read more

FROGGY724

40 at 42
10/23/2012 7:46:37 PM,  0 COMMENTS

40 lbs at 42 years old. Just had a birthday 20 days ago. Today is October 23, 2012. I've been on Spark since '07. Today I came across JENSFITJOU...  Read more

FIT4GREG

Check out my blog
9/16/2012 11:16:03 PM,  2 COMMENTS

My blog is on wordpress. Find me at: http://thoughtsbyamy.com/ Amy...  Read more

PURPLEPIECAT

Battle against meds for energy
7/31/2012 11:51:51 AM,  1 COMMENTS

I have started back on my meds for TN. They keep me zombied out. I sleep mostly. Find it hard to get energized for a work out. The meds make me hungry...  Read more

MSCHIEF18TH

Lost to my cravings
7/11/2012 1:32:50 PM,  1 COMMENTS

SO, I learned that I am not much of a match for PMS. I ate and ate and ate last week. UUUUGH! I ran and ran and ran too. So luckily I didn't gain any...  Read more

MSCHIEF18TH

Oh Hormones =/
7/7/2012 8:02:14 PM,  1 COMMENTS

PMS'n and I feel like a bottomless pit! I'm hungry NON STOP! I just want it to come and go already. On the bright side I ran a total of 6 miles today....  Read more

MSCHIEF18TH

Signing up for mud runs to help stay focused
7/3/2012 4:18:36 PM,  0 COMMENTS

I did my first 5k mud run this past Saturday with my bff. We did not try and compete for a win but we did put forth all effort in completeing every ob...  Read more

MSCHIEF18TH

Availability of fresh, healthy food.
7/1/2012 3:26:50 PM,  1 COMMENTS

I live in a suburb of Chicago and am aware the people of south chicago are often without decent food choices in some of their neighborhoods. Sometimes...  Read more

MAMMAW497

June 30
6/30/2012 11:09:18 AM,  1 COMMENTS

i see a light at the end of the tunnel After 3 weeks of P.T. my hip pain is almost gone. Hopefully soon I will be allowed to get back on the bike ...  Read more

MAMMAW497

June 28
6/28/2012 5:03:50 PM,  2 COMMENTS

feeling really great today Is this SADS person experiencing a high in the longest days of summer?? Or is it because my food is sooo clean? Yester...  Read more

MAMMAW497

Down 5lbs in one week
6/27/2012 8:00:23 PM,  3 COMMENTS

If this isn't motivation I don't know what is!!! I have managed to lose 5 lbs in one week since I joined this site. I seemed to have found control and...  Read more

MSCHIEF18TH

June 27
6/27/2012 5:33:42 PM,  2 COMMENTS

Hip (inflamed bursa) much better after sessions with P.T. Still not walking or bicycling... sob...  Read more

MAMMAW497

Motivational Movies
6/27/2012 4:21:40 PM,  1 COMMENTS

Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution Food Fight Food, Inc Food Matters Forks Over Knives **LOVED this** Fu...  Read more

BECKY86IL

Late night batttles
6/25/2012 12:02:37 AM,  0 COMMENTS

Damn my late night sweet tooth. The house hubbies are asleep and tv hardly interests me. I find it hard to read and focus on the screen too long becau...  Read more

MSCHIEF18TH

June 20
6/20/2012 7:29:29 PM,  1 COMMENTS

Physical therapy tomorrow. I haven't ridden bicycle in 2 months or more. Walked a miles, slowly this morning In pain for 5 hours...  Read more

MAMMAW497

june 19
6/19/2012 9:50:58 AM,  2 COMMENTS

Feeling nauseous (slightly) today. Staying close to home :-) To hot to get out anyway....  Read more

MAMMAW497

June 18th
6/18/2012 6:10:10 PM,  3 COMMENTS

Signed up for fitness training today. h easked what were my goals Told him I wanted to be 135 pounds of muscle! A 73 year old muscled old woman!...  Read more

MAMMAW497

June 17
6/17/2012 3:26:22 PM,  2 COMMENTS

Up early today to work a rest stop for a large bicycle ride. These big rides are fund raisers. So at 5:30 am I was at Walmart getting Sugar Snap pe...  Read more

MAMMAW497

June 15
6/15/2012 9:00:17 AM,  1 COMMENTS

i appreciated respones to last blog. It helps to know others have eaten green, raw for years and are healthy and with a healthy weight!! 332 Da...  Read more

MAMMAW497

Eating Disorder, Food Addiction, Compulsive Overeating,,,,,Whatever you call it.....
6/12/2012 6:38:58 PM,  1 COMMENTS

Food Addiction, Compulsive Overeating,,,,,Whatever you call it..... I've fought it for over 45 years. If eating vegan and plant based will eras...  Read more

MAMMAW497

I love Corned Beef, too much
3/16/2012 9:52:01 PM,  1 COMMENTS

Well in terms of watching what I eat, I did really good on watching it go into my mouth. I went to a St. Patty's party last night with Corn Beef & Ca...  Read more

FROGGY724

Getting back on track
3/14/2012 2:37:10 PM,  2 COMMENTS

So I am making it a habit now to track my food online (although I don't know how to post it so that way others can yell at me when I don't do so well)...  Read more

FROGGY724

Why am I not losing weight?
3/12/2012 9:51:19 AM,  3 COMMENTS

I know everyone goes through this, but damnit (sorry for the language) I am so frustrated. I workout 3-4 days a week minimum for an hour and a ha...  Read more

FROGGY724

3/9/12 Re-boot (Yet Again)
3/9/2012 1:57:00 PM,  0 COMMENTS

Bought the 28 Day Boot Camp DVD about 3 weeks ago. I'm on day 20 and doing good. I started tracking my food again and the past 2 weeks I've...  Read more

LIV2SSKI

Yesterday sucked
2/15/2012 10:19:33 AM,  1 COMMENTS

How do you come back from a day where all you did was eat crap?!?! Yesterday I ate two cupcakes, chocolates, the frosting for the cupcakes plus a...  Read more

FROGGY724

Interview today and down 5 pounds!
1/31/2012 9:22:36 AM,  2 COMMENTS

Yes, I'm consistently down 5 pounds now after 3 weeks of working on my diet and working out more frequently. I have an interview today with State Far...  Read more

JULEESUZ

Oops
1/11/2012 2:30:07 PM,  0 COMMENTS

Ok, so I haven't been doing so well since I wrote that entry on January 1st, but I know that there are a few ways that I can make changes. I just nee...  Read more

FROGGY724

Starting again with a bang!
1/8/2012 5:50:15 PM,  0 COMMENTS

Started on Wednesday (?) again and already lost 6 pounds. Probably from the weight I gained during our vacation. 425 Very happy with my progress so...  Read more

JULEESUZ

Restart button
1/1/2012 8:38:57 PM,  0 COMMENTS

It seems ironic to restart everything on the 1st, so I decided to restart on the 2nd. First of all, it is a Monday and Monday is a great day to start...  Read more

FROGGY724

Weigh-in
10/16/2011 3:35:35 PM,  0 COMMENTS

Start Oct 17 2011! #143 Nothing fits me! I eat nothing but crap. Not like I don't have anything else to worry about.. LOL.. Going to try the no-braine...  Read more

FIT4GREG

Making sense of it all.
9/17/2011 12:06:12 AM,  0 COMMENTS

All I could think of was "why". It's not fair. Why, a women who worked so hard to get extraordinarily health in her late 60's, should die of a br...  Read more

FISHINKAYAKER

Here I am again...day 3
7/21/2011 1:58:54 PM,  1 COMMENTS

I am not about to blow any horns or send up any balloons yet but here I am back again for Day 3 at Spark People. 213 I have been doing pretty well...  Read more

LADYWENCH

Starting day 2 of umpteenth try at Sparkpeople
7/20/2011 9:43:38 AM,  1 COMMENTS

It amazes me when I look at how long ago it was that I first opened an account at Sparkpeople. Had I stuck with it from that point I would have been...  Read more

LADYWENCH

Think Good Thoughts
6/13/2011 10:39:06 PM,  2 COMMENTS

To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappin...  Read more

SCHMI_KW

Eureka!! I've discovered Facebook -- FINALLY!!
5/3/2011 10:59:50 AM,  2 COMMENTS

Okay so after much prodding and harrassing from my children (a.k.a. my clients - haha), I've finally joined Facebook. And let me tell you, WOW what a...  Read more

MRLEEP23

Quote of the Day: 4/29/11 - Friday
4/29/2011 11:45:02 AM,  4 COMMENTS

"The art of retirement is not to retire FROM something, but to retire TO something." - Harry Emerson Fosdick...  Read more

MRLEEP23

Quote of the Day: 4/25/11 - Monday
4/25/2011 3:49:52 PM,  2 COMMENTS

"The first step to knowledge is to know that we are ignorant." - Cicero...  Read more

MRLEEP23

Quote of the Day: 4/22/11 - Friday
4/22/2011 4:17:07 PM,  3 COMMENTS

"I am not afraid to die on a treadmill" - Will Smith...  Read more

MRLEEP23

Quote of the Day: 4/21/11 - Thursday
4/21/2011 11:45:57 AM,  2 COMMENTS

"Life isn't about the material things you own. There's no luggage rack on a hearse." - Ice-T...  Read more

MRLEEP23

Quote of the Day: 4/20/11 - Wednesday
4/20/2011 11:47:40 AM,  1 COMMENTS

"The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work." - Arthur Brisbane ...  Read more

MRLEEP23

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