For the last few weeks I haven't tried as hard as I was when the month first started! I let the woes of the world get me down. I stopped tracking my f... Read more
I did pretty good today! I stayed within my calories and I even walked/jogged 3 miles. My sister in law decided that since our 5K is coming up in exac... Read more
To anyone who wonders what I've been up to this week? Oh not much. Just not tracking my calories and not being careful with what I ate. Not excersizin... Read more
Its is below freezing outside right now. Yes is April 9th, yes this is Texas, and there is an ice storm happening outside my house right now. It... Read more
I've been a picky eater for as long as I can remember. I remember my mom saying, "you'd rather starve yourself than to even touch that. She tried, but... Read more
So, yesterday I woke up and was in a lot of pain. My lower back was stiff and it hurt. My matress doesn't help though. I got it from a rinky dink rent... Read more
So, I was doing great. On top of the world. Thinking, "this is pretty easy, I can't believe I didn't do this before!" Pounds were dropping off slowly... Read more
Ok....I should have been stronger. I only went over my calories by 100, but still...
My son was asleep and I was in the front room catching up with... Read more
My husband and I are going out to eat for the first time since I started tracking my food. When he first suggested dinner at our fave BBQ place I was... Read more
Hi all,
So it's that time of the month and I tend to snack rather than eat larger meals. I'm determined to stay on track but am running out of idea... Read more
The birthday party went great. Yeah, not everyone invited came, and we ended up switching the party to my good friend's backyard because it was too wi... Read more
Ok, so over the last few weeks I completely cut out chips (with the exception of occasional tortillas) which for me was a HUGE deal. I've been a chip... Read more
My adorable daughter is turning 4 on Sunday. Her party is tomorrow. I have been stressed out like you wouldn't believe planning her party. I'm typical... Read more
Getting fit is a hard thing. Some weeks you're on fire and other weeks seem so much harder than you can imagine, but the weirdest weeks are the ones w... Read more
A friend asked if she could take my pics to build up her portfolio. I've never had maternity portraits done before so, of course I said yes!... Read more
March 24th in panhandle Texas, blizzarding. Cold, miserable and snowing.
March 23rd, ate a Western Bacon cheeseburger at Carls Jr in Elk City
Mar... Read more
On Monday I went about my day trying to relax from a long weekend, but since I hadn't worked out during the weekend I was determined to get in a worko... Read more
My husband is a preacher, who goes to different smaller congregations that don't have enough speakers, and we have a pretty busy schedule. We got to G... Read more
Today my family and I went to the Shamrock festival in Shamrock Texas. They throw a fun little shindig with a carnival. We had some good family time,... Read more
I love looking at other people's Spark pages. Some people are maintaining, some people need to lose about 10 pounds, some people need to lose more tha... Read more
I've noticed that this weightloss journey has a lot of positives. On Spark, there are so many supportive, inspirational, great people cheering you alo... Read more
I am still sore from the first Couch to 5 K workout and that was Friday evening! I did walk yesterday to help work out some of the stiffness. Man! Eve... Read more
179 I realized that it has been 2 months yesterday since I've been Sparking! 252 I'm so proud of myself. This is the longest I've gone without givin... Read more
The surgery went well. Not only did the Dr. and and anesthesiologist come out to let us know that she was a big girl, a very good girl and she didn't... Read more
Hi, my name is Lori, and I'm a sugar-aholic. I've loved candy, sugar, cakes, ect for as long as I can remember. I have an EPIC sweet tooth and it has... Read more
248 So I reached my first goal today!!! My first goal was to lose 15 pounds and get down to 215 to prove to my husband that I was serious about gettin... Read more
I did it!!! I registered for the Color Run in Amarillo!!! I'm so EXCITED 334 It is on the 15th of June. I am going to do the couch to 5 K program....... Read more
I just sent in our order for a half of a cow. We also have a friend that hunts that is going to try to get us a wild hog, all we have to pay is the pr... Read more
Right now, I've decided that what I really want to do is to focus on WHAT I am eating and how I am feeding my family. So instead of focusing on pure w... Read more
Thanks again to our tax return, I decided I needed to buy a few new fresh items for my wardrobe. I'm kind of a clothes-aholic and because I've been so... Read more
Ok, this blog is mostly for me because its just estimates of weight loss by certain goal dates for my life. I was anticipating certain events like:
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Looking at this picture I'm amazed I used to be so tiny and cute. But even then, I wasn't as healthy as I could be. Yes, I was skinnier. I enjoyed... Read more
Well, I did pretty good on my eating plan for about a week and a half. Then Valentine's Day hit, and I got given something like 8 small boxes of choco... Read more
My sister in law Kem started working out a little over a year ago. She's done great! She's even given me her "too big" clothes. She is actually one of... Read more
So I've been thinking about this blog for awhile but kept forgetting, lol. My sister in law and I used to watch this great show called X Weighted. I'm... Read more
On Friday my husband and I went out and did something extremely rare. We dropped our 2 young children off at their G.G.'s, and then went off to the gl... Read more
I'm not putting down diets pills or drinks or shakes or juices, but I wanted to do a quick blog on why I won't do it. I used to take Hydroxy Cut when... Read more
WOW!!! Just realized that I'm a few days over my 1 month anniversary! I was typing in my weekly weigh ins and realized that I've been at this since th... Read more
Last week I didn't fall off or anything, I just didn't do as well on certain aspects. I didn't track my food. I worked out about 4 times, but not as m... Read more
So, over the months of December and January, I managed to "eat down" the deep freezer enough for a much-needed defrost and reorganize. I also did some... Read more
If people only ate when they felt true hunger, few of us would struggle with our weight. So why (and where) are we eating so much, and what can we do about it? Start here.
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