If there’s one issue I’ve discovered that has come up over and over again as a challenge to my weight loss, it’s a short attention span. One minute I... Read more
Walked Cooper 11.1 miles today and did 10 minutes of ST, and called it enough. It was cold today. My parents even restarted the fire in their firepl... Read more
So week 2 was another success! I've managed to not only hold the 4 kg weight loss from week 1 but to drop another full kg! I'm very happy about that... Read more
Ah, it's amazing to see how people react to overweight people sometimes, especially in a restaurant.
Standing in line to get my take-out food rec... Read more
Oh am I tired! I didn't do all that much more than I did on Wednesday, but for some reason I am totally wiped out. I will take the dog for a short w... Read more
It was a slightly off kilter day today. It was so foggy this morning that I just wanted to stay in bed and cuddle with the dog. Eventually we had to... Read more
I actually made it to the gym again today. That is twice this week, which is twice more than last week. I got in 3.1 miles total on the treadmill.... Read more
Today is the start of the 3 day of not eating any foods that contain artificial sweeteners. I am much calmer today. Yesterday, I was like a caged an... Read more
Every month my work hosts a "buzz night" which is a get-together of all of the employees from all of the stores in our area. This can be anywhere fro... Read more
I walked Cooper 10.5 miles today, plus I used the rower for 44 minutes (I try to do at least 1,000 strokes each time), did one SP video, crunches and... Read more
April's warmer days helped me a lot. I've been pretty busy so this is the first I've had a chance to blog on April's results. I am glad to be able t... Read more
My first time with this diet was a great experience. I joined a group on facebook and one of the women who lost a huge amount of weight and has mainta... Read more
Hunger's a funny thing. Sometimes it smells like bacon and sometimes it smells like melting cheese. And for me, often times, it's coming off of... Read more
I signed up to run a 5k on June 29th. Of course that means I now need to get serious about training for that distance. I managed 2 miles in 22 minut... Read more
I have been struggling with my whole program lately. On paper, I am eating within my program, but no weight is coming off. In fact, last week, every... Read more
It was another beautiful day today. Warm breezes and sunshine. Since I walked Cooper almost 11 miles yesterday I made an attempt to make today more... Read more
I know it's only been a week and I could look at it like that, but I'd rather look at it like this: It has been a WHOLE week and I've done it! I've... Read more
I only have 1.9 pounds to go to get to my goal weight, so I don't have much farther to go. For the new 5% challenge I will basically be maintaining.... Read more
The first chapter of my weight loss journey here on Spark seemed to come so easy. I put at least 1,000 percent effort into it if not more, or so it se... Read more
After yesterday's 30+ miles I figured I would take it easy today, but I still walked the dog over 10 miles, plus I did 32 minutes on the rower and a S... Read more
Since March 1 when my hubby of 33 years died unexpectedly I have been forced on a journey I never wanted to take.
I have found that I am a lot mo... Read more
Yep, I took that epic walk today (26.4 miles in 6:10), plus walked the dog twice and it all added up to 32.6 miles... or 65,480 steps!! Now, I have t... 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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