Mark Those Pounds Lost To Keep Motivating Yourself
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I have now made a paper clip chain from brightly colored paper clips. There is one clip for each pound I have lost. I have it hanging in my office. It is a great reminder of how far I have come (30 clips), and encourages me when I start to dream about eating something just because it sounds great!
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That is such an awesome idea! I know some people have used pounds of beans or something, but I need to eat beans, not store them and anyways, this just a great tip!
RMBARROW12/1/2010 10:49:00 AM
I love this idea. I am going to suggest it for other members of my team!
BEACHGIRL120511/30/2010 6:29:00 PM
Great idea....thanks for sharing. I heard about this a long time ago and had totally forgotten about it. I've got a bunch of colored paper clips and am going to make myself a chain. Thanks!!
HUMLADY111/30/2010 9:05:00 AM
This was such a great idea - I just got up from my computer and made one for myself - and put it right by my mirror!!! THANK YOU for the awesome visual reminder of where I've been!!
SANYA_SHNICK11/30/2010 7:30:00 AM
good idea!
SEAWAVE11/30/2010 7:17:00 AM
I've been looking for something easy and cheap to track my weight loss - great idea!
FITFABME11/30/2010 1:30:00 AM
I like this - visible, tangible, but not obvious to everyone else what it means. Subtle. Perfect...I need to get some colored ('cause I don't think it would be quite the same if not colored) paperclips!
BANKER-CHUCK11/30/2010 1:22:00 AM
I like your idea! A great visual for progress so I think I will start mine. I will have 63 of them to start.
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