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Introduction Text Updated Sept. 25, 2017 It’s been almost 10 years since I first came upon Sparkpeople. It has been a bumpy ride but not one I regret taking. I am currently on my first ever Whole30 month and I am very proud to say I have not slipped once. I have an autoimmune condition called psoriasis and the only known way to treat the cause of the condition, is to remove inflammatory food from one’s diet. Whole30 is my first experimentation in that world and it’s working. I have several psoriasis plaques on my body that are slowly disappearing. My first round on Sparkpeople started in late 2008, I was around 200-210, I don’t remember precisely. It wasn’t long before I was 180 pounds and kicking my new body. The thing is, I lost quickly and didn’t make long lasting changes. At some point, life happened and my weight got up to an all-time high of 250. That was in late 2013. It was time for me to re-commit to Sparkpeople. So far, I went from a size 22 (don’t know really, I just wore the 2 things that I still fit in then!) to a size 14 & lost 62 pounds. My success comes mostly from self discipline and sticking to the plan. The plan knows how to bring me from A to Z, I just have to follow it. The plan includes coming on SP, tracking calories and activities daily. Going out. Laughing. Running. Volleyball. Smiling. Having fun. Thinking. Reading. Learning. Scrapbooking. Walking. Doing videos with JessicaSmithTv. Hanging with my boyfriend, my friends & my family. The plan is flexible yet precise. It got time sensitive goals and more general ones. I keep sparking because every efforts I put in myself is worth it and because Sparkpeople is an amazing tool, it gives you back a 100 times more than what you put in it. Feel free to add me as a friend. "We can either allow our circumstances to make us miserable or we can choose to use it to make us strong. Only we can decide which it will be." - Nancy Butler I'd like to be at goal weight around Valentine's Day next year, I average a 1.2 pounds loss weekly. SW 2017-07-07: 181.2 First goal: 174 (lowest since high school!), reward: a massage Midway goal: 159.6, reward: a visit to the spa Goal: 147, reward: TBD

Still in Onderland!!! April 2018 Life in Onederland is great! April 2017 Rocking it with Paleo and running! November 2016 Still trying and doing my best, August 2016 Let's do it again. Dec. 7, 2015 Went on break from Septembre 2014 to March 2015 - but no gain! Back on the train! Just trying my best. Been trying since December 27, 2013

I walk a lot - that's my main source of activities. I aim to walk 7km/h for 60 minutes before snow starts falling. I eat a Primal diet (paleo with cheese!) and no sugar.

I'm 35, I live in Quebec, Canada. I have a cat named Mikko Timidski (yes, he got a last name and his last name implies he's Russian!)

BMR around 1608 TDEE around 2450 To lose : 1945 To maintain 2445

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