tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25380416659017390052011-11-27T19:55:19.316-05:00The Journey Of My Life To Become A Healthier Person!Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00814770746118662714noreply@blogger.comBlogger1671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538041665901739005.post-69979621963164784512011-02-13T18:21:00.000-05:002011-02-13T18:21:18.440-05:00

This post is long overdue. I want to say WELCOME to all my new followers!!! Hope you enjoy reading my blog! I've enjoyed reading yours. :-)

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Wow!! The last two weeks have been crazy! I've been extremely busy with my son and his school activities, his basketball season ending, work, and homework. But even though things have been hectic, I'm still managing to stay on track. Last week I didn't weigh. I decided to not weigh in when it's T.O.M. I just don't need to be discourage with the extra bloating and all from it. So, I did weigh in

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Happy Friday everyone! For us here in the VA it's a snowy Friday!! Anyway, just wanted to give you a quick update. Down 1lb this week!! Woohoo!! Next week I'm hoping to get back in the gym on a regular basis and hopefully I will have a 2lb lost. Have a great weekend!

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Hope everyone is having a great weekend! I'm making this short and sweet because it's pretty late. My results for the week.... drum roll please........1.5 lbs lost!!! I'm excited. I didn't get a chance to work out but two days this week because my son had 3 basketball games this week so I've been extremely busy. I'm staying on track again this weekend. Hoping to make my goal by the end of March!

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Happy Saturday everyone!! What a busy few weeks I have had. Anyway, I wanted to let you know I have been doing really good with my eating as well as exercising. I'm writing down everything I eat and working out really hard at the gym. I have to be honest, after seeing Jennifer Hudson's weight watchers commercial and seeing how great she looks I was really motivated. I'm determined to get at least

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WOW!!! I can't believe another year has come and gone already. It seems like time is just flying by. Well my goals for this year are pretty much the same, especially when it comes to my healthy journey. Today I'm planning all my foods for the week but my exercise time as well. I plan to hit the gym hard again and pretty much detox myself from all sweets. This is the my year, to make things happen

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I just remembered that I hadn't posted a review on Michael Thurmond's 6 week body makeover yet. First let me just say I found this program to be very restricted after the first few weeks. This is a program that you definitely have to take time out to cook and prepare your foods. If not, you will get bored with the same old food very quickly. Well, at least that's what  happened for me. Basically

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I weighed in on Friday. I was up 2.5lbs. It's T.O.M. for me so I'm thinking that is playing a role. Also we had a holiday party at work on Wednesday and I over indulged. I did fine with my eating but the sweets got me. No matter how much I tried, I had a hard time resisting. Once I start eating sugar, it seems like my body just craves it more and more. I'm not stressing over the weight gain

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I know, I know, I had said that I was going to post a real post last week, but better late than never right? LOL!! Anyways, I'm starting the week off with a bang! Yesterday was a really good eating day. I didn't get a chance to exercise but I will hit the gym hard today. I am also back to food journaling.. this makes such a HUGE difference for me. Journaling really makes me accountable. It's

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I finally made it back to blogging! I have had so much going on. In the past month my son had pneumonia, I had minor surgery, my sister had surgery, then I had exams, work, and the normal trials and tribulations of life. It seemed like the past month was just one disaster after another, but I refuse to give up and I just keep hanging in there. :-) I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving

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She will definitely be daddy's little spoiled girl. LOL!!!

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Happy Monday!!! I can't believe how fast the weekend came and gone, LOL! I went to my parents' house yesterday and was looking through old pictures. I came across one that was before my weight loss journey and I wanted to share it. I had mentioned to you before that before I started this blog, I had already lost about 40-45lbs. I been meaning to post some before pictures but had a hard time

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Sorry I didn't get a chance to check in Friday. I was up 2lbs. I'm hoping it was due to TOM for me. I plan to track my food and exercise really hard this week. Wish me luck! :-)

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Hello everyone and Welcome new followers! This has been a very busy weekend for me. Unfortunately I wasn't able to eat as healthy as I would  have liked. Lot's of celebrations going on. My boyfriend's birthday was Friday, my niece was also born on Friday, and my son's birthday is Tuesday. Lot's of cake, pizza, and chinese food consumed this weekend, YIKES!! I haven't weighed since Friday and do

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Precious Avery! My brother and sister in law welcomed their first child today, Avery Elise. She is too precious! :-) Oh I almost forgot about Friday's weigh in!! It's been such a busy and long day. I'll be back on Sunday with  a real post. My weight was the same, no gain and no loss. Have a great weekend.

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Happy Friday!! Since I'm participating in Miss Haneefa 15 in 15 Challenge, I changed my weigh ins back to Friday. I hopped on the scale first thing this morning all eager and excited and I was down 4 lbs!! YES BABY!!!! I think I'm finally getting the hang of this eating program I'm on. This is week 2 of the 6 week Body Makeover by Michael Thurmond. So far so good. This is definitely a program

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Happy Monday!! Today starts the first day of Miss Haneefa 15 in 15 Challenge. The challenge is to lose  1 lb per week until the end of the year. I'm so ready and pumped for this challenge! Good luck to all participants! 

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What's Up!! LOL! Hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine was very relaxing and I got a lot done. I love when my weekends work out like this. :-) Anyway, on to the topic of discussion. I was down 3lbs this week!! Woohoo! So far the 6 week body makeover is working. I haven't incorporated the exercise routine that came with the program yet, just been my own routine. I'm going to try to start doing

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Happy Friday!!! Oh yeah baby, it's the weekend!! LOL!! This will be short and sweet. I'm changing my weigh in day to Sundays' instead of Fridays'. That way I can see how the program is working for a full week. I'll be back on Sunday with a weigh in post. Have a great weekend! :-)

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Hey blogging family! Hope everyone is having a great week. I'm still staying on the plan. The only thing I have notice is yesterday I got a major migraine. Not sure if it was just due to stress (had a lot going on) or me reducing my salt, carbs, and dairy. Either way, today was better. Had a slight headache but no migraine. Once I took some ibuprofen, I was good to go. I have to tell you though,

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Hi everyone! Hope everyone had a great weekend. Today was a great eating day! I'm so proud of myself. I really want to get a good 20 lbs off by the end of the year. And I'm serious this time, for real ya'll. I know I've said this before but I'm going to make it happen this time. And to prove how serious I am, look at what I ordered to help me out. Do you know what this is? It's the 6 week Body

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OMG!! This is the worst TOM ever!! I have been craving all things salty and all things sweet! It is so out of control. My new BFF is salt & vinegar potato chips and sugar free candy. I need to get it under control! The only good thing is I have been working out consistently. TOM please be over soon.

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Happy Monday everyone!!! Glad I made it through the day. Today was a pretty good eating day. Later in the day I started craving salt, yes tom is coming to town, so the cravings have begun. I tried to fight it as long as possible but gave in to some salt & vinegar chips. I know, I know.. bad girl but I have a plan. I brought some rice vinegar today so I will cut up some cucumbers and put the

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Hello, I'm still alive and well. I have been super busy and haven't had time to blog much. For the most part I have been staying on track and exercising. I have some days where I'm just so busy, that I don't have time to cook and will pick up the first thing that's available. I'm trying not to do that to often but life happens. :-)  I have so much blog reading to catch up on. I hope everyone is

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Sooooo Delicious!!! Yes, This is cauliflower!!! Happy Friday!!! I was having major computer problems tonight. Not sure what was going on but it's working fine now. :-) Here is the recipe for my Shrimp Fried Cauliflower. Ingredients  One head of cauliflower one bag of coleslaw mix or shredded cabbage shrimp onions green peppers broccoli, zucchini (any veggies that you like) 2 eggs lite

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Thanks to everyone for the supportive comments. My blog family is the bestessssst!! :-) I started my tax class last night. I really think I will enjoy it. I have to admit, I will be glad when it's over though. I just hate spending 2 nights a week in class. But a girl's gotta do what a girl has to do. LOL! I must have got a 24 hour virus or something because I woke up this morning with a

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For the last couple of weeks, I have been so disgusted with everything. My job, healthy eating, exercising, school, etc.. I am trying hard to shake it but for some reason, I just can't seem to get pass it. I always give 110% and it seems like I'm getting nothing back. Especially with my job. I think that's what making everything else miserable in my life. I'm so unhappy now with my job. Don't get

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Well things are finally getting back to normal for me. I've had a very busy, stressful last few weeks. Isn't that always the case? When you're all hyped up and ready to get it on and popping, life always throw you some unpredictable curve ball. Oh, well.. what can you do? Just do the best you can and keep it moving, LOL. Not to give too many gruesome details, but remember when I told you I was

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Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't blog but I have been super busy. Then I got sick and wasn't able to do anything. I'm going to spend tonight catching up on my blog reading. Hopefully, I will be back tomorrow with a real post.

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Thank God it's Friday!!! I'm so glad the weekend is finally here. I don't even care about the heat, and believe me, it's smoking here in VA! This has been a good healthy eating and exercise week. I've been having serious plumbing problems! I'm going to have to go back and see my doctor because it's getting unreal. I had my gall bladder removed a few years ago and it seems like every since I had

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Happy Friday!!!!! I am soooo glad it's Friday. Classes are coming to an end and I have so many projects that I've been working on. I really haven't had a chance to blog or do much of anything this week. However, I have manage to make it to the gym every day during lunch break!! Yeah for me!! Oh and for those of you that have been doing Jillian's 30 Day Shred with me, I have to admit, I haven't

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Happy Saturday!! Hope everyone weekend is off to a good start. :)I decided not to weigh in this week because I started going back to the gym on Wednesday. I want to wait and weigh in after about a week of the gym to see my results. I'm hoping for a good number but if I don't, I'll still be happy because I can begin to see and feel the difference in my body already from going to the gym. I'm so

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First, Hope everyone had a great holiday!!! Now moving on... :-)Tomorrow I go back to work and I'm so not looking forward to it. Don't get me wrong, I like my job and am thankful to have one, but I LOVE being at home with my son. Not having to get up early is sooo nice. My son was just telling me that he's going to miss sleeping in late. I told him, honey momma is too. I'm also going to miss all

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Let's just get to the chase. I weighed in Friday morning and it wasn't good. Up 2.5lbs! Yes, you heard it folks.. a whooping 2.5lbs. I'm not sure what happened or what I did wrong. I'm not going to dwell on it. I do know I'm eating right and exercising so I will continue to do so. Now off to enjoy my weekend! Hope everyone have a great weekend and 4th of July!

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Thank you so much!! I received 2 awards. One from Lily at Lily Hue. Thanks Lily! She gave me the Beautiful blogger award. I was so excited! Lilly is so sweet and she hasn't been blogging long about her weight loss journey but she is killing this race! She's doing awesome! I love her blog and get so much inspiration and motivation from her. Head over and check her out! She's awesome!Then I

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One thing I'm really trying to get better with, is listening to my body. Lucy at Lucy's Blog, is great with this and gives such wonderful information about this. Yesterday, I just felt tired and exhausted. After work I could barely get dinner on the table. I definitely didn't feel like doing homework or exercising. I actually felt like I was starting to get sick but I could tell it was just from

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I'm participating in Toot Toot Tuesday by Trina at Ah...Me So Hongry! Check out her blog for details!

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This weekend was extremely hot! The temperatures here in VA are record breaking. Despite the weather, my siblings, mom and I still had a yard sale. We were extremely busy and did pretty good. After being in the hot sun all morning/afternoon, I came home, showered and went to dinner with my boyfriend. My sister had given us a coupon for Ruby Tuesday, buy one get one free. I had the crab cake

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Last weekend, my boyfriend and I went to the local Orchard. My father always love the peaches from there and had mentioned that he wanted me to go and pick him some. Well, due to some car issues and the extremely hot weather, I didn't have time to pick my own peaches so I just decided to purchase some that were already picked by the staff there. You pay a little more, but it's still cheaper than

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This has been a great week! I made it through a week of Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred! The first few days, my thighs were killing me, LOL! They were so sore. I was determined to work the soreness out and when I woke up Thursday morning, my thighs felt much better. This weekend I want to try her "No More Trouble Zones" dvd. My family and I are having a yard sale Saturday morning, so I'm not sure

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I wanted to start the week out in high gear so I decided to set goals. My first goal: GET UP AND MOVING! Even though I wasn't feeling my best ( TOM), I was determine to meet my first goal. So today was Day 1 of Jillian's 30 Day Shred. I was super stoked to do this program. I've heard so many wonderful things about it from my blogging buddies so I made sure to put this on my dvd to purchase list.

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I had a great week of healthy eating this week! Check it out!Turkey Burgers & Hebrew National Hot dogsBaked Chicken w/squash, zucchini & peppersStrawberries & BlueberriesMy delicious grilled chicken sandwichI also had cabbage and a ton of other fresh veggies during the week and you know what, it paid off! I lost 2 lbs this week!! Yipee! It feels good to get back on track. I'm pushing for another

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I know this isn't related to weight loss, but it is related to healthy hair, which is part of my healthy journey. :) My hair regimen is pretty basic (even though it doesn't look that way) so as requested by PluffyPrincess at "Fighting My Fat Gene", here is my hair regimen, if you can even call it that, lol:Since it's summer, I wash my hair more frequently. I wash and condition on a weekly basis

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Hey everyone! I'm still hanging in there. I weighed in on Thursday and had a 1.5lb lost. Whoopie! Unfortunately I had gained 7.5 lbs over the last 2 months so I'm slowly getting back on track. Reading everyone's blog has really helped me. I don't know what I would do without all the encouraging comments and blogs. I love this blogging community!!I finally got a new camera. My previous camera got

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This week I've been focusing on getting it together again. It's been a successful week! I've been taking it one day at a time and trying to get back into my regular routine. I don't know about you, but routines really help me. My next step is to start back exercising on a regular basis. I did get some exercising in, but I've been trying to do normal things, such as playing basketball with my son,

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Thank everyone so much for the comments and suggestions! I definitely appreciate them and will use them. I'm feeling much better about my eating habits and exercising. I've been doing exactly what many of you suggested, taking it one day at a time. That's my plan. It's basic and simple which is why it should work. :-) I'll definitely keep you posted on how it's going. Even though I have a lot

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I haven't blog lately because I am struggling! I can't get it together. I'm not eating healthy or exercising. I just can't seem to get it together. I'm so busy with the move and trying to unpack and settle in the house that exercising is just not high on my priority list. Now my summer classes have started and I just fill like I want to eat any and everything. I've been too afraid to get on the

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Thank you for all the suggestions about the the low carb foods. I think I will just go back to the basics. Eating healthy, counting calories, exercising, and journaling. Call me crazy, but it seemed like since I was restricting my carbs, it was making me want more carbs. Does that make sense? I think I was doing better when I was just eating carbs in moderation. I don't know what I was thinking

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OMG!!! Doing Atkins is tough! I normally try to eat a healthy, low carb diet but restricting my diet to less than 20 net carbs per day is really giving me a challenge. Then I didn't realize that I couldn't have nuts doing the induction phase. What?! Nuts are one of my staple snacks that I have almost on a daily basis. I'm only doing this for the month of May, so I hope it will be worth it. The

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First, Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers'!! May you have a wonderful, relaxing day. My son wrote me a beautiful poem that made me cry this morning. :-) I will frame it so I can look at it all the time.Second, thank you for all the wonderful comments that were made congratulating me on my new home. You all are so sweet and kind. I really appreciated it. It's a huge accomplishment for me and I

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Hello everyone!! I'm finally back. The month of April was like a blur. So much has happened in the last month, I don't know where to begin. Let me just say we never know what direction our life will take us.First, remember I moved at the end of March. Well before I got settled I moved again in April. Yes, I hadn't been at my new place not even 3 weeks and ended up moving again. This was a great

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Well since I was able to get internet access I figure I better post this while I could. Who knows what the weekend will bring, lol!! My normal weigh in day is Friday or Saturday mornings, but I couldn't wait another minute and hopped on the scale this morning. I was down 1.5lbs. YES BABY!!! Now, technically I'm only down 1 lb because I still had .5lb to lose from my previous gain. I did get a

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Hey everyone! I've missed the world of blogging. As if I didn't already have enough on my plate, now I'm in the process of moving so everything is out of order. Hopefully within about a month things will get back to normal. For now, I'm living out of boxes and have limited phone and internet services. I'm happy to be moving, just not happy about all the work that comes with it.So the last time I

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I've had the worse week with staying on track. I've been craving sugar, sugar, and more sugar. Today was better but it still wasn't my best day. On top of that I have so much going on. I am so busy. I'm going to try my hardest to finish the week strong. Wish me luck!

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Yesterday I had a checkup with my doctor. I always dread getting on the scale but this time I felt different. Knowing that I have been trying really hard and focusing on my weight really made me feel good. So I hop on the scale, fully clothed, and was so happy when the number showed I was down 2 lbs!! Technically I guess it's really 1.5lbs because I was up .5lbs from last week. I know it's not

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So I wasn't too excited about weighing in on Saturday because I've been having "plumbing problems". I still got on the scale and saw a gain of .5lbs. I'm thinking it's related to the issues that I have been having. I'm not stressing over it. I plan to keep doing what I've been doing. It's working so I'm not changing a thing. The only thing I am changing is my exercise strategy. Instead of setting

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I did it!! I got out and walked today. I had to wait about 45 minutes before my son was out of track practice so I enjoyed the weather and had a great walk! I'm hoping to be down another pound this week.. I'll keep my fingers crossed. :-) Hope everyone is having a great week!

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My "Cute As A Bunny" mini goal for the week will be to walk 3 days this week. It's suppose to be 60 degrees all week so I'm going to get out and get some fresh air and sunlight. I may even try to jog a few laps. We will see. Hope everyone has a great week. :-)

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WOW!!! What a crazy and stressful week! Sorry I haven't been blogging but my plate is definitely overflowing. Between my classes, work, and taking care my son, I have not had a minute to myself. My son made the track/field team at school so that's keeping us super busy. Plus he had two major tests this week that we had to work hard to prepare for. I have to be honest, I haven't exercised all week

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Happy Saturday!! It's such a beautiful day that after all of my house work, my son and I will get out and enjoy some of this gorgeous sun today. I am so ready for spring. I'm ready to get out and hit the track. I think I'm going to try to start running. We will see how that goes, lol...Now let's get to my weigh in results. This morning I was down 2.7lbs!!!! YES, BABY!!!! I am so excited. I know

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I had a pretty good week this week, well when it came to my eating habits. I stayed within my calorie range which was 1350 - 1400 a day. When you write down everything you eat, it's a real eye opener. I would even check my journal to see what I had eaten earlier in the day. This really helped me stay on track and make better choices as I went throughout the day. I'm really going to try to stick

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Happy Monday!! My mini goal for the week will be to make sure I write everything and I mean everything down in my food journal!! If I eat it, then I will write it! :-)

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One of the reasons I started this blog is to make me accountable of all my ups and downs to my weight loss journey. The support that everyone here give me is so great, and I feel I have to be totally honest with you. And besides, I want to be honest. That is just part of my character. Okay so I was all excited and pumped up to meet my weekly goal for the "Cute As A Bunny Challenge. " I got up

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My mini goal for this week is to exercise 4 days this week. My plan is to get up at 5:00am tomorrow morning and kick butt! GAME ON!

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Right after my son started feeling better, I got sick. I've had sore throat, chills, loss of appetite and just feeling weak and drained. I guess I picked up a virus. Today was the first day that I didn't have a sore throat and was feeling a little better. I haven't been writing in my food journal or exercising. I was thinking about exercising today, but decided to take another day to let my body

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So today was the first day that I could get to work and believe me I was excited to get out of the house. Well, all week my son has been trying to get sick. It started with sore throat, stuffy nose, and then a cough. Last night he was up all night coughing and wheezing. My son has asthma so when he gets a cold, it's not good. Normally it gets into his chest and turns into bronchitis. Well the

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We had another 4 -5 inches of snow/ice mixture hit last night into this morning. This was on top of the 2 feet that we got last weekend. Since December, we have been slammed with snow and ice. I do like having the time off from work, but enough already. When your snowed in, no matter how much you try to plan (well at least for me), it's a little hard not to snack. I've been trying to snack on

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We sure have been getting slammed here lately in Virginia with snow. We woke up to another winter storm Friday morning. With this storm, the snow was much more heavier and wet. We also had a mixture of sleet. It started around 7:00 am Friday morning and didn't stop until Saturday evening around 6:00 pm. Geesh!! I love watching the snow fall and getting out an playing in it with my son, but since

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Since we've been having all this winter weather, I've been in the mood for things that are warm and hearty. When I found this recipe online the other day at "Gina's Weight Watchers Recipes," I couldn't wait to try it. It's chicken with mushrooms in 98% fat free cream of mushroom soup. I changed it up a little and added green beans, onions and a few red potatoes and voila! a delicious, filling

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I had a pretty good week this week. Even though I was pretty busy, I manage to make healthy eating decisions. It's just becoming second nature now so I really don't have to think about it as much anymore. Now even though I know what I should be eating, it doesn't always mean I make the best choices. I'm still a sucker for deserts. I noticed that sweet potatoes really help but who wants sweet

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My parents always told me growing up that anything that really mean something to you or that's worth having is usually hard work. You have to put in the work to get the results you want. This has not only proven to be true with various life experiences, but also with being healthy. When I give it my 100% all week, I get great results. I'm learning that in order to be successful and reach my

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It's the weekend, woohoo!!! What a crazy week. After my son's game yesterday evening, I ran some errands and went home. It was so good to be home after a busy week. This post will be quick because I got lots to do today. However, tonight I'm planning on catching up on all of my blog readings. I can't wait to see what all my blogging buddies have been up to, lol!! I also see I have some new

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I'm so sorry that I haven't posted. This has been the busiest week. Spring classes has started for me at work and my personal classes. I've mentioned before that I work at a University Library. I'm also attending college part time so I'm busy at work and at home. Plus my son has been having at least 3 basketball games per week. So my schedule has consisted of getting up at 5:00 am to work out,

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How sweet of Melting Candy to give me an award!! Thanks Candy! I so appreciate this award! There are so many great blogs out there so for someone to think I am worthy of an award it's really flattering. Here are the rules: I must list 7 random facts about myself and then tag 7 others that I feel deserve the award.1. I love to cook and try new recipes. I have so many recipe books and not enough

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So last week, Harris Teeter had their super double coupons. For those of you who are new to this blog, you will soon find out that I am a big fan of coupons. Without them, I probably wouldn't be able to try a variety of groceries. Also, super double coupons is when they will double a coupon that's up to $1.98. For example, if you have a coupon for $1.50, then they will double it and you get $3.00

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Well this morning was my second week using the Wii Fit Plus. I was down 2lbs!!! Woohoo!!! I'm so excited! I've really been kicking butt! Today I did my 5:00 am workout and a 30 minute free step while I watched television. I burned 604 calories! Yes!! Who would have thought that this game would be so effective?!This has been my routine for the last 2 weeks. I eat 1200 - 1500 calories per day. I

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This is a really busy week. I have so much going on. Just wanted to write a quick post to tell everyone that I will catch up on all my blog reading/responses this weekend. Even though this week has been crazy (is it only Tuesday?) I have been staying on track. I've been up at 5:00 am every morning exercising. I've also been diligent in writing down everything that I eat and I'm staying within my

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Friday morning was my first official weigh in of the year. I lost 3.5lbs, woohoo!! only problem is I had gained 5 lbs over the holidays, so I still have another 1.5lbs to lose in order to get back where I was. I love the holidays but I don't love all the treats that are around. I'm not going to beat myself up too bad. That's just the way it is when you over indulged, especially with the sweets.

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Just a quick post. It was so hard today to get everything done. I got up at 5:00 am to do my Wii Fit Plus (more like 5:15 am). I hit the snooze button a couple times. I burned 314 calories with the Wii Fit Plus this morning. Then I hit the shower and off to work I went. What a long day. Being off for 2 weeks will spoil you. I didn't realize how hard it would be to fit exercise back into my busy

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It was freezing here today. I didn't feel like going out in the cold to the grocery store. I had a pretty good eating day but as you know my sweet tooth was starting to talk to me by mid-day, lol. I checked the pantry and was completely out of low calorie snacks. I did find a pack of sugar free pudding (cheesecake flavor) and a box of low fat vanilla wafers. So I decided to make my own low

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I know I already did a post on the Wii Fit Plus but I just can't stop talking about it. I am so loving the Wii Fit Plus!! I've been doing yoga, hula hooping, stair stepper, jogging, etc. It is so much fun. You can customize your workout plans and I recently discovered that you can set calorie goals for yourself. For example, if you want to burn 100 calories, just set it up as a goal and it will

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Happy New Year to all my followers and blogging buddies!!! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and I hope your off to a great start for the year. :-)This is the year that I will reach my weight loss goals and I'm serious! I'm going to start the year out strong and finish strong.Here are my 2010 goals:Lose 50lbsExercise RegularlyDrink More WaterI will try to accomplish my goals in increments

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For dinner tonight I decided to make a grilled chicken salad and it was so yummy that I just had to share it. I grilled some chicken tenderloins in my Sunbeam Rocket Grill. Took about 3 minutes. I just love this grill. Then I chopped up some romaine lettuce, grape tomatoes, red onions, added some shredded carrots, diced some boiled egg whites, a few cranberries, a tsp of fresh grated parmesan

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So I purchased my son a Wii for Christmas. Since I was getting him a Wii, I got myself the Wii Fit Plus. I absolutely LOVE the Wii Fit Plus!!! It is so much fun and it's very addictive!! My son and I have been playing this since Christmas day. My boyfriend has also been playing it. This is the best gift that I could have purchased for my family. It is so much fun. Your enjoying yourself so much

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Well Christmas is over and so is all the unnecessary eating that I had been doing. Yesterday I started my day off at the gym. I did cardio for about an hour and did some strength training for about 20 minutes. It felt so good and I was really trying to burn off the deserts that I ate during the Christmas Holiday. As I've told you a hundred times before, sweets are my biggest weakness. I can

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Today I will get started on my cooking. I have the stereo blasting with Christmas carol's and my son is singing and dancing around. He can't wait until tomorrow to see what he got. Every time I look he's rearranging the presents under the tree, lol! He's too funny. :-)I've already did my exercise dvd for the day and now I'm off to Walmart to pick up some last minute items.I hope everyone Have A

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This has been the perfect week so far. It's so nice to be off hanging out with my family and friends. Not having to get up at 5:30 every morning and driving an hour to work is so wonderful!! A girl could get use to this lifestyle, lol!!For some reason, it has been much easier to plan my meals. It's nice being able to cook a healthy meal versus having to pack a lunch and warm it up in the

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Last night I was really thinking. It's time to reevaluate my plan. I need to find out what works and what doesn't work for my body. It's been a few months now and by me keeping a food journal, I was able to go back through it and see what types of food helped me in my weight loss journey, what hurt me, and what made me maintain my weight.I've noticed that I tend to eat a lot of low-fat, low

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Today was much better than yesterday. My dad has a four wheel drive and came to pick me up today. He took my son and I to the store. It was nice to leave the house and get some fresh air. The roads are in horrible condition! Even for a four wheel drive. The main road has barely been touched by the Virginia Department of Transportation. They are packed with snow and there is no visible sight of a

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The weather man was right on the money this time!! We are completed snowed in. It's been snowing since yesterday(Friday). It started around 4:00pm and hasn't stopped yet! I haven't seen snow like this in a long time. My son is in pure heaven, LOL!! He went outside first thing this morning and played in the snow. When I took these pictures, we probably had about a foot. Now we have about a foot

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Okay, since school has been out, I've been really trying to hit the gym in the evenings after work. It's been great. I'm getting back into the gym routine quickly and it feels good. My mom and son have been going with me and we've been having a great time. After our workouts, we feel so much better and energized. We're really feeling good!!Well one evening when we were working out, my mom and I

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Well exams are over, Hallelujah! I'm officially on winter break. Well, actually it started on Saturday but I've been just enjoying my freedom. It's nice to get home from work and not have to do homework. Now, after dinner and helping my son with his homework, I've been working out. It's so wonderful! I'm able to watch television, work out and just relax. I've gotten to bed at a decent hour and I

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Okay.. so you know how you just have one of those days where you feel like you should have just stayed home? Well today was that day for me. I woke up to my monthly visitor and believe me, it let me know it was here. I was bloated beyond belief, my back was aching and I just wasn't my usual happy go lucky self. I was debating if I should even go to work because I knew with the mood I was in, it

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It's late (been writing papers and cramming for exams) but I wanted to share my food journal for today since I had such a good day. :-)Breakfast: 2 Egg MuffinsSnack: Greek YogurtLunch: Pizza (made with Lavish bread & turkey pepperoniSnack: AppleDinner: 2 Mini Meat loafs, small baked potato, and crab meat mixed with veggiesSnack: Vita Muffin Tops, 3 pieces of hard candyTotal Calories: 1298Water

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I woke up Saturday morning to snow!! It was so beautiful. Since it was the first snow of the season, after breakfast, my son and I wrapped up good and went outside to enjoy it. We played in the snow and made snow balls. It was so much fun.After that we came inside to warm up and I immediately put in my exercise dvd. I wanted to keep my metabolism burning and wanted to get it out of the way so I

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OMG!! My thighs are so sore. My abs are sore and I can barely move my arms. I have done my exercise tape all week, except Monday. I had originally said I would exercise 5 days this week, but I'm pretty confident that I will do 6 days. I think I will only rest one day a week so Monday will be my rest day. Now that I'm getting back into the exercise routine again, it's getting much easier.My son

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I've started the week off hitting the ground running. After have a nice, relaxing 4 1/2 days off, Monday was extremely busy. After work I had to rush to get to my son's school for a parent/athletics meeting. My son made the Middle School basketball team, so the season is beggining. We didn't get home until about 8:00pm and by the time we ate dinner and did homework (both of us), it was really

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I wanted to tell you about a couple of products that I love. One is the Kroger brand Turkey Pepperoni. These are so delicious. They actually taste better than regular pepperoni and they are much more healthier for you. If you haven't tried them, pick up a pack. I guarantee you won't be disappointed! :-) Nutritional Information for turkey pepperoni. Another great product that I've recently

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Thanksgiving has come and gone and now it's back to my normal routine. Today was a good day. It was such a beautiful morning that I decided to go for a walk. I grabbed a piece of fruit and me and my boyfriend headed out to the track. We walked/jog for about 2 miles. Yes, I said jog, lol. That was a big accomplishment for me since my last foot surgery was just in July. We both felt so energized

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After the last few days of family, friends and lots of turkey, I decided to get online to catch up on some blog reading. Imagine how surprised I was, when I saw that I was left an award - The Superior Scribbler Award from Karen "Fitness: A Journey Not A Destination." Thanks Karen!! I feel so honored especially since this is my first blog award. Who would of thought that my little blog would

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