Jennifer on October 11th, 2011

Earlier this month I was explaining how I was trying to increase the number of calories I consume in a daily basis from about 1200 to somewhere between 1500 and 1700 in an attempt to see if the additional fuel I was giving my body would help warm it in these colder months.
In that test [...]

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Jennifer on June 24th, 2011

I had three objectives for August 3rd:

jog 30 minutes straight on the treadmill
get back to 148 pounds
do 10 pushups

I got to 30 minutes this morning, over a month early!  I was so pumped and extended my previous best by almost a third (my last attempt was 21 minutes) but I got in such a groove [...]

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Jennifer on May 18th, 2011

Well, there are some good and bad things to report about this morning’s workout and the ensuing thoughts coming from my head.  I’ll tackle the “bad” first so that I can end on a good note!

My alarm didn’t go off and I didn’t get up when I wanted to.  As a result, I didn’t have [...]

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Jennifer on May 17th, 2011

When I first started my blog, I did such so that I would have some accountability to someone other than myself.  I thought that if I could admit my eating failures to someone else, it would be the first step on the road to recovery, so to speak.
Well, I’d like to be able to tell [...]

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Jennifer on April 8th, 2011

You know what “they” say about paths that are paved with best laid plans!  About two weeks ago I posted my plans for maintenance mode.  I’ve failed all of them.
I intended to up my calories by approximately 100 calories, to 1300, and try to stay in that range for three months (and also to try [...]

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Jennifer on March 28th, 2011

I’m wearing a size 10 jeans in the picture.  My husband says my thighs are too skinny.  He’s right.  Now that I’ve met my original goal of losing 100 pounds and then also the revised goal to lose 20 more, I have more up my sleeve.  I’ll fill you in on all the details of [...]

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Jennifer on March 7th, 2011

I’m getting kind of tired of having at least one monthly weigh-in showing a big increase from the previous week.  Today the scale read 155, up four pounds from last week.  Don’t get me wrong… I’m not shocked by it.  In fact, the “science” of weight loss is so OBVIOUS to me that I could [...]

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Jennifer on February 14th, 2011

Weigh-in today showed 152, so the five pounds since 157 are gone again.  Now that last week is behind me, I’m looking forward to the downward trend this week.  For Valentines Day my husband got me the most beautiful card and also a Reese’s Peanut Butter heart whose nutritional information said 1/4 of the package.  [...]

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Jennifer on January 1st, 2011

I have updated my Progress Photos page with another picture. Make sure you scroll to the bottom to see the latest picture, as I have them displayed in descending order. This one marks 110 pounds of loss!
I actually reached this milestone a couple of weeks ago but couldn’t get an uploaded photo to appear in [...]

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Jennifer on November 8th, 2010

Well, as you may recall from last week’s weigh-in (sorry for the draught in posts since then) I was up two pounds from the four-day mini vacation I went on with the fam, at a weight of 169.
This morning, I weighed 164, so not only did the two pounds come back off quickly, but I [...]

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