Jennifer on August 16th, 2010

Today’s Monday weigh-in was a little disappointing, although yesterday’s wardrobe was uplifting — not even taking the new bra into account! 
I gained a pound, according to the scale, so this week’s official number is 181.  <sigh>
However, I wore my “college jeans” yesterday and not only was there no “muffin top” spilling out over [...]

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Jennifer on July 14th, 2010

I was reviewing my list of tag words and was happy to see that I haven’t used these words in a long time:

plateau
boredom
plus-size
rut

I haven’t used them because I haven’t felt them!  Many people I come across are bored with their exercise routine or feel frustrated that they (think they) are eating right and exercising enough [...]

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Jennifer on April 27th, 2010

The scale told me 203 yesterday, and 202 today.  I like the direction I’m moving, albeit ever so slowly.  I still need to eke out one more pound before the end of April to meet my monthly goal.
I started thinking at lunch today — there are 35 weeks left in the year.  I need to [...]

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Jennifer on December 1st, 2009

I’ve been at a plateau for almost two weeks now and it’s a little discouraging.  I’d like to think that I have not lost any weight in this time because I have added weight training to my exercising (when I find the time to do it!) and that the lost fat is being replaced with [...]

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Jennifer on November 3rd, 2009

During the last half of October, I spent nearly two whole weeks without losing any weight.  In the last six days, I have lost six pounds!  I think it must have been the incorporation of the treadmill to my daily (or sometimes every other day) routine.  How’s that for breaking out of a rut!  I [...]

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Jennifer on September 26th, 2009

Here’s the part of dieting that is frustrating … I was pleased as pie during the first half of the month when the weight was melting off.  I knew my monthly goal of losing ten pounds this month would be absolutely no problem at all, considering I had already lost 9 of the 10 only [...]

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