Jennifer on October 11th, 2010

I couldn’t have asked for a nicer weekend to get out and enjoy the weather. It was beautiful here in Wisconsin — the radiant color of the autumn leaves, the unseasonably warm weather in the low 80’s — high school homecoming football complete with parade — and my wedding anniversary! (That makes 17 [...]

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Jennifer on October 4th, 2010

Well, weigh-in today was a relief. The scale said 171, so all four pounds of loss from last week stayed off! I was a little worried based on all the sleep I lost and that there was mucho food at Fiesta on Saturday. (My two older kids were adopted from Guatemala [...]

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Jennifer on September 27th, 2010

Honestly, I’m not in my maintenance phase yet. I dont’ want to be anyway. Hopefully this is just a plateau and my body isn’t telling me that it has already lost all it is going to…
Today’s weigh-in was 175 again. My scale doesn’t show tenth of a pound increments, but I’m [...]

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Jennifer on September 20th, 2010

Well, Monday to Monday results in no loss or gain. I had been down as low as 173 this past week but, just like last Monday, saw 175 on the scale this morning. sigh.
Oh well, on to another week. I still have plenty of time before the end of the year to [...]

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Jennifer on September 13th, 2010

I’d like to say that I prioritize my life to include plenty of exercise and do things that are good for ME but alas I tend to put my kids ahead of myself. I’m not all that angelic though… I do find myself wasting plenty of time too. Facebook is evil that way, [...]

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Jennifer on September 6th, 2010

I hope no one worked too hard today, if they worked at all! I had a nice weekend — the family gathering was actually yesterday. My kids got to go fishing with their cousins while the adults played corn hole and took turns pushing Sarah on the swings.
We had a potluck for dinner [...]

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Jennifer on August 30th, 2010

Let me start with the exciting news: I lost another two pounds last week and my weight was 176 this morning. Only eight more pounds to go. I’ve changed things up quite a bit in the last few weeks and wanted to share a few observations…

I haven’t abandoned the notion completely, but [...]

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Jennifer on August 23rd, 2010

Well, today is a milestone! I’ve hit the 90 pounds lost mark. Today’s weigh-in showed 178, which I was so happy to see after the last few weeks of mini-plateau. Last Monday was 181 (which was a pound gain from the previous) so I managed to lose it and two more.
Despite [...]

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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 [...]

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Jennifer on August 9th, 2010

I lost one this week. It’s Monday weigh-in and the scale showed 180. There were so many days in the last couple of weeks where the scale showed 180 but not once did it dip into the 170s. I guess I’ll have to wait for next week to see a new second [...]

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