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The Ultimate Holiday Challenge - CHRISTMAS PARTY ON DEC. 8TH!

bhmtnbiker
  • By bhmtnbiker · Posted November 4, 2009
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • I think I'm prepared! I have to drive 250+ miles (one way) to my Office Meeting now turned Christmas Party on Dec. 8th, and lots of food, booze and fun expected. And I've got a plan ready! I don't drink ...

Looking for help

catmacd
  • By catmacd · Posted November 4, 2009
  • Discussion in I want to lose weight! · 8 replies
  • Ok! This is pretty hard for me. I'm not usually the one asking for help unless I'm asking my husband to find something I've lost etc. I finally realized that I can not do this alone and honestly I don't ...

ONE HOLIDAY DOWN, TWO TO GO!!

bhmtnbiker
  • By bhmtnbiker · Posted November 2, 2009
  • Journal · 17 replies
  • I survived Halloween! Bought too much pizza but it turned out to be too soggy to keep for left-overs (YEAH!). And we had 42 kids, so the only candy left filled a baggie (ANOTHER YEAH!) and I'm going to ...

Blue Moldy Oatmeal! :(

GringoGrandma
  • By GringoGrandma · Posted November 2, 2009
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • Don't know if it's the humidity? or what, almost has to be. My weekly cooked oatmeal was not available to eat!!!, unless I wanted home grown penicillin!!? Actually the color was awesomely vivid and beautiful.....for ...

Food journal says all.

kirsgon
  • By kirsgon · Posted October 30, 2009
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Wow...I started keeping a food journal again. It's hard to deny your food intake when it's staring you in the face in black and white. The reason I haven't lost much weight is because I take in more than ...

Day 4

lizgore
  • By lizgore · Posted October 29, 2009
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • Today was an okay day I guess. I wish I would have done better. Thu, Oct 29 2009 s Breakfast Old Fashioned Oats - Classic Oatmeal 150 Water 0 Blueberries - Frozen, Unsweetened 16 Lunch enchilada 350 Water ...

My teeth hurt...

bhmtnbiker
  • By bhmtnbiker · Posted October 29, 2009
  • Journal · 12 replies
  • which happens every time it snows (we've got 2 feet up on the ski trails by the way). I'm really sensitive to weather changes that way, plus I went to a dentist who purposely ground down two good teeth ...

HALLOWEEN WEIGH IN!!!

bhmtnbiker
  • By bhmtnbiker · Posted October 29, 2009
  • Journal · 24 replies
  • I'm doing it early so all you night owls have something to check out first! WEIGHT 175 (GAINED 3 POUNDS)! :0 Bust: 40 (down 1.5 inches) Waist: 37 (up .5 inches) Hips: 41 (up .5 inches) Upper Left Arm ...

Another day, another Year!

noexcuse09
  • By noexcuse09 · Posted October 29, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Well, sometimes you just have to know it's not worth getting upset over. I turn the big 4-0 this weekend- Halloween as a matter of fact. I'm looking forward to it and decided this morning as my coworkers ...

Day 3 (again)

lizgore
  • By lizgore · Posted October 29, 2009
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • It is wednesday and I have restarted on Monday. Things aren't going too well but I hope to fix that. I am in it to win it ...

Urgh

lizgore
  • By lizgore · Posted October 29, 2009
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • I eat 300 cal breakfast 400 cal lunch and 120 cal snack. Everything is going fine and I am feeling good. Then dinner comes along and I eat anywhere from 800-1200 cal though I am only suppose to eat 480 ...

week 14- buddies at the gym

sumgirl
  • By sumgirl · Posted October 28, 2009
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • well monday i got one of my friends to go the gym with me... and she loves it. and i love her going, she keeps me on track and makes me work harder. she has lost 5 pounds since monday, although its water ...

312 Days until Race day - WINTER STORM WARNING... WHOO HOO!

bhmtnbiker
  • By bhmtnbiker · Posted October 28, 2009
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • I've got mixed feelings with this one. First, I'm really looking forward to the foot of snow we're expecting to get within the next 24 hours, but not looking forward to my sister's family driving 900 ...

Hungry...or not?

kirsgon
  • By kirsgon · Posted October 28, 2009
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • One of my biggest challeges is my emotional eating. I eat when I'm happy...when I'm sad...when I'm stressed...when I'm bored...whenever. I've started trying to talk to my body and really listen for the ...

313 Days Until Race Day - CREEPY

bhmtnbiker
  • By bhmtnbiker · Posted October 27, 2009
  • Journal · 14 replies
  • Snow is coming... so this morning, I woke up before the alarm went off at 5 am, and decided to get in a bike ride before it came. The temperature was 54 degrees and is supposed to drop down to a high ...

I feel guilty

Be-Gelias
  • By Be-Gelias · Posted October 25, 2009
  • Journal · 7 replies
  • We had to leave our labrador retriever in Michigan, a couple of our neighbors were taking care of him, this elderly lady just loves him, he came up missing last winter for a couple of days we found him ...

gastric bypass

ginnie63
  • By ginnie63 · Posted October 24, 2009
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • i am home from the hospical and its been 10 days. i have loss 18 lbs. since my 10 days clear liquid. had any one else just had gastric bypass ...

What a blessing you all are.......

GringoGrandma
  • By GringoGrandma · Posted October 24, 2009
  • Journal · 7 replies
  • My birthday was fabulous, and today I find over 20 greetings from Inspire and countless bouquets on FB. I am so blessed. You all are such a joy to know and pray for. I am deeply thankful. Love, prayers ...

Crazy Weeks

krazeyashun
  • By krazeyashun · Posted October 23, 2009
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • Or, I guess I should say "krazey" weeks. Whatever. Sorry I haven't been on and reading y'alls journals and discussions..To say things have been hectic would be an understatement. My mom came back from ...

WHOA!!! POINT FOR THE VOICE!

bhmtnbiker
  • By bhmtnbiker · Posted October 23, 2009
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • I had myself all set - great exercise, ate my fruit snack at the first sign of hunger, salad all set for lunch when I got back from the bank, then BAM! Overwhelming focus on Dairy Queen! The debate lasted ...

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