Wednesday, October 19, 2011
In:
Fast Food
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My Fitness Pal
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Nutritional values
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Travel
Eating on the Run
It's been a long time but I'm back... and when I say I've missed you dear blog, I mean it! . So let's get to it....
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
In:
Accountability
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Donnie Wahlberg
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motivation
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NSV
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Nutritional values
Sometimes it's not about the scale
Because it's Wednesday, or Hump Day as I like to call it, because I'm halfway through the week. (And because Donnie Walhberg has a serious love for Humps..not to mention he's really nice to look at. So let's just take a moment to look at Mr. Donald Edmond Wahlberg) *sigh*Hump Day is also what I like to all my reflection day, I get to look back on thing that went badly the first half of the week and try to end the week on a high note, although it doesn't happen this way.... sometimes it happened on Thursday... or if it's a really bad week it's on Friday....
Now, that I've wiped my mouth from all the drooling let's get back to business Non Scale Victories or NSV as most people like to call them. Let's be honest losing weight is about the numbers... how many pounds did you lose? , What number does the scale show? What size clothes are you wearing now? How many calories are you eating? See what I mean.... all about the numbers.
But there is a down side to that, a lot of dieters are all about the numbers, just like life, dieters should take pleasure in the small things... or in this case the Non Scale Victories. Many of who read this blog have celebrated the fact that you....
- Can walk a flight of stair without being winded
- Do squats without your knees hurting
- Wear a pair of jeans that used to be a little bit more snug
- Having more energy to play with your children
Numbers are important, but they aren't everything. You may not lose one pound this week, but notice that you have more muscle tone in your legs... as far as I'm concerned that's a victory. You might not have lost a pound this week, but you passed on a slice of cheesecake when you went out to dinner with your girlfriends... that's a HUGE Victory. See what I mean, they're everywhere.But you might have missed yours cause you were looking at the scale.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Tummy Tales
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| Being Fierce in my *new* Blue Sports Bra |
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| Not pretty, but it's mine! |
My stomach is not pretty, but it tells my story... And I'm okay with that!
(After looking at the picture I just realize I have stomach boobs....lol)
Thanks goes to my brother for braving the chunky butt and taking my pictures
For those of you wondering Elmo has decided that he doesn't want to lose weight... and holding steady at 14 pounds!
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| 254 |
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| 270 |
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Pretty Girl('s Do Indeed) Rock
Yesterday I posted something on Longevity , "
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By the time high school came around, I had the girly thing down pact, although the pig tails and the hair barrettes were gone I was still wearing the girdle and would roll my hair every night before school so that my hair would be curled perfection... no one could tell you that I wasn't girly. But with high school came the cruel reality that I could be girly but could I be pretty.? There were a lot of pretty girls at my high school and I was friends with a lot of them, but I never felt like anything other than the fat, funny sidekick... this feeling stayed with me for years.
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3 college degrees, 2 liver transplants, boyfriends I dare not count, and friends near and far, and lesson's that have served me well through life, I still have yet to learned how to be pretty. My mother on the other had always had the motto that she was "As Fine As Wine" and no one could tell her different, my motto was, "Fake It Till You Make It" Over the years, I've allowed myself to be cute, maybe even attractive, but it wasn't until yesterday that I looked in the mirror and really looked at myself. I looked at my freckles, my eyes, even my pointy ears, and the rest of my imperfections and thought to myself, "Tyra you're pretty". Why did it take me so long to find my pretty?
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I don't think the answer has anything to do with looks. I think more than anything it's about acceptance. At the age of 34 I learned a lesson my mother has spent her entire life teaching her children, "Love yourself first, and others will follow", all this time I was trying to be pretty... when I was beautiful all along.
Now for those of you who were wondering. I stopped wearing a girdle when I graduated high school... as I got older it felt like my girly bits were being strangled and I longed to be free... I do wear Spankx on special occasions...my mother, well she still wears a griddle daily. And she swears if I wore one daily this would have been a lesson I would have learned years ago.
Thanks to everyone at Longevity, Inc. who shared this AHA! moment with me and to Stacey, Michelle and Davette for the encouraging words
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Now on to the fun part.... This weekend I have been good!
Saturday
| Totals | 1324 | 165 | 55 | 52 |
| Your Daily Goal | 1626 | 223 | 54 | 61 |
| Remaining | 302 | 58 | -1 | 9 |
| Calories | Carbs | Fat | Protein |
Sunday
| Totals | 1656 | 193 | 61 | 90 |
| Your Daily Goal | 1833 | 252 | 61 | 68 |
| Remaining | 177 | 59 | 0 | -22 |
| Calories | Carbs | Fat | Protein |
I actually had more protien that I am allowed....this is a first!!
Did you know that DO is the first part of DONE?? As always, when you know better you do better!
