Welcome to my online weight loss journal. I am on a program called Lean for Life. I started my journey on January 20, 2004 weighing over 363. I use this journal to post my successes, struggles, and trials . I hope that I motivate, inspire and encourage others in the process. I post once a week so come back and see how I am doing.
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Goals: 1. 180/185 pounds or size 12/14 (whichever comes first) 2. Tone and shape my legs, thighs and arms
Personal Motivators: • I will be able to wear my size 12 dresses for the Black & White Affair Dec 06 and on the cruise in 2007. • I will have maintained control in what I eat and my exercise. • I will reach my size 12/14 with all my 16's too big. • I will continue to shop at any store. • I will be able to wear my swimsuit with no skirt no wrap.
• My thunder thighs will be gone. • Self sabotage will be a thing of the past.
ITS NOT EASY , I CAN TELL U ,BUT UR DOING QUITE WELL !!! 
Just browsing the ring to see how everyone is doing. Keep up the good work girl, you are my inspiration!! 
I'd love to weigh about 170! I'm right at 218 now and I need to get back on the ball, ya know?! Good luck to you!
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I always get inspired to keep trying to lose the buldge every time I leave your site. 
, Wk 196
Coming to myself and reporting in. After my last entry, things went from bad to worse if only in my mind. All I can say is I have gone through something I never thought I would be facing at this stage in my life and I was not prepared for it. I tried not stressing over the situation, but it didn't work. The scale started to go up because of the stress and by Monday I was up to 195 (while eating on plan but no exercise). First I found comfort in my bed so I discontinued the exercise. Eventually I gave into the urge to eat through my stress and made things worse.
We had a guest speaker at church on Wednesday last week and his sermon topic was "Don't Go Back". I felt like he was talking directly to me. Immediately a picture of me at my heaviest flash in my mind and I knew I had to do something to get myself together. At that point I didn't know which way my life was going, but I decided to operate as if the situation was resolved. I couldn't do anything one way or the other until I knew the outcome of my problem anyway. I realized I was making things worse by going down the road I was traveling.
Last week I didn't weigh in. I didn't weigh at all on Tuesday and Wednesday. The first time I have done that since I started. By Thursday I faced the music and got on the scale. I was back in Twoterville - 201. With the 200’s back in the picture, I made a bigger effort to de-stress, start exercising, and eat as clean as I could. Exercising, de-stressing, and gradually getting back on plan - the scale started to go back down. Yesterday was my first full day back on plan. Today I am back in Onederland - 196. Even though I would rather not have gone through this, this is the one time I don't mind the back tracking.
I have learned a valuable lesson through all of this. One I thought I had learned. I have faced many things throughout these past two years and I have made it through, but life is ever changing and things are constantly happening. Some things results from our own actions. I read somewhere that "Every action has a consequence before you act be ready for the consequence" (or something like that). That is so true.
I am back in the game and hopefully this will be my last time in the 190's.
Hi just surfing around, sorry my message didn't go through. Sorry you have to see my mug twice.. Congradulation on your weight loss, you look just great.
congratulations on your weight how are you doing it i am trying but it is a struggle have diabetetis praying for you have a good week
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