May 2012
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The Horizon
A fresh start and new beginnings are on the horizon…
Big change is coming…
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January 2012
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December 2011
5 posts
October 2011
5 posts
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In Pain, But So Worth It
I’ve been sore all day. The muscles in my legs definitely need time to heal. Considering 6.2 miles was the longest distance I had ever run before yesterday’s half marathon, I’m surprised I’m not in even more pain.
I went to work today and it was really nice to hear from all my coworkers, including Liz, how proud they were of me. Didn’t really expect that. It was...
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2 Years Home
2 years ago, today, I moved home from California, where I had lived for 5 years. I left all my friends and everything I had known. Moving home to live with my parents was filled with uncertainty. I was a new person out in California. Somebody with hopes and dreams. It would have been very easy to get depressed and eat myself even further into obesity than I already was. In fact, for the first few...
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1st Half Marathon Tomorrow
Tomorrow I battle all the odds to become a half-marathoner. Longest distance I’ve ever done was a 10K, less than half the distance. I haven’t trained. I’m scared out of my mind. But I’m determined to finish and that’s all that matters. If I have to walk the entire thing I will, but no matter what, I finish. Time is irrelevant.
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(Course Map) (What...
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Refusal To Quit: Countdown To My 1st Half Marathon
I’ve been pretty quiet the past couple of months. There’s been a lot of personal turmoil going on with my weight loss efforts that put me in a hole I’ve been struggling to get out of. What I’ve been keeping quiet about was the Baltimore Half Marathon coming up. I never really got to train for it like I had planned and a month ago I decided I wasn’t going to do it.
I...
September 2011
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Weigh In Week 73: Getting Better
SW: 354.6 Week 73: 265
Current Weight: 263.6
Weekly Change: - 1.4 lbs Total Loss: -91 lbs
I made some good changes this week. Rather than eating the cheaper, less-healthy options at work (Applebee’s), I spent a couple extra dollars and made the healthier Weight Watcher’s option. It clearly paid off. Less bad snacking this week and began to reintroduce more fruit into my diet.
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Weigh In Week 72: A Really Bad One
SW: 354.6 Week 71: 260.6
Current Weight: 265
Weekly Change: +4.4 lbs Total Loss: -89.6 lbs
Talk about a slap in the face. It’s very possible that a lot of this is just a fluke brought on by the fact that I drank the night before a weigh in which I never do, but whether or not that’s the case, I need to get back in fighting shape this week.
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Weigh In Week 71: First Week Back On The Wagon
SW: 354.6 Week 69: 262
Current Weight: 260.6
Weekly Change: -1.4 lbs Total Loss: -94 lbs
Sorry it took so long to update. I was in DC all weekend away from my computer. I did weigh in this week and it was a pleasant surprise. Despite a labor day weekend full of drinking and bad decisions I lost 1.4 lbs this week. This puts me at -94 lost. It’s definitely not where I’d like to...
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"Skinnylicious": Cheesecake Factory's New Menu
I tried the new Skinnylicious menu at Cheesecake Factory on Tuesday. It’s worth going in just to watch the servers attempt not to crack up every time they say “Skinnylicious”. I tried one of the items that didn’t actually have “Skinnylicious” in the name, the White Chicken Chili. It was pretty filling and delicious.
My Dad got the chicken soft tacos which...
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Crisis and Recommitment
It’s no secret that I haven’t been losing much weight since May. As much as I’d like to say that my body just wont let me lose weight, we all know that would be completely moronic. What I have kept a secret is that this past month I’ve gained back some of the weight I’ve lost. I’d like to say that it’s only a couple lbs, but based on what my home scale...
August 2011
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R.I.P. Fitblr Community
I have some sad news to deliver, The FITBLR Community is dead.
If you haven’t realized in the past several months the Fitblr Community has been on life support. Blogs have been abandoned, people have gone missing. Your ask box has been empty, a layer of dust growing thicker everyday.
When I joined tumblr this past December it was only meant to be a different medium for my weekly posts...
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Weigh In Week 67: Not The End Of The World
I did not weigh in yesterday. I ended up spending the night in VA on Friday and due to construction on the Metro, I did not make it back to MD in time to weigh in before going to work.
After 66 weeks of never missing a weigh in I was pretty upset about it. Even when I would go out of town I still made it to a meeting. In my book there were no excuses. But yesterday came and went and my world did...
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Weigh In Week 66: A Little Late
SW: 354.6 Week 65: 255.4
CW: 255.8
Weekly Change: + 0.4 lbs Total Loss: -98.8 lbs
Sorry it took so long to post this. I had a VERY busy and fun-filled weekend with Alicia and Amanda. I had a small gain, but nothing to be concerned about. I am however concerned about my foot. I noticed a bump on the top of my right foot Sunday night and it hurts. I’m going to see the doctor in a few...
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You Look "Normal"
It’s difficult to grasp what exactly “normal” is, but I’ve been hearing the word a lot lately. The past few weeks I’ve run into people I haven’t seen in a long time and we’ve chatted about my weight loss. Inevitably the conversation leads to the question, “how much more weight do you want to lose?”
I tell them I want to lose another 65 lbs and...
July 2011
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Weigh In Week 65: Sweet Recovery
SW: 354.6 Week 64: 257.2
CW: 255.4
Weekly Change: -1.8 lbs Total Loss: -99.2 lbs
I had a pretty devastating gain last week. I had just gotten over the 100 lbs lost milestone and then I gained 3.4 lbs, putting me back under. But, you learn from your mistakes. I’ve always said that the hardest lesson to master is how to recover. I like to think that I’ve done pretty well...
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You Count
Do the best that you can do and it counts…
Don’t let anybody tell you that what you do doesn’t count. If you try your best and do what you’re physically capable of doing then that’s all that matters. If you cant run a 5K in less than 30 minutes, who cares? It counts. If you cant squat your “ass to grass”, who cares? It counts. If you cant run a mile...
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Weigh In Week 64: A Gain Does Not Discount Your...
SW: 354.6 Week 63: 253.8
CW: 257.2
Weekly Change: +3.4 lbs Total Loss: -97.4 lbs
I had decided all week that I probably wasn’t going to weigh in this Saturday. Of course I’d still attend the meeting, but knowing I would gain I didn’t want to see that “total loss” drop below 100. I hopped on my home scale this morning just to get an idea of how bad the...
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I Could Not Have Lost 100 lbs Without My Best...
I said goodbye to my best friend, Carly, today. One of the few friends I stayed in touch with from high school, and pretty much 100% of my social life since I moved home in Oct ‘09, moved to Arizona today. It was not easy to say goodbye. When I talk about the support I get in real life, most of the time I’m referring to her. This entire journey began with her by my side.
When I...
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It Takes A Lot To Upset Me
I used to have a really bad temper. I pride myself in the fact that I was able to overcome my temper and rarely do I ever raise my voice anymore. Today was not one of those days.
Thank you Wells Fargo, Maryland State Inspection Test, and Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles for pushing me over the edge today. I hope you’re satisfied.
On the plus side, I used to binge on food when I got...
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GPOYW: 100 lbs Lost Progress Photo
442 Days = 100 lbs lost
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Fear of Gaining
Most of you know that the past few months of my weight loss have been plagued with gains and losses, one after another. As most of you also know, I reached the 100 lbs lost milestone this past weekend with a large loss of -5.8 lbs. My typical pattern after a large loss is a small gain. With such a large loss in one week on top of my recent pattern of ups and downs I’m very much afraid that...
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Weigh In Week 63: 100 LBS LOST!
SW: 354.6 Week 62: 259.6
CW: 253.8
Weekly Change: -5.8 lbs Total Loss: -100.8 lbs (triple digits!!!)
I’ve been waiting a long time for this day.
It’s tough to put into words exactly what this means for me. When I began weight watchers 63 weeks ago, weighing in at 354.6 lbs was frightening. The most weight I had ever lost was 39 lbs. I knew that in order to be healthy...
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A Good Feeling
I have a really good feeling about tomorrow’s weigh in…
That is all.
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Half Marathon Training Advice
I was completely caught off guard by the fact that my first half-marathon is 3 months from tomorrow!?
Baltimore Half Marathon - October 15th
Does anybody have any suggestions for FREE training programs out there that have worked for them? I really cant afford to purchase anything right now, so if it’s free that’ll be better for me.
Thanks in advance!
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T.E.A.M. Weight Loss: Session 14
I know I’ve been slacking on the T.E.A.M. Weight Loss posts. Having my laptop out of commission and being on vacation made it difficult to keep up. So, I’m just going to skip Sessions 12-13. Sorry.
T.E.A.M. Weight Loss has been interesting the past two weeks. Every Thursday I weigh in at the gym’s scale hooked up to their computer system. 2 weeks ago it said I was down 3 lbs and...
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Official Results: July 4th Autism Speaks 5K
It’s been 10 days and apparently I never bothered to actually look and see what my official time was for the July 4th Autism Speaks 5K.
OFFICIAL TIME: 46:10
7 seconds slower than my first 5K back in March. No real shame in that at all. It was my first 5K from start to finish on my own without anybody there to push me but myself. That’s something to be proud of.
These photos on the...
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Accountability
Got a text this morning from my T.E.A.M. Weight Loss trainer.
“I had a thought. Are you doing cardio any other days of the week besides class?”
My response?
“Not really.”
Not very happy about that response either, but if I had lied I would have only been hurting myself.
“Ok, we are gonna add 2 more days of cardio in for you. You’ve got time right? ;)...
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Progress Photos: Broadway Edition
For years I have stood at the stage door of Broadway shows waiting to take my picture with the Actors who I just saw perform. For years I have hated those pictures. I was always embarrassed by the way I looked. Since last July I’ve made my way up to NYC every 3 months, and each time I’ve seen a show. It’s amazing for me to see the visual transformation from the start of my weight...
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Weigh In Week 62: Vacation Gain
SW: 354.6 Week 61: 257.6 CW: 259.6
Weekly Change: + 2 lbs Total Loss: -95 lbs
Sorry this is a late update, but wifi was super limited when I was in NYC this weekend. ($15/day for internet Hilton? Really?!)
Well, my three vacation weigh-ins are over. I had 1 Gain, 1 Loss, and 1 that I maintained.
Overall vacation weigh-in total = -.8 lbs.
I really cant complain about that!
Now, back to...
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NYC Here I Come
I’m heading up to NYC today! Going to see “Book of Mormon” tomorrow afternoon!
On a completely different topic, I have some good news and some bad news…
Good News: I GOT MY LAPTOP BACK THIS MORNING!
Bad News: I’m not taking it with me to NYC. So, another weekend will go by with few posts. Promise I’ll be back to my old blogging self when I return next week. I...
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Don't Allow Other People To Convince You The...
“You look so amazing!”
4 simple words that can change a person’s entire outlook on their weight loss journey.
When somebody sees you after a significant weight loss it seems like the only thing they can say to you, “you look so amazing.” The person saying it doesn’t realize that what we hear is:
“You don’t need to lose anymore weight.”
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Autism Speaks 5K: Potomac, MD
5K this morning by myself… first race on my own. I know there are other fitblrs here, but not sure who. Oh well! Just gonna meet some new people and enjoy myself. Why is it so humid?!
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Weigh In Week 61: Vacation Loss (Hello 250's!)
SW: 354.6 Week 60: 260.4 CW: 257.6
Weekly Change: - 2.8 lbs Total Loss: -97 lbs
The past 10 weeks I have been chasing down the 100 lb milestone, but the elephant in the room that I neglected to mention was that I just wanted to get to the 95 lb milestone first. It was killing me that I was having such a hard time losing the last 5 lbs. I really think that sometimes when you get...
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Enemy Vanquished: The Pool/The Bathing Suit
This is a picture of me… POST SWIM!
You read that correctly… I got in a pool. A PUBLIC POOL aka one with complete strangers around. First thing we did after arriving at the Hotel in Atlantic City was go down to the pool. I got into my brand new bathing suit and it felt good. I knew there was no going back now.
With confidence I took off my shirt and got into the pool.
I honestly...
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T.E.A.M. Weight Loss: Session 11
Back to T.E.A.M. Weight Loss. It was definitely something I missed when I was away in California. I missed my trainer, Kristin, and I missed the feeling after a workout. I think I did a pretty great job of getting in workouts while I was away on vacation. I went on 3 different hikes and ran the Golden Gate Bridge. That’s more exercise than any other vacation I’ve ever been on.
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June 2011
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San Francisco: Progress
I first visited San Francisco in February of 2004. My Dad and Stepmom took me to visit my future college. This is a photo of my sister and I eating chocolate at Ghirardelli Square during that trip. One of the few photos I have from that trip. I look at it now and can only think of how far I’ve come.
This photo is from my trip last week. It was taken just before I ran the Golden Gate...
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Escondido Falls Hike
One of the great things about taking a trip to visit friends who haven’t seen you since you began losing weight is that a lot of people want to exercise with you. My friend Jess wanted to go on a hike with me. I was really looking forward to that. When she told me it would be a hike in Malibu to some waterfalls I got even more excited.
First, we had to walk a mile uphill from the parking...