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Weigh in Day Friday!

5/15/09 9:29am by Monica45
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Well I started this "journey" (why do I hate using that word?!) on Monday, 5/11/2009 and have decided to make Fridays my weigh in day (even though I really weigh myself daily like most of us!).  Anyways, I am down to 241.9 which is almost 4 lbs lost.  I feel good about that.  I am still so disgusted that I am even anywhere near this number, but I shall use that as incentive to keep going.  I was going to go back to Weight Watchers, I like the accountability of it mainly, but I'm gonna try to just be accountable to myself this time.  I'm keeping an eye on calories, exercising,  Read more >

Suze Orman is inside my brain

5/12/09 5:10pm by Monica45
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I have always been one to spend money very freely.  It there was something I wanted, I didn't think twice about buying it unless it was a very major purchase.  When I worked, my husband and I did pretty well together and since neither of us are what I would call "cheap", alot of things were purchased.  Alot of needless things too.  Consequently, our house was full of alot of stuff we never even opened sometimes, and our debt was huge.  Something snapped in me about a year ago though.  It was even before the recession, when I suddenly decided to get my act together, at least  Read more >

I want to become a runner!

5/11/09 8:53am by Monica45
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So today I weighed myself.  It's bad.  But I already knew it would be.  245.7.  Yes, I will even add in the tenths since my scale does that.  Now keep in mind, in high school, I weighed always between 135 and 150.  I'm 5 ft 7.  So this is alot.  About 100 lbs over that.  Even when I was in my 20's up to about age 30, the highest I ever got was between 165 and 175.  So that makes me look at what happened from age 30 and beyond.  Well 3 major things happened.  I met my husband (who is overweight also and likes to cook and eat), I quit smoking, and I had a baby.  Could these 3 thi  Read more >

Today It Begins..........

5/10/09 11:17am by Monica45
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Today is Mother's Day.  A perfect day for me to think about my life.  Yes, I am a mother.  Yes, my body has gone to hell since becoming one.  Although my daughter being 11 makes it difficult for me to blame it on her.  The sad fact is, I have let myself go.  I'm not sure why.  I do know that I have always had a distorted body image.  I was just looking at pics of me when I was 14 and I was feeling sooooooooooooooo fat then, while in reality, I was at most 5 to 10 lbs overweight and very pretty.  It's time to get it together.  I'm now 45.  If I don't do it now, when will I?  Food  Read more >

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Monica45
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May 2009
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I am a 45 year old woman, who's been married for 12 years, and have an 11 year old daughter.  I used to work full time as a social worker, but now I just run the fort here at home, while I try to get my act together.  I've got more issues than the Library of Congress so this journey should not only be long, but very interesting.

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