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Well, honestly, I don't LOVE chocolate. I like it.. but I still have to partake in FREEness.
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Progress

Ever since I joined Weight Watchers, I've been going to the track every night. Ok, wait, I think I can say, honestly, that I missed ONE day. I officially LOVE running. It's the best adrenaline rush ever. But not only am I looking forward to the long term weight loss results but it has made such a difference everywhere else too. I feel great and I'm getting in shape. I'm not finding that I'm out of breath everytime I climb the stairs & I am realizing that my 3 p.m. slump has sort of diminished ENTIRELY. Every day at work when it came to about 3 pm, I would just get into this rut all of a sudden and my body felt like it had run out of gas; running on fumes! From sugar and carbs I presume. I don't get that anymore.
I imagine it's not just the exercising, it's much of the makeover I've done with my eating habits as well. I feel so good about this venture & I feel like I'm seeing the results. I weigh in on Friday again.. (or Thursday if I decide Friday won't work).. I have my mom's doctor appointment to take her to. <<--- Remember: Prayers please. ♥Thanks♥

Wordless Wednesday

The Dreaded Weigh in

Well, I made it through my first week of Weight Watchin'. And I'm happy to say that my first weigh in after joining... I had lost 3.2 lbs! It doesn't seem like a lot to most people but for me it was pretty darn good. I hadn't expected to hear that I lost that much. I was thinking maybe a pound or a pound and a half. I guess all my hard work is paying off. So nice. I really stuck to the points and changed up my eating habits significantly. It also helped that I went to the track every day last week... and either walked or ran or did both. That's what really helps; I know. So here we are at Week 2 now and I have so much motivation. I know I can do this... If I can average 3 pounds each week, I can lose 15 pounds in 5 weeks.. hopefully putting me at 165... which I haven't been in YEARS! I know I shouldn't get ahead of myself... I'm just trying to stay positive. It felt really good to step off that scale on Friday and hear those results. I think Jeff thinks I may be obsessing now.. I run/walk the track every day and I exercise way more than I ever even thought about! Well, keep me in your prayers that I continue on this journey to a healthier me.. and that I don't lose the willpower. I think I'll be ok.
I'm upping my "times" around the track this week.. making it a little more intense. It feels great!

A prayer rant & prayer request

Do you know how sometimes you've told your friends/aquaintances about something going on in your life, and suddenly your Facebook & MySpace comments start being flooded with "Praying for you"??.. This annoys me. Why? Because half of the people who say it, don't really mean it. I'd rather someone not even say that if they're really not going to actually stop and say a prayer. I know it seems strange for me to get all riled up about it but I do. Praying is powerful and sacred. When I say I'm praying for someone, I do. I have many 'real-life' and virtual friends who I know live their lives with prayer, so I trust that I'm in their prayers when I've asked them to please keep me in them or even to say a little extra for me. When the people who I know are "throwing" around the "I'll pray for you" phrase, and I know full well that they don't really even worship/believe, I wish I could get a moment to go to them and say "Ok, here I am, now let's hear it"... and I know that they'd get all tongue-tied and not even know where to start... Granted there is no right or wrong way to pray when you do, but it just irks me when people say that... who I know have NO intention and haven't prayed in years or a day in thier life. So.....now that I'm off the soap box, a prayer request: For my mom.. she is going for a mammogram this coming Friday... she has a lump in her breast (and has for a while).. PLEASE PRAY THAT WE GET SOME POSITIVE RESULTS FROM THIS WHEN THE TIME COMES AND THAT EVERYTHING TURNS OUT TO BE OK. She is super scared about this and truth be told, I am too. Just trying to be strong for her and be optimistic. She found out only recently that a cousin and an aunt of hers (on her mother's side) both had Breast Cancer ... they're in remission now and doing well but it's scary because now we know that it runs in the family.
Thank You

Joined Weight Watchers

... again...
Hopefully I stick with it this time & really accomplish my weight loss goals. This Monday will be my first official week. I think I can do it and I'm really motivated/determined. It's always tough at first but I'm going to be ok. Thanks Amy for your sweet, encouraging words on the last post. Let's see, lots of water, no junk and NO FAST FOOD! Think "dress" Dawn!

May is here already

Good grief .. I can't believe how time is flying by. Wedding planning is coming along, I guess. So much to do still. This rain has been non-stop lately and has got everyone down. I wish it would just stop already.. yuck. It feels like we're living in Washington State or wherever it is that it rains for weeks or months straight. I think it's there. I'm back on the wagon with the whole eating better, losing weight goal. I seriously need to lose 20 lbs and if I can do it by the time I get married, that will be wonderful! I'm very motivated right now.. my sister and I have been walking every night... and we're going the distance too. Once you get into it, you just keep going and don't realize, at first, how far you've gone. It's great! Such an adrenaline rush. I don't see any results as of yet but it's too early. I'm going to join Weight Watchers this Friday, as I've done twice in the past already. It's a wonderful way to lose weight and really stick with it. I really liked it when I joined before. The results are there. I think it's so much more effective with Weight Watchers because you know that you're going to have to get on that scale each week and you're not going to want to see that you've gone up in pounds, ONLY down. Once you've started with it and see the results and get your little "achievement" stickers, you're committed. In addition to walking, I've started doing crunches at night before bed too ...OUCH! I'll get used to it. I need to. I just hate the way I feel anymore. I hate seeing my body and I hate getting out of breath when I walk up a flight of stairs, HATE the guilt I have after I eat something I know I shouldn't have. Just done with all of it!!
And just to put a little more fire under my ass, I'm going to put a weight loss ticker on here - just to keep me focused. Well, and to share my progress with you of course. I have no problem telling anyone that I weigh 180 lbs and I should be about 150. I don't want to be a hiefer at my wedding ... but more importantly I want to be healthy.