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Hi!  Glad to see BSlim isn’t going down after all.. yay!  Like many people I scrambled to get another site and am now starting up with Sparkpeople… I’m just curious, when it comes to blogging are you using the same blog for both(or all) sites you are active on?  Seems like that would streamline things a bit.  Thanks for any input

Man, I am sad and shocked that buddyslim is going down :(  Just wanted to say THANK YOU to all the wonderful buddies that have supported me and rooted me on along my weight loss journey.  This site is/was absolutely wonderful and highly instrumental in my success.  Much love to you all and best of luck on your continuing efforts to gain happier and healthier lives.

Jenny

Hello!  It’s been a bit… the holidays were a little rough, but it’s time to get myself together.  My husband too… we have decided to use something that we really want as a motivation.  My birthday is fairly close around the corner… about 4 weeks.  What I’d really like is a Kindle, so that is what I’m working for.  The goal is 1 lb. per week.  If I do better than that, then that is awesome. :)  My husband also has something in mind and we’re setting our anniversary date as his goal date.   I don’t think I’ll make a habit of it necessarily, but in the short term to get myself back in the game it feels like the right thing for me.  Anyway, was wondering what sort of rewards have you motivated yourself with?

Before I worked out last night I was feeling pretty bad about how things have been going.  Been in a bit of a downward spiral but I REFUSE to get sucked all the way down the drain :)  So, although I’ve been keeping up on my workouts  well (very lacking on diet, unfortunately), I decided to step it up a bit as I try to regain control.  I did my regular 40 min. routine and still had loads of energy left so I tried out a 20 min. jogging program.  With 3 min. to warm up at the front and 2 to cool down at the end that put me at 15 min. of straight jogging in the middle!  It was a steady 4.5 mph at 2% incline to protect my knees and it was really really nice. :)  I didn’t have any pain, no pronounced buring in any muscles, and the absolute best fact of all is that I have been able to quit using my asthma inhaler before jogging. :)  Not sure what happened, but something in my body seems to have clicked.  On days when there is excessive smog or firesmoke or anything like that, of course I’ll use it, but on a normal day my body seems to be able to handle it just fine.  So anyway, when I was done with that I felt like a million bucks and it has inspired me to get back on track with eating starting today.  The first thing I did was send our jar of chocolate covered almonds in to my husbands work, lol!  I thought I could have them around the house as a not-so-bad sweet treat every now and then… BAH… yeah right.  I’ve learned I can’t be trusted with that sort of thing…at least not lately.  So, I’ve gotta be accountable to myself about that kind of stuff.  I’ve learned I can only count on myself.  I have to be my own support and cheerleader.  So, rah rah me :P 

It has been SO long since I’ve even logged in, I just wanted to  check in… let my buddies know (if they even remember me :P) that I’m still hanging in there.  I’m happy to say I have been able to maintain 195 all summer through diet and exercise… just been pretty much stuck as far as getting any lower.  I’d still like to lose a minimum of 15 more lbs. But, in any case very happy that I’ve been able to maintain!  It got a little tough with the kids home 24/7 and too hot to go outside and walk.  Lots of VERY late nights on the treadmill… when it was somewhat cooled off in the house, lol.  Now kids are back in school and I can get on a  better routine again.  I’m hoping to firm up my regimen starting tomorrow… or I guess later today, hehe.. since it’s already like 2:30 in the morning :P  So yeah, doing well and hoping everyone else is doing well also.  Happy Thursday!

Whew, well we just got back from our yearly camping trip up to our local mountains.  Long story short…we all came down with the flu and it was actually pretty dissapointing and sad.  I did have one high point before I got sick though.  Since it’s hard to take salad and healthy foods camping, I had been eating granola bars and hotdogs and corn on the cob, etc… I really wanted to get in a good walk/hike.  So my 12 1/2 yr. old daughter and I set out to complete at least a 3 mile walk.  (I had a gps to track how far we went)  We agreed to walk around the campground as many times as it took to reach the goal. We ended up getting side tracked on a nature trail.  We explored all the different trails that sprouted off of the main one…went pretty deep and down a very steep trail until we ran into someones private property, lol.  Was probably a good thing since I was thinking, Um, we are going to have to climb back up… :P  So we turned around and it was amazing because I was able to power up those steep trails no problem!  Going down bothered my knees a bit, but going up was great.  I’m sure my treadmill incline training has a lot to do with that.  The funniest thing is that my daughter kept asking me to stop and take a break.  I thought she was joking, but eventually she was like, “Ok, mom!  I need a break because I havent’ been training in the last year like you!”  So I said, “Are you seriously telling me that I am working YOU out right now??”  and she said, “Yep, you are definitely working me out!”  All I could do was cheer and laugh!  What a difference a year makes!  Last year.. same campground… same daughter… I couldn’t keep up with her.  I couldn’t traverse thoses trails.  It felt absolutely fantastic to experience our camping trip in a different way.  So, although we got sick and had to cut our trip short.. I am thankful for that hike/walk (we did hit our 3 mile goal, btw).  It was definitely the highlight of it all.  And another cool thing… I thought I was going to gain weight from the weird eating… but actually weighed in at 194.2 this morning. :)  That’s officially the lowest I have ever been since starting this weight loss journey, so that is very very cool.  Might be cheating since I didnt’ have a whole lot of food in my system, but it was still nice to see, hehe. :) 

I have been afk a lot lately,  but still working hard… surviving the wonderful summer with parties, kids 24/7, and the heat.  Well, the heat may kill me yet… but anyway, excited to report that I hit 50 lbs. weight lost a few days ago!  I held off on posting, just on the off chance that my body was gonna pull something tricky.. like… SIKE!!  There’s the couple pounds you thought you lost.  lol.. Anyway, it’s been 195.(something) for 3 days straight, so I guess I can give myself credit. :)  It’s an amazing thing to look back and realize the road I have traveled, the people who have helped me out (you guys), and the journey that continues every day.  It’s not perfect by an stretch of the imagination, but it’s a journey that continues day to day, week to week, month to month, and I do imagine, year to year.  Someone asked me the other day, “So when are you stopping?”… My answer… “Never!”  Just like we need sleep everyday, or social activity, water, food, love, so do we also need physical activity.  Believe it or not, that is a concept many of us seem to miss.  Well, at least I can speak for myself, that I was sure missing it!  So anyway, I’m still looking toward the future… loving being this healthier version of myself.  So much more confidence, love, and trust… in myself.  Anyway, I wish you all many successes!

I haven’t been on in a while, due to the end of the school-year rush,  and being sick for the last couple weeks… but… just wanted to do a quick blog just to say I hit 197 today :))  Very happy about that and proud of myself for keeping going.  I have been having a terrible craving (for at least 2 weeks) for peanut-butter slathered maplesyrup-drenched eggo waffles!  I make them for my kids sometimes and I am amazed I haven’t given in.  It’s  weird though… I want them SO bad.  hehehe.  Anyway, I have been going and going with my workouts.. defying my (sometime) lack of motivation and just happy to be making progress.  It is wonderful.

Last week was a pretty bad week… we lost one of our dogs… the sweetest dog ever and on top of that I went through another UTI… but!!!  The good news starts with last night.  Somebody saw a flier for our missing dog and called because they had him for over a week!!  He is an awesome dog, so they were planning on keeping him, but after seeing the flier obviously wanted to return him to us.  I’m so thankful for good people that do the right thing. :)  Then this morning.. weigh-in time… 198.6!!!  I had no idea I was going to be *this* excited to get below 200.  I feel so giddy and just sort of jumping outta my skin.  AND maybe the best news of all.. I got my hubs to agree to getting up each morning to work out with me. :)  I enticed him by saying.. ok we’ll get up, you do 20 min on the treadmill, I’ll do 20 minutes on the bowflex.. then you switch to the bowflex for 20 minutes and I’ll make you a delicious omelette breakfast. :)  Worked like a charm, ha!  Then I can always get in my cardio later in the day like I usually do.  I’m thrilled about this, because I worry about his health so much.  I just talked to him on the phone and he already sounds happier than usual.  I think it’s just the change we needed.

Thank GOODNESS for docs, man.  That’s all I can say on this morning, finally feeling relief.  I am down some weight too.. now exactly 200.0…. tomorrow could be the day.  My attitude is very good today, feeling hopeful and motivated and completely content with this body… funny how a few days of pain puts things back into perspective.  So I’m going to put this body to work, getting my floors mopped, laundry put away, dishes done… then I can play whatever I want for the rest of the weekend, hehe.  World of Warcraft, anyone??  Happy weekend to all you Buddies!