The first of the year Heather (my trainer) and I set a goal to break my plateau of 156 pounds by Valentines Day.  I shook my head up and down letting her know I agreed, but in my mind I was thinking I am not sure that I was going to pull it off.  After all, I had been at a plateau for [...]

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My body is so tired.  My work outs have been really hard.  Almost every work out I have been sore.  Honestly I like felling sore, because I feel that I have gotten a really good work out.  My sore muscles are a constant reminder for me to make good healthy choices; it’s easy when it [...]

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I have written before about how this journey is becoming more of a change for me on the inside than it is a physical change as it was when I first started.  I know that I needed to do something and the most obvious was my weight. 
 
What I love most about my life is [...]

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Well, this week was measuring week.  I again maintained my weight at 157 pounds.  I have not lost any weight in eight weeks.  This really makes no sense to me; especially when I am working my butt off.  The last eight weeks have been weight lifting and cardio combined which are killers.  One would think [...]

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For the most part I survived Hurricane Ike.  I did not get to go to the gym at all for a week because there was no power any where.  For the first four days I simply ate, after all I was in survival mode.  By day five I was feeling really ugly and something had to give.  

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I have been working out for about 14 weeks now and it is amazing to me, how if I am told to do something by Heather I just do it.  I have gotten comfortable enough to tell her when I do not like it, but do it any way.  The truth is, I have a problem at [...]

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This week Heather asked me to keep track of my food intake.  I have not tracked my eating habits for about four weeks.  Since I have lost a few pounds my calorie intake has decreased from 1521 calories a day to 1496 calories a day.  I knew this would happen once I started losing weight; [...]

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Monday was my thirteenth week.  We take my measurement after every six weeks.  I have to say I was happy with the results.  I lost 11 pounds since we got started.  Remember, I gained weight at the end of my first six weeks (muscle).  I lost 6 1/2 inches (total all over body).  The big loss was an other 2% body [...]

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My workouts have gotten really hard.  I am sore about once a week.  I was worried that maybe I was not working hard enough, because for the first seven weeks I would come into the gym and Heather would say “Are you sore” and I would say “No.”  This is not the case any more.  [...]

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Last weekend was a great proof of my progress.  We were at a conference in Austin and I had only packed one pair of jeans for casual dress.  What’s the big deal, you ask?  Well, the big deal is that I have gone down two sizes.  I had to keep pulling my pants up all [...]

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