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lifestyle changes

Goodbye Margarita

March 30, 2009

I know a few of you read Margarita Shapes Up over on glamour.com. I was SO sad to read on Friday that Margarita will no longer be writing the blog, I actually said “NO” out loud when I saw the title.
Margarita’s blog has inspired me so much. When I first decided to start changing my [...]

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How I changed my ‘lifestyle’ in 2008: Part 5-Then and Now

December 30, 2008

Here you go…..

Two years ago at Christmas time.

About three weeks ago, right before Eric and I came home for Christmas vacation.
Well, what do you think? I know it doesn’t look like I’ve lost that much weight (notice I’m wearing the same jeans in both pictures) but I feel WAYYY better about myself.
Also, tomorrow’s New Years [...]

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How I changed my ‘lifestyle’ in 2008: Part 4-The hard part

December 29, 2008

I stepped on the scale this morning. I’m up 3.5 pounds after a week of binging on butter tarts (my grandma makes the BEST butter tarts), cheesecake, pumpkin pie, stuffing, toffifee, sugar cookies, the list goes on and on and on.
It’s OK though. I had a great Christmas despite going overboard on the sweets and [...]

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How I changed my ‘lifestyle in 2008: Part 3-Exercise

December 24, 2008

Okay first off, these last few posts may make it seem like I’m completely obsessed with eating and exercise. Essentially, this is probably true, I kind of had to become cautious about every single thing I put in my mouth because that is how I became overweight in the first place. I would often find [...]

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How I changed my ‘lifestyle’ in 2008: Part 2-Counting Calories

December 23, 2008

Okay, in yesterday’s post I mentioned that a big part of my weight loss was calorie counting. I think a lot of people bawk at those two words-yes, if you’re not careful it’s easy to become obsessive about calories and yes, that is how a lot of people develop eating disorders. However, that being said, [...]

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How I changed my ‘lifestyle’ in 2008: Part 1

December 23, 2008

What do you think the most common New Years resolution is? For millions of people it’s to exercise more, eat better or lose weight. This often results in people spending thousands of dollars on gym memberships and fad diets, and more often than not people fail at those endeavours.
I’ve always had a bit of a [...]

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