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Hello good people of Spark! I am determined to lose weight but am tired of the number on the scale setting my outlook on life. So, I'm not going to weight myself again until Aug 28, 2014. I know what I weight now, I know what I need to do to get back into my cute clothes I miss wearing and I know what it takes to get there.

No more pigging out! No more drinking too much! No more telling myself that being chubby is OK. No more going out to eat just to make hubby happy. No more ...
Hello good people of Spark! I am determined to lose weight but am tired of the number on the scale setting my outlook on life. So, I'm not going to weight myself again until Aug 28, 2014. I know what I weight now, I know what I need to do to get back into my cute clothes I miss wearing and I know what it takes to get there.

No more pigging out! No more drinking too much! No more telling myself that being chubby is OK. No more going out to eat just to make hubby happy. No more insouciance (I love this word, look it up!). NO MORE EXCUSES!

Super Teresa rides again....!!!!!!
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Member Since: 1/4/2011

SparkPoints: 27,282

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My Goals:
My goal is to be able to wear my cute clothes by the end of August. They are patiently waiting for me in the closet.

My Program:
 Eat between 1250-1300 cal a day.
Exercise enough to burn 600 calories a day.
Eat only ONE meal out a week and then don't pig out at it.

Here's some math, for my own purposes:
1300 cals eaten against 600 burned through exercise and assuming 1500 other cals burned in a day means an 800 deficit every day. Throw in a meal out once a week at 1500 calories and you've got a 4300 calorie deficit each week. I've got 28 weeks = 34.4 pounds lost.
OR If I eat 1200 cals a day and everything else is the same, 28 weeks = 38.4 pounds lost.
I know the math doesn't really work but this gives me something to hope for, aka, motivation!


Personal Information:
I live in Fort Collins Colorado, which I love. Am happily married with four children, all grown. I am a Web developer and make awesome web sites. I was born in South Bend, then moved to Tucson and now in Colorado. I hike, I bike, I ski, I walk, I don't sit still much, except to read a good book.

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COLUMBINE2
10/20/2013 8:11:54 PM

T! Where are you? I bet you've got a beautiful autumn bursting out in Ft. C.

We'd love to hear an update if you have time...Wondering how your summer went...hope the high water didn't come near you. But I know it ravaged plenty of beautiful area near you. Heartbreaking...we are very lucky to be on the other side of RMNP. I hate to see so much damage on your side.

Hope all is well & you & Randy are having lots of fun together!
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MRSBETH99
9/2/2013 8:31:28 PM

Teresa!!! I didn't remove you. Hmmm....I wonder what it was about SP made you think I did. Sorry for any confusion, but you're still on my feed and list. It's great to hear from you again. I'm glad to read that you've been journeying on. Sounds like you had a great summer!



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NEWTINK
9/2/2013 6:59:47 AM

And there she is Ms feisty ... It was great seeing that you are back and not a lot of damage done over the summer lol. As for me I doing alright I believe. Have a few rough spots here and there but when you do this for this long it does get exhausting lol. I chalk it to loosing 105 pounds and with that went my fat jolliness . And look walking around Museums I would think would great exercise but more importantly with what you said on my blog you were mindful of what you were doing and that says that you changed ... Hope you have a great Labor day emoticon It is great that you are back emoticon



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NEWTINK
8/16/2013 5:12:38 PM

Stopping in to say hi and where you at ? I miss you emoticon



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GETTING_FIT44
7/30/2013 1:00:53 PM

I knew it had been a while since I was on here, but damm! nearly 4 months seems way too long! I am very happy I dumped that loser. And you are right on target, he was starting to lie to me and I saw each one as he was lying.Thank god. I met a guy last August at ACE Hardware, his name is Andy, and we only ever talked there, I could tell there was sparks but he never offered anything up like a number and neither did I..then I dated Daniel. The very very end of May I ended up at ACE and guess who..Andy. We started to talk and he offered to come help on the project my mom and I were doing, got his number and bam we became friends. We talked every day all day long, and then I found out he had a gf, the relationship was falling apart and nonetheless I became the last straw of all arguments.Nothing ever happened between us, and still hasn't, but she to this day still acusses us of being together or at least hooking up all the time. We don't talk everyday, but never more than 3 days, he ended up at some point moving 30 min out of town and he transferred to that ace recently, just 2 days ago he told me he wanted to try and come back into town..I don't blame him.He lives in the country and everyone he knows is here..and we can't afford to drive out to see him more than once a week (and theres nothing to do but hang at his apartment which would get old). Anyways, we've become very close and yeah I like him, I think he likes me but we are both still recently single and we both like this life after being in a crap relationship.I never knew I could meet a guy who actually sees relationships a lot like I do, or for that matter have his own life and hobbies!You'd be surprised how many guys nowadays would rather sit around with his mom and do nothing haha.

Wow..I just wanted to catch you up on boy stuff...not write a book!
My feet are doing ok.I got the inserts that I needed and they REALLY help, however, my feet still hurt.I can walk in my shoes for a few hours which is an improvement from just 20 min. I am going back to my doc (need the referal again so it'll be at least 2 weeks) and I am going to say that this is enough and we really need to figure out what we can further do.I started to walk on the treadmill, I got up to 4 miles in 2 hours a week ago.I can easily do a mile anything after that hurts like a mother. I have gotten better at eating compared to my old fast food routines. I would like to start doing videos again, there only 30 min and come on, when out of routine...or say 80 pounds heavier, we all know you can't finish the whole thing in 30 min.

I AM BACK IN COLLEGE! And this time I am going all they way. I am full time and I start August 19th.I'm taking online classes...though one may need to be in class if the class requires a disk for the computer (My new laptop doesn't have a disk thing..and my old is no longer working for my patient level..and I have patience).I'm very excited because this whole past semester whenever someone asked if I was in school they judged me as if I was just another kid not doing something with their life..but now I'm back and people see me differently.I don't like that, I didn't realize people really judge you for your own life decisions..who should care other than the one making that choice? Whatever. I realized as all of my hs friends are getting knocked up or married none of them are in college and none of them even have a plan.they're "super duper happy" and "can't wait to be a mommy"...really?hahaha Guess I just want a better life for myself.

My mom is good, nothing new other than had knee surgery and is better now, and she is getting furloughed *cheers for the government*.

How the hell are you?? How was/is new york city??? I miss my small clothes alot, and when I was small 10 pounds showed and I didn't care..and then 15 and so on. Just make sure after a vaycay even if you gain 15 pounds the next day you are home your work out routine is back on track. I know I wish I could walk like a normal human.haha. Thinking can be very dangerous for anyone, I do it a lot and I regret a lot of the thoughts I create lol.



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