Lost 140 pounds and am working on dropping 200 total! In the meantime I'm not waiting until I'm considered "slender" to love myself and my body. In fact, when I reach my final goal weight, I may still have a protruding tummy, and I know that the size of my behind will probably only get proportionally smaller- OH WELL (or OH GOOD! HEhee)! What's more important is that I have more energy, can do more things, and can live life more fully.

I've fought depression since I was a child. ...

Lost 140 pounds and am working on dropping 200 total! In the meantime I'm not waiting until I'm considered "slender" to love myself and my body. In fact, when I reach my final goal weight, I may still have a protruding tummy, and I know that the size of my behind will probably only get proportionally smaller- OH WELL (or OH GOOD! HEhee)! What's more important is that I have more energy, can do more things, and can live life more fully.

I've fought depression since I was a child. The only way to do it is to confront it directly and STAND UP for yourself. Find what you like in yourself, in others, in the world around you. Find what you ENJOY in your journey instead of what you DON'T. The power of your own thoughts are more uplifting or destructive than ANY outside forces. Draw your strength from your spirit, from your God, or from your family. No matter where it originates, it will pulse through you and you will just beam! And you can use that beam to focus your purpose on your wishes and dreams. They CAN come true!

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BA-boomp baboomp!...Move and move that body, baBOOMP baboomp!!
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"A man is but the product of his thoughts.
What he thinks, he becomes."
Mahatma Gandhi.

YOU can/will do this, and *I* can/will do this!

It's the little things that make life so enjoyable, and I'm greedy and want them all! HEhehee...I made my initial plan HAPPEN: I CAN keep up with my nephews, AM able to tie my athletic shoes while sitting in a chair with arms, and DO have more energy, just to start.

What makes a breathtaking sunset more enjoyable? Having the strength and energy to stand and watch it. Or better yet, stroll along the beach while gazing out over the Pacific Ocean (without back and knee pain or getting winded)! That's also what makes SHOPPING, getting the mail, spending time with friends, heck, even DUSTING (daily living) more enjoyable.

When I started Spark at the beginning of 2008 I was 29, and able to identify with the knee pains and lack of energy complaints of my someone three times my age, I realized that my future couldn't get better unless I did something about it.

6 months later I turned 30 and felt that this is JUST THE BEGINNING of my life. The rest of my life will be easier (physically), not harder! I look forward to the promise of tomorrow. Now it's 2010 - WE ARE LIVING IN THE FUTURE! Isn't it amazing?!

I was always overweight, even as a child. My loving husband adores me no matter what my size. However, from 2000 to 2008 I gained an almost 10 lbs a year (75 total) and could longer live like that. **I HAVE LOST THOSE POUNDS AND HAVE VIRTUALLY "TURNED BACK" THE CLOCK 10 YEARS. **

I'm not just working to lose the pounds-I want a FIT lifestyle, a FIT body, and a FIT mind. And each day on Spark gets me closer to my healthy lifestyle ideal. This is permanent. With each new boost of energy, I'm closer to having enough to clean my house! ;)

My SparkPage title ("Dreams so real they grow wild on the vine...") is from a Fastball song, and I added it here because there were so many things that I had locked away as a child, and before SparkPeople. They were like seeds. Seeds of the person I longed to be, and the things I yearned to do. Being a DONE GIRL ~waters~ those seeds, ~thrusts~ them into the soil, ~feeds~ them nutrients to keep growing, and they DO. They grow and bloom and burst forth MORE seeds to again be nurtured and grown themselves. *I* am growing as a person too.
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(Okay, so in April 2008 I figured out what I'd weigh for the rest of the year if I consistently lost 1-2 pounds per week. I will consider myself super successful if--NO, WHEN--I reach my goal of being 300 lbs or under by the end of 2008. (DONE-EARLY, TOO!!) I want to lose it SLOWLY, give my body time to adjust, skin to SHRINK, etc.). Since I'm done early I'm using the rest of 2008 to build MUSCLE and TONE! ...And I will keep movin'! GOYAAM!

Month-1lb a week avg goal/2lb a week avg goal (actual)
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MAY---335/333 (actual was *332* 5/11)
JUN---331/325 (actual was *320* 6/11)
JUL---327/317 (actual was *315* 7/1/08)
AUG---322/307 (actual 307.5 8/4/08)
SEPT--318/299 (actual 301 9/1/08)
OCT---313/289 (actual 298 L&G 10/6/08)
NOV---309/281 (actual 285 11/10/08)
DEC---305/273 (actual 281 12/9/08)
**End of 2008- 275 approx! Yay, I lost 100 pounds this year!**

New year, new range! Here's the 1lb loss/2 lb loss ranges, but my goal is to lose 75 lbs (hit 199) in 2009:
FEB 2009--271/267 (actual 269 2/2/09)
MAR 2009--267/259 (actual 264 3/5/09)
APR 2009--263/251 (actual 261 4/13/09)
MAY 2009--259/243 (actual 257 5/5/09)
JUN 2009--255/235 (actual 258 6/1/09)
JUL 2009--251/227 (actual 255 7/1/09)
AUG 2009--247/219 (actual 256 8/3/09)
_______adjusting 1, 2 pound loss nums_______
SEP 2009--252/248 (actual 252 9/2/09)
OCT 2009--247/238 (actual 245 10/1/09)
NOV 2009--243/230 (actual 243 11/2/09)
DEC 2009--238/220 (actual 238 12/1/09)

I was back on track, losing weight consistently (or at least, the net weight loss was consistent). I've entered a new stage in my weight loss. As much as it's ALWAYS not about the scale, it really isn't in 2010! That's why my scale goal is modest. I'm still working to build MUSCLE and TONE, keep consistent with cardio, and my goal for 2010 is to be under 200 pounds, then another -25 after that! My body is still adjusting to the massive amount of weight I've lost. It's never to early to start figuring out your lifelong habits. (New weight range list coming soon):

Check out my blog for other non-weight related goals.

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Oh yeah... and,
"I love the whole world
It's such a brilliant place
Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da,
Boom-dee-ah-da, boom-dee-ah-da..." �� �� ��

.~'*~SPARKLES! Sparkles EVERYWHERE!~*'~.

(I'm a 2der! ...In TWO-VILLE now as of 9/18/08!)
(10/11/08 I've reached a new turning point! In Sept I lost and gained 3 pounds, not the kind of progress I'm used to, so it's a NEW PLAN, new DEAL, adjustment and we're moving forward, baby!)

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