This is my first blog and to be honest the first time I have really posted anything on the internet even when I was on Facebook I was always so privat... Read more
I was challenged yesterday and the person doesn't even know they did it! 24
My husband feels like a person can't change! However, I don't believ... Read more
I answered a poll question this morning here on Spark about how much TV do you watch a day.
The options were none, 1-2 hours, 3-4 hours, or 4+ ho... Read more
Well, it looks like things are going to come down to the wire for me to win my first DietBet. The latest I can do my final weigh-in photos is next Wed... Read more
It was really foggy this morning when I went out for my walk and some of it is still hanging around. I left the house about 7:30 and I was dripping w... Read more
Hey dogs hope you're all tracking out there cause I'm pretty sure us cats are aren't we!
We're doing our best , living the good life , drinking t... Read more
Why do I constantly yo-yo between doing well and not doing well? I had lost almost 20 pounds numerous times and then went the other way. I am heavie... Read more
So I have been sparking for 17 weeks now. Last week I weighed in at 210. I am not weighing this week..... womanly issues. So as of last week, I have l... Read more
I remember growing up.. I would tell my family or friends I wanted to train horses.. I was told.. I couldn't.. I remember other things throughou... Read more
My weight loss journey has come such a long way in the time I've been on Sparks. I have learned such a lot here by reading of the rise and fall of peo... Read more
Sorry that it has been so long! On May 4, I ran a half marathon called the Indy Mini. I finished in 3 hours and 7 minutes. It was great, and I definit... Read more
I am not even running this weekend. I'm just volunteering in the Sweat Check but the race is huge. It's going to be exciting even just volunteering.
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This is a good way to look at how I live my life. I'd rather be a shining example than spend the time and energy to keep repeating mere words.... Read more
Hubby had retired & decided to do all the cooking. Since I'm in school, this seemed like a good plan. Well the good plan is really working out! He... Read more
So my White House adventure wasn't exactly at the White House... It was more like the office building next to the White House. However, Michelle Obama... Read more
I have so much to be grateful for ever day. Food to eat, roof over my head, basic needs met, friend, family, beautiful areas to hike around me, God's... Read more
Well --- some how --- I've added several good days together.
I know only today matters -- but streaking (hehe) helps me add another day.
Fri... Read more
Well, I got up this morning and started getting ready and Miss Cooc had been outside with Hubby when he left for work and she was not into getting up... Read more
My autoimmune specialist doctor just called and it looks like I still have to go through with the bone marrow biopsy and lip biopsy. She is trying to... Read more
Losing ten more pounds will take me out of the obese category for the first time in 10 years. But that statement, while true, doesn't actually capture... Read more
I am really getting motivated these days and feel very empowered, like nothing is going to stop me from achieving my health and fitness goals.
I... Read more
I am so close to my next run. Getting excited plus nervous. I have to run 12 miles on Saturday and then on Sunday I'm running a 5k with my girlfriend.... Read more
I turned 50 last fall. Most of 2012 leading up until my birthday I sat and thought about how I wanted to lose these 50 plus pounds and turn a new lea... Read more
So yesterday my co-worker came by my desk and said hey I see you losing weight and always positive and smiling, how do you do it? I told her it was al... Read more
Took an emergency days holiday today. Do you ever have that feeling that you just need a day off? That was me today, as soon as I woke up, the feeling... Read more
I feel bad, honestly. I haven't been as intense about working out and eating right as I should be. I've cheated a LOT. But here I am, on the other sid... Read more
I'm thinking of getting a fitbit....or a pedometer....or a Garmin.....or I don't know! There are so many choices out there that all do the same thing... Read more
Good Morning, yesterday was my DS birthday. He is happily sleeping when several hundred text messages come in from various "friends" from actual live... Read more
So after not being able to run on Tuesday, I picked it up on Wednesday. But I missed my jazzercise class. So the workout plan for the week has been m... Read more
Well I'm still under the cold blues but I'm at work today. I feel better than I was feeling which is a plus. My weigh-in today I'm down another poun... Read more
Today is one of those days where you are just so thankful for your own healthy body. your own energy and vitality.
Yesterday I got so bad news a... Read more
Decided to go to the fitness center every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday after mom gets home from work since the 8 week challenge started. We are in we... Read more
I bought a new skirt yesterday. A size L. I didn't try it at the store. It was on clearance. I just eyeballed it in front of a mirror and thought it w... Read more
Day 70 of clean eating, about 5.5 months of fitness. I've been eating a ton of fruits and vegetables lately, but I haven't exactly seen the weight fly... Read more
It's just an ordinary Thursday today. I'm at the office, filming a segment on the Hope Bus for an auction by a large fundraising corporation (filming... Read more
It was just one of those nights. I read something horrific in the news last night and I kept thinking about it. I just could relax. Then my daughter w... Read more
40 REALLY JUST GETTING USED TO WATCHING/KEEPING TRACK OF FOOD. WOULD LOVE TO START EXERSISE PROGRAM. STILL SELF TALKING MYSELF OUT OF THE EXERSISE.... Read more
