tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80484214423168756602024-02-07T05:07:18.312-07:00Faith for FoodJoin me as I look at my body, food, wine, and life for the first time through God's eyes and use my faith as food.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787815262822973637noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048421442316875660.post-23775186886378840082015-05-30T09:37:00.001-07:002015-05-30T09:42:43.866-07:00Before Whole30 pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ouch, a picture says a thousand words right! Well here are my before pictures, completely raw and untouched. And I weight 161 pounds, 15 pounds over my ideal. I'm a little over five foot four inches and like to be under 150 pounds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9rMyLKyI89-YCZK0eNNpXpG6tyRQX3SL4DstYoMJ8V4eokekpDKGY70d95V6rs3z8Is6Mhb6rpdukxqzor_Ux1Hv6vFQrWopSzdINZQCRdDiiUh0KmayFeuVn1a7a6dSWHbgQrO8EKxc/s640/blogger-image--900909026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9rMyLKyI89-YCZK0eNNpXpG6tyRQX3SL4DstYoMJ8V4eokekpDKGY70d95V6rs3z8Is6Mhb6rpdukxqzor_Ux1Hv6vFQrWopSzdINZQCRdDiiUh0KmayFeuVn1a7a6dSWHbgQrO8EKxc/s640/blogger-image--900909026.jpg"></a></div>Before Whole30</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dMT14dDHo2GfXLrHYFyfkEjEvpDiK5yp_0b3H0bO0ROx-55JnYkvJ4R9XE14kICIH8Dtp8AvdIDeDgBrCIAoD28hzzxZFjg8Blku1hgSxVaURs67YtjzPMYs9sF_ILRzu4_umVPExnLG/s640/blogger-image-1844293652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dMT14dDHo2GfXLrHYFyfkEjEvpDiK5yp_0b3H0bO0ROx-55JnYkvJ4R9XE14kICIH8Dtp8AvdIDeDgBrCIAoD28hzzxZFjg8Blku1hgSxVaURs67YtjzPMYs9sF_ILRzu4_umVPExnLG/s640/blogger-image-1844293652.jpg"></a></div>Before Whole30</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVrsnkm7yB2fmaYWheTl9gMLMIOKTBwnq6FON1m9IUs5cxAKH9lIHY-0nvJqFlMo94-_XW9JM7l6E5nLGVsOpiQmoJ7Guhef-rQAzig3bDMh7Zy51IOo4-DRjHMj7JbfkCQIy4KecRLw8/s640/blogger-image-1594743069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVrsnkm7yB2fmaYWheTl9gMLMIOKTBwnq6FON1m9IUs5cxAKH9lIHY-0nvJqFlMo94-_XW9JM7l6E5nLGVsOpiQmoJ7Guhef-rQAzig3bDMh7Zy51IOo4-DRjHMj7JbfkCQIy4KecRLw8/s640/blogger-image-1594743069.jpg"></a></div>Before Whole30<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787815262822973637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048421442316875660.post-79756711518949730442012-08-08T12:10:00.000-07:002012-08-08T12:10:32.439-07:00My easy button and how it relates to everything I believe.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It has been quite a few weeks since I blogged here. But I am back and here is the continuation from my last post about my day and how it relates to my weight loss and body image issues. <a href="http://faithforfood.blogspot.com/2012/04/learning-to-cry-again.html">Click here to read my last post</a> titled, learning to cry again, and continue reading below. </div>
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The easy button, that big red button that declares life will
be easier once you hit it. That Staples commercial
from a few years ago was so perfect. We
all have an easy button, wither it be a person, or an object or ideal, it is the button you want to hit every time
life gets hard, or you just need a little TLC.
But what do we do when our easy button is gone? This past week I discovered who my easy
button was and what it really meant when I lost it and how it has affected my
daily life for the past six years.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My dad was my easy button.
He was the person I looked to for everything. He became larger than life. He stood for so much more than just my dad;
he was in so many ways, my idol, and my god.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I never knew who much I relied on him to be my path to God
until he was gone. After all, he was the
one who shared the gospel to me not once but twice before I finally received
it. He was the leader of every bible
study in our church; he was the alpha in our house. He was the one I looked to for spiritual
guidance. He was the one I looked to for
the answers or at least the steps on where to find the answers to life's
questions. If I was having an issue with
something, or having a bad attitude, I looked to him to straighten me out, to
spit in my face, and then give me the Truth.
Yet, I knew he was only a man, I knew I had the Holy Spirit inside me,
willing and ready to provide everything I needed, but daddy was always right
there. Did he let me down, sure, but he
was my hero, and always found a way to fix it.
Did we butt heads, quite often, after all we were so much alike, but
again it always worked itself out. Dad
was my easy button, my rock for 27 years.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Naturally, God knew all this, and he had a plan, a plan I
did not agree with, a plan I hated Him for.
But a plan that worked itself out so beautifully, so loving, and so
perfect. I just did not see it at the
time. And yes, I did hate God, let's be
real here, but it did not last long, as I realized He was in charge not me and
His plans are always better than mine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What does this have to do with my current weight loss/food journey? Everything.
It is the final piece to the puzzle that God had finally put into place
for me. And what a glorious piece it
is. And here is where the puzzle started
to fall apart.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My dad had a cancerous brain tumor, one that eventually took
his life. At one point during the final
stages we (my husband, mom and sisters) we were all at a place where we did not
want to face the truth because life without him would be too unbearable. We all knew things were not looking good, yet
still wanted to hope for a miracle, one that would not come, because it was not
meant to. I was still working as a
teacher at the time and going to gym in the mornings before work, trying to
keep things as normal as they could be.
That is where I made a deal with myself that started the lie, a lie I
put in my box and sealed up tight and truthfully forgot about until just
recently.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I sat in the gym, the weight of the world on my
shoulders, the feeling of pain and dread filling my mind I made a deal out of desperation. I was desperate to control something. I looked in the mirror and told myself that
if I could not control my dad's health, I would and could control mine. I would for the first time be the healthiest,
the skinniest, the fittest girl I could be.
I would get that dream body I see in the magazines, I will exert my will
on my body, because it is mine and I can control my body. And for the past six years I made myself miserable
and at times insane to accomplish this goal, this deal I made during my darkest
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I have always wondered where my extreme bodies imagine
issues come from. I have just always
assumed they were always there and over time just grew. But no, the moment I made that bargain with
myself was the moment it became like a death sentence for me to ever see myself
as I really am, so see myself as more than what my body looks like.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There were times after my father's death that I was so
crazed, so out of control about my appearance that is was ridiculous. To go out on a simple date with my husband I
would go through 30 different outfits, throw a pity party because none of them
looked just right, and throw myself on the bed in defeat. Honestly, at times I am not sure how my
husband did not throw my butt in the loony bin.
But again being skinny, having that perfect body was my ticket to being
happy again. And when I could not obtain
that perfect body, my world would come crashing down on me and I no longer had
my easy button, I was lost. I would
punish myself with food. I would eat because
I thought I was fat therefor I should be fatter, or eat/drink to punish myself
for eating too much. It was a cycle, I
cycle I felt powerless to break, because deep down I did not want to break it,
I needed to exert that control. I was
saved by Christ, but so lost in my lie, lost in my box, to lost to see any
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Back to the present.
I realized what I was doing about a year ago, and have slowly started
the shed that extreme hold my image has had, but again the final piece fell
into place just last week. God works in
His own time because He knows when we will be ready to listen and move forward
with His Truth, not our own.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Since my dad's passing I have had to learn how to rely on
Christ for the first time in my beleivership. My easy button was gone; I tried
to replace it with so many other things, but was always pulled back to
Him. It's hard to release deep seeded beliefs,
lies you have held on to like truths.
It's scary, pulling back the layers and finding out what you thought
would make you happy was nothing but whale dung. It is uneasy, yet powerfully freeing. I feel vulnerable, yet amazing warm and
comforted. It is like being released
from shackles, shackles of lies, shackles of studipty, just gone, done with,
broken, free forever. That box has been
opened once again, and some more trash, some really heavy trash is being poured
out, and Christ's love is being poured in to replace it. His eternal, perfect love that fills
everything and is in everything, even if we can't see it. He is there and always will be.<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787815262822973637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048421442316875660.post-5885614369508352932012-04-26T09:36:00.001-07:002012-04-26T09:36:05.327-07:00Learning to cry again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">I know you know your Sunday songs</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">A dozen verses by memory</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Yeah they're good but life is hard</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">And days get long</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">You gotta know God can handle your honesty</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">So feel the things your feeling</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Name your fears and doubts</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Don't stuff your shame and sadness, loneliness and anger</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Let it out, let it out</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">You don't need to run</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">You don't need to speak</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Baby take some time</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Let those prayers roll down your cheek</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">It maybe tomorrow</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">You'll be past the sorrow</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">But tonight it's alright</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Just cry</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Just cry</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">Lyrics by <a href="http://mandisaofficial.com/home/music/">Mandisa</a>, song titled <i>Just Cry </i>from the Album<i> What if we were real?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have always asked the same question, why me God, why did you give me such a defective body, I mean did you think about this before you created me? Seriously these hips, this butt, and what about all this cellulite, really?! What were you thinking? And don't get me started on my boobs. These are all questions I have honestly asked. Not to mention the whole unfair thing. A pity party on why I can't eat or drink as I please and not put on any weight, it is so unfair. Talk about a whining middle school student. But hey, we all have to ask those questions to get to the answer. If we are never honest with ourselves we can never open our hearts and ears to hear the truth that we so desperately seek. So while the questions may be shallow and self-centered they were asked for a reason, and now I have my answer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Growing up I was always able to find comfort at home via my parents and my sisters. While it was not perfect, it was perfect to me, my comfort. I was always the most happy and content at home. Then I left home and went to college. Massive shake up in my little world and for the first time in my life food or more so candy became a source of comfort, a reminder I was still loved. I was a Christian at this point but never felt the need to rely on God for my comfort yet, I could still rely on everything I saw first, He was more of a trinket, something I went to when in trouble.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I also got married during my college years, and quickly jumped to my husband being my source of comfort along with food. And then alcohol. I have never been an addict but when you use anything as a way to relax, cope with loneliness, and as a comforting tool, it becomes a problem. I now had three new sources of comfort, food, my husband, and alcohol. None of which were healthy. None of which were what I really needed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Life has a funny way of flipping the script on you and letting you know you are not in charge, you don't know what is going to happen next, you are not in control. I was never really happy with my coping mechanisms yet I did not have the courage or honestly to go to the true source, Christ. Then my so- called happy little life came crashing down on me. The person I saw as my christ, my dad, was taken from me via cancer in 2005. I was angry. Actually I was pissed, how could God do this to me, and why? So again I used food to comfort. I also used my body. If I could just get skinny, fit and trim like all those girls on TV, then I would be happy again. If I could control this one thing, the hurt would go away and I would feel balanced again. If I could just be skinny, and have my ideal body, the pain would be gone. But once again that failed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finally I let down that wall, my anger, and my hurt faded, and I left my heart open to bleed and feel. I was forced to face for the first time in my who I was and what I had become. Who was my God? Who needed to be my God? What do I do now without my dad, who can I turn to? Dad always had the answers, he would be strong for me. And who would take care of my mom? I needed her, but she needed dad. How could life continue without dad. And that answer came as softly as an ocean breeze, <i>I am here, I am waiting, I can heal your broken heart, I love you, I am your God and your Father, and your dad is so happy to be here with Me. I know what I am doing, just rest and trust in Me.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I let go that day. And for the first time discovered my life in Christ. I discovered who I was and who I was meant to live for. Many turns and twists along the way, but I began the journey I was meant to ride along on. I actually started reading the Bible for the first time because I wanted to, not because I was forced to. But I never let go of the desire for a new and better body. I still asked those same questions and was never willing to hear the answer, because honestly I was not ready for the answer until now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To be continued . . . . .. </span><br />
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I was browsing the Internet yesterday and came across an article about <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/mariah-carey-shows-off-her-flat-stomach-799632">Mariah Carey </a>and her post baby body. Normally I just skip past these types of articles, if I read them I feel sorry for myself and ask, why not me? Then jealousy ensues and a pity party is next. But this time I clicked on it.<br />
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She had lost something like 30 pounds in three or six months, I don't remember exactly, which was basically all her baby weight. She accomplished this through the Jenny Craig weight loss system and was obviously successful. She did make two very good points that I am going to share because I 100% agree with them. One is diet is the key to success. Meaning, what you put in your mouth is the biggest factor in dropping pounds, not how much you sweat off via exercise. And the second was her size, she claims to be between a size 4 and 6, and she refuses to focus on the scale but rather her dress size. We all know if she said she was now 140 or 150 pounds society would still deem her as fat. It is important to focus on the victory of dropping those unwanted pounds rather than what your weight is. I believe that was her point in the article.<br />
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Now to get down to why I am writing about this. First off, I read this article and did not succumb to the pity party or jealousy I mentioned above. Which was a victory for sure, and an affirmation that Christ is moving me in the direction I need to go and I am listening. I read it like I would read anything else on the Internet, with a large grain of salt (since after all it was about a celebrity), and quickly moved on, not letting it affect my attitude the rest of the day. I reminded myself that if I wanted that have her body or weight loss victory I would have to take everything that comes with it, and that is not something I really want or desire.<br />
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But this is the part that struck me today, why oh why are we as women and as a culture obsessed with celebrities post-baby bodies, and why do they have to be just as skinny if not skinnier after they have the baby. It irks me that we are so body obsessed. Having a baby is a miraculous beautiful gift, yet all society wants to focus on is how mom looks after the baby. And after having a baby myself, I know what a post baby body looks and feels like. Yes, I wanted to get back to my prior weight as soon as possible because I did felt like a fat slob, like someone had snatched my body and replaced it with something foreign. But what if you never get back to your post baby body, does that make you any less of a women? And less of a loving mother? Why does every freaking celebrity have to flaunt their new and improved figure across the cover of every magazine? Why does it matter? Like seriously, it is supposed to be inspiring when they have a full time trainer, a nanny, and a nutritionist, along with gobs of money that all help them get back to their normal size. Let's get real folks, most new moms I know barely have time to take a shower.<br />
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Now I know none of this will change, it is just the way of the world and the lies that swirl around it. And we (as believers) have to fight the urge to want to scream out in rebellion against society and give it the finger, or just the opposite, follow along with what they are saying as if it is truth. Neither one of which is healthy.<br />
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As a girl who just recently figured out where my body image issues stem from, I do not need to go down that route anymore. The route of why me, and constant comparison. I have to fight that battle every time I walk into the grocery store, turn on the TV, or skim the Internet. However, I am not fighting it on my own, I am not fighting with my own energy, He is leading the charge and the change.<br />
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I am more than what I see in the mirror, I am more than I think I am. And what does that mean? It just means I have to remind myself of who God sees me as, not as I see myself. Every time I want to compare myself to some random weight loss champion, I have to remind myself of who I am. I am not a weight loss champion, I am not a champion of anything, nor will I ever be in this world, because this world's standards always shift and change like the wind. However, if I grab a hold of the truth in the scripture below and believe it with my whole being I can then realize who I am and by who's strength and standards, I am a champion.<br />
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<i>"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, </i><br />
<i>For thy sake we are being killed all the day long: we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered. </i><br />
<i>No, in all these things we are more than conquerors <b>through Him</b> who loves us." </i><br />
-Romans 8:35-37 Revised Standard Version</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787815262822973637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048421442316875660.post-12787982656658266222012-04-18T12:49:00.005-07:002012-04-18T12:53:54.951-07:00Wii & Wine: Week 9: The results are in!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">Let's get right to it today. Here are my new numbers from my </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">weekly weight</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">weeks. First, my son was sick with an ear infection and a cold</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for the last couple weeks. Whenever he is sick it takes a toll on me emotionally and mentally.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then, I received my monthly gift about 1o days earlier than expected, which sent my </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4;">Hard to believe only two short months ago I decided to get real about my weight gain. Only two short months ago, I realized my eating habits were not being kind to my hips. Only two short months ago, did I realize my wine consumption was a little out of control. Only two short months ago did I fully grasp what I did to myself, and fully understand it was not a healthy way to live. Only two short months ago I weighed in at 154, with a bad attitude about myself, food, and wine.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">Today I can say some of those issues and demons are behind me now. Do they still try to creep</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I can not stop the thoughts from entering my brain and whisper lies like, go ahead, tell yourself </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">you are a fat ass, and since you are a fat ass, drink that extra glass of wine and stuff your face. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And yes, that is a real conservation I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">have with myself more often than I want to admit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The difference between two months ago and today is simple however. I don't dwell on those </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">thoughts and let them permeate every essence of my being. I choose not to get emotional every </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">time I look in the mirror or try on a pair of clothes. I can't stop the thoughts, but I can stop </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">dwelling on them and acting upon them </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">as if they are truth. Once again, I know the Truth, and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">the Truth is not in the mirror, the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">mirror that I see. My mirror will always be distorted, and at</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">times look like a circus funny </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">mirror, but I know that is not who I am. No matter how hard I try,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">I cannot go back to that girl, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">she is dead. I can try to resurrect her, stand her up, move her mouth</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">but in the end, she is </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">dead and gone. I choose to firmly and lovingly believe who I really am, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">regardless of what the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">scale or mirror tells me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Two short months ago I don't think I could have written this blog post with any sort of </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">conviction and honesty. I would lie and tell you everything was fine and good but inside I was </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">hurting and hiding from the real me. The real me is happy to not use food or wine, or even </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">exercise as my escape from the world and escape from myself. Do I still fall into that old line of </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">thinking at times? Sure, I am not perfect. The difference between two months ago and now is, I</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">believe, regardless of what the world tells me. I believe the Truth, and not the lies. Wine, food, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">exercise cannot save me from myself or from my problems. They only add to the problems, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">food to live, not to cope. We can sip wine as an enjoyment, in moderation, not to cope. We need </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to move and exercise to stay healthy, not to cope. I can't tell you enough how wonderful it feels </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to be free of the chains and bondage I put myself under.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This weight loss journey so far has been so unique and different than any other time in my life </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that I battled it. The overall stress and angst over what to eat and what not to eat is gone, and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">stuff. Before it was, I am sooo hungry and all I want is everything, and I can't find anything to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">eat that fits in my diet. Gone is that way of living. Yuck! Who wants to live as a slave to a diet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Not me, not anymore. Yes, I still journal my calories, make the best choices I can, but I am </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">allowing myself to live. I want to live, and not be a slave to food. Been there, done that, done! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am looking forward to the next couple months and I love writing about this and sharing my </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">down 1.1 and overall down almost 7 pounds!</span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">Great </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">news, I am almost at my goal of 146, a weight I feel </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">confident </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.4;">I can maintain. And I now, fit into all my clothes, no</span><br />
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Hi, my name is Renee and I am an obsessive compulsive gum addict. And I have been gum free for seven days now. <i>Insert people nodding heads approvingly and clapping here.</i><br />
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Yes, I am addicted to gum, this may not sound like a huge issue, one I really need to be concerned about, or even try to fix, but you would be wrong. And for two weeks now I have been tackling my gum obsession.<br />
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Here is what I discovered. I use gum as a food substitute, doesn't sound so bad right? Wrong! If I am stressed, angry, or feeling lonely I want sugar, sugar is my ultimate comfort food . Typically I will look around in the house for something to cut that craving, something to soothe my soul and wrap ii in a blanket of false love. Sometimes I give in and eat the sugary crap, sometimes I stop myself out right and do something productive, and sometimes I chew gum. And not just one piece of gum, I can go through an entire pack of gum in one afternoon. Yes, 15 pieces of gum in one day. That lies the problem. I am using gum, a substance filled with chemicals and a substance that has given my jaw issues as a crutch, a substitute for something healthy. A substitute for Christ.<br />
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Yesterday was a perfect example. I was in a horrible mood, a down right nasty mood for most of the day. I had to drive my husband's truck to do errands and get it emissions tested. No big deal right. Well unless you are me, the forever drama queen. I hate driving his truck to run errands with my son, and why, because not only is it stick shift, but it is a two door truck. Now don't laugh, well okay you can laugh, because I will admit this is kinda funny. But the main reason I hate driving the truck is because I have to fold down the driver's seat to let my son in and out of the truck, small thing right, but it just really ticks me off. So not only did I have to fold the seat down at every errand stop, but the damn truck failed emissions, which meant I would have to drive the truck two days in a row. And that my friends it what caused my horrible, no good, rotten day. I was in a bad mood all day because of that fact. Silly yes, but true.<br />
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I refused to allow myself to give into my bad day and feed it with food. Three times throughout the day I was ready to dive head first into my son's leftover Easter candy, but stopped myself every time. It was actually a huge victory, for one day, and hopefully many more I did not feed my emotions with candy or any other pointless food. But I wanted gum. And I wanted gum really bad.<br />
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I have not purchased gum in over a week now. I typically buy a pack or two every time I go grocery shopping. While in line to purchase my groceries, the gum is typically calling my name and begging me to buy it, but I refused, I knew I could go without it. Yet, I failed to realize what a crutch it had become until yesterday. Yesterday evening I was starting to feel better, getting out of my bad mood, but all I could think about was how much I wanted some gum, how much I needed my gum. How much I missed my gum. Seriously, I have never smoked, but I really felt like a smoker trying to quit and at every moment the nicotine is screaming for me to come back. Then lying in bed, it hit me, gum is my safety net, my easy button.<br />
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Since, I don't want to eat, I substitute in gum, because it is pretty much calorie free therefor, in my mind safe. But it is anything but safe. Not only is it filled with nasty chemicals, and can and has caused jaw locking problems, it is not what I need. I developed such a fear about eating too much candy over the years, that I allowed gum, instead of Christ to fill my needs. Gum became my safety net, a way for me to feel better momentarily so I did not have to be real, be honest.<br />
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The times when I most want gum, are the times that I most need Christ. I am stressed, therefor I need something to chew on, gum. No! You need to chew on the word of God. I am angry, I need something to sink my teeth into. No! Sink your teeth into Truth. I am feeling lonely, gum will give me something to do. No! Talk to Christ, he will never leave me or forsake me. That is what my gum addiction is really about, so much more than just a sticky substance, it is about substituting a perfect and loving God, with something I can put in my mouth.<br />
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So, yes, I am cutting my gum addiction one grocery store trip at a time. And instead of filling that void with some other garbage, I am going to fill it with Truth, God's Truth. Now that I have recognized the behavior, I can make the right choices. I don't need gum to fill a void, just like I don't need candy or wine. I need, I crave Christ and all he has to offer, and what he has to offer in not gone after 15 sticks, it lasts forever. <br />
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And I drove the truck this morning without any drama, as it passed the emissions test, but most of all it passed my attitude test. I choose not to let such a silly thing as folding up and down a seat set me off so badly. Satan is the prince of the air, and I don't have to choose to breathe his crappy polluted air.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787815262822973637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048421442316875660.post-49436980248021809052012-04-13T10:37:00.001-07:002012-04-13T10:37:29.277-07:00The video blog post: Weight loss success is more than a number.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">1. I can no longer eat whatever I want when ever I want and that's no fun!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">3. You mean I can't drink all the wine I want and still be skinny. That's what the Real Housewives do!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">4. But candy tastes so darn good!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">7. But I always fail so I might as well give up now.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Now, I don't really hate trying to lose weight, it was just my clever way to get you to read my blog. Hey, you are here so it worked. </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Wink, Wink</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">. Being serious now, don't love the fact that I need to drop a few pounds either, but this week I did think about all the excuses I run through, on an almost daily basis since I have tackled this issue. All those reason are legitimate reasons for not losing weight or even maintaining a current weight, however, they are really worthless excuses. And excuses make me fat, fat in the head and fat in the thighs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Every time I bring out one of those excuses and use them, it gives me a license to gain weight, weight I really don't want to gain, but do anyways. I mean really #2, it's hard. Jee weez genius if it was easy, there would be no need for the endless weight loss products in the market that claim you can lose weight and still eat whatever you want. If it was easy, there would be no need for a billion dollar weight loss industry. If it was easy, no one would be obese, everyone would be at their perfect size and stay at that size until the end of time! It is hard to imagine that I would ever use that excuse. What is more hard, losing those few extra pounds or buying a whole new wardrobe every couple months to keep indulging my current bad attitude. Honestly, whenever I come across any excuse, the best thing to do is think it through, and 99% of the time, you realize the excuse is a worthless piece of crap.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">And finally let's tackle number one, my personal favorite and one I use often. There are the super lucky people in the world that can get away with eating all the time, and eating pretty much whatever they want. I have a brother-in-law like that, and yes it really is a super hero power. However, for the majority of society, we were not gifted with that power, we are mere food mortals. And you know what, that is ok. It used to drive me nuts to see thin women down a bottle of wine, followed by a chaser of cookies. While I still do burn with a slight bit of envy to be honest, now at least I don't want to kill them and steal their DNA. I know what I was born with, and that's okay with me. I do have to watch my calorie intake, always have, nothing new, now I just need to fully embrace it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">If you are trying to lose a few pounds, or again maintain a certain weight it is okay to say no to food you don't need. It is okay to make sacrifices. It is the hardest thing in the world not to pour that extra glass of wine. But you know what, it feels really good later when I didn't go over my calorie limit, when I don't feel that since of dread that I had too much. And it feels really good not to give power to the wine or food. And really that's what it's all about, you are giving a lifeless object power over your life, and how silly is that. That is like a sci-fy show, the wine bottle has suddenly come to life and now has me as a slave to it's evil desires of making me fat and miserable. Seriously, why do I do that to myself? Stupid. Nothing has power over you unless you give it power. Wine, and food are just that, wine and food, not a powerful demon or savior. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Next week marks the two month milestone, and I will be happy to take a couple new pictures to post my progress. Time to keep tracking with my handy dandy<a href="http://www.caloriecounter.com/"> caloriecounter.com</a> app and keep this train rolling. No more excuses. And I may just have a little video dairy surprise up my shelve to unveil in the next week or so. Cheers!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">My mom told me recently I am a deep thinker, a little scary if you ask me. Ha! But seriously, it did get me thinking about a ton of stuff the last couple of days, and yes, most of it did have to do with weight issues, but also just being honest about who I am and what this weight loss journey really means. Time to be real, like one of my new favorite artists </span><a href="http://mandisaofficial.com/home/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Mandisa</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> would say in her song, </span><a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/mandisa/temporaryfills.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">no more temporary fills, no more hidin'</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In the past I have always had the feeling of being on a quest and I would conquer my weight, and slaughter off those pounds never to see them again. Once I finished my quest, I would rest on my throne of victory with the scale comfortably under my sword. I would never fear that scale or it's number again because I was the queen and it was my slave who would always listen to me regardless of what I put in my mouth. The numbers would always be favorable, who cares if I just ate an entire carton of ice cream, followed with a chaser of Port. The scale was my slave now.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The problem is, you cannot see losing weight as a one time, done deal. If you are losing weight, that means you have a issue with food, and calorie beverages, and the problem is not what you eat, but why you are eating/drinking it. Once you reach your goal that is just the first hurdle. Ask yourself during the losing process, did you lose it the right way or was it a game you were playing with yourself, or a battle you were trying to win on your own? I have lost weight in the past, only to later realize I did not even begin to ask myself, why I was overweight in the first place. I did not like the way I looked, therefor I was fat, and I needed to trim down. I cut back on calories, but never examined my demons any further until now.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I have been "trying" drop pounds for over a year now, only to be always frustrated and fail at every corner. Lose a few and then gain them all right back. Why? I would ask, why do I always fail, why do I always give up, why can't I just be skinny? Am I fat? How do I look today? Am I losing weight? Does my butt look humongous? These would be the questions I would ask myself and my husband almost daily. Sickening yes, but very important to realize why I was asking those questions and then figure out the answer. And what is the answer you ask? Easy, weight, body image, good food, and wine, are </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">not</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> the answer. All these things will</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> not</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> make me happy, they have </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">never </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">made me happy, I will </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">never</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> have the perfect ideal body that I see I should be, no matter what. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">And I don't want that perfect body, that is not who I am anymore. I am not the girl who looks in the mirror and always has something so grossly disgusting to say about how I look. How I look is not who I am. If I let that define me, I am nothing, nothing more than a pathetic girl looking for love in all the wrong places. I am loved by the One person who loves me no matter what my size. He also loves me, and does not want me to be a slave to my looks anymore, and for the first time since age 14, I am ready to listen. More importantly, I am ready to believe it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I have been fighting with myself more this week. I believe because I want it all to be over, to lose the weight, get to my goals, and just rest. But that is not what this is about. Plus, I got a complement from a complete stranger this weekend, which makes me once again want to rebel, stupid I know, but that is what my mind does, hence the reason I need to nip it in the bud, and get back to the Truth.</span><br />
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I must say I am pleased with this weeks results. I was up a little bit, but not in an alarming way, no reason to hit the panic button yet.</div>
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<u><b>Weight</b></u> 149.5</div>
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<i>up 0.7 lbs from last week</i></div>
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I am giving this a thumbs up and down. Why? Well I think the slight weight gain is do to my extra water weight I carry this time of the month, but we will see for sure at next weeks weight in. But I never like a gain no matter what the circumstances, obviously. However, I was able to fit into a pair of size 8 jeans very easily. I did not have to do any wiggling, or extreme gut sucking in to button them. Huge deal, and I am very pleased with that. Hence the mixed reviews on the weight gain. Either way, here's to keeping a good attitude and moving forward. Cheers!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Last week was very draining for a variety of reasons, and one being the lack of sleep. However, I still maintained good results on the scale, so here are my new numbers.</span><br />
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<u><b>BMI:</b></u> 24.74<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Losing weight is more than a smaller number on the scale, and I am still slowing learning that lesson. I had a number of breakthroughs and revelations this past week and none of them have anything to do with the scale. My body image is an attachment, and item inside my box that I have firmly held on to for many years. I am finally ready to take it out of my box and replace it with truth. But believe me, that is a hard one, and I will talk more about it later this week. But I do want it out of the box and replaced with Christ's truth. That may or may not translate to a smaller number on the scale, but I am also okay with that, well most days that is, let's be honest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A number does not define me, my identity with Christ does.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787815262822973637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048421442316875660.post-41435139667084218002012-04-09T07:41:00.001-07:002012-04-14T08:51:10.661-07:00Week 5: A super week with a super attitude<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I titled this post super because it really was a great week. Everything, both eating and emotions were on track and back to normal. I am not sure what the scale will say yet, as it is also my monthly gift week, but regardless, I will not let it get me down or distract me from my goal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I did also enjoy more wine during the week. But again I kept it all in line with my calorie count. Many times during any week, I find myself wanting a treat of some sort. So I go searching the house for one, only to never find one, because I don't like keeping tempting stuff around for that very reason. But I realized, since I had a glass of wine on Monday with my meal, and I knew I would have wine Friday, it did level off that feeling for a treat later in the week. I will have to keep that in mind for the months to come. Plus, glory, glory, hallelujah, I was able to go to Sprouts and completely bypass the devil bins!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes, folks for the first time since I started this series, I actually met my goal of staying away from the Sprouts bins. And my oh my was it was a challenge. I did not realize the gravitational pull those bins have over me. I think I walked over and around those damn bins at least half a dozen times, trying to think of a reason to buy something, but a good valid reason failed to come into my brain. I even tried the whole, "Oh I will just buy these as a treat for my son," ploy, but I had to firmly tell myself no. I am surprised an employee did not call security on me for bin stalking. But once I walked out of the store with no bin treats in my bag, it felt so amazing. And you know, sometimes the first time you find victory in a behavior you have been working on changing, and every time thereafter you are challenged to return to the old habit, it becomes easier to say no. Sometimes you just have to prove to yourself that you can say no, and then it releases that weird hold that it has over you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hard work, and getting back to basics really does pay off. I am so happy to be below 150 again. I am also glad I did not throw in the towel last week after a bad weight in. Like I said last week and it is so true, it is not how many times you fall down that count, but how many you get back up. Weight loss can be hard, but it does not have to be difficult. It really comes down to your attitude and willingness to change. You can't have it all, no one can. Even the people whom you think can eat and drink whatever they want and not gain weight, really can't. It is all an illusion in you head, an illusion that keeps you down, and prevents you from moving forward. If you want to lose wight and keep it off, make the plan, get your head on straight and go for it. I know once I changed my attitude, everything else became easier, including losing those nasty pounds!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Happy Easter or should I say, Happy Resurrection. This is the best day of the year, not because of Easter candy and Easter ham, but because of Christ's glorious Resurrection. And not because of the cross, the cross was the beginning but the Resurrection was the end. It was the end of the law and the beginning of the new covenant, the covenant of Christ living in us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance (</span><a href="http://net.bible.org/#!bible/Hebrews 9:11-15" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"></a><a class="NETBibleTagged" href="" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Hebrews 9:11-15</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">).</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is because of Christ being raised from the dead, we have life, if we choose it. The cross wiped the slate clean, gave us a path to God, and the empty tomb was the yellow brick road to life. That empty tomb is what we celebrate, it is because Christ is alive, he finished his work that he was sent for while living as a man on earth, and is now seated at God's right hand side. And because of that we can have life. We are forgiven because of the cross, but given life because of His Resurrection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To read more on Christ's Resurrection please open your bible to <i>Matthew 28</i> and <i>John 20</i>. For a meaning of the Resurrection please read <i>Acts 11:34-43.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And remember to give thanks today and everyday to Jesus for giving his life for us and to God for raising Jesus from the dead so that He could live His life through us by the gift of the Holy Spirit. Easter bunnies are cute, Easter candy tastes good, but Easter is so much more than fluffy white fur.</span></div>
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Here is my warning, my parental advisory lyrics label. I have a pretty hard core potty mouth, something I am not proud of, but nonetheless it is the truth. While I do not cuss all the time and all over the place, when I am angry or frustrated my favorite word has a handy way of being an adjective,verb, and a noun. So if you are sensitive to foul language close your eyes and skip reading until the next paragraph.<br />
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There I said it, now I can move on. It is feels good to be real, get down and dirty, and express what is really going on instead of bottling it all up and playing nice. Satan does not play nice so why should we. Gloves are off, but the armor is back on.<br />
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Now why did I need to tell Satan to take a hike back to hell, many reasons really. All too often I give him too much power and act like as a believer I am powerless to him. No true! He has absolutely no power over me, none, zip, zilch! Not even a tiny ounce. When I became saved the chains of bondage that the world, aka Satan, had on me were broken by Christ. That power that he held and dangled over my heads, gone. Satan is 100% powerless, like a de-clawed cat, he can do nothing to me unless I allow him to. Yes, only I have the power to give Satan power, just like I can give power to food. Food has no power, none, yet is can feel as powerful as a hurricane. But it is just that, a feeling, not grounded in reality. Reality, my saved reality, tells me Christ is all powerful and has defeated and will continue to defeat my enemies. That includes stupid Satan and all his stupid lie. Satan is already defeated, he was defeated when I said yes to Christ and His life. Satan can no longer do anything to me, but and here is the big but, he can and will still try his best to mess with my fragile mind. That is an area of weakness for every believer, as we have the mind of Christ, but it is still channeled through a human. A human, who still has a choice on who to listen to and follow.<br />
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And that was my issue this last couple weeks, which is why I needed to forcefully and loudly through colorful language, tell that idiot where to stick his stupid ideas. I was given a huge revelation last week, via my box post. So many ideals and image issues where brought to the surface by Christ for us to deal with. And I willingly went along with His plan. I was freed from a ton of garage that I did not even know I was holding on to. Then by reading the book, Made to Crave, more identity image issues can up. Again I was willingly to listen and follow. Then in comes the bastard. And what happens next, something that always gets me, a trigger button that sends me through a loop and off to crazy land. Sleep, or lack of it.<br />
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I am a creature of habit, I love to know what is going to happen next, and to have my days pretty consistent Ask my husband, I hate surprises. It is a control thing for sure. Well sleep is part of that delicate balance. If my sleeping pattern for any reason at all gets interrupted and changed, well all hell breaks loose. I go from one sleepless night to almost a week very easily. Soon sleep seems like a distance memory, something I dreamed up, something I desire, crave, but can't get. The more I think about sleep and trying to get sleep, the more I trap myself into insomnia.<br />
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I am for good and bad, a very stubborn and strong willed person, but also superstitions, sounds weird I know. After my big breakthrough with Christ last week, Satan planted a seed in my mind, and I allowed it to grow, and even watered it a few times. I was getting great sleep for months with no real issues. Then a book I was reading before going to bed turned out to be really bad, all wordily stupid stuff that was clouding my mind. So I switched books because I told myself, I needed to read a book before I can fall asleep. Reading had become my crutch to fall asleep. And when I could not find a book right away in came this, <i>Renee you know you have been sleeping so well lately, it's that nice, but you know what, now you don't have a book to read, do you think you may have issues relaxing and falling asleep now? </i>And I am sure you can guess that happened next. One sleepless night followed by countless more. And so I panic and have a pity party and water that stupid seed. Why am I so dumb!? Why does this always happen to me?! Why can't I just sleep like normal person?! Now I am going to get fat because when I don't sleep I cant' think, and when I can't think I go to food, plus I read if you don't sleep it makes your metabolism slower. Why me!? Satan knew no sleep was a sure trigger to crazy town.<br />
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Funny how I loathe whining, yet I whine allot to myself. While in the shower this morning I said, enough! I wanted to cry, but my eyes are so dry from our lack of rain, it didn't. Then came the clarity and the answer, the voice of reason who whispers when everything is finally still. <i> Renee is it okay. Sleep, and your weight are your two biggest triggers, we both know that. Why do you think this happened? Because you believed a lie, you believed you would not sleep, you believed you needed something other that Me to relax. You allowed Satan to set you up for failure and he was just waiting for you. We were moving forward with a big issue and we are still moving forward with or without sleep, just don't panic. You know what you need to do, and I am right here to carry you through. Just trust Me. </i>And that is when I told Satan to fuck off once again, and I took away the power I gave him.<br />
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The revelation that Christ gives you is just the beginning, not the end product my wise mother told me one day. As the bible says, we are like clay that Christ is continually molding into His likeness. I have just cracked the surface of my body image and food issues, and have much more digging left to go. I have trust issues already, and I am step by step learning to trust Christ to take care of me, all of me. I do know that my body and food issues will not go away in a day, I have already asked for that, and it has not happened yet. But what I do know is that Christ will get me to where he wants me to be, as long as I am willing and ready. Everyday is new, regardless if I got ten or zero hours of sleep. He is not going anywhere. I may drift, but He is right next to me regardless. And that my friends is a pretty darn comforting thought and reality. <br />
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It took me almost 20 years to build up these walls and develop these coping mechanisms so to expect myself to drop them in a couple months is unrealistic. I am slowly opening my box and relieving some pretty raw stuff, stuff I forgot I put inside my box, and Christ is patiently and lovingly replacing that trash with truth, His Truth. To be honest I am a little scared, my box was pretty full, but I am equally as excited. It can be hard to be honest with yourself, and with God, but he always has you best at heart, and will not let you fall. I can't tell you how many times I have tripped over my own two feet, but you know what, I have never fallen flat on my face. <br />
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So beautiful so perfect.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787815262822973637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048421442316875660.post-43738904267417960012012-04-05T13:43:00.003-07:002012-04-05T13:43:57.188-07:00Week 4: Weigh in results<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Once I weighed myself I was really considering lying, but what purpose would that serve, besides I am working on changing how I view myself, and lying would not help that! This is my first thumbs down weigh in. Oh well, time to move on and get back to a thumbs up next week. Here are my new numbers.</div>
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<u><b>Weight</b></u> : 150.8</div>
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Well they say the scale does not lie! And yes, I know that to be true. Yes, I could choose to lie to myself like I have so many times in a the past and say, it is just muscle Renee, so don't worry about anything. The problem with that thought process is, it gives me permission to not change my eating habits or any destructive behaviors, which then leads to more weight gain, and I get further and further from my goal. Yes, I could be getting more muscles and the muscle mass is replacing fat mass, but my goal is not become a muscle queen. I still have too much weight on my body for my frame, therefor, pounds still need to come off.</div>
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I could say a million different things to rationalize the weight gain, but it all comes down to a choice. Do I choose to recognize what I did as far as my eating patterns not being so great, and therefor get back to what I know I need to do, or again throw a pity party. Well as you read in my <a href="http://www.wineabit.net/2012/01/wii-wine-mcdonalds-birthday-party-and.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">previous post</a>, I have been there done that, and not going back. I already made my mistakes last week, and now the scale is letting me know, hey you got caught so cut it out if you want to reach your goal weight. Yesterday and Monday I got back to basics and I did not let the previous weeks attitude trickle into this week. And besides, now I can celebrate getting below 150 twice! It is all how you look at things, and I am choosing not to dwell on the negative but move forward and regain that momentum!</div>
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Thank you and good luck!</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>So how did I do?</b></u></span><br />
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I would like nothing more than to tell you I did fantastic, never felt better in my life, I have this whole weight loss thing in the bag now after only a month. Now, that would not only be a lie but unrealistic. And here is why.<br />
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I did struggle with some old demons this week. It started off dealing with a problem I am sure most of us have encountered in our life, bonus family members, and birthday parties. To keep things on the down low I will refer to the stress as the "event". As we all know dealing with an "event" can be stressful and what do I want to do when stressed? Eat and drink. Luckily, I did not open any wine after getting home from the "event", and believe me it would have been at least a two bottle night. However, I did slip back into bad habits during the week, until I properly dealt with my stressed feelings. I am not sure if the habits will show up on the scale yet, however I know how they made me feel and react to food, and that is the problem.<br />
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I slip back into this bad habit when either I want to commit diet suicide or when I have some underlying stress. That habit is snacking around on anything and everything. I have a pretty set schedule of when I eat, to keep this bad habit at bay, including snacks, now my son however is all over the map. He is the snacking king, as he often does not eat full meals because he cannot sit still for long enough. So I either leave out his food so he can go back to it later, or he asks for snacks all day long. Why am I telling you this, well because I will sneak his snacks or am tempted to eat every time he does regardless of my hunger level when stressed. And that makes me feel like crap, how do I add up a bit of this, and a taste of that, in my food diary. Well I don't, and then I am not accurate with my food intake which makes the scale and belly bulge slip upward. The issue with not knowing how to record my sneaky snacks is simple, I don't really think I have eaten that much, because overall I haven't, but in reality all those little samples add up and they add up fast on my hips.<br />
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Now I know I cannot be the only person in the world who does this. I know this is an easy bad habit that most mom's can fall into. I laugh at myself sometimes, because it is kinda like I am the official taste tester, you know to see if the food if okay for human consumption, or to taste for any poison like in the movie, <i>The Princess Bride</i>. Anyways, this is not a healthy behavior and one that needs to be nipped in the bud before it gets out of control.<br />
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By Thursday, after a big argument with my husband, I figured out what I was stressed about and how to get a handle on the snacking before any permanent damage was done. However, I still had some mental damage to attend to. And that was to not feel sorry for myself just because am not perfect, just because I slip into old bad habits. And yes, I, like so many dieters out there, strive for perfection without taking into account the real world and all the temptations and pitfalls daily life throws in your face.<br />
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Everyone, (well everyone I know) has weight issues to deal with and traps they frequently fall into, that is just life. The difference between falling on your face and staying down, and picking yourself back up is rather easy. Stop throwing yourself a pity party, nobody wants to come but you anyways. Believe me, I have tried and tried to get my poor husband to all my pity parties, but he just refuses to RSVP. The longer you stay down the longer it takes to get back to good habits. Realize you will fall and that is okay. It is not about how many times you fall but how many times you pick yourself back up, adjust your attitude and move forward. Nothing good ever comes out of a negative attitude, nothing. And you make everyone around you miserable, and they then all wish your were fat again and because then at least you were pleasantly plump and where more fun to be around. The people who love you and have supported you through your weight loss suddenly and unknowingly try to sabotage you, because you are making them so miserable with your loser attitude.<br />
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So my challenge to you and myself this week is, get back to a good and healthy attitude on weight loss. And remember if you fall, who cares, get back up and everything will be okay. Remember, only One person was born perfect, and it wasn't you.</div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787815262822973637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048421442316875660.post-54105654239179573212012-04-04T10:09:00.003-07:002012-04-04T10:09:57.704-07:00Made to Crave with a side order of Truth.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>"My friend E. Titus sums it up what I am discovering as well:"</i><br />
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<i>"When I get all caught in in how unfair it is that my friend is skinny and doesn't have to work at it, how she can eat what she wants when she wants, and how much it stinks that I can't be like her, I remind myself that God didn't make me to be her. You see, He knew even before I was born that I could easily allow food to be an idol in my life, that I would go to food, instead of to Him, to fulfill my needs. And in His great wisdom, He created my body so that it would experience the consequences of such a choice, so that I would continually be drawn back into His arms. He wants me to come to Him for fulfillment, emotional healing, comfort---- and if I could go to food for that and never gain an ounce, well then, what would I need God for?"</i><br />
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quote from the book <u>Made to Crave by Lysa Terkeurst</u> chapter 10 page 105<br />
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I read this quote over a week ago and it still knocks me down every time I read it. Reading it is like a punch to the gut the takes my breathe away and leaves me gasping for air. Never in my life has something hit me this hard, making me feel so small, yet so free. It is like God had that written just for me, a serious answer to everything I have asked Him about in the last 20 years of my life. Just powerful words with just amazing truth. <br />
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Time to discover what else is in <a href="http://faithforfood.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-is-inside-your-box.html">my box</a>, open it, examine it, rip it to shreds, and toss it in the trash. Time to replace trash with Truth.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A humongous thumbs up to me this week. Not to toot my own horn or anything, but afterall this is my blog. For one, I did not sabotage myself, even though I wanted to more than once a day everyday! Secondly, I hit the healthy zone for my BMI and my avatar on the Wii Fit is now smaller and I got a congratulations for hitting that goal. And thirdly, it is nice to know that I can keep going and not give in when things started to get difficult.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finally and most importantly, I wore a pair of jeans this weekend, again a huge accomplishment. I have not been able to fit comfortably in any of my jeans for over a year. I refused to buy a larger pair, so basically I have been living in leggings and tunics for the last year. It felt absolutely terrific to slip on those jeans, button them without the feeling of dread, and walk out the door looking like a normal member of society, not someone hiding her figure. Plus, when I put on my outfit, my husband had the biggest smile on his face. He told me how proud he was of me, he knows what a big deal jeans are to a women, and told me how good I looked. That was huge. Not only did I believe him, it just feel amazing to get those damn things out of the drawer and on my butt! So yes, yay me!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Well this week I have decided to talk about exercise and my Wii program. I could talk about food stuff and self sabotage, but maybe I will delve into that next week.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Plus, exercise was so boring, and I asked myself, why I am doing this much work and not training for anything? I was an athlete throughout high school, once that part of my life was over, exercise seemed silly and pointless. Why sweat if you are not working on getting better times or faster on the court?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The Gold's Gym is basically boxing, I can beat someone up and feel good about it. The NFL Training Camp is great because as a football fan since the 5th grade, I can choose my team, hello 49ers and dress in all 49ers gear! And I just like the type of workout is gives, feels like you are training for something because they are all sports related drills, so once again I can tap into my inner athlete. My husband likes the NFL one too, so we can workout together, a big bonus for me. If you are looking for two great Wii workouts, I highly recommend these two. Each workout is fun, plus it kicks your butt in all the right ways. And yes ladies, you can buy and wear a new outfit every time, including shoes.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">So what is with my title? Well, since I have become a recent exercise queen and could be called an addict at times, I have realized you </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">cannot </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">exercise your butt off. Television shows like the Biggest Loser, lead the average person to believe that through producing enough sweat to fill a small lake, you can lose all the weight you want. What they do not show, because I am sure it would be super boring and not as dramatic as watching obese people cry and fall off treadmills, is the diet. The contestants are on a diet of about 1,200 calories a day and literally workout all day. What else do they have to do without jobs or kids around. So even though you may know this, like I do, you can still easily fall into the trap that you can exercise off any excess calories. Which is totally untrue. Only the super lucky, which is a super small percentage of people, can eat as they wish, exercise, and still maintain a healthy weight. If you notice, many aerobics instructors are not the skinniest women in the room and they workout for a living.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">It takes burning and cutting 500 calories a day to lose about one pound of fat a week. Now you can combo that with exercise, but just remember it is more about what you put in your mouth than what you can burn off. Case in point, the other day I worked out for about 40 minutes at a really hard pace, how many calories did I burn, about 200. My snack, which took me less than five minutes to eat was 140 calories. Yes, you can let that defeat you. But you know what, if you like to exercise and you find it fun and enjoyable, than go for it, you will reap tons of benefits. I exercise now because I like the way it makes me feel, and it is a solid 40 minutes a day that I spend on just myself. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">But every dieter has to keep this in mind, you cannot exercise your butt off no matter how hard you try, unless you go on one of those weight loss shows and you are transported out of the real world. But since most of us live in the real world, if you want to lose a few pounds, eat right, count your calories, and fit in some exercise. My butt has not gone away yet, even after completing both P90X and the Insanity workouts! My butt actually got bigger because I believed the lie that I could eat more since I was working out so much! Lesson learned the hard way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Great news! Numbers went down! Which means I lost most of the weight I put on during the stressful holidays. I am now only 2 pounds away from being in the healthy BMI zone. So without further ado here are my new numbers:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All this means that tracking your foods (with or without the calorie amount) and exercise along with keeping the stress levels down can lead to weight loss success. All things I already knew, but chose to forget about in the last last year or so. Silly me, but hey, it keeps life interesting always looking for the magic weight loss pill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Also I did drink wine three days last week, however the key was to stick to only one or two glasses a day. And if you are a women, it is important to note, if you are going to drink wine with your meal make sure you are still getting in your dairy/calcium. The best way I have found to accomplish that goal is, to have a glass of milk with breakfast or lunch and yogurt as a snack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">This post first appeared on my wine blog </span></span><a href="http://wineabit.net/" style="color: #666666; line-height: 19px;">wineabit.net</a><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"> on January 19, 2012</span></span></i></span></div>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787815262822973637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048421442316875660.post-15610146578040227532012-04-03T08:36:00.001-07:002012-04-03T08:36:12.252-07:00Week 2 Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Last week my goal was to journal at least one full day over the weekend, and I am happy to say I meet that goal. I recorded all Friday and Saturday. It was not easy, I had to make myself do it just to prove that I could do it. And it was a good thing I did because, I found out that I need to save more calories for the weekends. Something I already knew, but like anything, without the hard evidence you can conveniently forget. And it seems like Saturday is my big food and wine day. So now I know and can plan accordingly.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">That is the best part about tracking what you eat is, you can figure out any eating patterns and then formulate a plan to deal with any issues. Sometimes your plans are genius and work right away, and other times it takes tons of tweaking. I have not come up with a big grandiose plan yet, but I will be thinking about one in the next couple days and then see if it works for Saturday. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">One big change I know I need to make is the Sprouts bin treats. I love those stupid bins, but they are not very helpful when you are trying to slim down. And Wednesday, for some reason has always been the day I want to give myself a little treat and it is also the day I go grocery shopping at Sprouts. The last row of bins are the most tasty and tempting, therefore I need to steer clear of that isle. In addition, since that is the day I like to treat myself I should add wine to my evening dinner. That way I have something to look forward to at the end of the day, and it can help me to stay clear of those devil bins.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">I did struggle a bit in the middle of the week with munching around. Once again, I know it has to do with not really planning a big calorie day. Now that I know my big calorie day is going to be Saturday it should help with the munching during the week. Like I said last week, it is important to include your favorite foods/drinks into your life but, you need to be smart about how you go about that. I also noticed I saved all my wine drinking for the weekend, again not the best plan. I am usually better off if I space it out during the week, that way I am not tempted to overindulge once I open a bottle. I did not over do my wine intake, however I like to stick to one or two glasses a night, and a couple nights I had three. So not horrible, just not where I would like to be.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Overall, I feel so much better both physically and mentally. It is very refreshing to have food and wine back in it's appropriate place on the priority list. My energy and mental well being are both up and in the healthy zone. I am not thinking about how fat I am, how I look compared to other women, and better yet, not always thinking about my next meal or treat. Next week's goals are to do the same, log at least one weekend day and keep my healthy attitude. And yes, find a solution for my big calorie day and make it worth the extra calories. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">And the whole month of menu planning, I love it! I must say, it is a brilliant idea on my behalf. And I am still loving my Wii exercises. I will talk more about the Wii next week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/buttermilk-oven-fried-chicken-with-coleslaw-10000001867546/" style="text-decoration: none;">Buttermilk oven fried chicken</a><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 1.4;"> with roasted potatoes and coleslaw</span><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 1.4;">Exercise: 1 hour 15 min Cardio Box class at the YMCA</span><br /><u style="color: #666666;"><br /></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/southeast-asian-fried-rice-10000001949703/" style="text-decoration: none;">Southeast Asian Fried Rice</a><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 1.4;"> (this was an excellent chioce for anyone who loves fried rice)</span><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 1.4;">Exercise: 45 min NFL training camp and 15 min Wii Fit yoga</span><br /><u style="color: #666666;"><br /></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/caribbean-shrimp-salad-with-lime-vinaigrette-10000001696589/" style="text-decoration: none;">Caribbean shrimp salad</a><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 1.4;"> (this was so good and would have loved an </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albari%C3%B1o" style="color: #888888; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none;">Albarino</a><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 1.4;"> white wine to complement it)</span><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 1.4;">Exercise: Wii Gold's Gym Cardio for 20 minutes</span><br /><u style="color: #666666;"><br /></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/thai-beef-salad-10000000549762/" style="text-decoration: none;">Thai beef salad</a><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 1.4;"> (made by my sister, we do a weekly meal exchange every Wednesday)</span><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 1.4;">Exercise: 30 min Wii NFL Training Camp and 20 min Wii Gold's Gym</span><br /><u style="color: #666666;"><br /></u></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">I would say pretty good, overall I made much better food choices and really thought about what I was going to eat before it went into my mouth. I know you are wondering looking at my meals, how is she going to lose weight eating fried fish, hamburgers, and Fettuccine Alfredo? Simple I say, these are all food I love (except for the fried fish, that was a meal I owned to my husband after losing a bet), however I have found through Cooking Light, how to make them healthy. Every recipe was both nutritious and good for you if you followed the recipe and portion size.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">The first week I was not going to write down points or calories on anything I ate, just writing the foods down was a huge first step. I have been rebelling from doing the whole journal thing for a while, namely because I was lazy and did not want to face the truth of what I was eating. I found a fantastic app for your iPhone or iPod, named <a href="http://caloriecounter.com/">caloriecounter.com</a>. I started using it on Sunday and love it! It gives you options to scan the food bar code, type in the calories, or speak to it to find the foods in the database. The reason I love it, the ease of use and huge food database. I have tried many other weight loss tracking apps and websites in the past and have always found them to be clunky, and overly complicated. So far, I have tracked my foods by either typing in the calories or using the talking method and both have been really great. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I still struggled to write down everything on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I wrote about half of Friday, none from Saturday, and half from Sunday. I was a little mad at myself initially, but decided to cut myself a break. I am not striving for perfection here, just doing my best to make healthy and smart eating decisions. So my goal for this weekend is, write down one full weekend day's of foods. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Another great idea I came up with is a new menu planning scheme. I am one of the few people in this world who seems to not got </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">horrified</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> by the idea of meal planning. I typically plan out my dinners for the week, it just makes life way more simple. So I took that idea a step further and planned for the entire month of January. I busted out my January issues of Cooking Light, printed out a calender and plotted out the entire month of dinners. That might sound overwhelming at first, but I watch football all day on Sunday anyways, so it just gives me something productive to do while being a couch potato. I will keep you posted on how this new scheme works out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And it may look like I am an exercise queen but, my husband was home on winter break, so I had more time on my hands to exercise and explore the workouts on the Wii. I do not see this week looking the same since he went back to work and my schedule is now back to being a little busier.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">That's it! Let's keep this train rolling!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>This was originally posted on 1/11/12 on my other site <a href="http://wineabit.net/">wineabit.net</a></i></span><br />
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where I have been and where I am going.
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I have dreaded writing this post, yet knew it would be a
must if I was going to keep myself honest, posting my weekly weight. Like most women, I either lie or avoid saying
my scale number for various reasons. I
have been always embarrassed to admit what the scale said, regardless of what
the results were because I was never happy with the number. Even at my lowest weight, I was still not
satisfied with the scale, as I always thought it should be lower. And it did not help that every graph and goal
weight literature I read reinforced this sick notion. So, to help myself get over my scale fears
and maybe to inspire you to do the same, every week I am going to weigh in and
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Am I a little scared, yes, however at the same time
relieved. As it is no longer a deep dark
secret that only I and my moral enemy, the scale, knows about. After all, it is only a number and it does
not define who I am and what I can and cannot do in life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpk7UW1wThMhPUnZfWqaAmT7P1BxGuL1_QqOWayvbYpTeF5boV6y06JsqNm_gObWa8VviIB80w7Dr_xWZHJj4ty6gZEn3kGynaNSuvbGr9Mn0yOLwNDgy9UN8_VSeB6OIgRP3MNuTkS0Mx/s1600/IMG_0023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpk7UW1wThMhPUnZfWqaAmT7P1BxGuL1_QqOWayvbYpTeF5boV6y06JsqNm_gObWa8VviIB80w7Dr_xWZHJj4ty6gZEn3kGynaNSuvbGr9Mn0yOLwNDgy9UN8_VSeB6OIgRP3MNuTkS0Mx/s200/IMG_0023.JPG" width="150" /></a>My weight loss goals are also very simple and realistic for
once in my life. I am not looking to be
a supermodel or a fitness model, or anything in between. I am looking at getting back into the clothes
that I already have in my closet, but are currently in the "too tight,
does not fit" pile. I am not
looking for my jeans to say size 2 but to get back into the ones that say size
8. That's it. Should be simple, but with my history of
hyper body dismorphia, it could be a challenge, but a challenge that for the
first time I am ready to take head on and not hide from.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So here it goes my first set of stats! Every Tuesday I will be weighing in on the
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My current weight is: 153.2<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787815262822973637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048421442316875660.post-44217225147001977972012-03-30T05:00:00.001-07:002012-03-30T05:00:17.208-07:00Week 11 Weigh in. Things are back on track<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's that time of the week again, weigh in day! And I actually looked forward to this one, well not really look forward to, but at least not dread. <br />
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<b>BMI</b>: 24.79<br />
<b>Weight</b>: 148.8<br />
down about 1/2 LB:)<br />
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Yes, it was a good week back to basics and back to eating to lose. Losing weight is really about what is going on in your head and I got my head straighten out last week. After my gain results I knew what needed to change. Food was placed back in it's correct category along with wine. I had some massive temptations to revert back, and it is not easy to tell myself no, but thankfully I did. Cheers to a new week with a frefreshed attitude.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lcjmmcUNKNTfREBparH5WJzoT4p_UYsh_NtU_qRYvCUMI3OzGJxo3w-HCJF4mjkNbIokVKdcXnCIwLskmLsOakfAgLlKS0rvbYEtwoBfMLcYOA99QNgcD7-yku9rXAiLNTg__FGZ2I1Z/s1600/scale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #888888; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lcjmmcUNKNTfREBparH5WJzoT4p_UYsh_NtU_qRYvCUMI3OzGJxo3w-HCJF4mjkNbIokVKdcXnCIwLskmLsOakfAgLlKS0rvbYEtwoBfMLcYOA99QNgcD7-yku9rXAiLNTg__FGZ2I1Z/s1600/scale.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" /></a>After a year of blogging about food and wine I have noticed something I am not too happy with, weight gain. Like most people in this world gaining and losing weight is a constant battle. I have been battling my bulge since I took my first steps into adulthood, entering college and living on my own. <br /><br />Growing up, I had an overall healthy outlook about food, and was not too self conscience about my weight. My mom cooked healthy meals and always stressed the importance of eating our fruits and veggies. Enter high school, all the pretty and popular girls made me feel insecure and heavy. Being a girl with Polish and German blood running through my veins, I have always been heavier than my friends but never fat. However, when you are not a size 0 or 2 everything thing else is considered pudgy. Hence high school, is when I developed an unhealthy body image and issues with food. I have battled those issues ever since, and it was not until recently I got a better handle on it.<br /><br />I lost 25 pounds after having my son, and was very happy and satisfied with my weight. However, in my opinion I was still not perfect even though everyone, and everything else pointed to the opposite. Slowing the weight crept back on since I never got to the root of my body image problem.<br /><br />Enter in present day. Since I started the blog, I have dealt with many body image and food issues and overall have a better since of where it all belongs. Eating good is important, drinking good wine is fun, but not at the expense of my health. While I have only gained between 5-10 pounds over the coarse of the last year, those pounds are not good on my frame, and make me feel uncomfortable. Therefore, with all the holiday stress and business behind me now I have had a chance to really evaluate my weight and overall health. With that evaluation I have come up with an idea for a new series on the blog.<br /><br />I received a Wii Nintendo system this Christmas, yes I know I am late to the whole Wii stage, but hey better late than never. Since it was given to us to use as a fitness system, we went out and purchased the Wii Fit Plus and a few other fitness video games. I am not a video game player, and believe they are a time sucking vortex that only wastes time and brain cells. However, the Wii can be a useful system to use as a fitness and health device. I have always been a home fitness fan, because you don't have to drive anywhere to workout and I can look like a complete idiot and no one can see it. So the Wii balance board and other fitness games play the perfect role to help me attain my new goals. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the concept the Wii Fit, it can calculate your weight, and track your progress for you with the handy dandy balance board. It can also help you set goals and work on other various aspects of you fitness and overall health, plus the games are just fun.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />My goal with this post series is simple, to blog my progress with losing that initial 5-10 pounds and then how I keep that weight off while still enjoying great food and wine. I think it is so important to not give up the things we love, as long as they are not destructive, but figure out how to make them a part of our lives in a healthy way. After all, wine itself is not the devil and neither is chocolate cake. If you are using those things to cope with life, than yes they are destructive. Wine and whatever trigger food you have, was not made so that life can become easier, and nor were they made just to taunt you. They were made for enjoyment, not gluttony or enlightenment.<br /><br />For the first month, I will chronicle my eating habits along with my progress with the Wii Fitness. I am planning on cooking out of Cooking Light magazine for the month of January. As I have written before, Cooking Light is a wonderful resource for great tasting, healthy meals, and I have a ton of magazines to draw from. I will note my progress with this plan, as well as how I incorporate wine into it. I do not believe on giving up on wine, however I am just not sure how I will fit the whole thing in yet. My goal is to find the right balance and finally get a grip on the whole weight, food, fitness, and wine thing, and chronicle that journey with you.<br /><br />I am not quit sure how this series will look yet, but I know it will be fun to share, because I am not the only person in the world who enjoys good food and wine and is still looking to stay in shape. So please join me on this discovery, and if you are looking for the same thing, please share your journey with me here on the blog, on <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/reneewinerd" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">twitter</a>, <a href="https://plus.google.com/113423214815302874026/posts" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">google+</a>, or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/renee.keele1" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">facebook</a>.<br /><br />Thank you and as always enjoy!</div>
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