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My new reminder/motivation poster

Made this last night with the help of my beloved hubby. It's to remind me of all the stupid and senseless reasons I eat, and to help me make better choices! What do you think - what are some of the other reasons we put food in our mouths? I tried to capture most of them. xoxo Continue

Added by Lara Kretler on July 8, 2008 at 6:37am — No Comments

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming!

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Added by Lara Kretler on June 24, 2008 at 9:10pm — No Comments

Transforming bad habits into good ones takes time.

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Added by Lara Kretler on June 22, 2008 at 9:58am — No Comments

weigh in

Well, this was an interesting week. I took Kenn… Continue

Added by Courtney on June 16, 2008 at 10:59am — 1 Comment

Our New Video. Check it out!!!

I hope you enjoy our latest video. My girlfriend Danielle makes them and is awesome! Court Continue

Added by Courtney on June 13, 2008 at 10:39pm — 1 Comment

How's your week going?!

I just can't seem to get it done. My weight is down by a tiny increment this week and I'm happy about that, but I know I could be doing so much more. My eating has been so-so (better than it had been) but I have not been tracking my eating - I just keep forgetting to write things down. My workouts have been nonexistant. I can't seem to get myself to bed early enough to allow me to wake up and work out before work. It's lame! I need to get back to it! I know I will feel SO MUCH BETTER if I just g… Continue

Added by Lara Kretler on June 11, 2008 at 10:20am — 2 Comments

Today's Weigh-In..

Today's weigh-in had me 6 pounds down. :) A little higher than my average target, and a little less than I was hoping for, but still awesome regardless. I've also been working out every day - 8 days so far, and counting. Awesome! I'm really hurting today.. I added squats and lunges to my workout last night, and my quads have been yelling at me all day long. That's okay, though - I'll take some Motrin to get through the soreness, and I'll be fine. Practice makes perfect! :) Continue

Added by Callie on June 9, 2008 at 9:54pm — 1 Comment

Weigh in June 8th

So!!! This week was interesting. I for realz f… Continue

Added by Courtney on June 8, 2008 at 9:57pm — 1 Comment

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!

I met Tone Loc today! LOL!!!! That is all, C Continue

Added by Courtney on June 7, 2008 at 8:32pm — 3 Comments

Today's Lunch - A Lesson Learned

I have a big post to make tomorrow about lifestyle changes, and I'll get to it, but for now, I wanted to talk about today's lunch. For those that don't know, I decided to join Weight Watchers. I started last Monday, and thus far, I've been kicking butt and taking names with it. Until today, I think. I had a -huge- lunch today. When I got home and started putting things into my Points Tracker, I realized that the things I'd thought were horrible weren't so bad, and the things I thought would be… Continue

Added by Callie on June 7, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Got any good fitness blogs?

I love stumbling across awesome fitness blogs. Fitgirl4life is one I really like a lot. Also, Mr. Low Body Fat's story is incredibly inspiring. How about you, found a good fitness blog lately? I'd love a few new ones to peruse! :) Continue

Added by Lara Kretler on June 7, 2008 at 2:02pm — No Comments

Another 5 months planned

Last night when I got to Mike and Danielle's for our workout session, I saw our new posterboards sitting there all finished. Boy it was just as intimidating looking at that empty board as it was on January 1st!!! We took them down to the basement to hang them up and began talking about what's going to happen over the next 5 months and what happened over the past 5 months. I actually set a goal this time. It made me super nervous to set a goal but I really needed to do it. My #1 goal was to lose… Continue

Added by Courtney on June 4, 2008 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

video's

One of the big things that we've done since we started our journey is make videos about our progress and what we're doing. We are actually in the process of making a new video so I'll post that when it's done. Anyway, I wanted to share them with you. Court

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Added by Courtney on June 3, 2008 at 10:12pm — 1 Comment

Today

UGH! Some days just suck. Today I made very poor eating decisions. But c'est la vie! I've had my fair share of those the past 5 months and I work through them and move on. Today I ate VERY well for breakfast and lunch. But then I got home from work and there were 2 cheese coney's from Gold Star in the fridge left over from Kenny's splurge day on Sunday and I ate them. After that, I decided it would be a great idea to eat a turkey sandwich (of course on light bread with nothing but turkey! lol).… Continue

Added by Courtney on June 3, 2008 at 5:54pm — 1 Comment

Confessions

This new group looks really nice, and thanks to Lara for setting it up!! Now here's where I get honest: I just can't get it together this week. It's hell week, I haven't slept in god knows when, I have so much due, and I'm on the verge of breaking down. Eating healthy and working out is falling out of my top priorities. Last weekend I binged out of stress. Monday I tried to get it back on track, but then there was homemade brioche and nutella in French class! Today I tried to get up and exercis… Continue

Added by Penny on June 3, 2008 at 12:16pm — 2 Comments

A link to my weight-loss journey blog from the last 5 months.

Please feel free to go through my post from the past 5 months. This really documents everything we've gone through. http://courtneyandkenny.spaces.live.com/ Continue

Added by Courtney on June 2, 2008 at 10:27pm — 1 Comment

Thanks for joining - now what?!

I can't tell you how much I appreciate you joining. Now we can help each other on this lifelong journey for greater health and fitness. The more, the merrier, so feel free to invite friends! And now that you're here... 1. Post a blog 2. Add some friends 3. Change the theme and look/feel of your page 4. Post some pics 5. Post some music - songs that inspire your workouts!? 6. Start a discussion in the Forum 7. Answer a discussion topic or question someone else posted 8. Leave folks some comments… Continue

Added by Lara Kretler on June 2, 2008 at 9:58pm — No Comments

Wanting to make sure this time is for good

Most of you have read my posts before when I've been super motivated, seeing great results, sticking to program and rocking out. You know how incredibly gungho I can get about my program... and when I perservere day after day, week after week, month after month, I see AMAZING results. But what could be more frustrating than losing 24 lbs last year, getting within 10 lbs of my ultimate goal weight for life, and then losing my focus only to gain it all slowly back between November 2007 and now? I… Continue

Added by Lara Kretler on June 2, 2008 at 8:52pm — No Comments

My weight-loss journey as of right now.

We did it!!! We finished 5 full months of our lifestyle change!!! When we planned this and began on January 1st, I honestly wasn't sure if I'd make it. It sounded like so long and I knew I wanted to change my life completely. I figured I would fail just like I had always failed in the past. --What was different this time is I was actually *ready* to change. I really wasn't sure but obviously I was ready!! I was telling Mike and Danielle this morning that some weeks/days are harder than others bu… Continue

Added by Courtney on December 31, 1969 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment