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Feb. 6th:
I believe that I am really good at being authentic to myself. In core beliefs, hobbies, clothing, friendships food, dating and lifestyle in general. I'm glad I know who I am.

Dave Chappelle, even after all these years still can inspire giggles

Day 5! Picture of something that makes me smile... snow. I love snow, it is my happy place and I love seeing my pups and nieces play in it!
No Junk food Challenge day 5?
Feb Ab challenge day 5?... well, this one evolved into a 30 day challenge with my girlfriend. I caught myself up and am on day 5, so technically...

 

Ok, looks like I have a lot of catching up to do!!!
Day 1: RNY 12/24/18 HW 224 SW 204 CW 182 Current Pic included...
Day 2: The one feature I love about myself is my eye color, I guess I just like my light green eyes...
Day 3: My best personality trait would be my ability to make others laugh and have fun when spending time with me.
Day 4: Wow this one is a hard one. I forgive myself for emotionally hurting ones I love for my own selfishness.
5: Funny, Talented, Strong
6: I feel like I’m really good at my job because I love to talk with people and I know everything about the company I work with which makes it easy and fun!!

Goal: I would like to lose 7 pounds this month!

Day 5! Picture of something that makes me smile... snow. I love snow, it is my happy place and I love seeing my pups and nieces play in it!
No Junk food Challenge day 5?
Feb Ab challenge day 5?... well, this one evolved into a 30 day challenge with my girlfriend. I caught myself up and am on day 5, so technically...

 

Genuine smiles are always beautiful no matter how many wrinkles you have. One of my favorite smiles on earth was my grandmother's, and she was so soft and wrinkly!

Feb. 5th:
My friends would say I'm
Resourceful, Fun and consistent
I'm trying to figure out what knocked this gal's sock off (where can I get some)

#5 Ok, what my friends would say about me - witty, generous, honest (to a fault)
something that makes me happy - I guess posting pictures of all the food I can't have anymore would be bad, right? I'm going to go with Sakura Matsuri --and just plain old cherry blossom season in general. I think it is one of the prettiest natural occurrences and it always reminds me of the wonders of the world no matter how gloomy I am feeling. This picture is from 2010, me and the hubby resting under a tree, talking about me starting to lose weight so that we could have a kid. I never got to lose that weight then, but I found out I was pregnant a few weeks later.

Day 5
Sleeve 2014 maintaining – Challenge start weight 136 todays weight 138 – Goal weight 130
#no junk food - Check
# 5 Name three words your friends may use to describe you. Integrity, inner strength and scatter brained

Got lucky here! Super supportive family so we have healthy Snacks of peanuts, cheese, salami, pickles, ham and cheese roll ups with lemonade and teas for drinks! They are eating pizza, but I can't eat that with CD anyway so no temptation there. Hope everyone else is doing okay! You guys got this, this is a tough day!

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Day 3! Favorite body part... my butt! It's the one thing I have always loved because my legs and but have stayed pretty firm and muscular no matter how much weight I've gained. So I'm hoping it'll stay in shape as I continue to lose and not deflate, that's one of my biggest fears!
No Junk food Challenge? I have had very few temptations as of yet luckily!
Feb Ab Challenge day 3? I am feeling it today, that's for sure!

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Day 4! Have someone take a picture of you laughing- I hate how I look when laughing, so I'm going to pass on this one. My face gets all squishy and eyes look weird and I have 3 chins that I'm still self conscious about.

No Junk food Challenge?
Feb Ab Challenge day ? I have to break this up... no way I can do 20 sit ups in 1 go... I think I'd cry

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DAY 5: Looked like an uncoordinated chicken, flapping around doing my jumping jacks!🐥. Doing okay with no junk food. 3 words that my friends would describe me: Funny, kind and optimistic.

Look at all of those genuine smiles!!! I may need to rethink my wrinkle treatment plan...

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#5 Feb 5.2019
Three words someone who loves me (friend) would use to describe me:
talented
strong
fun

#5 Things that make me smile (pic-not a person): one word...memes (yeah I'm that chix)...just a few laughs from mah peeps.

Day 5
Something that makes you smile: art
In particular, this piece titled “Egghead” I viewed last week. A portrait of what appears to be Van Gogh made from resin cast chewing gum mounted to the bottom of a wood coffee table. An incredible piece by American artist, Sean Healy.
I’ve made it a priority again recently to date myself on my days off instead of catching up on TV, chores and errands. I’ve been touring art galleries, hiking, going to the symphony, fishing, lounging in one of our many great coffee shops and taking piano lessons again. It is enriching my life and slowly replacing food as my “go to” comfort source. Highly recommend!

Yoooo planet fitness is straight trash for their pizza and Bagels days. Job security I guess. Stay strong.

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Day 4! Have someone take a picture of you laughing- I hate how I look when laughing, so I'm going to pass on this one. My face gets all squishy and eyes look weird and I have 3 chins that I'm still self conscious about.

No Junk food Challenge?
Feb Ab Challenge day ? I have to break this up... no way I can do 20 sit ups in 1 go... I think I'd cry

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From a bday party last night with friends I haven't seen in ages. My obesity prevented me from socializing and several of the girls there I had not seen in almost 4 years. It's almost unbelievable. So, today is a great day to forgive myself for withdrawing from life for a while. Instead of beating myself up about it, feeling guilty and worrying about what people think, I'm just going to try showing up.

Day 4: training for a quarter marathon and trying to get comfortable with running instead of just walking.

Resisted the 20 boxes of Donatos at the gym but I was pissed off about it. Two nights before surgery I ate a whole medium Donatos pizza to myself. After that I ate a huge taco salad with Doritos and everything that’s terrible for you. Idk how I didn’t throw up that night. Anyway I resisted temptation which is a big thing for me. Pizza is my notorious binge food.

Right.
So I finally purchased more athlazy wear to inspire working out. After last night's planking catastrophe I need to get super serious and the old ones were too big. These are in sizes XS & small 🙄, so I plan to lay on the floor to thoroughly break them in.

Perfect for day 4 - forgive yourself for something.
We support your efforts.

Jan. 4th:
I forgive myself for putting myself last for too long. Martyr Mother syndrome or something. Over it! We are *all* equally important in my family. Putting myself first when appropriate.
I also pass on smiling pic
Wrinkles. Don't plan on having any thanks to resting bihhh face.

Day 4! Have someone take a picture of you laughing- I hate how I look when laughing, so I'm going to pass on this one. My face gets all squishy and eyes look weird and I have 3 chins that I'm still self conscious about.

No Junk food Challenge?
Feb Ab Challenge day ? I have to break this up... no way I can do 20 sit ups in 1 go... I think I'd cry

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Day 4: Held my plank for 10 seconds!🤗. No junk food, glad superbowl is over with!! # 4 self love, forgive yourself for: Trying ever diet known to man, failing that diet, hating myself for failing then trying another diet. Comparing myself to others who tried the diets and lost weight. I was really hard on myself . A lot of negative talk. No more. I wouldn't be where I am now. If I hadn't gone through those lessons .

Failed hard at the super bowl shindigs--have a hand full of chips and a Hershey kiss. The shame! 😭 Oh, well tomorrow is another day!
So catch up time--
#1 New selfie-pass (I try at least to keep my identity "questionable"). About me: Old. cranky. administrator, new yorker, wife, mom, tall, fat, atheist, irreverent, kind
#2 My favorite facial feature - my lips. My favorite physical characteristic: My neck and shoulders; no matter how fat I was I always had a beautiful long neck and statuesque shoulders.
#3 Mah neck -behold! (Man those baby hairs are too much). My favorite personality trait: empathy/kindness, for all my gruffness, I truly don't like to see people hurt.
#4 laughing pic- I laugh at this PASS. I need to forgive myself for allowing myself to get so fat and waiting too long to pull the trigger and have the sleeve. I don't know if I can just snap my fingers and forgive myself, but that is what therapy is for, I suppose.