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07-21-2008, 11:46 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Salem, OR
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Lookin' good! Amazing progress!
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07-22-2008, 09:47 AM
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Back to business.....
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Maryland
Posts: 1,448
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Steph - you are doing AWESOME!!! You look FANTASTIC!
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07-22-2008, 11:45 PM
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I's Got Potential
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 124
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Fantastic progress, Stephanie!!! I see a real difference in your torso, hips and legs. Keep up the great work!
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08-10-2008, 08:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 214
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Great Progress. I love to see results like that...encouraging!!
Bev.
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08-11-2008, 12:02 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,179
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Hey, Steph! How are you?
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08-11-2008, 09:37 PM
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Leeeebril
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Right on the Bay :)
Posts: 3,579
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stephanie932
I got pictures from Leigh today with my Check-In! What a nice surprise.
I think the thing striking me the most is how much less I'm filling out my shorts....lol I mean look at my hips and thighs in the first pic and then the 2nd. I think it's paying off. It may not be going as quickly as I want (totally my fault) but, I'm making progress!
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Damn Steph.... I think I missed these! FANTASTIC job!!!!
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Here's my badass new and improved log 
There are no facts, only interpretations.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
Procrastination is...the thief of time.
--Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
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08-13-2008, 05:18 PM
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Refocusing & Recommitting
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 507
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Thanks, everyone.........but, the sad news is.......I'm struggling and have been the last few months. It seems to be the same thing as always. I do awesome for awhile, and then I just back slide. I really have to stop this cycle. Leigh has been wonderful and so encouraging, yet I still find myself "stalling and slipping" instead of her "get in and get it done" approach.
I'm sticking with everything and I'm not down and out. I just have to find a way to move around this pattern that I tend to get into. I'd like to say that I'm taking the "scenic" route rather than the direct one, but that is just another excuse.
I'm considering starting the "Beck Solution" books again. I started them last fall and never did finish......maybe I need to start over again with that as well. Any one have other suggestions for reading that may help?
Sooooooooooooooooooo.........a s always, I'll keep trying and work my way around this and get back on track. Afterall, there is an "OFFICIAL CHALLENGE" that I'm working on, right?
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08-13-2008, 05:27 PM
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Senior Hamster
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,961
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I don't know what advice to give, because different people respond to different motivations... does the challenge motivate you? How about challenging YOURSELF to make it different this time - do NOT repeat that pattern again. Have you taken time to reward yourself for the progress you HAVE made? Don't ignore the small victories along the way - don't lose sight of the battles won and only notice the final not-yet-achieved outcome...
"Just do it", right?
I think you need some kitteh's...
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Hamster training log
A lot of NEAT one day is NOT "useless" if the next day the scale doesn't move. -- Aoife
"Hunger is your hips screaming at you that they are disappearing!" -- Oprah
Be careful about reading health books - you may die of a misprint -- Mark Twain
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08-13-2008, 09:59 PM
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Anne
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 2,366
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I'm sorry that you're struggling. I hope you find a way to get back on track. I can't offer any words of wisdom, just best wishes. |
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08-14-2008, 03:37 PM
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...to be a celestial body
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Northern PA
Posts: 1,123
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Stephanie,
Sending encouragement your way...I can identify with your struggle, as most of us probably can. I also tend to be "perfect" for quite a while but when I fall off the wagon it's a big fall. Keep taking it one step at a time, okay?
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" The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it." Goethe "Living does not mean living in excess..." Tom aka Stingo
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08-14-2008, 08:00 PM
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FINALLY in the 150's!
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Maine
Posts: 489
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I'm SO with you Stephanie... I've been struggling too. Are you interested in going through the Beck Diet book together? I have it and have never finished it either.....
Hang in there! We CAN do this!
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"As far as (healthy) eating, either do it, or don't. Same issues repeated over and over is just insanity. We either commit to the endeavor or pay lip-service to it. This is the hardest part of the whole process, and it needs to be practiced more than the actual physical training. It's mind training." ~ Matt Thorne
"The reason that most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment."
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08-15-2008, 03:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,179
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Thanks for stopping by my log, Steph, and for your sweet comment! I hope things are looking up for you today!!
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08-16-2008, 02:37 PM
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Luv'n Lift'n
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 2,730
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stephanie932
I'm considering starting the "Beck Solution" books again. I started them last fall and never did finish......maybe I need to start over again with that as well. Any one have other suggestions for reading that may help?
Sooooooooooooooooooo.........a s always, I'll keep trying and work my way around this and get back on track. Afterall, there is an "OFFICIAL CHALLENGE" that I'm working on, right?
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The Power of Focus by Jack Canfield, Mark Hanson and Les Hewitt. I dare say you don't need any more information on what to do with respect to your diet. Perhaps some reading on how to center and focus you goals would do better for you? I think you also need to perhaps realize that to fail is human and not beat yourself about it so much. If you read any books at all about people who have achieved greatness the one thing I find these people all seem to have in common is lots and lots of failures. When I am mentoring young people about my job or my guitar playing I always point out that I am where I am today because of the many falls I took on my way to this place and what I did after those falls. People who are not failing are not pushing themselves. Every day when I lie down to rest I reflect on the day and remember what thing I did this day that really made me uncomfortable. If it is nothing I know I need to go out and try harder the next day. You are pushing yourself and you are learning. Those are admirable attributes.
Hope to see ya around again soon!
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When I am an old lady I shall wear purple and kick ass in the gym!
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08-23-2008, 01:03 PM
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Hungry
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,956
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Been thinking about you and wondering where you are in all of this. You know you can do this.
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
My Training Log
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08-24-2008, 05:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: central maine
Posts: 359
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wow, steph, your photos are amazing!
i worked through the beck diet workbook when it first came out and found it very focusing. i've tried twice since and just couldn't get back into it. i really liked having that daily reflection on where i stand and a kick in the pants when i need it.
i was foundering a bit right before this second challenge. i've been doing this a loooong time and i was running out of steam. but the challenge has been a second wind. i changed up my diet and exercise and i am making progress again. and i dropped out of the first challenge and am intent to see this one through!
hoping you find your mojo again!
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09-14-2008, 07:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,179
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Hi, Stephanie! How are you doing?
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09-25-2008, 08:06 PM
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Anne
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 2,366
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Hey Stephanie - how's it going?
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