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Introduction Text I'm Autumn, a 49-year-old freelance book editor and writer, secretary, and single mother of one amazing daughter. I started my weight-loss journey in January 2014, at a sad 329 lbs. I originally set out to hit a goal of 155 lbs., and I hit that on April 11, 2016, relying mostly upon the Spark Nutrition Tracker to help me maintain a daily 1,200 or so calories. In the years that followed, I messed up and regained much of what I'd lost. Now, I'm on another quest, because I KNOW I can do it (and so can YOU, by the way). My current goal is to reach 145 lbs., to be in my 140s in my forties (which are quickly dwindling). If I accomplish this goal, I will have lost a total of 184. My jobs are very sedentary, I don't exercise much at all, and I'm the world's worst cook, but for me, calorie-counting works (as you can see in the pics I posted on here during my last successful journey. I want to get back into those thinner clothes I wore in the thinner pictures on here, and I will. My daughter and sister are on similar quests, and it helps to have their support. If we can do it, so can you! Feel free to read my occasional blogs and keep in touch with me here or at AUTIEJ@GMAIL.COM. I love being an encouragement when I can, because we're all on this journey together.

I rejoined Spark to help me look and feel better. I started at 329 lbs. on 1-1-14, and I hit my goal of 155 lbs. on April 11, 2016, a loss of 174 lbs. I am now aiming for 145, to hit the "140s in my 40s," and I'll be 49 this year! I hope to be an encouragement to others who struggle with weight issues, because I know how difficult and painful it is.

I do not believe anyone has to pay any program to help them lose weight. It's really simple: Do not flood your engine or fill it with the wrong kind of fuel. Determining and monitoring caloric intake with Spark or similar programs WILL work if you are honest and accountable to it, and I am the living proof. When in weight loss mode, I eat around 1,200 calories daily (300 for breakfast and lunch, 400 for dinner, and 200 for snacks/condiments/beverages), and I use the Spark Nutrition Tracker to help me keep track. Adjustments will be made when I move into maintenance, but whenever I see weight coming back on, I know my trusty 1,200 will help me take it off again!

I am a single mother in Ohio, where I live with my beautiful daughter and three small dogs. I have a knack for typing, filing, and data entry, so that's my day job, but I'm also a part-time book editor and freelance writer with a few bylines under my hopefully shrinking belt. . blessed to begin working for myself full time in 2009, as an independent book editor and freelance writer.

While I read books all day long for my job as a book editor, reading is not really my favorite hobby. I most enjoy geocaching, spending time with family, writing, watching reality TV and original movies (never remakes!). I'm a huge fan of Twin Peaks, Survivor, The Office, The Golden Girls, and Breaking Bad. I also enjoy journaling and scrapbooking, casual bicycling and hiking/walking bike trails, collecting retro toys from the 70s and 80s, picnicking in our beautiful parks...and I hope to get back on eight wheels soon, picking up my roller-skating hobby from many years ago (though I admit at pushing-50, I fear breaking a hip!)

Add a Link "Whatever you focus on expands..." (Fortune Cookies Worldwide) "...and hopefully, that's not your waistline!" (Autiej)
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