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Introduction Text Update May 12, 2021.......................... Feb 17, 2021 bounced up to 213-214, joined WW+ digital Started logging food on WW AND Spark people again!! 3/3/21 - 211 3/24/21 - 208.8 April 2021 bounce around 208-210 5/12/21 - 207.0 Update Jan 4, 2021................ Dec 18th, 2020 - 210 Start 212 10% = 21 lbs for 191 weight 1st 10% - 191 lbs. - 1st 5% - 181 lbs. - 2nd 5% - 172 lbs. - 3th 5% - 163 lbs. - 4th 5% - 155 lbs. - Update Aug 7, 2020................ (reflected in same numbers as Jan 4, 2020, no progress all fall) Update March 3, 2020.............. wow, I sure don't update much. I'm here on SP Mon-Fri, but often just browsing articles or TRYING to stay in touch with my BLC Minion team. Life is busy. I've been logging my food daily using a different app and that is helping me stay accountable. I'm challenged to stay consistent with exercise to give me a better calorie budget for food tracking! :) and to stay healthy in general. I do however need to up my game and really challenge myself with better fitness. Update March 1 2019................ After starting a Keto-ish approach to nutrition and Intermittent Fasting (16:8) I've been seeing slow progress on the scale. I have also created the routine of morning exercise at the gym, before work since the kids started school in Sept 2018! I'm loving my energy levels and loving my commitment to that routine. I've been trying to add in intensity and duration as I can in fitness. I've also been adding in relaxation (stretching and massage chair at the gym) and participating in The Biggest Loser Challenge here on Spark has helped me stay focused. Hoping to make 2019 the year of progress! Update July 2018............. New commitment, I'm in my mid-40s now and no more messing around. I'm healthy now, but want to stay that way for the next 40+ years! Trying low carb, higher fat nutrition with lots of whole foods and fresh fruit and veggies, beans, etc. Trying new focus on fitness, daily movement even if only a walk or swinging the kettle bells. First mini goal.. 5 lbs by August 18th (1 month from today) Update January 2017............... wow, progress in the wrong direction for 2016. I struggled most of the year with PF, but it finally got better. However, I fell off my workout routine and I'm working on getting back into it! This year I will focus on pulling the mental and physical parts of weight-loss together. Healthy lifestyle choices will become routine! Eating veggies at every meal and getting plenty of fiber and water! Finding the right workout routines that help me be the best me and help my body lose weight (not hold on to it). Update January 2016................ So I ran a half marathon May 2015 and got Plantar Fasciitis, which slowed me down for the rest of the year. I started seeing a nutritionist.. and gained more weight. In December 2015, I recommitted to regular exercise routine (although I never stopped working out, it just wasn't consistent enough), and not here it is the later half of January 2016 and I'm starting over with the weight loss. Signed up for The Biggest Loser Challenge 30 here on SP with a 15 week timeline to make something happen. Took my measurements and there is no where to go but DOWN! So here we go! A more active me on SP and in real life. Update Feb 2015....................... Turned 40 last April and ran a marathon! Gained weight while training and after training! ? Still working out 3-5 times a week and started tracking my food on SP again which should help! Training for a 1/2 marathon for May 2015 Update July 2013......................... Training for second sprint-triathlon.. same event as last year. trying to be better and faster. Not sure if I will accomplish that as I'm up some lbs, but having an event to train for sure does help me work harder on my fitness! AND I'm trying to focus more on nutrition for fueling those workouts! Update March 2013�������� Although I'm active on spark, I'm terrible at updating my page! No new news for me in the weight-loss department, in fact, have gained a little weight.. 14 lbs or so over the past 4-6 months and working on getting it off. What happened? I dont really know.. homemade pizza and winter blues I guess, time to perk up and make better choices and work a little harder on nutrition and fitness. ---------------------------------------- 180 lbs : DONE Dec 11, 2009 (179.4) 175 lbs: DONE Feb 5, 2010 (174.4) 170 lbs: DONE April 2, 2010 (170.2) 165 lbs: DONE (2011) (working on again Summer 2013) 160 lbs: Done (Spring 2011) 155 lbs: Still working on it.. 2012 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Update March 2012........................... Been at the same weight FOREVER now.. need to lose the final 10-15 lbs to be forever established in the healhty BMI range! This year I will focus on HIIT, weights, and some new activities training for my first Sprint Tri the Danskin in August 2012!! I need to purge the sugar from my diet and get my wicked sweet tooth under control once and for all! This is the year to make goal weight! Update June 2011............................. Haven't made much progress in losing weight, in what seems AGES.. so what am I going to do? I'm going to focus on fitness and good nutrition. It is SUMMER!! SO, that means lots of fresh fruits and veggies to fill any craving! From sweet to crunchy. I have the Warrior Dash in Mid-July, so I'm focusing on Strength and Running and bootcamp drills to get ready to have FUN at that event! Update Feb 2011............................... No doubt about it.. I Am a SLOWEST LOSER. I workout 4-5 days a week I eat in range 95% of the time I watch my sodium, watch my refined carbs. I still lose weight really really slow.. well or stall all together!! But that doesn't mean I won't stop trying! Healthy lifestyle gives me energy to tackle a full time job, 2 young kids, active social life with family and friends. I'm planning on meeting my goal weight in 2011. One deadline is late April, my birthday, will be 2 years of actively monitoring my weightloss: I want to be 154 for a 40 lb loss! Final deadline would be October 2011 149 is healthy BMI, 145 would be a solid GOAL weight So the slow dash is ON! Planning to tackle a sprint triathlon sometime this year and maybe the Warrior Dash. Adding more ST to my weekly workouts and pushing hard on biking and running as well as adding swimming to the mix! ------------------------------------------------- 2010 Winter 5% Challenge Team Starfish!! -------------------- 1) What motivated you to take on a healthier lifestyle? I wasn't comfortable in my own skin.. and I couldn't see the real me under all the weight 2) What is your goal for this challenge? Lose 5% of my weight!! 3) What diet are you following? Trying to follow Spark people guidelines with some minor calorie cycling and south beach approach 4) What is your favorite exercise? Running and bootcamp/ST 5) Two random fun facts about you? I do research in Alaska and love reading novels 6) Would you like to have a Spark buddy? Already have 2 7) Anything else you would like to share? I'm excited to be in an active challenge with a motivational team!! YAY! ---------- Why I want to lose weight? Not look in the mirror and see a double chin Be in a "normal/healthy" BMI range Look better than I did BEFORE I had kids Not be embarrassed when I run into old friends from my home town Not be the only overweight woman of all my close friends! Be Faster and Stronger each year and inspire my children! original spark page profile info: ---------------- Isn't it funny how weight just sneaks up on you!! And then it just seems 5x harder to get off? Ok..maybe it isn't that funny. I'm a 36 year old mother of 2 kiddos, one is 5 years old and my youngest is 3. Update June 2010........................ Finally seeing progress in my weightloss, slow, but progress.. took me forever to move from the 180s into the 170s and then again to move into the 160s.. but I am well established in the 160s.. Fighting my way to the 150s.. Thansk to great sparks buddies, I am living a healthy lifestyle and enjoying my fitness and my healthy eating!! From June 2009...................................................... I have been working out for a couple of years now, with gains in the fitness category, but very little progress in the weight-loss category. I feel the best I have in years, but still have more to work to do. I have found that working out gives me more energy and helps elevate my mood and relieve stress� But finding time to workout isn�t always easy, but I�m working on making it a part of my everyday life whenever, and however I can. ---------------------- Cut and paste from sp blog ~I will remember the following which I read on Craig Harper's web site: "You�re the problem. And the solution. The only person who can really make your life a success or failure is you. Of course crap will happen to you and around you but in the middle of all that crap, the key is what you learn, what you choose and what you do. You�re the architect of your life and the captain of your ship � the SS You. Don�t wait to be rescued and don�t rely on other people to get you there. Wherever there is. You�re good enough, smart enough and sexy enough." www.craigharper.com.au/self-improvement/twelve-tough-love-truths/

Lose weight and feel great! 1lb/week (not always happening) Start 212. Aug 7. 2020 10% = 21 lbs for 191 weight (1.5 lbs a week) 100 days: 14 weeks Nov 16th - 100 days 1st 10% - 191 lbs. - 1st 5% - 181 lbs. - 2nd 5% - 172 lbs. - 3th 5% - 163 lbs. - 4th 5% - 155 lbs. -

Eating right : Trying to incorporate MIND diet approach: more berries, fish, greens, nuts, seeds and less meat, bread, sweets. workout 5-6 days/week: retraining to run.. virtual 5K Fall 2020 trying to get back to Strength training 3 x week. Use Jillian Michael's ol dvds to get into the groove Biking to work in spring and summer

46 years old 5 foot 4.5 inches Seattle, WA married mother of 2 kiddos age 14 and 12 Work Full time outside of home and over time at home :)

I love to read just about anything: novels, magazines, online news and blogs about nutrition, fitness, parenting, child development I love movies and some select TV shows and music

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