You do not need to join a gym to lose weight. You do not need to "workout" for hours a day. You do not need to wake up at 5AM for a 5 mile jog.
You do NOT.

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I HATE the word diet. Hate it. That four letter word means a lot of things to a lot of people but most often we associate it with restricting our food intake. We have the mindset of being "on a diet." We say things all the time like "I went off my diet" [...]

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I call this the chicken egg problem of weight loss. What comes first, happiness or healthiness? That is the question.

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A few months ago I mentioned I was working on a series of posts that outlined my progression during weight loss. I wanted to really take a hard look at how I did it. How did I finally get control of my eating and find success.

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"… but I have to work so hard at it."
Someone said that to me today in a discussion about weight loss. I don’t think she reads my blog so she has no idea of my personal weight history but I have to laugh at the statement 1.) because I used to say it, 2.) because [...]

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Let it go.
That’s what I want to tell every young women who hates their body. It’s what I tell myself, almost daily. Yes, daily.
Let me tell you a story…

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I wrote this today after fighting through a morning funk.

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Warning: Bragging Mom post ahead!! Do NOT read if you can’t stomach a mom bragging about her son.

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If you read my blog for sometime you may know I used to be anti "normal" exercise. I hated the gym and I didn’t do any structured workouts. Don’t get me wrong, I stayed active, walked, danced even liked going to the park for a long hike but you wouldn’t catch me dead in the [...]

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Well I’m back from Atlantic City and tomorrow I’m off to Canada. How crazy is that?!? Right now I should be packing and getting everything ready for my 7AM flight but I can’t seem to get motivated. I needed to take a break and part of that break was spending some uninterrupted time [...]

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I’m going to let this correspondence speak for itself. It’s long, but if I felt that way and she feels that way there have to be more young women out there struggling with these same issues. How do we stop the cycle?

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Take it one choice at a time, be honest and have faith in you plan.

That was the way I used to sign almost every email I responded to. It was my canned weight loss advice and yesterday I needed to listen to myself.

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While working my but off in the Boot Camp class this morning Home, by Chris Daughtry from American Idol came on. I’m not the biggest fan of the song but one of the lyrics spoke to me today…

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I thought I was SO smart today. I was leaving a comment for Chubby Chick and this statement just flowed out of me…

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The other day I posted a comment I received about dieting and happiness from Carrie. When I initially read the comment I was a bit affected by it’s tone and disapproval of my lifestyle. I write this blog in a journalistic style so when people make comments “in that tone” it does feel like a [...]

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