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OFF towards the summer we GO!!


My total weight loss as I write this is 118 lbs from 288 lbs!! I'd LOVE to say "Oh it was pretty easy", but I can't say that. I've needed guidance along the way. Why? This is NO easy feat!! But, thanks to SPARKS and these 2 challenges,,, I am doing it. FINALLY!!
My total weight loss as I write this is 118 lbs from 288 lbs!! I'd LOVE to say "Oh it was pretty easy", but I can't say that. I've needed guidance along the way. Why? This is NO easy feat!! But, thanks to SPARKS and these 2 challenges,,, I am doing it. FINALLY!!

Member Since: 7/7/2011

Fitness Minutes: 188,094

My Goals:
To continue this journey successfully I want to do the following though it won't be perfectly:

Eat on the lower end of my calorie range: 1330-1440
Exercise: 60-90 minutes of exercise a day. Adding in strengthening and core workouts (easy ones)



My Program:
 I've been working on eating 3 or more freggies a day. It's NOT PERFECT but there is progress!! WOOHOO I'll stay with that!!


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WHAT are my 3 top reasons for maintaining my weight?

I LOVE being able to walk!!
Its so NEAT to have a freind/family member call and ask "Do you want to go ,,,, " and be able to say YES!!
My pain level is WAY DOWN though still there it's mostly doable

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  • v PATRICIA-CR
    Diane, nothing like a cake for me! Thank you! We will be enjoying your beautiful words and cake for long! emoticon
    3 hours ago
  • v SPARKFRAN514
    Peter Marshall
    May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.
    what a powerful quote at this time

    "Tis a lesson you should heed. Try, try, try again.
    If at first you don't succeed, Try, try try again."
    ~William Edward Hickson

     We ARE doing this. We're doing it right now. Today. Maybe imperfectly but we ARE doing it.
    Spark friend Dawnsuccess

    17 hours ago

    Comment edited on: 7/3/2020 1:22:52 AM
  • v ORTATK
    Thanks for commenting on my page. Not to over share but my stool was black and sticky and my vomit was black with what looked like coffee grounds in it. I was sick at home and sicker by the time I was in the hospital. I have been stuck around 180 for a long time and now I have finally made it to the 170s . Hope I can keep it off. I am slowly feeling better but I still do not know when I will exercise again. The doctor said once a week on my treadmill! My garden is growing but so are the weeds. But, I guess they will wait also.

    Have a safe and great day.
    1 day ago
  • v DEBBY4576
    Look up SIBO. You probably are aware of this, but not all doctors are. Stands for Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth. Love ya❣️
    1 day ago
  • v no profile image KATHRYNGC
    Do you just join to the 5% Challenge or must you be invited like to do the Indigos?
    1 day ago
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