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I Saw Myself

Published on July 30th, 2010 by

Outside of the building where I work sits a food truck. Its there every single day about lunch time and the line to order from this truck is consistently about 12 people long. This isn’t an ordinary lunch truck, its a gourmet cupcake truck. As I went outside today to take a walk for exercise,

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The Scale: From Foe to Friend

Published on July 29th, 2010 by

When I was at my heaviest, I dreaded the scale. In fact, I hadn’t stepped on one for a least a year.  It was my enemy. Of course, I was my own enemy, but the scale was visible and tangible proof of that battle. It showed me how far I have left myself slide. Losing

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Weight Loss Education

Published on July 29th, 2010 by

Losing weight isn’t just about losing weight. The mental and emotional aspects are just as, if not more, important than the physical nature of weight loss. At every turn in my journey, I have learned something about health and nutrition, but I also learn new things about myself. Understanding how I function, and applying it

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A Vicious Cycle

Published on July 26th, 2010 by

I did it again. I kicked ass during the week and blew up during the weekend. I seem, to be stuck in this vicious cycle. I looked in the mirror this morning and had an honest conversation with myself. Do I really want to lose weight and be healthy? I told myself “yes”, but my

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Planning For Success

Published on July 22nd, 2010 by

One night , my wife and I were discussing how we can keep ourselves motivated to continue on the weight loss journey and not fall back into bad habits. We started to list things we were going to do to remove eating temptations, with the idea that if we removed bad foods from our hone,

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Taking Responsibility

Published on July 22nd, 2010 by

On my way home from work last night, I asked myself “Why am I overweight?” I immediately pointed the finger at several reasons why. My parents didn’t teach me good eating behaviors when I was a kid, the vitamins I take don’t work well enough, the diet I was on was too hard to stick

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Goal Evaluation

Published on July 21st, 2010 by

One of the most powerful, yet least discussed, weight loss tool is a list of goals. A goals list should be a list of anything you want to accomplish. I have two goal lists, one for short-term goals and one for long-term goals. The short-term list is a working/living document that changes frequently when I

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Getting Active

Published on July 20th, 2010 by

I love working out…when I’m at the gym. Getting to the gym is the hard part for me. Its very difficult for me to get motivated to get off my but and drive to the gym. Once I’m there, I love it and usually have a great workout. For me to get some sort of

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The Weekend Downfall

Published on July 19th, 2010 by

If you have ever tried to lose weight, you know how hard it is to keep on the right track during the weekend. BBQ’s, parties, golf outings all make it very difficult to stay on track.I am no different. I fell of the wagon a little bit this weekend. The wheels didn’t completely come off,

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What Calorie Counting Has Taught Me

Published on July 16th, 2010 by

There are thousands of methods to dieting. Just ask anyone you know and they will tell you their favorite way of dieting. Better yet, go to your local book store and look at the number of diet books on the shelf. They funny thing is, they all pretty much boil down to one fundamental principle:

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