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Weigh In 5.17.10

05.17.2010

Today was weigh in day. I knew I had done pretty good all week with regards to my notes from last weeks disappointing 1.5 pound loss. I am super happy to report that I lost 4 pounds this past week, for a total of 58 pounds. *happy dance* It’s amazing how making very tiny adjustments [...]

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Fat Camp Follies: Like a Moth to a Flame

05.11.2010

I figured it was time for another edition of Fat Camp Follies. If you haven’t read my Fat Camp Follies stories before, I encourage you to start from the beginning: Fat Camp Follies: A Primer Why Fat Camp? Arrival and Setting the Scenery 100 Shades of Red Pop Star Sneakin’ Around Part 1 Sneakin’ Around Part [...]

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Help Emmie Get Skinny!

04.29.2010

EDIT: PAGE FOR “GET EMMIE SKINNY” IS HERE- CHECK OUT VIDEO, AND SEND TO FRIENDS! To get out of being bummed that The Biggest Loser didn’t pick me for season 10, I want to create my own Biggest Loser or Ruby-type environment. What does this mean? Well, I do pretty good on food. My good friend Lizzie is [...]

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Fat Camp Follies: Sneakin’ Around, Part 2

04.05.2010

This is another post in my “Fat Camp Follies” series. Other stories in the series include: Fat Camp Follies: A Primer Why Fat Camp? Arrival and Setting the Scenery 100 Shades of Red Pop Star Sneakin’ Around (Part 1 of this post) So, after reading part 1 of this story, you know that I successfully [...]

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Fat Camp Follies: Sneakin’ Around

04.04.2010

This is another post in my long neglected “Fat Camp Follies” series. Other stories in the series include: Fat Camp Follies: A Primer Why Fat Camp? Arrival and Setting the Scenery 100 Shades of Red Pop Star I’ve always been safe. Square. No coloring outside the lines. No rocking the boat. You get the idea! [...]

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Persistence and Perspective

03.01.2010

I know I’ve been writing a little more introspectively lately. Stories definitely not as funny as some Fat Camp Follies, but I really think that they’re important. I’m not in some weird “dark and moody” place right now, just kind of blah. Could be weather- this endless cold and snow is really wearing on my energy. (Aw [...]

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Olympic Persistence

02.27.2010

The past 2 weeks, I’ve been watching the Olympics (how can you miss them? That’s all that’s on!). Every 2 years when the Olympics come on, I watch and always am in awe of the athletes who dedicated their whole lives to work up to a few seconds of perfect performance that results in winning [...]

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Why do you want to lose weight?

01.26.2010

This is an interesting question: Why do you want to lose weight? The standard fatty answer we’ve been told to say all our lives is that “I want to be more healthy.” Ok, that’s fine, if that’s really true. But is that your true motivator? Are you sure? Of course we all want to be [...]

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