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Balance

07.19.2010

One of the questions I asked Shay during the 5K was “How do you manage it all? Your job, your family, your other committments?” It was kind of funny, beacuse she flipped it back on me and said “well, how are you doing it?” I explained that I just had to make the choice that [...]

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5K Thank You’s

07.17.2010

Wanted to get this up really quick- thank you’s to those who completed the 5K with me. The video also should be titled “Skinny Emmie cries like a baby” but whatever. I’ll put a total race recap, pictures and video up later!

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Reader Question: Binging

07.13.2010

This question came through annoynmously from my “Ask me Anything” box on the right of the blog. “How do we fix binging? Am I just permanently broken? My boyfriend’s been away on a week’s guy vacation and I have been chowing through bags of chips, pints of ice cream, seconds and thirds of everything. I [...]

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Reader Question: Motivation

07.11.2010

Someone recently sent this question from my “Ask Me Anything” box on the right side of the blog: Emmie, where do you get your motivation?? I get motivated but it doesn’t seem to be long lasting.. I want to know how to keep the motivation going?? I am about the same size as you I [...]

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Mind versus Body

07.03.2010

This morning, Trainer Rob tried to kill me. He tried to make me cry. Okay, so I’m being melodramatic. He wasn’t trying to kill me, or make me cry. But I felt like I was on the verge of both. He was pushing me. He sees that picture I posted yesterday every time I work [...]

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Picture of Progress

07.01.2010

Thank you guys for putting up with me and my whining lately about scale frustrations, Biggest Loser delusions and pitting edema frustrations. I watched the video from last night with me ranting about The Biggest Loser and felt foolish doing so. In the end, sometimes I need to hear myself say things out loud in [...]

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Weight Loss and Verifiable Outcomes

06.23.2010

I don’t talk about work stuff here because, well, this is a weight loss blog. But as I was leaving the gym this morning, I thought of something that might be kind of relevant. I’m a corporate marketer. I have my MBA in marketing. I judge the success of marketing initiatives by pre-defined metrics. You see, [...]

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Weight Perception v. Reality

06.18.2010

I’m writing this sitting in the auto shop just getting routine maintenance done on my car. As I’m sitting here in my little desk cubby they have with free wi-fi, my legs are squished together like crazy. The arms of this chair are dug deep into the side of my thighs. They are the kind [...]

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