http://www.35andshrinking.com Follow me as I try to undo 35 years of unhealthy choices... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:54:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Calories burned? 532 Time spent on treadmill? 1 Hour, 45 minutes Total distance? 6.01 miles (Farthest EVER for me at once!) Leaving the gym looking like this: and this: PRICELESS!!! Oh hell yes! What an awesome workout! My face gets SOOO red, doesn't it? :-P So, now I'm less than 5 miles from reaching ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/11/have-you-ever-seen-a-face-so-red/ Before I get to today’s post, if you haven’t read Craig’s latest blog yet, you should. Really, it’s refreshingly honest and touching. I know I can relate and I’m sure most of you can too. At first, he debated even posting it and several readers encouraged him to, including me. ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/10/progress-pictures/ I weighed in this morning at 212.6 lbs which is a .4 lb loss for the week. This brings my total weight loss so far to 43.4 pounds. Nothing to write home about, eh? I’m still trending downwards, though, which is awesomely awesome. :-) I’ll take a .4 loss over ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/08/week-23-%e2%80%93-weigh-in-and-weekend-warrior-update/ I've been meaning to tell this story now for a few days, but have been otherwise preoccupied, so here goes. Thursday night we went to the fair. Now, I have to tell you I was SO looking forward to going to the fair this year being 43 lbs lighter. In years ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/07/speed/ Well, I completed my third 5k of the year today. It's the Hope, Love, and Faith 5K which benefited the Heil Luthringer Foundation which provieds education for those suffering with Multiple Sclerosis and other diseases. The race was at the Naples Philharmonic which is about an hour drive for us. ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/06/hope-love-and-faith-ms-5k-recap/ Image by Pippa! Time again for another Perfect 10 Update. Only one more week left people! Here were my Perfect 10 Goals and how I faired on each of them this week: Walk 100 miles over the course of the 10 weeks. This will help keep me on track to ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/05/perfect-10-update-week-9/ I've decided to join the Weekend Warriors Challenge being offered by Brandon. Weekends are my weakness when it comes to exercise. Don't get me wrong, I'm active and I get out and do stuff, but I rarely go to the gym on the weekends or purposefully exercise -that's always been ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/04/weekend-warrior-challenge-and-an-update-on-mom/ I got this idea from the lovely Mary over at A Merry Life and thought I would join in on the food love/hate fest. :-P FIVE FOODS I USED TO LOVE: Burger King Whoppers I had these nearly everyday for lunch during the work week. MmmmMMm. I'd scarf two down, along with ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/02/foods-i-loved-love-and-hate/ I weighed in at 213.0 lbs which is a 2.4 lb loss for the week. This brings my total weight loss so far to 43 pounds! Pretty awesome, eh? :-P Yesterday marked 5 months since I started this journey to lose weight. I'm still in awe of the fact that ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/01/week-22-weigh-in/ I was scanning some old photos tonight and came across a couple gems I wanted to share, I hope you don't mind. As you can see, my love of pasta began at a very early age! :-D Of course there was also this picture: Yes, that's me sitting on my dad's weight ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/02/27/breaking-the-cycle/