Friday I didn’t make it to Weight Watchers. Why? Because I was prepping for a marital blow-out, drag down style confrontation. Thursday night Sarcasman and I got into a fight over politics. We are on completely different ends of the political spectrum but usually we are good at playing nice with each other and just [...]
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Anyone else loving how much fruit is in season this time of year? I LOVE it! I’m sitting here munching on a breakfast of grapes, watermelon and greek yogurt as I type. I also love blackberries and they are so sweet right now you don’t even need to dust them with splenda. And strawberries! It’s [...]
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Product: POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice
Website: http://www.pomwonderful.com/
Description (from website): A Taste Unlike Any Other. Slightly sweet. Slightly tart. One sip and you’ll discover a refreshing beverage with it’s own unique personality. But there’s more than great taste inside the bottle: you’ll find more antioxidant power than any other juice in our line. Maybe that’s because [...]
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Product: Honeybee Tea
Website: http://www.thesimpleleaf.com/
Description: Honeybee is produced in tiny quantities by our dear friend Madan Tamang at his family’s Meghma Tea Estate. At 7,000 feet, it is one of the highest, and most remote, tea growing areas in the world! This gorgeous hand-crafted, oolong tea is made using traditional Taiwanese methods adapted for use in [...]
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Happy New Year everyone!!! **throws confetti and blows one of those annoying noise makers** Did you all have a good New Years Eve? Are you looking forward to tackling 2009? I AM!
January I’ll be starting with the basics: controlling what I put in my mouth to control the number I see on the [...]
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I’m sure some of you are wondering “So how are the diet drugs going?”
In November I met with my doctor and decided to start taking 105 MG of phendimetraz a day. Phendimetraz (also known as Phendimetrazine Tartrate) is a sympathomimetic amine, which is similar to an amphetamine. It is also known as an “anorectic” or [...]
Filed under: Food, Health Care Professionals, Medications | Tagged: diet drugs, diet pills, Doctors, medication, phendimetraz, reflections | 8 Comments »
This weekend I spend sleeping in and cuddling with Sarcasman, getting my body moving again, consuming some of my favorite magazines, getting things done around the house that desperately needed to be done to re-claim my sanity, and getting all dolled up and attending a Christmas party. It was a fabulous weekend and left me [...]
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Thanksgiving was great. I spent time with family and this year my husband and I only had two celebrations to attend instead of four (Four Christmases isn’t just a movie; for some it’s a reality).
I’m a firm believer of not dieting on special occasions that are truly special occasions. Is “hey I found a [...]
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Just_Kelly is currently:
Trying to complete two group projects and three papers for grad school.
Knee deep in launching a multi-million dollar project at work.
Hobbling around like a pirate.
Wondering if her husband has truly been working on an architecture project every night the past two weeks or if he’s got a lady friend on the side. *
Washing [...]
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Starting Weight: 224 (9/19/08, start of Biggest Loser Blog Edition challenge)
Current Weight: 217 lbs
Weekly Loss: -3.5 lbs
Total Loss: -7 lbs
Random Reflections:
It is really nice to finally see some positive movement on the scale. [...]
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