Day 30: Week of Whine

August 5, 2009

Already I can tell you that it’s going to be a week of complaining for me. There is a ton going on and I’m stressed. School starts way too soon, I am leaving for a 4-day long education program in just over a week (do not ask me how I’m going to follow the plan [...]

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Day 29: Bait and Switch

August 4, 2009

I love the weeks of circuit training. That is how I’ve always done strength training because it speeds up the workout. Sitting around waiting for the next set is even more boring than doing the set itself. But to go from Week 4 and the easy, breezy circuit to Week 5, was a pain I [...]

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Day 28: Fast Sunday

August 3, 2009

In my church, we are encouraged to fast for 24 hours once a month, generally on the first Sunday. This was our first fast Sunday since starting GNO (we fasted a week early last month due to a scheduled family event).
It’s interesting to fast when you’ve come to think of being hungry as something to [...]

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Day 27: Birthdays Bite

August 2, 2009

My birthday is in May, along with Mother’s Day (which might as well be my second birthday). Just features birthdays for Alana and Samson and Father’s Day. July: Monica and Jessica were born. August: Belinda and Sam and our anniversary. Oh, and Grandpa Moore turns 80 this month, too. (Poor Caleb is alone out in [...]

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Day 26: Date Night Tragedy

August 1, 2009

Sam and I have a tradition of going out to eat together once per week and then doing something else. I’ve left the buttered popcorn alone—much to my chagrin—but the restaurant thing is getting old. Chicken salad at Zupas is good, but not every single week.
What I really need on this diet is a better [...]

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Day 25: No No GNO

July 31, 2009

The big July 30th day has come and gone. Last time I talked to Kristi, there was to be a big Girls Night Out somewhere up north. She was going to send me images of the poster. Never heard anything and no response to emails.
Just checked their blog and found an RSVP link in the [...]

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Day 24: Boring Food

July 30, 2009

This isn’t my favorite food week. Except for the pancakes. I pretty much adore pancakes, so that’s all good—except that they take a lot longer to fix than a bowl of Oaty-O’s.
While I do like the simplicity of the eat-the-exact-same-meal-all-week-long plan, it’s seriously making my family nutty. Even if they really like, say, burrito-like dishes, [...]

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Day 23: Slow News Day

July 29, 2009

Good on eating. Good on exercising. One of the better days with few diet distractions.

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Day 22: Perfect Plus Cake

July 28, 2009

Stuck to the food menu absolutely perfectly yesterday. Oh, until after dinner. It was Monica’s birthday and we had cake and ice cream. But I limited myself to a crumbly sliver that was about one half-inch wide on the fat side and about one-fourth to one-half cup of ice cream.
Did that blow it? Whatever.

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Day 21: Nothing Much

July 27, 2009

I’m down 4.6 pounds. With 21 days behind me plus nearly a week of “pre-days,” adding a half pound loss isn’t much to crow about. Phhhttt.
I can’t remember the exact number now, but at the GNO Kristi said that 90-some odd women who reported their weight loss in the previous week had lost a hundred [...]

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