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Hello,

It is a crisp, clear beautiful fall day here. I went for a 2.70 mi walk

and it felt great! Been eating ok, not great though. Always room for

improvement right? I've had 2 bottles of water so far. I usually have

at least 1 1/2 more before bed so I'm doing ok there. The supps I

ordered last week still were not here yesterday so I'm heading into

town to check the post office again, go to Walmart to get some stuff

and then have dinner with my sweetie.

I want to say welcome to the new folks! You have found a great group!

I suggest reading some old posts. There is great info and it helps you

get to know us a bit.

Congrads to the losers!!! Keep at it. The hard work is paying off! I

can't remember if it was something here or my other group, there was a

site about something a couple weeks ago and I saw a thing about a

" weight loss registry and checked it out. Well yesterday I got a packet

in the mail from them to join a research thing on people who have lost

at least 30 lbs and kept it off for at least a year. Even though I have

gained some back, I am still down about 70 lbs. I'm debating wether to

send it or not. Like I was telling Cassie when getting pic's out for

it, they want before and after, that I don't " see " that big of a

difference. I know I have lost a lot and look less bad but I am having

doubts about doing this because I still am so big! Two of them are in

the pic file here. Will you all tell me honestly what you think? Are

those different enough to send in? I know I'm looking through critical

eyes but I just still see soo much fat!

That leads me to my next thing I wanted to talk about. For those

struggling, not seeing the results you want or anything negative, get

the negative thoughts out of your mind! That isn't going to accomplish

a dang thing! What you, we I mean need to do is get refocused,

re-prioritize and start again. We can do this! One day at a time. Be

patient. Work on habits and behaviors. Forget about the past. That is

done with. Just learn from it and try to do better.

Well I'm off to Walmart and stuff. I'm going to see if they have any

of Dr Phil's new book! I think his doing his weight loss challenge is

the kick in the butt I need. What do you all think? It goes for 10

months. That is almost to the time of my next wedding anniversary (July

9th) and I'm hoping to be at least 30 lbs less by then. Who's with me?

I want to get us fired up! I have been screwing up too long! You all

have a good night. Let me know what you think about the research thing

please.

Gena :-)

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