Fiachan

Oh ya, putting down $200 makes it REAL up in here. I'm so proud of you for keeping on! You are doing amazing. Is there a smiley with a gold star? No, bummer. Instead, I give you NINJA. ....

Maybe it shouldn't be about loosing weight then. You're right, why do all that hard work for numbers on the scale? Worth it? No. Really? Are you sure about that? Forget the looks part of it for a minute What do you really want to do? What is your weight keeping you from doing? Traveling? Spontaneous adventures? Playing sports? Dancing? Carrying a backpack and easel up a mountain to paint a masterpiece? How would your life be different if you lost the weight and strengthened your body. THAT is why you do it. Forget about the @%$# scale. It is NOT a measurement of the quality of your life. What is a measure of the quality of your life? Your joy. Does binging bring you joy? REAL joy? Cause, it doesn't seem to.

Woot!!! Oh man, how cool is that. It's so great when you finally reap the rewards from those long term goals. Encouraging to keep going with the ones you have now, huh?

This is soo great. I'm so proud of you. Its your inner goddess, and she is amazing.

I have this problem sometimes too. I've tried meditating while laying down...but that just leads to falling asleep.

Man, you are really rocking this. Bravo. Bravo.

Woot!! Now give me three!

You are doing great! Your food choices sound great. This is real life and we just do the best with the options available to us. Keep it up!

OMG you are my favorite person in the world right now. I've seen these with toast (nope) and with bacon (too much work). But HAM SLICES! Dude.

Yay!! Good job! Awesome job with the chin ups!

Sending energy your way! And...fuzzy puppies.

GOOD JOB!! High five!! Planning ahead is sooo important. Cooking dinner=leftovers. No leftover equals eating out. Booo

That junk will be mastered before you know it! Starting is the hardest part, I know. But you have the powers of awesomeness. You can doo it.

Um, excuse me, but unless my math is bad, two is more than zero. Which is how many times you did it the week before? Hmmmm.

Woot! Your awesomeness continues.

This has always been my problem too. When all my clothes are clean I have no place to put them.

I've not made cauliflower pizza yet, but I have made cauliflower garlic mashed "potatoes." Mmmm. If only my hubby didn't hate cauliflower. You are doing great. Keep it up!

You are just working on your scary face, to intimidate your foes.

I've been eyeballing the bar that connects stalls together, thinking, would it hold my weight? Can I use you as a pull up bar? But then, I don't want to have to explain to the building manager how I broke the bathroom.

I would say, forget about the scale. Take pictures. Pull out the measuring tape. Buy calipers. The scale lies, and can be needless discouraging when you are building muscle and burning fat. When I switched to Primal diet (very much like Paleo) last year, I thought I would die. I LOVE pasta. My family called me the pasta kid. But I noticed such a big difference in my energy that I didn't miss it as much as I thought. And loosing the pudge around the middle doesn't hurt either.

For your beauty goal, what if you picked a day a week, and that was the day you gave yourself permission to be pampered. A day you don't have to rush out the door, can take time to do your hair and make up, maybe later that day, paint your nails or put try a new face scrub or soak your feet. You don't have to have a reason.

I love TBL for the transformations. I love when there is a marathon on TV of a whole season, so I can sit and watch the whole thing.

Great job! Kick that soda monster in the butt!!

By design. I love that. I think that is only how we really accomplish our goals.

Great job! Walking in nature is the best.