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Melissa

Can someone change this background?!

Hey, this background is pretty but it hurts my eyes to try and read the words over the print. Could someone who knows how, change it so the print is easier to read. Thanks- from the old lady Kim

I have the same problem!!!

We must all be related because we seem to have the same problem. I made a pact with Tara and Shelly on Monday that I wasn't going to eat sugar. We three handed it, " All for one and one for all". I did great all day until around 6:00 when I found in my purse the other half of the chocolate fudge heart I had bought on Saturday with Tara and Shelly. I had no power to resist it. I ate it all. Then on Tuesday I did great until scouts. We made model trains out of Zingers, frosting, pretzels, and all kinds of candy and chocolate. I ate so much I was sick. Then to top it off I ate a chocolate covered rice crispy heart from the candy store. Talk about DISCUSTING!!! Then Tuesday night after I was sick I read all your blogs and decided that I was going to go off sugar again for Reals!!! Like Shelly said, "NO MORE CANDY!" Your struggle with the candy bar Angie is so familiar to me too. I do fine unless it's around. I'm trying to get all the crap out of my house, but that's not always possible. I'm hoping by telling you all of my commitment that I won't cheat. HOPE!!! I haven't cheated once today and it's almost bedtime. Wahoo! Also Melissa, way to go on exercising when you didn't feel like it. That is me most of the time. I layed on my bed this morning after the kids left and I just wanted to sleep. I had to talk myself into getting up and use sheer willpower to get going. I did Oxycise and felt great after. I've decided to do it for a while and see if I can't break this plateau. Well gotta dash. Love you all so much! Thanks so much for posting!!! It gave me such a lift and the inspiration that I needed. Love always, Kimberly

I will start again tomorrow!

Shelly, I said that same thing today. No more candy. I was done. And then grandpa came over so I could cut his hair, and he brought me a candy bar. I was not going to eat it, I put it in a drawer. But it just kept calling me name. I ate it. The whole thing! Man I have a problem. Maybe tomorrow will be better!

Candy

I will not eat candy today! I will not eat candy today! I will not eat candy today! I will not eat candy today! I will not eat candy today!

I did it!

I felt yucky when i woke up this morning, and I surely had every excuse in the book to not exercise. Even after I got into my exercise clothes, i sat on the couch for a minute and thought, "I really don't want to do this." BUT, I stood my sorry bum up, turned on Jillian's mean bum, and got going. I feel great! I'm so glad I overcame that small temptation to not be the best I can be. Now if I can keep this motivation for the rest of the day...
Melissa

What the crap!

Level two of the thirty day shred was not made for humans! Jillian is a freaking ox! Who the crap can do that? I can barely muster the strength to type after that, and i even changed a poo in the middle to get out of ten of the twenty minutes. YIKES! I do not recommend moving on if any of you haven't already. If you have moved on and you think it was easy, then just pretend I never wrote this...I thought it was easy too...if you did.
me

contrite in Manti from MOM

Dear Mama Jo's girls,

I'm at Kim's and being chastised for never writing on the blog. Since I didn't know how and nobody ever showed me until now, and I never remembered, I haven't done it. So . . . I'm doing ok, I think. Mostly I'm trying to just not eat so much and having some occasional meal substitutes with protein bars, etc. I have so much more to lose than the rest of you, but your persistence and knowing that I have to report is really helping me. Twenty pounds more would be fantastic for me, but it really needs to be 30 - 35 more - so I'll keep plugging along.

I love you all.

MOM

I Have Seen the Light!!!

This morning while I was reading my scriptures I finally saw the light. I know now why we are fat! In Proverbs 28:25 it says, " he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat." There you go. Since we all put our trust in the Lord we shall all be made fat. So we should just quit this contest and eat some Chocolate!!! Why are we killing ourselves?!? Really, this is just a little humor to brighten up your day. Get your hands off that chocolate!!! Love, Kim

No more juice fasts! Your body isn't getting old Kim, it is holding on to the fat because it thinks it is starving. You can't do juice fasts AND exercise like a maniac. You have to eat enough calories so that your body is satisfied and doesn't mind letting go of a few pounds. Sheesh! Please don't kill yourself...I love you way too much for that.
me

I'm getting old!

Hello all you lovely ladies! It seems like no matter what I do I am not going anywhere. Last week I exercised 5 days and did a 3 day juice fast of mostly carrot juice from fresh carrots from our garden and our frozen apple juice we pressed last fall. You would think that if you didn't eat food for 3 days and you exercised that much that you would lose more than .4 of a lb.!! Very discouraging!!! I think my body is getting old! Yesterday after 3 1/2 weeks of Level 1, I moved up to Level 2 of the "30 day Shred". I was sweating like a pig. Boy am I sore today! I am going to do it for a month and then move up to Level 3 in March. Maybe the harder level will help speed up my weight loss. We'll see! Well gotta run to scripture study. Have a great day! Love, Kim