Google was kind enough to create this photo collage from a year ago and shared it with me...so, I had to create the same with photos I took today. #fiftyfivepoundsdown

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482Angela Moore, Julie Hanks and 480 others

That awesome moment when you walk out of the bedroom feeling cute and your husband (who’s never anything less then 100% honest - even to his own detriment) says “You look so cute!”

I like my new badass cuddle bunny look

#IMMD #worthit

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124Rosie Mercedes, Norma Frahn and 122 others

 I’m very proud of myself! I may have figured out this ‘level up’ thing

ordering my food for lunch on Monday. (My company orders in food for everyone every two weeks) and as I’m looking through options - trying to find something appealing I finally settled on a pulled pork sandwich. When I go to drop in into the cart It asks - wanna swap sides? I think hmmm what do you have? Up pops some choices and one of them is steamed broccoli. It was a no brainer. 1) broccoli for fries sounds like a ‘no duh’ not a ‘diet rule’ 2) I like broccoli it’s certainly not a hardship to eat at some!

 Story time... I came into the tribe hating myself. Seriously...it was ugly! After a few months I figured out that wasn’t how I wanted to LIVE, and I quit doing that. Suddenly, I found I was struggling. I didn’t have a hard why anymore... so I sat down and wrote the following...

The funny thing is, I still don’t have what many would think of as a hard why, and yet I’m still here, taking action every day, 15 (almost 20) pounds lighter then I was when I wrote this. Still asking myself questions and looking for my own answers... and doing my best to love myself every step of the way.

PS - some of my ‘Pros’ to not losing weight are thought errors.... I realize this!

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 Wow - sometimes new thoughts CAN be automatic.

C: saw an off plan food

Feast Beast: ooo we want that

T: yeah, that sounds good. Too bad we didn’t think to put it on the plan today... we’ll have to put that in tomorrow.

FB: umm yeah too bad...

F: mildly wistful for but dismissive of the food

Then I stopped and thought. Wait...did that just happen!? I just dismissed an urge on autopilot!!

F: strong, determined, proud, validated

I’ve been practicing that thought for a while now (like since April...). And having it pop into my head like that was so amazing!!

I mean - it’s almost like this stuff works!

 Dear newbies... in case you didn’t know it already... weight loss isn’t linear. Nor does it always reflect your level of effort. And it certainly doesn’t indicate how ‘good or bad’ you’ve been. In truth the food you eat doesn’t determine if your good or bad... but that’s a post for another day.

This is just a reminder that weight loss doesn’t happen in a straight line. And what matters it that you keep focused on your goal, work on being consistent, and always be open to figuring it out. Two steps forward and one back is still a step forward. You’ll get there and learn some amazing things along the way while you’re at it.

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145Rosie Mercedes, Norma Frahn and 143 others

 This talk about realistic planning has really got me thinking... In my brain there have been two kinds of 'realistic'. There is realistic... as in all the things I love and want to eat and I would put on my plan if I had 'no rules' and there is 'Realistic for weight loss'. And those two plans looked NOTHING alike.

I started to wonder WHY they were so different and the answer came back that I could probably put a slice of cake or piece of toast on my plan and still lose some weight - but not at the rate I want...

So that started part two of this -- where I asked myself, so why do I set such aggressive weight loss goals? And the immediate answer came back, "Because I want it to be over with quickly...."

and that STOPPED me in my tracks..."You want WHAT to be over with quickly..."

"The dieting..."

Ohhhh crap! well something smells rotten here!

I haven't decided what next steps are for me here... just figured out that something will need to change and maybe THIS is the step I need to take to finally move into phase 3