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Down 18 pounds: Clarity and Closure

I’ve stopped losing weight for other people. I’ve let go of that perception. I realized the only person I can really influence with my positive change is me. I think a lot of women has had the thought that their weight lost would be the perfect revenge on ex-lovers or lovers that [...]

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Day 4: Still on the Bandwagon, ready for Barack’s Big Day

Well, everyone here in DC is getting ready and riled up for the Inauguration.  I just went out and got 2 more shirts (I’ve bought like 7 but only one of them for me.  Sent the rest back home to the midwest).  I went from about 191 pounds to 178 from Oct to now so [...]

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Officially Back for 2009

You ever just get mad.
I’m mad at myself.  I graduated from Howard in 1999 and I can’t remember a year since that I haven’t vowed to lose at least 30 or more pounds that year.  Year after year, same goal and same results.  Yo yo dieting and more weight gained.
What is the only plan that [...]

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Day 24 and 25: back on track

Day 23 ended with no meat, no sugar…just a big salad with sunflower seeds, grapes, and some olives later that night. Maybe my body wanted some fat. I had a lil headache but it passes. I’m accustomed to having chocolate when I’m on my monthly (TMI…it’s been different. I can [...]

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Day 10

Yesterday was day 10 on raw food with only 1 day where I wasn’t 90-100% raw!!! Yeah!  This is going better than expected.  Weight today: 180.5
I’ve basically been eating the same thing every day…morning green smoothie, large salad for lunch, either another large salar for lunch or just fruit (grapes or rasberries) and some dried [...]

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