* * * OCTOBER CHALLENGE * * *

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* * * OCTOBER CHALLENGE * * *

Post by ~reneew » Fri Sep 27, 2013 5:56 pm

I challenge you to publicly set a goal to meet by the end of the month!
This is for anybody who needs encouragement and daily accountability. Think of this as your own little cheering section.


- post your goal once at the top and edit your progress on that first post all month. It's easier to skim-read and find each other. Accountability helps!
**If you want to just state your goal, and check back once with your progress at the end, that's fine too.
- after a couple days we can post encouragements and support at the bottom.
- anyone can start whenever through out the month. The more ~ the merrier!
I guess this doesn't work unless you actually do it.
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Post by ~reneew » Fri Sep 27, 2013 5:57 pm

My goal is to work on habit, therefore (as my signature says) I need to actually DO it. :shock: I figured there's no motivation better than posting publicly to you lovely people. :wink: Of course I plan to have an absolutely perfect month, but I can't handle failure right now. So, as a guage of success of this goal, since you can't really measure "habit"...
my goal is to have no more than one fail a week average doing vanilla. I really don't think that SHOULD be too very difficult, as it gives me 3 free days technically, which is stupid, but I really need to start somewhere since I'm way off track lately. AND, I'd feel better showing myself up and exceeding my goal than failing right now. I also want to remind myself of times in the past that I was doing so well that I actually felt like it was boring easy, no temptations. Default. Oh what I would give to be there again... I guess THAT is my ultimate goal.
:mrgreen: =success
:wink: =Sday
:oops: =failure
Just like my habitcal that I am going to start doing again!

October
1-:mrgreen: yea yea yea
2- :mrgreen: Wow, 2 in a row! Past hump day, only 2 left in the week! Woop woop!
3- :mrgreen:
4- :oops: high school football game delayed due to storms... so why is it I thought I needed popcorn? I certainly was not hungry!
5- :wink: buffets should be abolished.
6- :wink:
7- :mrgreen: yea!
8-:mrgreen: what the heck... I'm shooting for 21 now! 4 down (yeah, I count s days) 17 to go.
9-:mrgreen: and I finally got to have a pumpkin muffin!
10- :mrgreen: but I'm eating too many muffins
11- :mrgreen: barely good enough
12- :wink:
13- :wink:
14-:oops: Halloween candy. Reeces pieces to be exact. Back to ZERO.
15- :mrgreen: Double-good green day! In my eyes it made up for yesterday.
16- :mrgreen: legally good enough, striving for simple vanilla sanity.
17- :mrgreen: Yea I did it
19- :wink: company and not too bad.
20- :wink: company
21- :oops: reeses cups (white chocolate) this time! Ug, and on a monday again too. Now I have to be an angel all week to keep my goal. Don't even ask why I had those around.
22- :mrgreen:
23- :mrgreen:
24- :oops: So, I had 2 fails this week, but the darn bag of reeces is gone, so I have hope. I will buy no more candy! I'm determined to keep it to one fail a week "averaged" so I still can be successful this month! I have also come up with a new plan for myself that I will call French Vanilla. It's total vanilla without bending any rules, but just extra vanilla. (see my daily if interrested)
25- :mrgreen:
26- :wink:
27- :mrgreen: good day for a sunday!
28- :mrgreen: great day!
29- :mrgreen:
30- :mrgreen:
31-No candy, no candy, no candy, no candy...
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I guess this doesn't work unless you actually do it.
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Post by clarebear » Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:00 pm

I'm in!
I like how we're all taking it in turns to do these challenges :-D

1st success
2nd success
3rd success and metafit
4th success
5th S DAY and Metafit
6th S DAY
7th sick day :(
8th success
9th success
10th success
11th Success
12th S DAY
13th S DAY
14th success and gym
15th Success
16th success and gym
17th Success
18th S EVENT
19th S DAY 1 hour power walk
20th S DAY
21st Success and octathalon
22nd Success and 45 min power walk
23rd success and 45 min power walk
24th Success and gym
25th Success and walk
26th S DAY
27th S DAY
28th success
29th success and 3 mile run
30th failure :( emotional binge
31st
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Walk to Work!!

Post by automatedeating » Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:50 pm

My October Challenge is to Walk to Work Monday-Thursday every week in October.
Sept 30: :D
Oct. 1: :D
2: :D
3: :D

7: :D
8: :D
9: :D
10: :D

14: :D (and this was a tricky day, too!)
15: :D
16: :D
17: :D (yay! 3 weeks completed for me in October Challenge!)

21: :D
22: :D
23: :D
24: :D (one more week, everybody! Good luck!)

28: :D walked 35 minutes before work (tricky day... had to be determined!)
29: :D
30: :D
31: :D (YAY! We did it!)
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8/13-26.3
8/14-24.5
5/15-26.2
1/16-26.9; 9/16-25.6
8/17-25.8; 11/17-26.9
3/18-25.6; 8/18-24.5; 10/18-23.8;
3/19-22.1; 10/19-21.8
6/20-22.5; 7/20-23.0; 9/20-23.6
4/21 - 25.2

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Month 4

Post by Dhack » Sat Sep 28, 2013 12:23 pm

I'm in again!! Doing vanilla with s days on saturday and sunday. Sticking to three meals on sat and sun with S's here and there. No permasnacking the weekend away and hating myself for it!!!

1-:D
2-:D
3-:D
4-:D
5-s day planned esses- had a pumpkin muffin i'd been wanting plus dessert
6-s day planned esses- tried the fried dough from a pizza place that i've been wanting. Of course, it wasn't that great. actually skipped dessert after dinner! I did have plenty of unplanned esses during the day though.
7-:D
8-:D
9-:D weigh-in day--150.5 (-3 lbs)
10-:D
11-:D
12-s day -planned ess- pumpkin pie bagel with cheesecake cream cheese. Maybe a dessert after dinner. ----Lunch was popcorn and candy at the movies. Not what I really wanted to do but rolled with it. Dessert was just yucky junk i found in the pantry. Plus, pumpkin pie. Tooooo much. Still a little worried about negating good work during the week. :(
13-s day - made pumpkin bread and froze 3/4 of it for next weekend. Plus, had an amazing chocolate mousse dessert at a fine restaurant tonight. Sooo good but couldn't finish it. :) I did stick to 3 meals so that helped. The pumpkin bread did spoil my dinner, though. :( Upcoming week is full of parties but sticking to n days to exercise willpower. Also, prepping for company usually makes me snacky/bingey. I get anxious and procrastinate with eating. Not anymore! :)
14-:D
15-:D
16- :D bunco at my house--easy peasy!
17-:D
18- :D luncheon at my house and two parties in the evening. Be strong!!
19-s day- bunco again
20-s day-feeling a little out of hand with my sdays. I thought of a plan: if i don't lose in nov then I do 5 s events - I figure 5 events is more than enough to keep me from getting weird!
21-:D
22-:D
23-:D
24-:D
25-:D
26-s day -planned s-halloween party- couple of plates of snacks and pieces and bites of 3 desserts
27-s day -planned s vanilla cupcake- pumpkin roll, frosting, nuts, halava bar, soft pretzel bites, maybe more? Writing this a day later so probably inaccurate
28-:D
29-:D
30-:D
31-special s day for HALLOWEEN!
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Post by GraceW » Sat Sep 28, 2013 3:00 pm

The monthly challenge was so helpful for me in September that I want to do it again. Goal: a perfect month on vanilla No S!

October
1- :mrgreen:
2- :mrgreen:
3- :mrgreen:
4- :mrgreen:
5- S Day
6- S Day - observation: I overdid these S Days a bit and felt too full. Too many sweets too. I might cut back a touch on future S Days to see if they're more pleasurable that way.
7- :mrgreen:
8- :mrgreen:
9- :mrgreen:
10- :mrgreen: - Good day, but I want sweets, damn it!
11- :mrgreen: - 8.5 pounds down since July 1, even with all the fail days in July and August! Lesson: it's okay to fail, but get right back into the habit.
12- S Day - possible mod: sweets should be homemade. They're much more satisfying.
13- S Day
14- :mrgreen: - relieved to be back on an N day. I really noticed how snacks on S Days spoiled my appetite for meals this past weekend.
15- :mrgreen:
16- :mrgreen:
17- :mrgreen:
18- :mrgreen:
19- S Day
20- S Day
21- :mrgreen:
22- :oops: - had two plates of pizza and a small brownie. What the heck happened?
23- :mrgreen: - right back on!
24- :mrgreen:
25- :mrgreen:
26- S Day
27- S Day
28- :oops: - feeling sick, not sure what's going on.
29- :mrgreen:
30- :mrgreen: - back on it, but I gained back a pound. Still 7.5 pounds down since July. I'm trying not to stress about it.
31- :mrgreen:
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Post by LoriLifts » Sat Sep 28, 2013 3:09 pm

I'm in!
reneew ...I'll do your challenge. I've been slipping and sliding too. We'll get it done!

No More Than 1 Fail A Week Doing Vanilla S

October
1- :D Yippee!
2- :D I'm on a roll
3- :( Dang it
4- :D Picked myself back up!
5- S Day
6- S Day
7-:D Here I go....
8- :D
9- :(
10-:D
11-:D
12- S Day
13- S Day
14-:D
15-:D
16-:D
17-:( D'Oh!!!!
18-:D
19- S Day
20- S Day
21-:D
22-:D
23-:D
24-:(
25-:D
26-S Day
27-S Day
28-:D
29-:( Grrr.....
30-:D Holy Cow, I'm finally completing a challenge!
31- :( Wasn't perfect but I didn't give up :D
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Post by Kookie » Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:42 pm

I'd love to jump on this bandwagon. I am new to No S although I bought the book a year ago. I'd like to get some good habits going as soon as possible!

My goals for October are:
-Vanilla No S
-Meditation (with heartmath app) every N day for at least 5 minutes in the morning and 5 minutes at night

1 success!!
2 success!! Woo hoo
3 success!
4 success
5'8)'
6'8)'
7 success
8 success
9 success
10 success
11 success
12'8)'
13'8)'
14 success
15 success
16 success
17 success
18 success
19'8)'
20'8)'
21 success
22 success
23 success
24 success
25 success
26'8)'
27'8)'
28 success
29 success
30 success
31 success
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Post by Zoid » Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:57 pm

I am aiming for a perfect month!

October
1- :mrgreen:
2- :mrgreen:
3- :mrgreen:
4- :mrgreen:
5- :wink: - Best s day yet! Only s was cake at a bday party!
6- :wink: - Went a little bingey in the evening.
7- :mrgreen: - Green, but meal choices weren't great.
8- :mrgreen:
9- :mrgreen:
10- :mrgreen:
11- :mrgreen: - Completed my first 21 day challenge!! On to 42!
12- :wink:
13- :wink:
14- :mrgreen:
15- :mrgreen:
16- :mrgreen:
17- :mrgreen:
18- :mrgreen:
19- :wink:
20- :wink:
21- :mrgreen:
22- :mrgreen:
23- :mrgreen:
24- :mrgreen: sick, but only ate 3 meals
25- :? sick, counts as an s day
26- :wink:
27- :wink:
28- :mrgreen:
29- :oops: Gah, I was soooo close. Super stressful day at work.
30- :oops:
31- :wink:
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Post by Elizabeth 7 » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:44 am

I'd like to join...

The S's I am doing are snacks and sweets only.

The goal is an *average* of three per week.

(So this is obviously more "based" on NoS than actual, vanilla NoS.)

The purpose of this for me is more tracking than staying "perfect." I'll be doing well if I can keep this up for the month!

:D = no snacks or sweets that day
X = one for each snack or sweet

1- :D
2- :D
3- :D
4- X
5- X
6- :D
7- X

8- :D
9- :D
10- x
11- :D
12- x

13- VACATION-- did not track (on the east coast... went to Orange county, CA!!! SO fun. Not much snacking save for time difference issues, but admittedly did not track the desserts.)
14- VACATION
15- VACATION
16- VACATION
17- VACATION
18- VACATION
19- VACATION

20-
21-
22-
23-
24-
25-
26-

27-
28-
29-
30-
31- :mrgreen: EXEMPT (True holiday "S" days are completely exempt :) )
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Post by Triumph » Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:24 pm

October is so hard for me and it tends to be the doorway into the winter/ holidays slide of diet doom.
So, I have my birthday and wedding anniversary as well as my husband's birthday this month and 3 weekends out of town at our kid's sporting events.
My goal is to only take the 10th and the 18th as NWS days, and make the rest of the month classic vanilla no-S. I will also aim to check-in on my daily thread every evening before bed and honestly record my progress. It is my Birthday present to myself, sane thoughts and actions.

October
1-
2-
3-
4-
5- S
6- S
7-
8-
9-
10- Birthday!
11-
12- S
13- S
14-
15-
16-
17-
18- Anniversary!
19- S
20- S
21-
22-
23-
24-
25-
26- S
27- S
29-
30-
31-

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Post by moderatemeals » Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:46 pm

I love this idea! I'm up for the challenge...might help me to be part of a group challenge. Good luck to everyone!

My goal: No S + working out for 20 minutes Mon-Fri

Oct
1-':D'
2-':D'
3-FAIL just extra snacking...not too bad
4-FAIL just extra snacking...again not too bad
5-S
6-S
7-':D'
8-':D'
9-
10-
11-
12-S
13-S
14-
15-
16-
17-
18-
19-S
20-S
21-
22-
23-
24-
25-
26-S
27-S
28-
29-
30-
31-S :D :D :D
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October 2013

Post by tobiasmom » Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:28 pm

I'm in! I had four reds in September. So my goal for October is less than four reds (vanilla No-S of course)! I would also like to get in 5 days of exercise per week.

OCTOBER

10.1: SUCCESS!
10.2: S DAY
10.3: FAILURE
10.4: FAILURE Oh, boy..not starting the month out well...
10.5: FAILURE
10.6: S DAY
10.7: S DAY
10.8: SUCCESS!
10.9: SUCCESS!
10.10: FAILURE
10.11: FAILURE. Gotta get my act together :(
10.12: S DAY
10.13: S DAY
10.14: FAILURe
10.15: FAILURE. Ugh.... I will not stop trying!
10.16: SUCCESS!. Yay!!
10.17: SUCCESS!
10.18: SUCCESS!
10.19: S DAY
10.20: S DAY
10.21: SUCCESS!
10.22: SUCCESS!
10.23: SUCCESS!
10.24: SUCCESS!
10.25: SUCCESS!
10.26: S DAY
10.27: S DAY
10.28: SUCCESS!
10.29: SUCCESS!
10.30: FAILURE
10.31: S DAY
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Post by Coffeegal » Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:55 pm

I'm in for October!

October
1- :D
2- :D
3- :D
4-
5- S-day
6- S-day
7-
8-
9-
10-
11-
12- S-day
13- S-day
14-
15-
16-
17-
18-
19- S-day
20- S-day
21-
22-
23-
24-
25-
26- S-day
27- S-day
28-
29- S-day
30-
31- S-day
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Post by eschano » Wed Oct 02, 2013 2:11 pm

Hi all, I'm in! Reneew - what a great idea!

3 categories this time:
I. NoS (Vanilla all green Sdays start Friday after work),
II. Fit (any 14 min 4x a week),
III. Creative (any 14 min creating something - knitting, sewing, writing, cooking a special meal ... 3x a week)

1- :mrgreen: ; :D ; :mrgreen:
2- :mrgreen:; :mrgreen: ; :D
3- :mrgreen: :D ; :D
4- :mrgreen: :D ; :D
5- :D ; :mrgreen: ;:D
6- :D ;:D ;:D
7- :mrgreen:, :D , :D
8- :mrgreen:, :D , :mrgreen:
9- :mrgreen:,:D, :mrgreen:
10- :oops:, :D , :D
11- :mrgreen:,:mrgreen:, :D
12- :D ; :mrgreen:, :D
13- :D ; :D ; :D
14- :oops: , :D , :D
15- :mrgreen:, :mrgreen:, :D
16- :oops: , :D , :D
17- :mrgreen:,:mrgreen:, :D
18- :mrgreen:, :mrgreen:, :D
19- :D, :D , :D
20- :D , :D , :D
21- :mrgreen:, :D , :D
22- :D (My mum's visiting - S day)
23-
24-
25-
26- :D
27- :D
28-
29-
30-
31- :D HALLOWEEEN (my favourite USA Holiday - glad it's finally catching on in the EU)
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Post by ~reneew » Sun Oct 06, 2013 5:45 pm

C'mon tobiasmom, we can do this!
(I noticed everyone else was all green)
:roll:
Lets have a perfect week! We're in this together!!!

And to all of you other annoyingly (just kidding) perfectly green successful people:
Good job!!!
I'm going to try to copy you this week!
I guess this doesn't work unless you actually do it.
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Post by LoriLifts » Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:04 pm

I had a fail day too.
I just don't know how to make my emoticon red!
I settled with a sad face instead....
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Post by Over43 » Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:19 am

OK,

I'm late, but I am in.

5. S Day
6. S Day
7. Good Day
8. Bad Day
9. Good Day
10.
11.
12. S Day
13. S Day
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19. S Day
20. S Day
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26. S Day
27. S Day
28.
29.
30.
31.
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Post by ~reneew » Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:00 pm

Oh I missed that Lori, and now there are a few more reds... Let's have a perfect week everyone! 5 tiny short days! Let's do this!
I guess this doesn't work unless you actually do it.
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Post by ZippaDee » Wed Oct 09, 2013 10:24 am

Gonna jump in here late. My 48th birthday was Saturday the 5th. Recommitted to Vanilla No S and exercise. Shooting for 21 days on Vanilla NoS! Wasn't gonna start the count on an S Day, but reneew did, so I shall! Ha!! :lol:
GO: :arrow:

Oct. 5 :wink: Day 1
Oct. 6 :wink: Day 2
Oct. 7 :mrgreen: Day 3
Oct. 8 :mrgreen: Day 4
Oct. 9 :mrgreen: Day 5
Oct. 10: :mrgreen: Day 6
Oct. 11: :mrgreen: Day 7
Oct. 12 :wink: Day 8
Oct. 13 :wink: Day 9rd
Oct. 14 :mrgreen: Day 10 Feeling so much better to have some green days under my belt!! Yay!
Oct. 15 :mrgreen: Day 11
Oct. 16: :mrgreen: Day 12
Oct. 17: :oops: ...arrgh! Darn popcorn at the football game tonight! Not wrecking the car...ONWARD :arrow:
Oct. 18: :mrgreen: Day 1
Oct. 19: :wink: Day 2
Oct. 20: :wink: Day 3
Oct. 21: :mrgreen: Day 4
Oct. 22: :mrgreen: Day 5
Oct. 23: :mrgreen: Day 6
Oct. 24: :mrgreen: Day 7
Oct. 25: :mrgreen: Day 8
Oct. 26: :wink: Day 9
Oct. 27: :wink: Day 10
Oct. 28: :mrgreen: Day 11
Oct. 29: :mrgreen: Day 12
Oct. 30: :mrgreen: Day 13
Oct. 31: :wink: Day 14
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Post by ~reneew » Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:58 pm

I see lots of success around here! Yea! The weekend is coming, you can wait for it. Distract yourself!
ZippaDee wrote:Wasn't gonna start the count on an S Day, but reneew did, so I shall! Ha!! :lol:
Haha, I take freebees! This time of year I really need to stay on track! Lets do this!
Triumph wrote:October is so hard for me and it tends to be the doorway into the winter/ holidays slide of diet doom.
Oh boy, do I hear ya! I have my pitiful winter gain history here on my first page of my daily if you're interrested in seeing mine. If winter and the holidays never came, I'd be thin. :roll:

Dhack - How was that pumpkin muffin? After I read that I started craving one too, but my oven died and the new one is taking its sweet time getting here, so I'm still waiting for my pumpkin muffin.
:roll:
I guess this doesn't work unless you actually do it.
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Post by Dhack » Wed Oct 09, 2013 4:58 pm

Re: the pumpkin muffin. It was great! But I didn't bake it. It was one of the Dunkin Donut ones with all crumb topping and glaze. Honestly, I prefer my own at home because I make them less sweet and add walnuts. But if I bake at home I eat too much!! I've tried freezing the leftovers but it's just better for me to buy one and be done. :) Hope you get your oven soon!

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Post by ~reneew » Fri Oct 11, 2013 1:42 pm

Dhack wrote:if I bake at home I eat too much!!
Yep, that's where I'm at right now. I actually had them for lunch yesterday. I froze half so they won't haunt me. That always works :wink:

We're almost there Grace, you can do it!

I sure see lots of success around here!
I guess this doesn't work unless you actually do it.
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Post by GraceW » Sat Oct 12, 2013 2:32 am

You have no idea how helpful these monthly challenges are for me! I'm using these as my daily check-in, and it's so motivating to see other people's progress and little notes by their smiley faces. Thank you to everyone for being such a great support group!

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Post by oolala53 » Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:09 pm

Didn't keep track. I wish this thread came up by email every day! I think I got three days in. Better than nothing. But oh, how I don't like how dark it is in the morning when I have to get up and get going. It just feels weird to go outside to walk/ ropejump the 'hood when it's still dark! (I don't do resistance every day.) I guess that's just habit. It won't matter when the time change comes. It won't be light before I have to get dressed and get going then, either. Gosh, when I used to wake up (no alarm clock besides hormones) at 4 a.m., I got so much done in the dark! (Didn't hit the street then, either, though.) Just haven't gotten back in the groove since I now sleep through the night and longer. I was sleep-deprived for so many years, I just don't want to give up that extra time asleep.

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Post by ~reneew » Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:44 pm

I see mostly successes! I sure am doing way better than last month! :roll: How about you guys?
I guess this doesn't work unless you actually do it.
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Post by ZippaDee » Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:37 pm

Everyone is lookin' good! Good for you reneew! I too am doing it....finally! Feeling happy! :D
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Post by GraceW » Fri Oct 18, 2013 1:26 am

I love seeing everyone's successes! Even more inspiring, I love seeing how people pick themselves right back up after a failed day. Keep going!

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Post by Elizabeth 7 » Sat Oct 19, 2013 11:27 pm

GraceW wrote:I love seeing everyone's successes! Even more inspiring, I love seeing how people pick themselves right back up after a failed day. Keep going!
Yes! I think that's half-- maybe even 80 percent-- of the battle. Picking yourself up. That and admitting to yourself what you ARE willing to do for the long term, and what you are NOT. :)
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Post by ~reneew » Tue Oct 29, 2013 5:35 pm

:!: Finish the month strong!
I guess this doesn't work unless you actually do it.
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