Hogzilla on March 11th, 2009

Yeah, I announced it this morning on my personal blog (it is the MONTH OF MEL! after all) but I wanted to share with my fellow Fat Chicks (and Dick are you still around Joe?) I have lost 22 lbs! I get to buy my 20 lbs reward CD and I’m just 3 lbs away […]

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Hogzilla on February 17th, 2009

After 2 weeks of plataeu, 1 week of 2lbs of water…I FINALLY broke through. FINALLY. Okay, it’s only a 1/2 loss, but damn at least it’s a loss. Now I have to lose only 1.5 more lbs to get my next CD. I’m debating between 3 different ones: Bruce Springsteen: Working on a Dream Breaking […]

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Hogzilla on January 3rd, 2009

My first reward CD has arrived! Guess what I’ll be listening to today? Still trying to figure out what CD #2 will be. Oh well, who cares. I finally have my STAIND CD! Yippee! Also got my book: The New Rules of Lifting for Women that Cinde was talking about. Am looking forward to digging […]

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Hogzilla on December 23rd, 2008

Yesterday was workout 7/10. I ran 3 miles in 35 minutes. I was happy with that. My goal when I do my first official 5k is 35 minutes. I’m not too far from that, so Yay me! I’m not ready for a 5K yet, I don’t think, but if I keep going to the gym […]

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Hogzilla on December 22nd, 2008

I’m bad about rewarding myself. And when I do finally reward myself, it’s usually with food or drink. Which, of course, is a very bad idea if the reward is for weight loss. Rewards work, but for me, I think they work better coming from other people. If I know that I’m working to get […]

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