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I Love My Life

August 6, 2011

You know, it’s taken me a looooooooong time to get here, but I can now honestly say it:   I love my life!   Here’s why: I’m working in an industry (aerospace) that was my goal from a very young age.  Ok, so my dream job as a child was to work for NASA specifically, but [...]

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Operation Facing Fifty

August 1, 2011

As I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been giving a lot of thought about making some major changes in my life.  Part of that comes from the realization that I’m only 2.5 years away from turning …. 50!  OMG, how the hell did THAT happen?!!  There’s just something about realizing you’re in the second [...]

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Life’s Defining Moments

July 26, 2011

We all face defining moments in our lives.  It’s those certain times when we experience something that changes us forever, sometimes good and sometimes bad.  For me, July has definitely seemed to be a month full of defining moments in my life. You see, for the last several years, July has typically been a bit [...]

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Fear, Loathing, & Secrets

April 5, 2011

Even though there are no photos in my post, this may very well be my most Exposed post yet.  It’s long and emotional, so if you’ve no interest in that sort of thing, please feel free to come back tomorrow when I’ll be back to my typical lighter blog post fare. I’ve lived most of [...]

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Do I Sound Southern? Accent Vlog

February 5, 2011

I have seen several blogging friends lately taking part in the accent/dialect vlog. Most recently, I saw it on Brittany and Melissa‘s blogs yesterday. I decided to play along. Hearing myself on video reminds me why I don’t vlog more often. I hate my voice. If you want to follow along or do the Accent [...]

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Did You Hear My Big News?

January 16, 2011

For anyone who has read my blog for any length of time, I’m sure you’re well aware that I am an active participant on the blog known as The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans. I stumbled across the blog almost 18 months ago and it’s been a major part of my online support system ever [...]

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Interested or Committed?

January 13, 2011

It’s time for my next installment from the “100 Days of Weight Loss” book. This is from day 2 which is titled, “Interested or Committed?” The primary theme for this topic was ways to tell whether you are truly committed to your weight loss journey, or just somewhat interested in it. How can you tell [...]

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Exposed Movement Revisited

January 5, 2011

One of my most difficult posts to write in 2010, yet one I’m so proud of myself for doing, was my Exposed post. I really feel like that was a defining moment in my weight loss journey. It forced me to finally peel back many of the layers that I was hiding behind and let [...]

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Such a Pretty Fat

October 22, 2010

First of all, I extend my apologies to Jen Lancaster (love her books & met her once) for stealing borrowing her book title for this blog post. That having been said, it just fit perfectly and I had to use it. As some of you may know, today is the final day of Fat Talk [...]

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Exposed … *Gulp*

October 15, 2010

Last year, without even really knowing it, Mish started an Exposed Movement in the blogosphere. In her initial exposed post last year, she included a photo of herself and decided to celebrate all the wonderful things about her body, as it was right then, rather than focusing on all the negative things she saw. Over [...]

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