If you recall last week I wrote about the 100 Days of Weight Loss challenge and hope you all had the chance to download all the PDF’s and possibly get the book as well. There is a PDF file that we’ll be looking at today. I will just share the basics and some of my personal additions.
7 Keys to a Successful 100 Days Challenge
1) Always move forward
Don’t think about the past, start new TODAY
2) Do what worked before
Were you successful with weight loss in the past? If so, share some things you did that worked before and be specific.
For me it was portion control, exercising more and eating out less. I am thinking about starting a food journal again and I would like to choose one more unhealthy thing to give up. In the past I gave up soda and Oreos. What’s next? hmmmm
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Just wanted to do a quick check in and say I am healthy once again and back to working out! I’m so excited. Today was the 1st day back to the gym in 3 weeks and it was nice. Went to spin class and burned a wonderful 654 calories in 1 hr. 5 min. Last night I had what felt like a pulled muscle in my back doing dishes and I was so bummed. I did not want to miss spin so when I woke up this morning and was in total pain we whipped out the heating pad and I slept on that for about an hour and we were off to the gym. I did good and although it still hurts a bit I am going back tomorrow to start running again. YEA!
Will keep ya’ll updated on how the week goes. It’s been a crazy week with traveling back and forth to downtown Chicago for doc visits with my stepdaughter. She flew back home this weekend and posting might be intermittent for the next few weeks as she will fly back in town for more doc visits, procedures and surgery. It will be busy and I’ll most likely be traveling to and from the city quite a bit. If you are so inclined, please do keep her in your prayers! It would be much appreciated.
How did your workouts go this past week?

P.S. Be sure to drop by my Facebook fan page and connect with others who want to live a healthier lifestyle!
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March is National Nutrition Month and the 2010 theme is “Nutrition From The Ground Up”.
National Nutrition Month® is a nutrition education and information campaign created annually in March by the American Dietetic Association. The campaign focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. Registered Dietitian Day, also celebrated in March, increases awareness of registered dietitians as the indispensable providers of food and nutrition services and recognizes RDs for their commitment to helping people enjoy healthy lives. source
Today’s tip: Choose one thing you will change this month when it comes to better nutrition for yourself
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As part of the 100 Days of Weight Loss, we are creating a vision for the future. Think about some of your immediate goals and the reasons why you want to lose weight and write them down!

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Here are the 10 reasons why I want to lose weight and maintain success.
1) Be healthier
2) Wear cute bathing suits
3) Have easier workouts
4) Be fit to teach a fitness class
5) I want to fit comfortably on rides at amusement parks
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We all know that when it comes to weight loss, real life can get in the way and many times we fall off the wagon right? Well, Linda Spangle, author of 100 Days of Weight Loss
agrees and has set up an approach that I think can help us all stay focused and consistent.
Over on my new Losing It and Loving It Facebook fan page, we are going to be following her book and every day I will be posting one of the daily assignments from the book for you to focus on. You are more than welcome to open up and share your thoughts with everyone or just keep it to yourself.
I’m asking that everyone find a notebook or journal and sign up for the 100 Days Challenge online as well. The whole goal is to keep you on track with your weight loss/fitness goals for 100 days! There are a lot of great charts, reports, calendars, etc. to help you along the way.
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This week I have come across some great blog posts, giveaways, new websites and more! Hope you enjoy. And do feel free to share in the comments any great links you came across this week as well.
Let’s start Friday off with this cool giveaway over at Jennifer’s Watch My Butt Shrink blog! She is giving away the Magic Bullet mixer
which I love and use all the time. Lots of fun ways to enter! And she has a fan page on Facebook too which brings me to my news.
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