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This week’s topic:
What is your biggest challenge?

Think about the challenges facing you in your efforts to lose weight: time, motivation, temptation, movement, emotions, rest, money, priorities, and all the rest. Now, choose one issue to work on this week. Choose only one. What do you consider your biggest challenge?

This week, we’re going to work on just one area each. It can be your biggest challenge or your smallest, you choose. Pick one thing, and really concentrate on it this week.

It would be great if you will name your challenge here in the thread, but you don’t have to. If it’s something personal, that’s fine. Just acknowledge to us that you will work hard on it this week, even if it’s at the expense of other challenges.

For the next 7 days, really work at overcoming this issue, whatever it is. Tell yourself that it’s only for a week. As each day goes by, cross it off in your head… I only have to do this for another 6 days… another 5 days… etc. We can do almost anything if we know it’s only for a short time.

What will you work on this week?

My main motivation for losing weight is to be healthier. I want to be able to live a more active life, and being healthier is a necessary part of that.

When I first decided to start this weight loss blog, I did so for four main reasons.

1. I wanted to lose weight, and I wanted a way to make myself accountable beyond myself. My thought was that if I knew others were watching me, I’d be more likely to make better choices.

2. I wanted to share my process with others in the hope that it might help them in their own process.

3. I wanted to chronicle the results of my use of the Silhouette Solution product line, to show definitively whether these products would work for me, and under what conditions.

4. My doctor had prescribed a 15 pound weight loss by my next visit, and I wanted to be able to surprise him with my progress. I felt he didn’t think I could do it, and I wanted to prove him wrong. (I wound up losing 12 of the 15 prescribed pounds, which was just fine with me, and the doc was sufficiently impressed, too. With that kind of success, I wasn’t about to stop there!)

I’m still losing weight. I’m still posting on this blog. I’m still thrilled about the products. I’m still motivated. You are too, or you wouldn’t be reading this. Some of us have been here since the very first post. Others jumped in mid-stream. Still others lurk in the background, reading but not posting. Whatever your mode, I’m glad you’re here, and I hope you’re here for as long as this blog is active.

Let me know how this blog is impacting you, if it is.

This week’s topic:
What is your motivation?

This week, let’s explore our reasons for doing this. Why have you made the decision to lose weight? Why now?

I will post my response to this question by the end of the week.

Recently, I took over as moderator in an online weight loss challenge. One of the things I plan to do is to have a weekly theme that everyone can work on and post about. I’ve decided to include those themes here as well. This will bring a new focus to this blog, and hopefully will encourage my readers (that’s you!) to start posting here.

We will begin tomorrow. I hope you’ll participate, even if it’s offline, but I’d really like to encourage you to post your thoughts and progress.

Speaking of posting, feel free to ask questions, make suggestions and otherwise get involved here. Keep to the topic as much as possible, but feel free to speak your mind. There are many ways to lose weight. That’s the whole point of this blog. Someone might read your post and find the missing piece to their own method of losing weight. Get involved. You’ll be helping yourself while you help others!

The Most Delicious Weight Loss Recipe Ever!

Take a pound of motivation
and a teaspoonful of hope,
add a pinch of organization,
one slice of cantelope,
some raspberries and peaches,
a pinch of lemon zest,
some spinach and some broccoli,
an egg, fresh from the nest,
a gallon jug of water,
one square of chocolate (dark!),
a salmon steak,
some veggies, baked,
an optional shard of shark,
mix in one cup of applesauce
(no sugar added, please),
combine it with some olive oil
to aid the bend of knees,
a quarter cup of walnuts,
some green tea and some flax,
add 5 or 6 small meals each day,
and, if you want, 2 snacks,
fold in at least one half an hour
of daily exercise
to tone the body’s muscles
and melt those thunder thighs,
no alcohol, but if you must,
a glass of wine with dinner,
add custom vitamins from Trump
and surely you’ll get thinner,
their Silhouette Solution line
will stoke your fire with protein,
and fill you up, and keep you going,
and help your colon stay clean,
and lest you think the task too hard,
remember in the process,
it’s not perfection that you seek,
but slow and steady progress,
we all will falter now and then,
so heed this remonstration:
combine those fats and sugars with
a ton of moderation,
and to all these ingredients,
you’ll need the proper attitude,
be sure to sprinkle in each day
a huge helping of gratitude,
balance is key, take it from me,
so order that burger with fries,
but do not undermine your efforts
by telling yourself lies,
while once — not twice — each month is fine,
don’t make fried food a habit,
it’s so much better for your body
if you eat more like a rabbit,
fill up on veggies, fruits and nuts,
whole grains, legumes and dried beans,
drink lots of water, get some rest,
and don’t forget the protein,
then laugh, and love, and live your life,
and please, always remember –
to keep yourself whole,
you must feed your soul,
December through November,
So, take it slow — deep breath — there you go –
‘though you may have a nestful,
some work, some play,
then sprinkle through the day
some moments that are restful,
’cause stress can undermine it all,
so eliminate the fretwork,
Here’s to your health!
and as for your wealth…
come join me in Trump Network!