{Rediscovering My Spark} Food Binges Distract yourself when you feel a food binge coming on!
What are some things you can do to distract yourself when you feel a food binge coming on? ~ Food binges are the worst for me in the evening. I can do so well for the whole day. Then it gets to about seven or eight and my mind starts to do a mental walkthrough of the...
{Rediscovering My Spark} Old Clothes ~ To Keep or Not to Keep
This year has not started out quite as planned. I have been very much off-track from my weight loss goals. I’ve been sick in one form or another since the beginning of the year (I swear our house was an illness incubator!) and I just felt too awful to even do my...
{Rediscovering My Spark} Give Yourself Credit
Give yourself credit where it’s due. What are three things you’ve done well this week? ~ It hasn’t been my greatest week, but I have done some things right. I stopped drinking soda again. The sodas that I did drink were still caffeine-free (root...
{Rediscovering My Spark} Best Part
What was the best part of your day today? ~ The best part of my day was the nap I took. Yep, it was that kind of day… I made a mess of my weekend. It was Xander’s third birthday and a few family members joined us for cake and snacks. The food was just too...
{Rediscovering My Spark} Inspiring
What motivational quote, saying, or song never fails to inspire you? ~ I don’t know that the song I have in mind is necessarily inspirational, but it is that sing I can turn on whenever I hit a slump in my workout and it will push me further. It does inspire me...
{Rediscovering My Spark} Half Empty
Are you a “glass-half-full” or a “glass-half-empty” kind of person? What are ways you can start to think and act in a more positive way? ~ When it comes to my progress in losing weight I can definitely be a very “half-empty” type of...
{Rediscovering My Spark} Your Day
What was the best part of your day today? ~ It’s going to sound so completely shallow, but the best part of today was dinner. My mother-in-law and father-in-law brought over a bunch of stuff from their gardens, so we have a bunch of fresh veggies and fruits...
{Rediscovering My Spark} Talents
What’s one thing you’re really good at? ~ I like to think that I’m good at quite a few things. One of my best skills is knitting. I’ve been knitting for about 15-some years. I taught myself to knit when I was in my teens and I have been...
{Rediscovering My Spark} Accomplishments
Write about one thing you’d like to accomplish in the next week. ~ There are so many things that I would love to get done this week that I can’t write about just one! I know SparkPeople encourages a holistic approach to weight loss, so I’ll try to...
{Rediscovering my Spark} Changes
Every minute is another chance to turn things around. What will you do to change your life for the better starting today? ~ There are several areas where my life could use some improvement. I think that’s the case with every one of us. Like they say…...
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