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DIET is a four letter word. My weight issues began in elementary school, when I started stealing and hiding food to comfort myself. In my early 20's, I really began packing on the pounds when I had 3 children within 8 years. I tried several diets, which WORKED, if only I would STICK with them. I used every excuse in the book: Life happens, I deserved it, I'm stressed, my fatness was everyone else's problem, people should accept me for WHO I was, not for what I looked like, who cares anyway? I lost weight for the wrong reasons, and the bad taste in my mouth stayed with me like a burnt entree. At my heaviest in December 2000, I weighed 237 lbs., morbidly obese for my 5'1" frame. A month later, I started a diet and joined a gym and got down to 159 by September. After a family crisis occurred and lasted 4 years, my turning to food for comfort took its toll. Still I searched...magazines, books, supplements, but never found the missing link until Nov. '06, when I looked at my recovery from an emotional, spiritual, physical and mental standpoint. Finding an exercise regimen I could live with for the rest of my life was crucial as well. Won't you join me on my journey as I whittle myself down to my goal of 123 lbs. by March 2008?

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Curves Challenge Week 1 Results

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Contributed by: Stephanie Johnson on 3/17/2008

Just a quick update, folks ... I had my weigh-in today and I've already lost six pounds! In ONE week! Hooray!

I also went to Celebrate Recovery on Friday night to get support for my food addiction, plus another support group on Saturday morning. So far, so good!

Kudos to fellow Curves member, Tangie, for successfully completing her first 5K this weekend at the St. Patrick's Day Race. She trained very hard, and is an inspiration to me to do my own 5K this summer. Anyone have any race suggestions? Or training suggestions?

Greg's birthday was yesterday -- we were supposed to go out to dinner, but we were held up at a church meeting so we got Papa Murphy's instead. Even with counting my pizza, I was still within my caloric intake for the day. In the "old days," I would've eaten four pieces, but I was a good girl and had only two. And still lost weight this week.

OK, that's about it for now. I'll check in again soon. Thanks for all your encouragement!

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