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| Gwendal |
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I started my weight loss journey in mid-May of 2002 weighing 244 pounds
as a 5'6" inch 38 year old woman. I thought of Victoria's Secret models
as being a different species than me. I put getting to 190 - the weight
I was before my second (of three pregnancies) as a reasonable goal.
I started by getting exercise regular. I committed to working out 3 or
5 times a week for at least 1/2 an hour. It took me a 12 week session
of "personal fitness program" at the Y to get there. Sometimes I never
got dressed for the day because I was going to workout before I did
anything and it'd take me until 6 pm to finish procrastinating and go
get my workout done!
But three months of pressing forward and I was getting pretty normal
about exercise. I wanted to be able to think of exercise the way I
think of brushing my teeth: I never say, "I don't have time today" or "I
don't want to get my mouth all frothy"... I just do it. I reached that
goal: over time exercise has gone from "must do" to "miss it too much to
quit". Put another way, now instead of "having" to exercise I "get" to
exercise.
But at the beginning of September, 2002 I had only lost 5 pounds, going
from 244 to 239. It was time to address diet. I *thought* I ate
healthy. I probably did in that I didn't have any obvious junk food
habits or binging problems. I just ate too much. Really too much. I
had no idea what normal portions were. I also had pretty screwy ideas
about macronutrient ratios.
I read Mistress Krista and Body for Life and the Zone Diet and the
Glycemic Index diet books and pieced together an eating plan borrowing
heavily from all of them. I also logged at www.fitday.com and worked on
bringing macronutrient ratios more into balance. In practice this meant
examining every carb that was wondering near my mouth for fiber or
phytonutrients. If it didn't have them then it didn't fit in my carb
calorie budget.
I also had to plan to get protein in my snacks. I found that carbs
would always magically appear whenever I was hungry, but protein only
showed up if I preplanned and put it there.
I continued exercising, but brought it up a notch by doing my first
"Body for Life" twelve week challenge. Now I did three twenty minute
"high intensity interval training" routines a week and three intensive
weight-lifting routines a week.
Fat started to fall off my in sheets. I lost five pounds a month every
month for the next 8 months. I never went hungry, I didn't need
willpower, it just worked like magic, this whole "eat less and exercise
more" thing.
I did a few more Body for Life challenges in 2003 but the fat loss
started to slow. I concentrated more on powerlifting during this time
and made steady progress... sometimes regaining over vacations but then
losing again in the next month.
In late 2003 I started running to try to build back my endurance. In
2004 I astounded myself by running a few races. I was slow, I was fat,
but I was having fun.
In 2005 I ramped it up a notch by deciding to train for a triathlon. I
stopped doing as much weightlifting (now I do a total body workout twice
a week with Nautilus) and started swimming and cycling in addition to
running. I find my old joints can't handle any single activity five or
six times a week, but I can do each of them twice a week.
And my weight has started plummeting again. I'm down 12 pounds in the
past 8 weeks.
So now I'm at my original hard to believe goal: I lost 80 pounds and
went from 42% body fat to 23% body fat. I'm not exactly in shape to do
athletic pursuits like road races and triathlons, but I'm in pretty darn
good shape for a 40 year old mother of three with a sedentary job.
I'm also convinced that my body will continue to improve. The longer I
act like a slender person the more my body resembles one.
I need to cut this short so I won't go into how much my family and
(surprisingly) career have improved, but I will close by saying that I
was wearing a tight size 22 this time three years ago. Now I'm wearing
a loose size 12. Change was slow, but it was real.
Gwendal
244/164.5/165
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| JennA |
| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:21 pm |
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"Gwendal" <Gwendal@whoever.com> wrote in message
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[quote:6089cc24d0]I started my weight loss journey in mid-May of 2002 weighing 244 pounds as
a 5'6" inch 38 year old woman. I thought of Victoria's Secret models as
being a different species than me. I put getting to 190 - the weight I was
before my second (of three pregnancies) as a reasonable goal.
I started by getting exercise regular. I committed to working out 3 or 5
times a week for at least 1/2 an hour. It took me a 12 week session of
"personal fitness program" at the Y to get there. Sometimes I never got
dressed for the day because I was going to workout before I did anything
and it'd take me until 6 pm to finish procrastinating and go get my
workout done!
But three months of pressing forward and I was getting pretty normal about
exercise. I wanted to be able to think of exercise the way I think of
brushing my teeth: I never say, "I don't have time today" or "I don't want
to get my mouth all frothy"... I just do it. I reached that goal: over
time exercise has gone from "must do" to "miss it too much to quit". Put
another way, now instead of "having" to exercise I "get" to exercise.
But at the beginning of September, 2002 I had only lost 5 pounds, going
from 244 to 239. It was time to address diet. I *thought* I ate healthy.
I probably did in that I didn't have any obvious junk food habits or
binging problems. I just ate too much. Really too much. I had no idea
what normal portions were. I also had pretty screwy ideas about
macronutrient ratios.
I read Mistress Krista and Body for Life and the Zone Diet and the
Glycemic Index diet books and pieced together an eating plan borrowing
heavily from all of them. I also logged at www.fitday.com and worked on
bringing macronutrient ratios more into balance. In practice this meant
examining every carb that was wondering near my mouth for fiber or
phytonutrients. If it didn't have them then it didn't fit in my carb
calorie budget.
I also had to plan to get protein in my snacks. I found that carbs would
always magically appear whenever I was hungry, but protein only showed up
if I preplanned and put it there.
I continued exercising, but brought it up a notch by doing my first "Body
for Life" twelve week challenge. Now I did three twenty minute "high
intensity interval training" routines a week and three intensive
weight-lifting routines a week.
Fat started to fall off my in sheets. I lost five pounds a month every
month for the next 8 months. I never went hungry, I didn't need
willpower, it just worked like magic, this whole "eat less and exercise
more" thing.
I did a few more Body for Life challenges in 2003 but the fat loss started
to slow. I concentrated more on powerlifting during this time and made
steady progress... sometimes regaining over vacations but then losing
again in the next month.
In late 2003 I started running to try to build back my endurance. In 2004
I astounded myself by running a few races. I was slow, I was fat, but I
was having fun.
In 2005 I ramped it up a notch by deciding to train for a triathlon. I
stopped doing as much weightlifting (now I do a total body workout twice a
week with Nautilus) and started swimming and cycling in addition to
running. I find my old joints can't handle any single activity five or
six times a week, but I can do each of them twice a week.
And my weight has started plummeting again. I'm down 12 pounds in the
past 8 weeks.
So now I'm at my original hard to believe goal: I lost 80 pounds and went
from 42% body fat to 23% body fat. I'm not exactly in shape to do
athletic pursuits like road races and triathlons, but I'm in pretty darn
good shape for a 40 year old mother of three with a sedentary job.
I'm also convinced that my body will continue to improve. The longer I
act like a slender person the more my body resembles one.
I need to cut this short so I won't go into how much my family and
(surprisingly) career have improved, but I will close by saying that I was
wearing a tight size 22 this time three years ago. Now I'm wearing a
loose size 12. Change was slow, but it was real.
Gwendal
244/164.5/165
42%/23%/23%
[/quote:6089cc24d0]
Congrats!! Now you can put all of that "practicing maintenance" time to
work :)
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| Berna Bleeker |
| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 3:34 pm |
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Gwendal schreef:
[quote:49ddedbf60]I was wearing a tight size 22 this time three years ago. Now I'm wearing
a loose size 12. Change was slow, but it was real.
[/quote:49ddedbf60]
WOOHOO!!! Congratulations! :-)
Berna (101.5/76.1/~68)
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| Heidi |
| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:46 pm |
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Excellent and sensible journey! Thanks so much for sharing this, Gwendal.
I have been noticing myself how carbs just seem to show up if I'm not
careful, but protein doesn't happen unless I make it happen.
Heidi
"Gwendal" <Gwendal@whoever.com> wrote in message
news:38p0naF5qv9h1U1@individual.net...
[quote:4a9f32e768]I started my weight loss journey in mid-May of 2002 weighing 244 pounds
as a 5'6" inch 38 year old woman. I thought of Victoria's Secret models
as being a different species than me. I put getting to 190 - the weight
I was before my second (of three pregnancies) as a reasonable goal.
I started by getting exercise regular. I committed to working out 3 or
5 times a week for at least 1/2 an hour. It took me a 12 week session
of "personal fitness program" at the Y to get there. Sometimes I never
got dressed for the day because I was going to workout before I did
anything and it'd take me until 6 pm to finish procrastinating and go
get my workout done!
But three months of pressing forward and I was getting pretty normal
about exercise. I wanted to be able to think of exercise the way I
think of brushing my teeth: I never say, "I don't have time today" or "I
don't want to get my mouth all frothy"... I just do it. I reached that
goal: over time exercise has gone from "must do" to "miss it too much to
quit". Put another way, now instead of "having" to exercise I "get" to
exercise.
But at the beginning of September, 2002 I had only lost 5 pounds, going
from 244 to 239. It was time to address diet. I *thought* I ate
healthy. I probably did in that I didn't have any obvious junk food
habits or binging problems. I just ate too much. Really too much. I
had no idea what normal portions were. I also had pretty screwy ideas
about macronutrient ratios.
I read Mistress Krista and Body for Life and the Zone Diet and the
Glycemic Index diet books and pieced together an eating plan borrowing
heavily from all of them. I also logged at www.fitday.com and worked on
bringing macronutrient ratios more into balance. In practice this meant
examining every carb that was wondering near my mouth for fiber or
phytonutrients. If it didn't have them then it didn't fit in my carb
calorie budget.
I also had to plan to get protein in my snacks. I found that carbs
would always magically appear whenever I was hungry, but protein only
showed up if I preplanned and put it there.
I continued exercising, but brought it up a notch by doing my first
"Body for Life" twelve week challenge. Now I did three twenty minute
"high intensity interval training" routines a week and three intensive
weight-lifting routines a week.
Fat started to fall off my in sheets. I lost five pounds a month every
month for the next 8 months. I never went hungry, I didn't need
willpower, it just worked like magic, this whole "eat less and exercise
more" thing.
I did a few more Body for Life challenges in 2003 but the fat loss
started to slow. I concentrated more on powerlifting during this time
and made steady progress... sometimes regaining over vacations but then
losing again in the next month.
In late 2003 I started running to try to build back my endurance. In
2004 I astounded myself by running a few races. I was slow, I was fat,
but I was having fun.
In 2005 I ramped it up a notch by deciding to train for a triathlon. I
stopped doing as much weightlifting (now I do a total body workout twice
a week with Nautilus) and started swimming and cycling in addition to
running. I find my old joints can't handle any single activity five or
six times a week, but I can do each of them twice a week.
And my weight has started plummeting again. I'm down 12 pounds in the
past 8 weeks.
So now I'm at my original hard to believe goal: I lost 80 pounds and
went from 42% body fat to 23% body fat. I'm not exactly in shape to do
athletic pursuits like road races and triathlons, but I'm in pretty darn
good shape for a 40 year old mother of three with a sedentary job.
I'm also convinced that my body will continue to improve. The longer I
act like a slender person the more my body resembles one.
I need to cut this short so I won't go into how much my family and
(surprisingly) career have improved, but I will close by saying that I
was wearing a tight size 22 this time three years ago. Now I'm wearing
a loose size 12. Change was slow, but it was real.
Gwendal
244/164.5/165
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| Beverly |
| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:17 pm |
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"Gwendal" <Gwendal@whoever.com> wrote in message
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[quote:c6cf5fdd4b]I started my weight loss journey in mid-May of 2002 weighing 244 pounds
as a 5'6" inch 38 year old woman. I thought of Victoria's Secret models
as being a different species than me. I put getting to 190 - the weight
I was before my second (of three pregnancies) as a reasonable goal.
I started by getting exercise regular. I committed to working out 3 or
5 times a week for at least 1/2 an hour. It took me a 12 week session
of "personal fitness program" at the Y to get there. Sometimes I never
got dressed for the day because I was going to workout before I did
anything and it'd take me until 6 pm to finish procrastinating and go
get my workout done!
But three months of pressing forward and I was getting pretty normal
about exercise. I wanted to be able to think of exercise the way I
think of brushing my teeth: I never say, "I don't have time today" or "I
don't want to get my mouth all frothy"... I just do it. I reached that
goal: over time exercise has gone from "must do" to "miss it too much to
quit". Put another way, now instead of "having" to exercise I "get" to
exercise.
But at the beginning of September, 2002 I had only lost 5 pounds, going
from 244 to 239. It was time to address diet. I *thought* I ate
healthy. I probably did in that I didn't have any obvious junk food
habits or binging problems. I just ate too much. Really too much. I
had no idea what normal portions were. I also had pretty screwy ideas
about macronutrient ratios.
I read Mistress Krista and Body for Life and the Zone Diet and the
Glycemic Index diet books and pieced together an eating plan borrowing
heavily from all of them. I also logged at www.fitday.com and worked on
bringing macronutrient ratios more into balance. In practice this meant
examining every carb that was wondering near my mouth for fiber or
phytonutrients. If it didn't have them then it didn't fit in my carb
calorie budget.
I also had to plan to get protein in my snacks. I found that carbs
would always magically appear whenever I was hungry, but protein only
showed up if I preplanned and put it there.
I continued exercising, but brought it up a notch by doing my first
"Body for Life" twelve week challenge. Now I did three twenty minute
"high intensity interval training" routines a week and three intensive
weight-lifting routines a week.
Fat started to fall off my in sheets. I lost five pounds a month every
month for the next 8 months. I never went hungry, I didn't need
willpower, it just worked like magic, this whole "eat less and exercise
more" thing.
I did a few more Body for Life challenges in 2003 but the fat loss
started to slow. I concentrated more on powerlifting during this time
and made steady progress... sometimes regaining over vacations but then
losing again in the next month.
In late 2003 I started running to try to build back my endurance. In
2004 I astounded myself by running a few races. I was slow, I was fat,
but I was having fun.
In 2005 I ramped it up a notch by deciding to train for a triathlon. I
stopped doing as much weightlifting (now I do a total body workout twice
a week with Nautilus) and started swimming and cycling in addition to
running. I find my old joints can't handle any single activity five or
six times a week, but I can do each of them twice a week.
And my weight has started plummeting again. I'm down 12 pounds in the
past 8 weeks.
So now I'm at my original hard to believe goal: I lost 80 pounds and
went from 42% body fat to 23% body fat. I'm not exactly in shape to do
athletic pursuits like road races and triathlons, but I'm in pretty darn
good shape for a 40 year old mother of three with a sedentary job.
I'm also convinced that my body will continue to improve. The longer I
act like a slender person the more my body resembles one.
I need to cut this short so I won't go into how much my family and
(surprisingly) career have improved, but I will close by saying that I
was wearing a tight size 22 this time three years ago. Now I'm wearing
a loose size 12. Change was slow, but it was real.
Gwendal
244/164.5/165
42%/23%/23%
[/quote:c6cf5fdd4b]
Congratulations! You've worked hard to reach this goal - enjoy it. Your
tri sounds like a lot of fun. Be sure and keep us updated on the event.
Beverly |
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| SnugBear |
| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:26 pm |
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Gwendal wrote:
[quote:e00f9a98d5]I'm also convinced that my body will continue to improve. The longer I
act like a slender person the more my body resembles one.
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Congratulations, Gwendal. You have done a very cool thing. Enjoy being
that slender person!
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| janice |
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On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:44:03 -0500, Gwendal <Gwendal@whoever.com>
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[quote:4bc76d9614]
So now I'm at my original hard to believe goal: I lost 80 pounds and
went from 42% body fat to 23% body fat. I'm not exactly in shape to do
athletic pursuits like road races and triathlons, but I'm in pretty darn
good shape for a 40 year old mother of three with a sedentary job.
I'm also convinced that my body will continue to improve. The longer I
act like a slender person the more my body resembles one.
I need to cut this short so I won't go into how much my family and
(surprisingly) career have improved, but I will close by saying that I
was wearing a tight size 22 this time three years ago. Now I'm wearing
a loose size 12. Change was slow, but it was real.
Gwendal
244/164.5/165
42%/23%/23%
[/quote:4bc76d9614]
Gwendal, thank you for sharing your inspiring story, and
congratulations on what you've achieved.
I admire the thoughtful approach you've given to your weight loss and
fitness journey. I think this mental attitude will help you greatly
to maintain your loss.
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| A Ross |
| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:54 am |
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In article <38p0naF5qv9h1U1@individual.net>,
Gwendal <Gwendal@whoever.com> wrote:
WHOOOHOOO!
Congratulations!!!
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| Gwendal |
| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:56 am |
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Berna Bleeker wrote:
[quote:b278d9c8e2]Gwendal schreef:
I was wearing a tight size 22 this time three years ago. Now I'm
wearing a loose size 12. Change was slow, but it was real.
WOOHOO!!! Congratulations! :-)
Berna (101.5/76.1/~6
[/quote:b278d9c8e2]
Thank you, Ladies. I forgot to credit this group, and it deserves
credit. I've been here under four different names over the past three
years but I've always been here... reading, responding, pontificating,
being ENGAGED in the process of losing fat.
Rosie used to have a sig line "read and post everyday" and she was
right: staying engaged in this process really does help. When people
ask if I did it alone I have to think how I'll answer. Yes... because
we ALL have to do it alone... but no, because I had a support group.
Thank you.
BTW, I just got back leafing through an old diet journal from the 80's.
I successfully got down to 163 once 19 years ago. I cannot tell you
how shocked I am that I made it to this weight now at this point in my life!
Gwendal
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| Carol Frilegh |
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In article <38repsF5r6p6vU1@individual.net>, Gwendal
<Gwendal@whoever.com> wrote:
[quote:c1f4b9d574]Berna Bleeker wrote:
Gwendal schreef:
I was wearing a tight size 22 this time three years ago. Now I'm
wearing a loose size 12. Change was slow, but it was real.
WOOHOO!!! Congratulations! :-)
Berna (101.5/76.1/~68)
Thank you, Ladies. I forgot to credit this group, and it deserves
credit. I've been here under four different names over the past three
years but I've always been here... reading, responding, pontificating,
being ENGAGED in the process of losing fat.
Rosie used to have a sig line "read and post everyday" and she was
right: staying engaged in this process really does help. When people
ask if I did it alone I have to think how I'll answer. Yes... because
we ALL have to do it alone... but no, because I had a support group.
Thank you.
BTW, I just got back leafing through an old diet journal from the 80's.
I successfully got down to 163 once 19 years ago. I cannot tell you
how shocked I am that I made it to this weight now at this point in my life!
Gwendal
244/165/165
[/quote:c1f4b9d574]
Curious about those names as I don't recognize the current one.
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| JennA |
| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:00 pm |
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"Carol Frilegh" <cma@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:040320051437464595%cma@sympatico.ca...
[quote:abf0f06635]In article <38repsF5r6p6vU1@individual.net>, Gwendal
Gwendal@whoever.com> wrote:
Berna Bleeker wrote:
Gwendal schreef:
I was wearing a tight size 22 this time three years ago. Now I'm
wearing a loose size 12. Change was slow, but it was real.
WOOHOO!!! Congratulations! :-)
Berna (101.5/76.1/~68)
Thank you, Ladies. I forgot to credit this group, and it deserves
credit. I've been here under four different names over the past three
years but I've always been here... reading, responding, pontificating,
being ENGAGED in the process of losing fat.
Rosie used to have a sig line "read and post everyday" and she was
right: staying engaged in this process really does help. When people
ask if I did it alone I have to think how I'll answer. Yes... because
we ALL have to do it alone... but no, because I had a support group.
Thank you.
BTW, I just got back leafing through an old diet journal from the 80's.
I successfully got down to 163 once 19 years ago. I cannot tell you
how shocked I am that I made it to this weight now at this point in my
life!
Gwendal
244/165/165
Curious about those names as I don't recognize the current one.
Diva
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| Gwendal |
| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:12 pm |
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Carol Frilegh wrote:
[quote:04c103d9b1]In article <38repsF5r6p6vU1@individual.net>, Gwendal
Gwendal@whoever.com> wrote:
Curious about those names as I don't recognize the current one.
[/quote:04c103d9b1]
I was being stalked on another group so I changed names. It's okay,
you'll figure it out. Meanwhile, I know you. Nyah! :-)
Gwendal (seriously, you'll figure it out)
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| Carol Frilegh |
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In article <38s8alF5p7tm0U1@individual.net>, Gwendal
<Gwendal@whoever.com> wrote:
[quote:6c7d9676f2]Carol Frilegh wrote:
In article <38repsF5r6p6vU1@individual.net>, Gwendal
Gwendal@whoever.com> wrote:
Curious about those names as I don't recognize the current one.
I was being stalked on another group so I changed names. It's okay,
you'll figure it out. Meanwhile, I know you. Nyah! :-)
Gwendal (seriously, you'll figure it out)
244/165/165
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Still stumped. A lot of us once weighed 244 :-)
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| Ignoramus17955 |
| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:34 pm |
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On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 18:17:40 -0500, Carol Frilegh <cma@sympatico.ca> wrote:
[quote:9aba92284b]In article <38s8alF5p7tm0U1@individual.net>, Gwendal
Gwendal@whoever.com> wrote:
Carol Frilegh wrote:
In article <38repsF5r6p6vU1@individual.net>, Gwendal
Gwendal@whoever.com> wrote:
Curious about those names as I don't recognize the current one.
I was being stalked on another group so I changed names. It's okay,
you'll figure it out. Meanwhile, I know you. Nyah! :-)
Gwendal (seriously, you'll figure it out)
244/165/165
Still stumped. A lot of us once weighed 244 :-)
[/quote:9aba92284b]
Not a lot of us started at 244, actually (it is a hint!)
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Woo hoo! Well done!
Kasey
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