Tag Archives: weight loss

Ahh choo! Blowing the Dust off of my Blog

Posted on February 18, 2021 by gwenacious

Wow, so it’s been a year since my last post and oh what a year it was! I just had to jinx it with my “figuring out my work/life balance” post! Boy, was that put to the test! All in … Continue reading →

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Thinking back & Going forward

Posted on October 29, 2019 by gwenacious

Yesterday was my first child’s 14th birthday. It got me thinking about what I was doing 14 years ago and where I was in my journey. Right before that pregnancy I’d gained back the weight from my most successful weight … Continue reading →

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Vacation, Death Scare & Back Surgery… oh my!

Posted on October 21, 2019 by gwenacious

To say I’ve had an interesting last few months would be an understatement! Now I’m playing catch up… not only do I mean filling y’all in (I get to say that now – been a Southerner for over a decade … Continue reading →

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Struggling in the weight loss battle? READ THIS

Posted on July 16, 2018 by gwenacious

I just had an epiphany. In my 15+ years of seriously working at this weight battle, one thing is always true: I keep learning things about weight loss and myself and this is just another example. It shocks me every … Continue reading →

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Differences – how changing your mind can change it all

Posted on July 14, 2018 by gwenacious

It’s amazing the amount of change that can happen in just a couple weeks. After changing my thinking about the responsibility I have for myself and family concerning food choices from a burden to an opportunity, more than weight loss … Continue reading →

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Mommy: Food Monitor

Posted on June 26, 2018 by gwenacious

It’s been plenty hard enough to battle my own weight issues for the past few decades. For some reason it never occurred to me that I’d have to do most of the “work” for my children’s struggles as well. Call … Continue reading →

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Back Injury Lessons

Posted on April 22, 2018 by gwenacious

Last Monday I threw my back out. We’re talking incapable of getting up, standing, walking or even sitting down without assistance and there was no such thing as a “comfy position”. It was the worst back pain of my life. … Continue reading →

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Happy (?) New Year

Posted on January 1, 2018 by gwenacious

It’s the first of the month… and a Monday… AND the start of the New Year… what a day to begin a journey! I can only imagine the thousands (upon thousands) of people who just started a new diet or … Continue reading →

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The “Danger Zone” & Letting Go

Posted on December 7, 2017 by gwenacious

This is it… we’ve hit the “danger zone” for anyone on a journey to better health, aka the holiday season. Sometime about a week before Thanksgiving until the New Year is really the hardest time of the year to stay … Continue reading →

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My Low Point

Posted on October 1, 2017 by gwenacious

I swear I’ve had far more issues with my husband’s bariatric surgery than he has. I knew life would be different post-surgery, but I didn’t realize the struggles that would come for me (not him). No wonder there is a … Continue reading →

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