tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88749662292061205012024-03-05T07:52:50.472-05:00Healthy Loser GalHealthy and happy on my journey to lose 100 lbs. and reclaim "me" thru old fashioned weight loss and exercise... I've lost 115 pounds to date!<p>
C'mon and help motivate me, follow my progress!
I love inspirational quotes and inspirational people even more!<p>
Thanks for peeking! : )</p></p>HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-36715496815607640682019-06-11T14:08:00.000-04:002019-06-11T14:16:03.736-04:00It is ALL Up to Us! This was too spot on to not post to the blog. It is all up to us. Be positive instead of negative. Say "I can" instead of "I can't". Push your own limits and be proud of your accomplishments. Be contagious and share your smile. Train yourself with self-discipline to get up a little earlier and then add a little earlier still. I am so not a morning person, but guess HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-5356566701129949162017-02-20T16:06:00.000-05:002017-02-20T16:06:02.289-05:00Five Pounds in February? Eat Well For It!
February continues the Healthy Loser Gal 5 Pound Club challenge that began in January and will continue throughout 2017. Those who joined in with me - how'd you do? I was so sick of Christmas cookies and over-indulging that I lost 6.6 lbs. in January and it was fairly easy. (Yes, I said "easy" because I felt like I wasn't exercising much, just cutting back on calories.) &HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-72320274268604249012017-01-02T18:16:00.001-05:002017-01-02T18:16:58.856-05:00HealthyLoserGal FIVE POUND Club... are you IN?
Where will you be a year from now? What are the fitness and/or weight loss goals you'd like to achieve in the next twelve months? Do they seem achievable to you today?
I'd like to have you join me in a journey to lose five (5) pounds. Just five pounds. A month. : ) Every month of this new year of 2017 or until you've reached your healthy weight!
I know the HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-8441306342978109872016-11-14T15:41:00.001-05:002016-11-16T12:52:41.620-05:00Mind. Body. Soul.
Nearly a week has passed since I sat up in bed at 3:35am EST and reached for my iPhone in the darkness... clicking on the Boston.com app to read the words "Trump Elected President". I blinked and sat further up, disrupting my dog's sleep and turning on my bedside light. I looked again, stunned, and closed the app, opening up the local television app, hoping for a different HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-38563556774604350412015-08-31T22:24:00.000-04:002015-08-31T22:24:39.840-04:00HLG 30 DAY CHALLENGE: Step it UP SeptemberI don't know how you're doing, but I am ready for a little September SUCCESS! : ) I'm putting away the "oh, its summer, I'll walk (bike, swim, run) off these extra pounds this summer... no worries" lies to myself and getting off of my high horse and taking *action*!
There are dumb goals and there are SMART goals and I'm into the smart kind after years of finding out the dumb ones only lead to HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-85741930618682951862015-01-05T11:03:00.001-05:002015-01-05T11:03:27.535-05:00Let the Wellness Begin!
My work desk at 10am... and all the good things that are helping me with my weight loss and fitness.
My water bottles!
Water is sooooo darn important to keep us hydrated, especially in the New England winters when our skin is exposed to cold and dry conditions.
Fresh fruit and yogurt!
A mid-morning snack of yogurt and fruit keeps me full until I take a late lunch. The HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-42441464965900893202014-12-30T17:04:00.001-05:002014-12-30T17:04:41.270-05:00Jump Into January with SMART Goals!
So here we go again... a New Year is upon us and many of us scramble around trying to imagine our lives in perfect order and everything is in cosmic alignment. Hate to burst your bubble, but no one's life is ever going to be perfect... let's settle for great! :)
I don't like New Year resolutions - I think they're a set-up for failure because they're often so broad there is no way (or a very HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-24815454992145195282014-08-01T11:20:00.001-04:002014-08-01T11:21:01.932-04:00Holy Inactivity, Batman! Awesome August Challenge
Here's the 'down and dirty': I've been slacking, inactive, snacking, not journaling and have gained weight. I was at my doctor's on Wednesday for a follow-up visit and I have an annual physical scheduled in December. "When I see you in December", he said to me with a side-glance, "you'll be 15 pounds lighter and will have gotten back on track." Then he made a notation on his HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-86446288785537459202014-01-06T14:39:00.000-05:002014-01-06T14:39:20.533-05:00Cherish Your Dreams...I was happily down 1.5 lbs. this morning when I stepped on the scale. I am sure it was a lot of show shoveling and the Walk Away The Pounds DVDs I've been using. Oh, and cutting out the junk I ate over the holidays and replacing it with healthy food! That *may have* had something to do with the loss! I hope all the challengers for January Jump In are feeling positive and have HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-47092189325128911722014-01-01T15:11:00.001-05:002014-01-01T15:11:32.831-05:00January Jump In Challenge! Let's Set GOALS!If there has been one thing I have learned in the last four years since starting my weight loss and fitness journey it is this: you have to set GOALS for your own success. And you have to WRITE THEM DOWN! If you don't write them down in a journal or make a dream board, you may as well be wishing. And we can all wish, but wishing doesn't make the pounds come off or your BMI go HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-57063750834779266122014-01-01T13:53:00.001-05:002014-01-01T13:53:55.771-05:00A New Year, A Clean Slate...
If you've read the blog over the years (phew! "over the years"!! I've been working on my health for YEARS now - yay, me!!) you know that I'm not big on New Year's resolutions. I am, however, big on new starts and I believe the 1st day of a new year offers just that: a time to start anew. And so, on January 1, 2014 I rededicate myself to.... well... myself! : )
The year of 2013 wasHealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-50575148292795910072013-08-16T19:50:00.001-04:002013-08-16T19:50:16.188-04:00Crystal Light Giveaway!
I have been remiss in thanking Crystal Light for the oh-so-fun package that arrived after I was named a finalist in the #SqueezeATweet contest where you had to squeeze a soap opera tweet and mention the new Crystal Light liquid flavors in 140 characters! Was so fun to come up with a tweet and be one of the finalists!
I received three new Crystal Light flavors which are meant to be added HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-25591279988670140892013-08-13T23:01:00.004-04:002013-08-16T10:27:15.034-04:00Two Weeks of August ALL In Challenge
I'm a fan of Tony Robbins and have been for years and years. I have loved and believed in his quote below:
A real decision
is measured by the fact
that you've taken a new action.
If there's no action,
you haven't truly decided.
I am ready for some massive ACTION. I have goals written down that I damn well am going to accomplish. I need to take action and HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-87832292720540428302013-07-29T14:46:00.002-04:002013-07-29T14:46:23.859-04:00Ready. Set. Dream.
It is always the right time to dream new dreams... bigger dreams... and to bring dreams back to life that you may have given up on long ago! Drag those "I could never do that..." and "How could I possibly go there?" phrases to the curb and give them a good hard kick 'bye bye'. You need to reclaim yourself and your dreams and believe that anything is possible again. HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-22426922668766260872013-07-05T01:37:00.000-04:002013-07-05T01:42:06.808-04:00Transitioning from one life to the next...
Nine months ago I was enjoying the trip of a lifetime in Ireland... over two weeks of setting my own agenda, going where the wind took me, and thoroughly reconnecting with my own hopes and dreams and goals. I had never felt more "me" and to say I was empowered by the vacation was -at that time- an understatement.
Then the voice message came two evenings before I was due to fly home to HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-70674606670157986142013-04-01T08:19:00.004-04:002013-04-01T18:06:57.504-04:00Rise and Shine: Awesome April Challenge
Spring is such a wonderful time to witness renewal and rebirth as the world comes to life around us. Daffodils peak at us from beneath soggy leaves in gardens and burst forth with beauty. The days are suddenly longer and warmer and call for us to get out in nature and enjoy the sites around us.
I hope you'll join me this month in the Awesome April challenge which is all about "rising" inHealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-3364411447262287492013-01-02T12:30:00.003-05:002013-01-02T12:30:31.781-05:00Believe in YOURSELF!
From quotablecards.com
As the New Year begins, these words above are never more true. I believe in setting goals, not making resolutions.
Write down three goals you have for this month. Put those goals somewhere you'll see them everyday... your frig, your bathroom mirror, write them, take a photo and make them your phone's screensaver! And then - every single day - workHealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-22231911925312170372012-12-31T20:12:00.003-05:002012-12-31T20:12:20.204-05:00How Whole, Unprocessed Foods May Save Your Life
I have long believed that the more whole, unprocessed food we can eat, the better off we are, the better we feel, the better our bodies will 'work'. Friends on Twitter know that I often use the #Farm2Table hashtag to promote both farms and whole foods. When I read the following article from Dr. Dwight Lundell, a cardiac surgeon who practiced in Arizona, it all made perfect sense to me, soHealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-74117900386919363462012-12-31T14:24:00.000-05:002012-12-31T14:24:31.455-05:00This New Year: don't feel the guilt of unkept resolutions...
A repeat from 12/31/11 but just as true today as a year ago! : )
I'm not one to make New Year's resolutions... I am more likely to make a resolution in the Fall when the pressure to make them is off since I often feel like the Fall is when New Year *should start*. :) And when I do make a resolution, I don't make a lofty one any longer that I know I won't be able to keep.&HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-89270444572777152092012-11-27T19:17:00.000-05:002012-11-27T19:18:10.960-05:00Health Is The Greatest Gift... December to Remember
Health is the greatest gift,
contentment the greatest
wealth,
faithfulness the best relationship.
Buddha
December is going to hold GREAT THINGS for me and – if you
want to join me – for you, too! My
intention is to jump back into the sane, planned, ordered life where I give as
much attention to my own health and happiness as I do to those aroundHealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-22825197863113519532012-11-27T18:38:00.001-05:002012-11-27T19:21:04.418-05:00December To Remember Challenge
How do I plan to make this coming month a December
To Remember?
November 30th I will be writing out my goals for December. I will write them in my journal. I will put them in the Notes on my smart
phone and I will be posting them on the bathroom mirror and the frig in my
kitchen! Front and center. I will see them every day, multiple times a
day so I can’t HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-57978165559237414652012-10-21T17:29:00.001-04:002012-10-21T17:29:55.777-04:00Ireland: Living Authentically & Transparently & Loving Life!
Please click to enlarge to see the full beauty!Drombeg Stone Circle, Co. Cork, Ireland
And there it was again.
That complete feeling of being 'home' the moment I stepped off the plane and onto Irish soil. I've felt it there before and the pull of my ancestoral roots was never stronger than the 17 days I spent in Ireland in September.
I went by myself, set my own schedule, did my HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-10195036402990949682012-10-21T14:03:00.003-04:002012-11-13T15:25:17.625-05:00Part I: Think you're escaping and run into yourself...
“Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.”
― James Joyce, Ulysses
Click to enlarge, please!
Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland
September, 2012
I tear up a bit whenever I look at the photo above because, when I was taking the photo, I was profoundly aware of how incredibly happy I was in the moment. I wanted to be no HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-14032915327942317922012-07-29T20:28:00.001-04:002012-07-29T20:30:01.954-04:00"All In!" August Challenge
In a little more than a month, I will be flying to Ireland for 17 wondrous days as I start a six week sabbatical from work. I am so grateful to my employers for giving me this paid sabbatical and so excited to explore Ireland for that many days and see sites that I have not been to before, revisit places I love and experience my favorite place on this beautiful planet on my HealthyLoserGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09039497640050750814noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874966229206120501.post-35159367310932786012012-07-24T13:24:00.003-04:002012-07-24T13:26:26.226-04:00Speaking at Fitbloggin' : )
I have never been to Fitbloggin but have wanted to go badly for the last two years. This year, I am happy to say, the wait is over! And not only am I going but I am fortunate enough to have been chosen as one of the Ignite keynote speakers! :) I'll be there in two months speaking on Staying POSITIVE on your journey wherever you are today.
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