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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/atom10full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" gd:etag="W/&quot;CEEMRXk5fip7ImA9WxNVFkk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813</id><updated>2009-10-27T07:24:44.726-04:00</updated><title>"All the world's a stage", and this is my part</title><subtitle type="html" /><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/" /><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false&amp;v=2" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>161</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/allTheWorldsAStageAndThisIsMyPart" type="application/atom+xml" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0UMQXo7eSp7ImA9WxNXFU0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-6059367332234334729</id><published>2009-10-02T14:36:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-02T14:48:00.401-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-10-02T14:48:00.401-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><title>My mother in law...the latest</title><content type="html">Just a quick note:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My mother in law is in the hospital, and right now we're just trying to hold it together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her breast cancer came back with a vengence, and, unfortunately, has somehow invaded her liver which is now in the process of shutting down.  There are a few things that the doctors are looking into, but right now there isn't much hope of her turning around this time.  My husband &amp; I took the kids to see her in the hospital, and she was coherent enough to know who they were and she was very happy to see them.  The visit was very short as my mother in law is sleeping a lot.  My father in law has already had a priest come in to give her last rites (as it was formerly know...now known as the sacrament of the anointing of the sick) &amp; we're all pretty much waiting right now.  There is a small chance that it is a blood clot that is causing the liver failure, but the fear is if that is the case and they fix that the liver may already be gone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.  Telling the kids about everything was tough.  Especially, when one of them isn't old enough to understand what's going on with everyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-6059367332234334729?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/6059367332234334729/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=6059367332234334729&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/6059367332234334729?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/6059367332234334729?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-mother-in-lawthe-latest.html" title="My mother in law...the latest" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A08MQ3c_cCp7ImA9WxJXFUo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-1426214543501122</id><published>2009-06-09T16:18:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T16:38:02.948-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-09T16:38:02.948-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><title>My new start...I know again :-p</title><content type="html">I'd fallen so far off the wagon that I'm just starting over with the weight loss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The good news:  I haven't made it back to my all time high of 264.4 lbs Yay!&lt;br /&gt;The bad news:  I have gotten back to 243.4 lbs Yikes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that this is entirely due to my lack of exercise. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So today I started using &lt;a href="http://www.easportsactive.com/home.action"&gt;Wii Active&lt;/a&gt;, and I completely fell in love with it.  Why?  It has a journaling aspect that will definately keep me on track, and unlike &lt;a href="http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/Info.aspx?pId=7358"&gt;My Fitness Coach&lt;/a&gt; it allows you to use the &lt;a href="http://www.nintendo.com/wii/what/accessories/balanceboard"&gt;Wii Balance Board&lt;/a&gt;, and it allows you to decide low, medium or high impact for your workout.  This is great since I recently reinjured my ankle and can workout on it, but I can't push it too much or I could cause further injury to that ankle.  Even on the low impact I still got a fairly decent workout.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I'm starting over today, and trying to take it a little bit at a time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-1426214543501122?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/1426214543501122/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=1426214543501122&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/1426214543501122?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/1426214543501122?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-new-starti-know-again-p.html" title="My new start...I know again :-p" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUMESHk-fyp7ImA9WxJSEkU.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-6526309522708109072</id><published>2009-05-02T12:49:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-02T12:56:49.757-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-02T12:56:49.757-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Life" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="work" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="jobs" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><title>Not much going on, but here are the highlights</title><content type="html">Life is slowly starting to slow down a bit.  Work is still work and hubby and the kiddos are all relatively well and happy.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've switched to Fios at our house and have LOVED it.  More channels over all and more HD channels...woohoo!  The best part?  It's cheaper than what we had been using.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Started going back to church on a regular basis back in January and the kiddos love going where we attend now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weight loss has been going the wrong direction so my goal is to get back on the horse with exercise and eating well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's about all for now.  I hope everyone else is doing well.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-6526309522708109072?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/6526309522708109072/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=6526309522708109072&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/6526309522708109072?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/6526309522708109072?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2009/05/not-much-going-on-but-here-are.html" title="Not much going on, but here are the highlights" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEMNSH88eCp7ImA9WxJTFE0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-1707046002053386848</id><published>2009-04-22T08:12:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-22T08:14:59.170-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-04-22T08:14:59.170-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Life" /><title>Wow! it's been nearly 3 months!</title><content type="html">I promise that I have been very busy, but I also have let several things slide.  This blog for one...my weight for another. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am going to try my best to get back on track with both shortly.  In the meantime you can always follow the Twitter feed that I've added to the sidebar.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-1707046002053386848?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/1707046002053386848/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=1707046002053386848&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/1707046002053386848?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/1707046002053386848?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2009/04/wow-its-been-nearly-3-months.html" title="Wow! it's been nearly 3 months!" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0IFSHc-fyp7ImA9WxVQEE8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-3646715344898072661</id><published>2009-01-26T22:00:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-26T22:05:19.957-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-01-26T22:05:19.957-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><title>Weekly Weighin</title><content type="html">I have to get back on track...wow!  So my goal this week is simple...exercise 3 days this week for 30 minutes (I mean I was doing 1 hour 5 days a week before I slipped...so back up on that horse as it were.)  Anyway, here are my results and as always don't forget to head over to &lt;a href="http://oneweighatatime.com/?p=122"&gt;One Weigh at a Time&lt;/a&gt; to check on the rest of the group!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All time high weight: 264.4 lbs&lt;br /&gt;Weight last week: 215.4 lbs&lt;br /&gt;This week's weight: 216.4 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's personal gain: 1 lb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overall loss since October 8, 2007: 48.0 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been eating well, and that showed in my body fat loss this week, but without exercise I know that I can't sustain that...so back to it!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-3646715344898072661?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/3646715344898072661/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=3646715344898072661&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/3646715344898072661?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/3646715344898072661?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2009/01/weekly-weighin.html" title="Weekly Weighin" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkQASH06eyp7ImA9WxVRFUg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-3760580510711737858</id><published>2009-01-21T09:28:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T10:05:49.313-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-01-21T10:05:49.313-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="work" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Update" /><title>No weigh in for me this week</title><content type="html">Lots going on at work and at home, but mostly work...&lt;a href="http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/43"&gt;the Super Bowl&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;a href="http://www.gasparillapiratefest.com/"&gt;Gasparilla&lt;/a&gt;...and yesterday the &lt;a href="http://inaugural.senate.gov/2009/"&gt;inauguration&lt;/a&gt;...not that any of these have a &lt;em&gt;direct impact&lt;/em&gt; on my workload (except Gasparilla), but the station has stayed busy with coverage.  A lot of the people I work with have stuff they have to do with the Super Bowl.  I am more of a backup for that (well backup for the week leading up to anyway).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I'm trying to say, in not so many words, is this:&lt;br /&gt;     I had to cancel my weigh in appointment this week in order to concentrate&lt;br /&gt;     on other stuff so I can't really give an accurate update to everyone at this&lt;br /&gt;     point.  I will be back up and running with an update next week.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-3760580510711737858?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/3760580510711737858/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=3760580510711737858&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/3760580510711737858?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/3760580510711737858?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2009/01/no-weigh-in-for-me-this-week.html" title="No weigh in for me this week" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUcEQnsyeip7ImA9WxVSGEg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-7471624689602652956</id><published>2009-01-13T09:25:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-13T09:30:03.592-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-01-13T09:30:03.592-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friends" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><title>Weekly Weigh In</title><content type="html">Quick post...here are my results for this week...slowly getting back on track!  Don't forget to head over to &lt;a href="http://oneweighatatime.com/?p=122"&gt;One Weigh at a Time&lt;/a&gt; to check on the rest of the group!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All time high weight: 264.4 lbs&lt;br /&gt;Weight last week: 215.6 lbs&lt;br /&gt;This week's weight: 215.4 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's personal loss: 0.2 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overall loss since October 8, 2007: 49.0 lbs&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-7471624689602652956?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/7471624689602652956/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=7471624689602652956&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/7471624689602652956?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/7471624689602652956?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2009/01/weekly-weigh-in.html" title="Weekly Weigh In" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkYEQHk_cSp7ImA9WxVSFUw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-7329062978651244479</id><published>2009-01-06T08:06:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T10:15:01.749-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-01-09T10:15:01.749-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Update" /><title>My new year thus far!</title><content type="html">I've been sick with (as I found out yesterday) the &lt;a href="http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/tc/influenza-symptoms"&gt;flu&lt;/a&gt; for almost 4 days now.  Today is the first day that I've had &lt;em&gt;any energy&lt;/em&gt; whatsoever.  Still in bed, but not sleeping 14 to 16 hours today.  Maybe, I'll be able to go to work tomorrow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those checking in on the Taking it off together posts:  these have changed slightly...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will still post my progress, but in order to view the group's progress you will have to follow the button posted on the side bar that looks like this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://oneweighatatime.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr111/quiltingclara/1weighbadge125x125.jpg" border="0" alt="One Weigh at a Time"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My last weigh in (before I got sick) was as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All time high weight: 264.4 lbs&lt;br /&gt;Weight last week: 216.8 lbs&lt;br /&gt;This week's weight: 215.6 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's personal loss: 1.2 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overall loss since October 8, 2007: 48.8 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm going back to bed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-7329062978651244479?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/7329062978651244479/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=7329062978651244479&amp;isPopup=true" title="9 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/7329062978651244479?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/7329062978651244479?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-new-year-thus-far.html" title="My new year thus far!" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">9</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEQAQ38_cCp7ImA9WxVTE0k.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-8218607402713982549</id><published>2008-12-26T20:40:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T20:45:42.148-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-12-26T20:45:42.148-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friends" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><title>Taking it off together</title><content type="html">Ok, I'm not doing too great this holiday, but I'm not doing horribly either.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All time high weight: 264.4 lbs&lt;br /&gt;Weight last week: 215.0 lbs&lt;br /&gt;This week's weight: 216.8 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's personal gain: 1.8 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overall loss since October 8, 2007: 47.6 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the group's stats:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's Biggest Losers are &lt;a href="http://www.myspoiledmutts.com/"&gt;Christy&lt;/a&gt;  and &lt;a href="mailto://thinkonthesethings@yahoo.com"&gt; Jackie &lt;/a&gt; with a loss of  3.0 pounds!  Wow!  Please stop by and congratulate Christy and drop Jackie an email.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the results for this week:    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loneblackspider.com/"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt; - 2.6 Gain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crazymomw4boys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tammy&lt;/a&gt; - 0.5 Loss    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://diet-notme.blogspot.com"&gt;Ciara&lt;/a&gt; - No Change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Grace&lt;/a&gt; -  1.8 Gain    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/"&gt;Leigh&lt;/a&gt; - 1.6 Gain    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; - 4.0 Gain   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://duvallschafer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie&lt;/a&gt; - 0.8 Loss        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://makethisthelastone.blogspot.com/"&gt;Audrey&lt;/a&gt; - No Change    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspoiledmutts.com/"&gt;Christy&lt;/a&gt; - 3.0 Loss    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mom2boys2008.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tina&lt;/a&gt; - No Report    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://alberts-family.blogspot.com/"&gt;Danielle &lt;/a&gt;- No Report    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jjjjspot.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jessie &lt;/a&gt;- No Report    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeffstephplus5@blogspot.com/"&gt;Steph &lt;/a&gt;- No Report    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lunatail.com/"&gt;CYN &lt;/a&gt;- No Report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto://thinkonthesethings@yahoo.com"&gt; Jackie &lt;/a&gt; - 3.0 Loss&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;And please welcome my friend &lt;a href= " http://www.myspace.com/sallyjo52"&gt; Sally Jo &lt;/a&gt; - 0.6 Loss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our grand total this week is a 2.1 Gain.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-8218607402713982549?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/8218607402713982549/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=8218607402713982549&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/8218607402713982549?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/8218607402713982549?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/12/taking-it-off-together_26.html" title="Taking it off together" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkYFRHg6eCp7ImA9WxRaFUk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-6575825742632666952</id><published>2008-12-17T16:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-17T16:08:35.610-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-12-17T16:08:35.610-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friends" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><title>Taking it off together</title><content type="html">Ok so I'm starting all over as it were.  Not really starting over, but trying desperately to get back in the swing:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All time high weight:  264.4 lbs&lt;br /&gt;Weight last week: 214.2 lbs&lt;br /&gt;This week's weight:  215.0 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's personal gain:  0.8 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overall loss since October 8, 2007:  49.4 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm trying to get out of this rut, but I am realistic as this is the Holiday season and my true goal for this time of year is to just maintain...if I lose great, but to plan to lose during this time of year, for me at least, is just plain crazy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the rest of the group:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's Biggest Loser is &lt;a href="http://www.myspoiledmutts.com/"&gt;Christy&lt;/a&gt;  with a loss of  2.4 pounds!  Wow!  Please stop by and congratulate her.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the results for this week:    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loneblackspider.com/"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt; - 1.8 Loss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crazymomw4boys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tammy&lt;/a&gt; - 1.0 Gain    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://diet-notme.blogspot.com"&gt;Ciara&lt;/a&gt; - 1.0 Loss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Grace&lt;/a&gt; -  0.8 Gain    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/"&gt;Leigh&lt;/a&gt; - 2.4 Gain    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; - 1.2 Gain   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://duvallschafer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie&lt;/a&gt; - 0.6 Loss        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://makethisthelastone.blogspot.com/"&gt;Audrey&lt;/a&gt; - 3.0 Gain    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspoiledmutts.com/"&gt;Christy&lt;/a&gt; - 2.4 Loss    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mom2boys2008.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tina&lt;/a&gt; - 1.0 Loss    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://alberts-family.blogspot.com/"&gt;Danielle &lt;/a&gt;- No Report    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jjjjspot.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jessie &lt;/a&gt;- No Report    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeffstephplus5@blogspot.com/"&gt;Steph &lt;/a&gt;- No Report    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lunatail.com/"&gt;CYN &lt;/a&gt;- No Report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto://thinkonthesethings@yahoo.com"&gt; Jackie &lt;/a&gt; - Weighing in on Friday &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our grand total this week is a 1.6 Gain.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-6575825742632666952?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/6575825742632666952/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=6575825742632666952&amp;isPopup=true" title="4 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/6575825742632666952?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/6575825742632666952?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/12/taking-it-off-together.html" title="Taking it off together" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkcMQ3c-fip7ImA9WxRaE0g.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-7919054324868306206</id><published>2008-12-15T08:54:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T09:08:02.956-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-12-15T09:08:02.956-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friends" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Giving" /><title>Help support a great cause, by placing your vote.</title><content type="html">I just voted in Care2.com's online contest to make 2009 "A New Year of Hope for Animals."  If my shelter (Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, FL) wins this contest, then it will win a much needed $10,000 donation! Every vote in this online contest helps promote the need for pet adoption to save homeless animals' lives. Please help my shelter win (or another worthy animal shelter), and save homeless pets by voting today. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.care2.com/animalsheltercontest/76322/?refer=2511.04.1229349057.7011"&gt;Use this Link to vote!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-7919054324868306206?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/7919054324868306206/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=7919054324868306206&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/7919054324868306206?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/7919054324868306206?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/12/help-support-great-cause-by-placing.html" title="Help support a great cause, by placing your vote." /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DE4FQHs9cSp7ImA9WxRaEkU.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-4827153839585053367</id><published>2008-12-14T15:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T15:35:11.569-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-12-14T15:35:11.569-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friends" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><title>Before I forget to do this AGAIN!!! Yikes!</title><content type="html">This week's Biggest Losers  are &lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/"&gt;Leigh&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://duvallschafer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie&lt;/a&gt;  with a loss of  1.0 pound each.  Please stop by and congratulate them!   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the results for this week:    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loneblackspider.com/"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt; - 0.4 Gain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crazymomw4boys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tammy&lt;/a&gt; - No Change    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://diet-notme.blogspot.com"&gt;Ciara&lt;/a&gt; - 1.0 Gain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Grace&lt;/a&gt; -  No Change    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/"&gt;Leigh&lt;/a&gt; - 1.0 Loss    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; - 0.6 Loss   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://duvallschafer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie&lt;/a&gt; - 1.0 Loss    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cheryl-journey-of-life.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cheryl&lt;/a&gt; - No Report    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://makethisthelastone.blogspot.com/"&gt;Audrey&lt;/a&gt; - 1.0 Gain    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspoiledmutts.com/"&gt;Christy&lt;/a&gt; - 0.8 Gain    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mom2boys2008.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tina&lt;/a&gt; - No Report    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://alberts-family.blogspot.com/"&gt;Danielle &lt;/a&gt;- No Report    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jjjjspot.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jessie &lt;/a&gt;- No Report    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeffstephplus5@blogspot.com/"&gt;Steph &lt;/a&gt;- No Report    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lunatail.com/"&gt;CYN &lt;/a&gt;- No Change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto://thinkonthesethings@yahoo.com"&gt; Jackie &lt;/a&gt; - No Change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our grand total this week is a 0.6 Gain.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-4827153839585053367?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/4827153839585053367/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=4827153839585053367&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/4827153839585053367?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/4827153839585053367?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/12/before-i-forget-to-do-this-again-yikes.html" title="Before I forget to do this AGAIN!!! Yikes!" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEIER38zfip7ImA9WxRbGE4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-4223871904651277750</id><published>2008-12-09T10:06:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T10:28:26.186-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-12-09T10:28:26.186-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="parenthood" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Life" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Update" /><title>I'm trying to catch up!</title><content type="html">For whatever reason the vacation in Colorado nearly 1 month ago and Thanksgiving being late this year has messed with the flow of my normal holiday progression.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NORMALLY, we have Thanksgiving, followed by my hubby decorating the outside of the house and all of us decorating the inside of the house.  Then I typically have about a week to prep for "Big Stuff's" birthday (get his birthday picture taken, the party, etc.) which is in early December. Then get the cards out, take "Big Stuff and Lil Bit" to see Santa, and lastly finish any shopping.  In between there's lots of baking, movie watching, story telling, teaching my kids about Christmas, and of course family time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Weeeeeeellllll,&lt;/em&gt; this year the outside of our house IS done, but the inside is only partially done still.  "Big Stuff's" Birthday went fantastically well, but at the moment we have birthday present placement (meaning finding a place for his presents in his room and not all over the house) going on admist the decorating for Christmas inside.  We have watched a few movies, the kids saw Santa yesterday, and I believe all the shopping with the exception of what the kids and I are getting my hubby is DONE.  I almost had my cards but there's been a little issue with &lt;a href="http://www.snapfish.com"&gt;Snapfish&lt;/a&gt; nothing major, but I haven't gotten my cards &lt;em&gt;to&lt;/em&gt; send them out yet.  HOWEVER, in spite of my discombobulation, I am enjoying my time with my family doing silly little things running around in penguin socks and "skating" on the floor and traditional stuff like baking cookies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am really trying to get back on track, but I have a feeling it will be sometime in 2009 before that happens, but I don't think I'll hold my breath.  :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do hope that you all are well and that your holidays are progressing nicely as well.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-4223871904651277750?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/4223871904651277750/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=4223871904651277750&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/4223871904651277750?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/4223871904651277750?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/12/im-trying-to-catch-up.html" title="I'm trying to catch up!" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkAMQX89eCp7ImA9WxRUF08.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-1295322909963290042</id><published>2008-11-26T13:11:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-26T13:39:40.160-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-11-26T13:39:40.160-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friends" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><title>Taking it off together</title><content type="html">I've been A LOT behind since vacation.  This was not a good week for the group as a whole...just be warned!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Stats:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beginning Weight:  264.4 lbs&lt;br /&gt;Last week's weight:  211.6 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;This week's weight:  216.2 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weight GAINED this week:  4.6 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Total Loss thus far:  48.2 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did not eat well this week, nor did I exercise like I should have; however, the strange part is that I LOST 3% body fat this week.  If I'd been exercising heavily I'd say that was muscle gain, but since I wasn't...who knows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately this week we do not have a prize. &lt;br /&gt;Hopefully we can get something in the works for next time. This week's Biggest &lt;br /&gt;Loser is Tammy with a loss of 1.0 pounds. Please stop by and congratulate &lt;br /&gt;her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the results for this week:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loneblackspider.com/"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt; - 0.4 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crazymomw4boys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tammy&lt;/a&gt; - 1.0 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://diet-notme.blogspot.com/"&gt;Ciara&lt;/a&gt; - No Change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Grace&lt;/a&gt; - 4.6 GAIN &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/"&gt;Leigh&lt;/a&gt; - No Change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; - 0.6 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://duvallschafer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie&lt;/a&gt; - 0.2 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cheryl-journey-of-life.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cheryl&lt;/a&gt; - No Report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://makethisthelastone.blogspot.com/"&gt;Audrey&lt;/a&gt; - 1.0 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspoiledmutts.com/"&gt;Christy&lt;/a&gt; - 2.6 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mom2boys2008.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tina&lt;/a&gt; - No Report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://alberts-family.blogspot.com/"&gt;Danielle&lt;/a&gt; - No Report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jjjjspot.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jessie&lt;/a&gt; - No Report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeffstephplus5.blogspot.com/"&gt;Steph&lt;/a&gt; - No Report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lunatail.com/"&gt;CYN&lt;/a&gt; - 1.0 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's total: 8.2 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;Yikes! I think that's the highest we've had since we started. I do believe that a lot has to do with holiday time. This is the time that the average weight a person gains is SEVEN pounds.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-1295322909963290042?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/1295322909963290042/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=1295322909963290042&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/1295322909963290042?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/1295322909963290042?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/11/taking-it-off-together.html" title="Taking it off together" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkQESX4zfSp7ImA9WxRVEEg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-3155153954460051509</id><published>2008-11-07T04:29:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-07T04:31:48.085-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-11-07T04:31:48.085-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friends" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="jobs" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><title>Taking it off together Tuesdays....I know it's Friday...sorry</title><content type="html">I'm getting ready for a much need vacation with my family so I apologize for my delay in posting this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will not be on line all next week but plan to return on the 17th.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the groups results:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Congrats to &lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; for being this week's biggest loser of pounds!! Be sure to cruise over to her blog and congratulate her!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loneblackspider.com/"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt; - 4 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crazymomw4boys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tammy&lt;/a&gt; - 0.5 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://life-w-hashi.blogspot.com/"&gt;Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog&lt;/a&gt; - no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Grace&lt;/a&gt; - 0.2 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/"&gt;Leigh&lt;/a&gt; - STARTING OVER!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; - 2.6 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://duvallschafer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie&lt;/a&gt; - 1.2 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cheryl-journey-of-life.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cheryl&lt;/a&gt; - no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://makethisthelastone.blogspot.com/"&gt;Audrey&lt;/a&gt; - no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspoiledmutts.com/"&gt;Christy&lt;/a&gt; - 2.2 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mom2boys2008.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tina&lt;/a&gt; - no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://alberts-family.blogspot.com/"&gt;Danielle &lt;/a&gt;- no change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jjjjspot.blogspot.com"&gt;Jessie &lt;/a&gt;- no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeffstephplus5@blogspot.com"&gt;Steph &lt;/a&gt;- no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lunatail.com/"&gt;CYN &lt;/a&gt;- no change&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This week's total - 2.7 LOSS&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-3155153954460051509?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/3155153954460051509/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=3155153954460051509&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/3155153954460051509?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/3155153954460051509?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/11/taking-it-off-together-tuesdaysi-know.html" title="Taking it off together Tuesdays....I know it's Friday...sorry" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkEDQnY9fCp7ImA9WxRWGEw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-4172998357784717388</id><published>2008-11-04T09:55:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T09:57:53.864-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-11-04T09:57:53.864-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Update" /><title>There's a delay on the Weight Loss Post today</title><content type="html">Due to circumstances beyond our control...the Taking it off Together Tuesdays will most likely be posted tomorrow.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-4172998357784717388?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/4172998357784717388/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=4172998357784717388&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/4172998357784717388?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/4172998357784717388?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/11/theres-delay-on-weight-loss-post-today.html" title="There's a delay on the Weight Loss Post today" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkEDQ388fSp7ImA9WxRXF0w.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-3098212537457153845</id><published>2008-10-22T16:54:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T17:24:32.175-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-10-22T17:24:32.175-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="RDI" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="work" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stuff" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friends" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Life" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="jobs" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="TV" /><title>My Personal Election Rant, The Fabulous RAYS!!! and Taking it off together Tuesdays # 18 &amp; #19</title><content type="html">I've been out for a while as working at a news station during an election period is horrendous.  Why?  Because after our normal days work we must offer up something called "Free Time" to political candidates, regardless of party affiliation to say whatever they want in regards to their platform/bid for whatever office they are running for provided it is not deemed obsene or offensive by FCC guidlines.  I believe we are allowing approximately one minute and fifteen seconds of free air time to all local and federal candidates in our viewing area should they decide to take it.  One candidate for some office I've never heard of that isn't in my voting district anyway, but is in some district of our viewing area has had the audacity to not show for this "Free Time" not once but TWICE.  Let me tell you, when you are at the end of your work day and you just have one more appointment or meeting or whatever that requires the participation and promptness of another human being and they don't show resulting in making your work day longer than necessary not once but TWICE...let's just say if this candidate was somebody I  &lt;em&gt;could vote for&lt;/em&gt; I would vote for whomever was running against this candidate, because this candidate has no consideration for others...even those getting nothing out of helping them except, of course, a longer work day than necessary.  Was there and apology either time...uh no.  That says it all!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a lighter note:  I am so totally stoked about the RAYS being in the World Series!  My family and I have been to several games over the years.  Big Stuff and Little Bit have both been to SEVERAL.  They've meet players, and have various versions of The RAYS logos from over the years.  My hubby still has his hat from the Inagural Season.  We will, however, be watching the Series from the comfort and safety of our home for several reasons...the least of which is the Trop is Sold Out for Games 1 and 2 (mind you we went to a game back in September and even though they were the best in the American League at that time you couldn't give tickets away...tonight you'd practically have to sell you 1st Born to get them, be that as it may I'm excited for the RAYS and I can't wait for it to start in a few hours!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now for the Wednesday edition of Taking it off Together Tuesdays #18 and #19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For #18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Original Starting weight: 264.4 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week's weight:  211.2 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's weight:  210.4 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weight lost this week: 0.8 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Total lost since October 8, 2007:  54 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now for this week's update for myself and the group:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Starting weight: 264.4 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week's weight:  210.4 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's weight:  210.8 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weight gained this week:  0.4 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Total lost since October 8, 2007:  53.6 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now the group.... not a good week, but they do happen:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week our contest is sponsored by &lt;a href="http://crazymomw4boys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tammy&lt;/a&gt;! She is offering a copy of Superfoods for the prize for this week! If you'd like to sponser a prize, let me know! We are currently out of prizes!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dsc_0238.JPG" title="dsc_0238.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://eternal-flux.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dsc_0238.thumbnail.JPG" alt="dsc_0238.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The names of this week's "losers" were dropped into a coffee cup and this week's WINNER is &lt;a href="http://www.loneblackspider.com/"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Congrats to &lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; for being this week's biggest loser of pounds!! Be sure to cruise over to her blog and congratulate her!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loneblackspider.com/"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt; - 1 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crazymomw4boys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tammy&lt;/a&gt; - 1.5 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://life-w-hashi.blogspot.com/"&gt;Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog&lt;/a&gt; - No Change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Grace&lt;/a&gt; - 0.4 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/"&gt;Leigh&lt;/a&gt; - No Change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; - 1.5 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://duvallschafer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie&lt;/a&gt; - 0.8 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cheryl-journey-of-life.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cheryl&lt;/a&gt; - no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://makethisthelastone.blogspot.com/"&gt;Audrey&lt;/a&gt; - 2.2 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspoiledmutts.com/"&gt;Christy&lt;/a&gt; - 0.2 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mom2boys2008.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tina&lt;/a&gt; - 2.0 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://alberts-family.blogspot.com/"&gt;Danielle &lt;/a&gt;- no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jjjjspot.blogspot.com"&gt;Jessie &lt;/a&gt;- no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeffstephplus5.blogspot.com"&gt;Steph &lt;/a&gt;- no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lunatail.com/"&gt;CYN &lt;/a&gt;- no report&lt;br /&gt;This week's total - 2.6 GAIN! EGAD!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-3098212537457153845?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/3098212537457153845/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=3098212537457153845&amp;isPopup=true" title="4 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/3098212537457153845?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/3098212537457153845?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-personal-election-rant-fabulous-rays.html" title="My Personal Election Rant, The Fabulous RAYS!!! and Taking it off together Tuesdays # 18 &amp; #19" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUABQn06eyp7ImA9WxRQFEw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-3513112595639006041</id><published>2008-10-07T17:02:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T17:09:13.313-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-10-07T17:09:13.313-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friends" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><title>Taking it off Together Tusdays #17</title><content type="html">I was wrong...I haven't totally made it to the land of the living yet (still adjusting to early mornings), but I'm getting there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had an OK week weight wise.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My results&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Starting weight: 264.4 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week's weight:  211.4 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's weight:  211.2 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weight lost this week:  0.2 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Total lost since October 8, 2007:  53.2 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a positive I dropped almost 2% body fat so that was HUGE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OH YEAH...I WON THE CONTEST THIS WEEK!  *doing a happy dance*  I never win anything so this is great!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the groups results:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;This week our contest is sponsored by &lt;a href="http://duvallschafer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie&lt;/a&gt;! She is offering a copy of the Biggest Loser Cookbook as a prize this week! If you'd like to sponser a prize, let me know! We are currently out of prizes!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The names of this week's "losers" were dropped into a coffee cup and this week's WINNER is &lt;a href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Grace&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Congrats to &lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; for being this week's biggest loser of 2 pounds!! Be sure to cruise over to her blog and congratulate her!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loneblackspider.com/"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt; - 3.5 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crazymomw4boys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tammy&lt;/a&gt; - 0.5 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://life-w-hashi.blogspot.com/"&gt;Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog&lt;/a&gt; - 1.0 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Grace&lt;/a&gt; - 0.2 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/"&gt;Leigh&lt;/a&gt; - 0.5 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; - 2.0 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://muthahoodcrib.com/"&gt;Dette&lt;/a&gt; - 0.5 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://duvallschafer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie&lt;/a&gt; - 1.0 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cheryl-journey-of-life.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cheryl&lt;/a&gt; - No Change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://makethisthelastone.blogspot.com/"&gt;Audrey&lt;/a&gt; - 0.8 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspoileddogs.blogspot.com/"&gt;Christy&lt;/a&gt; - 0.6 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mom2boys2008.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tina&lt;/a&gt; - no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://alberts-family.blogspot.com/"&gt;Danielle &lt;/a&gt;- 1.0 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jjjjspot.blogspot.com"&gt;Jessie &lt;/a&gt;- No Change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeffstephplus5.blogspot.com"&gt;Steph &lt;/a&gt;- no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lunatail.com/"&gt;CYN &lt;/a&gt;- no report&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This week's total - 0.8 LOSS!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-3513112595639006041?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/3513112595639006041/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=3513112595639006041&amp;isPopup=true" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/3513112595639006041?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/3513112595639006041?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/10/taking-it-off-together-tusdays-17.html" title="Taking it off Together Tusdays #17" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;Dk8GSXs-eip7ImA9WxRRGEw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-2286465053097706800</id><published>2008-09-30T18:41:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T18:47:08.552-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-09-30T18:47:08.552-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friends" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><title>Taking it off Together Tuesdays #16</title><content type="html">Ok... I think I've finally started to adjust to doing a 4am shift again...so I'm returning to the land of the living...I think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a very good week weight wise.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My results&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Starting weight: 264.4 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week's weight:  214.6 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's weight:  211.4 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weight lost this week:  3.2 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Total lost since October 8, 2007:  53 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the group post:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week our contest is sponsored by Clara who writes the &lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Coming Back to Life&lt;/a&gt;! She is offering a hand made tote as a prize this week! Here is a picture! Oh it is SOOO cute and perfect for fall!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/untitled.bmp" title="Tote"&gt;&lt;img src="http://eternal-flux.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/untitled.bmp" alt="untitled.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The names of this week's "losers" were dropped into a coffee cup and this week's WINNER is &lt;a href="http://duvallschafer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Congrats to &lt;a href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Grace&lt;/a&gt; for being this week's biggest loser of 3.2 pounds!! Be sure to cruise over to her blog and congratulate her!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loneblackspider.com/"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt; - 2 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crazymomw4boys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tammy&lt;/a&gt; - 1 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://life-w-hashi.blogspot.com/"&gt;Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog&lt;/a&gt; - no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Grace&lt;/a&gt; - 3.2 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/"&gt;Leigh&lt;/a&gt; - 2.5 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; - 2.5 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://muthahoodcrib.com/"&gt;Dette&lt;/a&gt; - 1.0 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://duvallschafer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie&lt;/a&gt; - 0.6 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cheryl-journey-of-life.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cheryl&lt;/a&gt; - NO CHANGE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://makethisthelastone.blogspot.com/"&gt;Audrey&lt;/a&gt; - no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspoileddogs.blogspot.com/"&gt;Christy&lt;/a&gt; - 2.4 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mom2boys2008.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tina&lt;/a&gt; - 1.4 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://alberts-family.blogspot.com/"&gt;Danielle &lt;/a&gt;- NO CHANGE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jjjjspot.blogspot.com"&gt;Jessie &lt;/a&gt;- NO CHANGE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeffstephplus5.blogspot.com"&gt;Steph &lt;/a&gt;- no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And welcome back &lt;a href="http://lunatail.com/"&gt;CYN&lt;/a&gt;who is reporting no change this week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's total - 0.8 LOSS!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-2286465053097706800?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/2286465053097706800/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=2286465053097706800&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/2286465053097706800?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/2286465053097706800?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/09/taking-it-off-together-tuesdays-16.html" title="Taking it off Together Tuesdays #16" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEADSXYzeip7ImA9WxRREkg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-4190256176506311231</id><published>2008-09-24T07:37:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-24T07:46:18.882-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-09-24T07:46:18.882-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friends" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><title>Taking it off Together Tuesdays #15 (I know it's Wednesday,but...)</title><content type="html">Yes, I know it's Wednesday...I'm a little behind this week.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ANYWAY,  My week, weight wise, was not good.  Here are my results:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beginning Weight:  264.4 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;Last Week's Weight:  212.4 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;This Week's Weight:  214.6 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Total gained this week:  2.2 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Total lost since October 8, 2007:  49.8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It also seemed to be tough on everyone else as well, but we still had a loss over all.  Here's Leigh's post:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week we contunued the contest where everyone who reported a LOSS had their name added to a drawing for a lot of 100 Mary Kay samples! The names of this week's "losers" were dropped into a coffee cup and this week's WINNER is &lt;a href="http://alberts-family.blogspot.com/"&gt;Danielle&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This week our contest is sponsored by Ciara who writes the &lt;a href="http://life-w-hashi.blogspot.com/"&gt;Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog&lt;/a&gt;! She is offering a hand made bracelet as a prize this week!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;And check it out! We had an over all loss again this week (barely, but it's still a loss)! Congrats to &lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; for being this week's biggest loser of 2.5 pounds!! Be sure to cruise over to her blog and congratulate her!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loneblackspider.com/"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt; - 1 loss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crazymomw4boys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tammy&lt;/a&gt; - 1 gain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://life-w-hashi.blogspot.com/"&gt;Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog&lt;/a&gt; - 1 loss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Grace&lt;/a&gt; - 2.2 gain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/"&gt;Leigh&lt;/a&gt; - 1 gain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; - 2.5 loss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://muthahoodcrib.com/"&gt;Dette&lt;/a&gt; - no change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://duvallschafer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie&lt;/a&gt; - 1.4 gain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cheryl-journey-of-life.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cheryl&lt;/a&gt; - no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://makethisthelastone.blogspot.com/"&gt;Audrey&lt;/a&gt; - 2.4 loss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspoileddogs.blogspot.com/"&gt;Christy&lt;/a&gt; - 3.2 gain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mom2boys2008.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tina&lt;/a&gt; - no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://alberts-family.blogspot.com/"&gt;Danielle &lt;/a&gt;- 2 loss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jjjjspot.blogspot.com"&gt;Jessie &lt;/a&gt;- no change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeffstephplus5.blogspot.com"&gt;Steph &lt;/a&gt;- no report&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This week's total - 0.1 LOSS!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-4190256176506311231?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/4190256176506311231/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" 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gd:etag="W/&quot;CUcNSHY-cSp7ImA9WxRSFko.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-8024232538415631533</id><published>2008-09-17T13:19:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T13:38:19.859-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-09-17T13:38:19.859-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dNeero" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stuff" /><title>Ok, I'm trying 2 new things</title><content type="html">One is DISQUS for my comments, and the other is dNeero for earning a little extra money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me know what you think of either or both.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-8024232538415631533?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" 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term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><title>Taking it off Together Tuesdays #14</title><content type="html">Well, I surprised myself this week!  I worked out 5 out of 7 days for anywhere from 30 minutes to an entire hour!  I have to admit that thus far I'm am totally loving my Wii Fit, and apparently so is everyone else in the house as well.  Last night I even used one of the aerobics activities that I opened called Free Step where you can get it started and then do a basic Step (from like a step class) for 10 or 15 or 30 minutes, set the type of counter you'd like to hear from your controller and the pace of the count/rhythm, then watch TV or a movie or whatever, and it'll keep track of your steps and tell you when to change sides based on the number of steps (usually at 100).  I did 30 minutes of that last night while watching Ever After on TV and really didn't notice the time, nor did the counter bother my hubby who was also watching the movie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any way here are my results:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beginning Weight:  264.4 lbs&lt;br /&gt;Last Week's Weight:  216.2 lbs&lt;br /&gt;This Week's Weight:  212.4 lbs&lt;br /&gt;That's a LOSS of:  3.8 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TOTAL Lost since October 8, 2007:  52 lbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I lost the 2.6 lbs I gained last week PLUS and additional 1.2 lbs. That made me the biggest losser for our group this week.  Here how everone else did according to &lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/"&gt;Leigh&lt;/a&gt; our group moderator.  Please stop by and pay these wonderful people a visit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We currently have a contest where everyone who reported a LOSS had their name added to a drawing for a lot of 100 Mary Kay samples! And since I currently don't have any other prizes, we will have the same contest this week. Just remember that maintaining doesn't count, sorry! Also, if you have a prize to donate that would be GREAT!! Just let me know!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The names of this week's "losers" were dropped into a coffee cup and this week's WINNER is &lt;a href="http://muthahoodcrib.com/"&gt;Dette&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;And check it out! We had an over all loss again this week! Congrats to &lt;a href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Grace&lt;/a&gt; for being this week's biggest loser of 3.8 pounds!! Be sure to cruise over to her blog and congratulate her!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loneblackspider.com/"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt; - 1 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crazymomw4boys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tammy&lt;/a&gt; - 0.5 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://life-w-hashi.blogspot.com/"&gt;Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog&lt;/a&gt; - no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Grace&lt;/a&gt; - 3.8 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/"&gt;Leigh&lt;/a&gt; - 0.5 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; - No Change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://muthahoodcrib.com/"&gt;Dette&lt;/a&gt; - 1.5 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://duvallschafer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie&lt;/a&gt; - No Change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cheryl-journey-of-life.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cheryl&lt;/a&gt; - No Change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://makethisthelastone.blogspot.com/"&gt;Audrey&lt;/a&gt; - no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspoileddogs.blogspot.com/"&gt;Christy&lt;/a&gt; - 1.4 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mom2boys2008.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tina&lt;/a&gt; - 0.5 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://alberts-family.blogspot.com/"&gt;Danielle &lt;/a&gt;- No Change&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jjjjspot.blogspot.com"&gt;Jessie &lt;/a&gt;- 3 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeffstephplus5.blogspot.com"&gt;Steph &lt;/a&gt;- no report&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This week's total - 4.2 LOSS!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-6524583767972708515?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/6524583767972708515/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=6524583767972708515&amp;isPopup=true" title="7 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/6524583767972708515?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/6524583767972708515?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/09/taking-it-off-together-tuesdays-14.html" title="Taking it off Together Tuesdays #14" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">7</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkcHRHg-eyp7ImA9WxRTGUU.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-9015488350350649087</id><published>2008-09-09T14:30:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-09T15:20:35.653-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-09-09T15:20:35.653-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Awards" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging" /><title>I just received an award!!!</title><content type="html">It's been a while folks since I've gotten an award, but this one comes from &lt;a href="http://sweetmummy.lifewithchrist.org/"&gt;SweetMummy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9IQ0HPW9ebQ/SMbBXgzLXoI/AAAAAAAAAF8/2UoH1CI5EOI/s1600-h/i_love_your_blog_award1.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9IQ0HPW9ebQ/SMbBXgzLXoI/AAAAAAAAAF8/2UoH1CI5EOI/s320/i_love_your_blog_award1.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244091425805262466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rules for this award are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Link the person you received your award from.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Put links of those blogs on yours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Leave a message on the blogs that you've nominated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, so here we go for nominating 7 other blogs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As always, there's Leigh, who got me started blogging (even if she doesn't know it), over at &lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/"&gt;Eternal Flux&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also love Chris's blog, over at &lt;a href="http://www.loneblackspider.com/"&gt;Lone Black Spider&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My brother and his wife over at &lt;a href="http://zacandjules.blogspot.com/"&gt;Zac and Jules&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Mommie" over at &lt;a href="http://www.mommieshome.net/"&gt;Mommies Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Inspiration to Dream" over at &lt;a href="http://www.antiagingsecret.tv/"&gt;Sharing Anti Aging Secrets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandy over at &lt;a href="http://txmedicalfreak.blogspot.com/"&gt;Texas Medical Freak&lt;/a&gt; which is always a VERY INFORMATIVE read&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And last, but certainly not least, Genevieve over at &lt;a href="http://www.motherofconfusion.com/"&gt;Mother of Confusion&lt;/a&gt;.  She's the one who headed up the blogging for Autism whose button is posted on this site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I'm off to inform all the winners :-)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-9015488350350649087?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/9015488350350649087/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=9015488350350649087&amp;isPopup=true" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/9015488350350649087?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/9015488350350649087?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-just-received-award.html" title="I just received an award!!!" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9IQ0HPW9ebQ/SMbBXgzLXoI/AAAAAAAAAF8/2UoH1CI5EOI/s72-c/i_love_your_blog_award1.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUUNQnsyeip7ImA9WxRTGUo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580820352974089813.post-4390468791104729888</id><published>2008-09-09T10:02:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-09T12:21:33.592-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-09-09T12:21:33.592-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Health" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friends" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Life" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weight" /><title>Taking It Off Together #13</title><content type="html">Well overall the group did &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FANTASTIC!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;  Me??? not so much.  I gained, but I did lose in the body fat category.  I also received a wonderful gift from my inlaws for my birthday (which was a week ago today), but it didn't arrive until yesterday.  I got a &lt;a href="http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3192938"&gt;Wii Fit Bundle&lt;/a&gt; and I had a fabulous time working out for over an HOUR!!!  I am soooooo sore today too, but that's not a bad thing.  My hubby worked out for 30 minutes and "Big Stuff" and "Little Bit" worked out right besides us too and laugh out loud when one of the Miis that was "running" with us fell down in a fantastically laughable fashion too.  I'm hoping that this will push me to exercise more than I have been.  Now, here are my results:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beginning Weight:  264.4 lbs&lt;br /&gt;Last Week's Weight:  213.6 lbs&lt;br /&gt;This Week's Weight:  216.2 lbs&lt;br /&gt;That's a GAIN of:  2.6 lbs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TOTAL Lost since October 8, 2007:  48.2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rest of the group did MUCH better and here is &lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com"&gt;Leigh's&lt;/a&gt; post:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Last week we announced a contest where everyone who reported a LOSS had their name added to a drawing for a lot of 100 Mary Kay samples! The motivation worked! Nearly everyone reported a loss this week. So we will have the same contest this week. Just remember that maintaining doesn't count, sorry!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The names of this week's "losers" were dropped into a coffee cup and this week's WINNER is &lt;a href="http://life-w-hashi.blogspot.com/"&gt;Ciara&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;And check it out! We had an over all loss again this week! Congrats to &lt;a href="http://cheryl-journey-of-life.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cheryl&lt;/a&gt; for being this week's biggest loser of 4 pounds!! Be sure to cruise over to her blog and congratulate her!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loneblackspider.com/"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt; - 4 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crazymomw4boys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tammy&lt;/a&gt; - 1 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://life-w-hashi.blogspot.com/"&gt;Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog&lt;/a&gt; - 0.4 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Grace&lt;/a&gt; - 2.6 GAIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://eternal-flux.com/"&gt;Leigh&lt;/a&gt; - 2.0 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://quiltscatsandotherthings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Clara&lt;/a&gt; - no report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://muthahoodcrib.com/"&gt;Dette&lt;/a&gt; - 0.5 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://duvallschafer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie&lt;/a&gt; - 0.8 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cheryl-journey-of-life.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cheryl&lt;/a&gt; - 4 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://makethisthelastone.blogspot.com/"&gt;Audrey&lt;/a&gt; - 0 CHANGE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspoileddogs.blogspot.com/"&gt;Christy&lt;/a&gt; - 1.6 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mom2boys2008.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tina&lt;/a&gt; - 1.4 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://alberts-family.blogspot.com/"&gt;Danielle &lt;/a&gt;- 1 LOSS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jjjjspot.blogspot.com"&gt;Jessie &lt;/a&gt;- no report&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;And please give a warm welcome to &lt;a href="jeffstephplus5@blogspot.com"&gt;Steph &lt;/a&gt;who lost 2 pounds this last week!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This week's total - 8.1 LOSS!!"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3580820352974089813-4390468791104729888?l=andthisismypart.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/feeds/4390468791104729888/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3580820352974089813&amp;postID=4390468791104729888&amp;isPopup=true" title="11 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/4390468791104729888?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3580820352974089813/posts/default/4390468791104729888?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/09/taking-it-off-together-13.html" title="Taking It Off Together #13" /><author><name>Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07744352807647832345</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="07200923692570023017" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">11</thr:total></entry></feed>
