I finally felt in control with my fasting today. The past four times were pretty tough and I had to sleep it off. I was really hungry around dinner time but I stuck at it and really enjoyed my chicken chow mein. My porridge was yuck today and I had this about 2pm.
We did weights in the morning (upper body) and went for a 55 minute walk this evening. I am feeling really good and feel a lot lighter.
Summary:
Weight
Dar - 120.2 kg
Ta - 104.3 kg
Food
Porridge and a nectartine
Chicken chowmein.
Exercise
Weights upper body
Walk 55 mins
Yours in Pain
Dar
Monday, January 27, 2014
Day 14
Temptation, temptation, temptation! That's all I can say.
The day started promising with a bowl of cereal. However, I decided to try my hand at cooking one of my husband's dishes for lunch. He is the much better cook in the family but I thought I would give it a go. To my surprise, it was amazing! It was a Thai chicken curry with rice. I also cooked some couscous and made a beautiful big salad. Over the day I ended up having 6 pieces of chicken. I also baked cookis as I felt sorry for the kids and I only had one cookie. This is a miracle in itself as normally I would have about 5 straight out of the oven.
So I need to be grateful for small improvements, particularly in habits. I am still experimenting with my diet as I am trying to make it an eclectic approach of various diets I have encountered throughout the years. The Body for Life diet and the Protein diet give you a day off per week. Ta says he doesn't want to do this until he is at his target weight. I'm taking the approach that I will do things in moderation on the weekend. I think our results are showing the differences in our approaches!
The day started promising with a bowl of cereal. However, I decided to try my hand at cooking one of my husband's dishes for lunch. He is the much better cook in the family but I thought I would give it a go. To my surprise, it was amazing! It was a Thai chicken curry with rice. I also cooked some couscous and made a beautiful big salad. Over the day I ended up having 6 pieces of chicken. I also baked cookis as I felt sorry for the kids and I only had one cookie. This is a miracle in itself as normally I would have about 5 straight out of the oven.
So I need to be grateful for small improvements, particularly in habits. I am still experimenting with my diet as I am trying to make it an eclectic approach of various diets I have encountered throughout the years. The Body for Life diet and the Protein diet give you a day off per week. Ta says he doesn't want to do this until he is at his target weight. I'm taking the approach that I will do things in moderation on the weekend. I think our results are showing the differences in our approaches!
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Day 13
It's the weekend again and we are a bit more lax on our eating (well me) but we don't want to let it all go. We both started the day with some cereal and yogurt. We then had a late lunch or early dinner. This consisted of a nice big piece of steak and potato salad. The dressing was creamy and probably very fattening! Later on we had some snacks of rice crackers and hummus, fruit and I had nearly a whole packet of almonds!
Training today was a 45 minute walk.
Summary:
Weight
Dar - 119kg (262.5 pounds)
Ta - 104.7kg (230.13 pounds)
Exercise:
45 minute walk
Food
Breakfast - cereal, fruit
lunch/dinner - steak, potato salad
snacks - fruit, almonds, rice crackers and hummus (Dar had a lot and Ta had a few!)
Training today was a 45 minute walk.
Summary:
Weight
Dar - 119kg (262.5 pounds)
Ta - 104.7kg (230.13 pounds)
Exercise:
45 minute walk
Food
Breakfast - cereal, fruit
lunch/dinner - steak, potato salad
snacks - fruit, almonds, rice crackers and hummus (Dar had a lot and Ta had a few!)
Friday, January 24, 2014
Day 12
Wow! Look at my husband's weight loss in two weeks.
He is wearing the same shirt he wore exactly two weeks ago. As you can see, in the photo on the left the shirt is a lot more fitting around his tummy. He has lost over 6 kg or a stone. Amazing work.
As for me, I am a bit sad that I went back through the 120 kg mark today and weighed in at 120.2 kg. I have to remain positive and keep in mind that there will be fluctuations, particularly if I weigh myself daily. According to the Fast Diet book, realistic weight loss done by sticking to its program is around a half stone or 3.2 kg each month. Of course this is only a guide and overall diet and exercise impacts upon this. For me, I need to drop so much weight that I am in a hurry!
It is an interesting experience to see how Ta and I compare on this program. There are obvious gender factors that impact upon weight loss.
He is wearing the same shirt he wore exactly two weeks ago. As you can see, in the photo on the left the shirt is a lot more fitting around his tummy. He has lost over 6 kg or a stone. Amazing work.
As for me, I am a bit sad that I went back through the 120 kg mark today and weighed in at 120.2 kg. I have to remain positive and keep in mind that there will be fluctuations, particularly if I weigh myself daily. According to the Fast Diet book, realistic weight loss done by sticking to its program is around a half stone or 3.2 kg each month. Of course this is only a guide and overall diet and exercise impacts upon this. For me, I need to drop so much weight that I am in a hurry!
It is an interesting experience to see how Ta and I compare on this program. There are obvious gender factors that impact upon weight loss.
2 poached eggs
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180
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chicken stir fry
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306
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3 peaches!
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111
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2 peaches
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74
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597
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560
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Gee, I ate like the man should! I need to get more disciplined.
Yours in Pain
Dar
Yours in Pain
Dar
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Day 11
I took things easy this morning as it was the first day after my Ptygerium removal surgery from my eye. I still ate quite well and was particularly happy that I only had one plate of chinese instead of eating till I was full like I normally do! I probably should have only had one carb on the plate as I actually chose to eat both noodles and rice. Regardless, I am still happy with my improved choices of food and the fact that this is my second week without chocolate!
Ta, of course, is humming along nicely and continues to make positive food choices. His weight loss continues to drop dramatically. Is it a guy thing or what???
We only exercised once today as that was more than enough for me given one of my eyes was pretty much closed for a lot of the day. I was happy that I completed the training and found that I seemed to run a lot more freely than I had the other night. The medicine ball throws were a killer and consisted of a 4 kg medicine ball being thrown back and fort about a meter between us. It was certainly a pain barrier to get through for me and I needed to call on some serious mental toughness. Ta had a sore achillies tendon so instead of running he varied his intensity on a rowing machine.
We are doing it people!!!
Summary:
Weight
Dar - 119.7kg
Ta - 106 kg
Exercise
20 minute B4L running programme. 3 minutes of medicine ball throws times three sets.
Food
Breakfast - Both: Almond cereal and yoghurt. Tuna salad. Chinese takeaways of noodles, rice and chowmein for dinner (1 plate).
Snacks: Peaches 3-4.
Ta, of course, is humming along nicely and continues to make positive food choices. His weight loss continues to drop dramatically. Is it a guy thing or what???
We only exercised once today as that was more than enough for me given one of my eyes was pretty much closed for a lot of the day. I was happy that I completed the training and found that I seemed to run a lot more freely than I had the other night. The medicine ball throws were a killer and consisted of a 4 kg medicine ball being thrown back and fort about a meter between us. It was certainly a pain barrier to get through for me and I needed to call on some serious mental toughness. Ta had a sore achillies tendon so instead of running he varied his intensity on a rowing machine.
We are doing it people!!!
Summary:
Weight
Dar - 119.7kg
Ta - 106 kg
Exercise
20 minute B4L running programme. 3 minutes of medicine ball throws times three sets.
Food
Breakfast - Both: Almond cereal and yoghurt. Tuna salad. Chinese takeaways of noodles, rice and chowmein for dinner (1 plate).
Snacks: Peaches 3-4.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Day 10
We started the day off with an upper body workout on the weights machines. It was pretty tough as we were still feeling the boxing session from last night. It was good to get this done and dusted in the morning though.
I had a minor eye operation for a Pyterigum. I had my other eye done last year and after it craved Carl's Jnr Burgers. This time I had Subway instead, but couldn't resist a cookie with it! At least I only had one and not my usual two. I haven't done too badly as normally I would be having lots of comfort junk food after going through something like this.
As for the weight, I went back up to 119.9 kg this morning. I have read some where that you should weigh yourself weekly and not daily. However, I will keep up the daily weighing because I would like to see how food and exercise from the day before affects my weight on specific days. I just don't want to go back through the 120 kg mark.
Ta continues the downward trend to 106.2 kg. It won't be long until he reaches his goal of 190 kg.
Summay:
Weight
Dar - 199.9 kg
Ta - 106.2 kg
Food
Breakfast - 1/4 plate of porridge (Dar). Ta - nil
Late lunch - 1 footlong tuna Subway roll - Ta. 1 1/2 chicken teriaki subway roll, 1 savoury muffin and a milo (Dar).
Dinner - The other half of my Subway roll - Dar. Leftover chicken chowmein from two nights ago - Ta.
Snacks - Two peaches, two Cruskits crackers with peanut butter on it - Dar. Fruit for Ta.
Exercise
Upper body weights session for both of us.
Yours in Pain
Dar
I had a minor eye operation for a Pyterigum. I had my other eye done last year and after it craved Carl's Jnr Burgers. This time I had Subway instead, but couldn't resist a cookie with it! At least I only had one and not my usual two. I haven't done too badly as normally I would be having lots of comfort junk food after going through something like this.
As for the weight, I went back up to 119.9 kg this morning. I have read some where that you should weigh yourself weekly and not daily. However, I will keep up the daily weighing because I would like to see how food and exercise from the day before affects my weight on specific days. I just don't want to go back through the 120 kg mark.
Ta continues the downward trend to 106.2 kg. It won't be long until he reaches his goal of 190 kg.
Summay:
Weight
Dar - 199.9 kg
Ta - 106.2 kg
Food
Breakfast - 1/4 plate of porridge (Dar). Ta - nil
Late lunch - 1 footlong tuna Subway roll - Ta. 1 1/2 chicken teriaki subway roll, 1 savoury muffin and a milo (Dar).
Dinner - The other half of my Subway roll - Dar. Leftover chicken chowmein from two nights ago - Ta.
Snacks - Two peaches, two Cruskits crackers with peanut butter on it - Dar. Fruit for Ta.
Exercise
Upper body weights session for both of us.
Yours in Pain
Dar
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Day 9
It's 11.30pm at night and we have just returned from a boxing session. This is a great fitness activity and we really sweat. We felt exhausted but satisfied. Basically this fitness session looked like this:
20 minute graduated run, straight out of the Body for Life Book. This is a really good work out and is explained in the link. We then moved into the boxing which consisted of 5 rounds of 1 minute. We alternated holding the bag and boxing. To finish with we rolled the medicine ball over each other's tummy, arms and legs.
As far as eating goes, we were still trying to control ourselves. I was doing well until Ta cooked a fantastic Thai Curry Chicken and I had two helpings. I was glad we did the workout after dinner. It will be interesting to see how this affects the scales tomorrow.
Summary:
Tar - 106.4 kg
Dar - 119.2 kg
Fitness:
20 minute graduated running
5x1 min boxing
Food:
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs using two egg whites and two whole eggs, plus a peach - Dar. Sultana bran cereal, peach and a slice of watermelon - Ta.
Lunch: Left over chicken chowmein with noodles in it - Dar. No lunch - Ta.
Dinner: Chicken Curry, 7 nibbles for Dar and 6 nibbles for Ta. White rice and salad accompanied this.
Snacks: Dar - 3 peaches. Tar - his above fruit plus a nectarine.
Yours in Pain
Dar
Fitness:
20 minute graduated running
5x1 min boxing
Food:
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs using two egg whites and two whole eggs, plus a peach - Dar. Sultana bran cereal, peach and a slice of watermelon - Ta.
Lunch: Left over chicken chowmein with noodles in it - Dar. No lunch - Ta.
Dinner: Chicken Curry, 7 nibbles for Dar and 6 nibbles for Ta. White rice and salad accompanied this.
Snacks: Dar - 3 peaches. Tar - his above fruit plus a nectarine.
Yours in Pain
Dar
Monday, January 20, 2014
Day 8
Summary:
Weight
Dar - 119.9 kg
Ta - 107.4 kg
Food (both):
Lunch - porridge (rolled oats)
Dinner - Chicken chowmein
Snack - 1 peach each
Exercise
Lower body weights workout in the morning and a 45 minute walk in the evening.
Weight
Dar - 119.9 kg
Ta - 107.4 kg
Food (both):
Lunch - porridge (rolled oats)
Dinner - Chicken chowmein
Snack - 1 peach each
Exercise
Lower body weights workout in the morning and a 45 minute walk in the evening.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Day 7
Sundays are traditionally our day for big family meals and no exercise! Today we stayed with our no exercising but we were a lot more careful with what we ate.
We skipped breakfast (not on purpose but because we were late for an appointment) and didn't eat until 2pm. For lunch the menu included bar-b-q steak, sausages, plain white rice, salad and chicken chow mein with noodles.
Ta and I chose different items to eat.
Summary:
Food
Breakfast - Ta: 1 carrot!
Lunch - Dar: salad, small piece of steak, 1 sausage, chowmein. I had only one plate of this whole collection which is a big change for me! Ta: three average pieces of steak, lots of chowmein, salad and rice.
Snacks - Dar: 8 slices of Camembert cheese and 10 rice crackers. I really wanted some fruit but didn't have any on hand. Ta - Cruskit wafers x4 with cottage cheese and tomatoes plus a small piece of steak.
Dinner - Dar: none (didn't really feel like it although it is midnight now and I wouldn't mind a wrap that my son is making!) Ta: also didn't have any
Weight
Dar - 119.9 kg
Ta - 107 kg
Yours in Pain
Dar
We skipped breakfast (not on purpose but because we were late for an appointment) and didn't eat until 2pm. For lunch the menu included bar-b-q steak, sausages, plain white rice, salad and chicken chow mein with noodles.
Ta and I chose different items to eat.
Summary:
Food
Breakfast - Ta: 1 carrot!
Lunch - Dar: salad, small piece of steak, 1 sausage, chowmein. I had only one plate of this whole collection which is a big change for me! Ta: three average pieces of steak, lots of chowmein, salad and rice.
Snacks - Dar: 8 slices of Camembert cheese and 10 rice crackers. I really wanted some fruit but didn't have any on hand. Ta - Cruskit wafers x4 with cottage cheese and tomatoes plus a small piece of steak.
Dinner - Dar: none (didn't really feel like it although it is midnight now and I wouldn't mind a wrap that my son is making!) Ta: also didn't have any
Weight
Dar - 119.9 kg
Ta - 107 kg
Yours in Pain
Dar
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Day 6
Yes. I made it under 120 kg's. This morning I weighed in at 119.8 kg. It's a bit of a scrape but I will take it! Tar is now a comfortable 108 kg. He has done really well and is so focused on his goals. He was not even tempted to have some fried chicken nibbles at lunchtime. Of course I allowed myself to as I figured I would go along with the Fast Diet's philosophy of eating what one likes on the non-fast days! Dinner didn't really happen as we weren't too hungry after our late evening walk. Of course I had a few bites of steak.
We left our exercising to the evening and completed our 5km walk in approximately 55 minutes. We were power walking for a lot of it and we both felt a lot lighter and even fitter!
Summary:
Exercise
5km walk - 55 minutes
Food
Breakfast - Special K cereal and a piece of toast with peanut butter (Darnel). Egg white omelette (Tar.
Lunch- Wholemeal bread with egg filling (both of us) 5 chicken nibbles (Dar).
Afternoon snack - wraps with salad and a little minced meat (1 each).
Dinner - Nectarine each. Tar wasn't hungry and Dar had five bites of steak! This was late at night :(
Weight
Dar - 119.8 kg
Ta - 108 kg
Yours in Pain
Dar
We left our exercising to the evening and completed our 5km walk in approximately 55 minutes. We were power walking for a lot of it and we both felt a lot lighter and even fitter!
Summary:
Exercise
5km walk - 55 minutes
Food
Breakfast - Special K cereal and a piece of toast with peanut butter (Darnel). Egg white omelette (Tar.
Lunch- Wholemeal bread with egg filling (both of us) 5 chicken nibbles (Dar).
Afternoon snack - wraps with salad and a little minced meat (1 each).
Dinner - Nectarine each. Tar wasn't hungry and Dar had five bites of steak! This was late at night :(
Weight
Dar - 119.8 kg
Ta - 108 kg
Yours in Pain
Dar
Friday, January 17, 2014
Day 5
Today was fast day again! We stuck to the same menu as Monday; porridge (oatmeal) and a chowmein. It wasn't quite as bad today in terms of feeling hungry. I did have another nap late afternoon which helped to stop me thinking of eating!
We trained hard again doing weights in the morning and a 45 minute walk in the evening. I was pleased with my resistance levels as I was able to add more weights to some of the exercises.
Here's a selfie of us in the weight room today (excuse the grubby mirror).
Summary:
Food
We trained hard again doing weights in the morning and a 45 minute walk in the evening. I was pleased with my resistance levels as I was able to add more weights to some of the exercises.
Here's a selfie of us in the weight room today (excuse the grubby mirror).
Summary:
Food
- Breakfast - Porridge (oatmeal) and blueberries. A little skim milk.
- Fruit - one slice of watermelon
- Dinner - chicken chowmein using one breast between us and lots of veges.
Exercise
- Weights - upper body x 5 exercises
- Walk - 40 minutes
Weight
- Dar - 120.4 kg
- Ta - 109 kg
I am really hoping that tomorrow morning when I weigh myself I will break the 120 kg mark. I haven't been there for nearly two years.
Yours in Pain
Dar
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Day 4
We only did one exercise session today of a one hour walk, 5 km long. It actually felt pretty good and we enjoyed walking together.
My food today was fairly simple and I am glad that I haven't been reaching for a bar of chocolate or packet of biscuits.
I can't let my husband escape from the tragic before shot, so here is his below.
Summary:
Exercise
My food today was fairly simple and I am glad that I haven't been reaching for a bar of chocolate or packet of biscuits.
I can't let my husband escape from the tragic before shot, so here is his below.
Exercise
- Walk - 60 minutes / 5 km
Food
- Breakfast - Special K cereal and peanut butter on toast (Dar). Egg white omelet (Ta).
- Lunch - Ham and salad toasted sandwich on wholemeal bread and with no butter (Dar). Chowmein (Ta).
- Dinner - Wraps with prime beef mince salad and cottage cheese x2 Dar and x3 Ta.
Yours in Pain
Dar
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Day 3
Here's another tragic reminder of what I currently look like. This photo was taken 5 days ago and it was a motivating factor for me to take my weight loss seriously.
It's actually a bit of a reality check as I didn't realise that I looked this big! Never mind, tonight I shall visualise myself as I wish to be! Today's eating was much the same as Tuesday.
Summary:
Exercise
It's actually a bit of a reality check as I didn't realise that I looked this big! Never mind, tonight I shall visualise myself as I wish to be! Today's eating was much the same as Tuesday.
Summary:
Exercise
- Weights - lower body 4x exercises plus some core work.
- Evening walk 25 minutes (Dar only)
Food
- Similar to Tuesday.
Weight
- Dar - 121 kg
- Ta - 110.6 kg
Yours in Pain
Dar
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Day 2
We made it through the night! Fast day #1 done and dusted. Before I talk about Day 2, here is a photo of Ta and I with one of our sons. This was taken last week and is reflective of where we are right now in terms of our bodies.
As you can see we have a lot of work to do. So this is what we got up to today.
Exercise:
As you can see we have a lot of work to do. So this is what we got up to today.
Exercise:
- 1 hour 5km walk (morning)
- 40 min walk and a bit of jogging
Food:
- Breakfast - Special K cereal (Dar) Egg White omelette (Ta)
- Lunch - Wholemeal sandwich with fat free ham and salad
- Snacks - plums
- Dinner - Chowmein with steak pieces
- Water
The 40 minute exercise session made us laugh. We went with our children and while they were jogging freely we (especially me) looked like whales trying to run! It felt horrible but at the same time felt empowering! It felt like we were finally taking our lives back! I can't wait till I can run freely again.
Yours in Pain
Dar
Monday, January 13, 2014
Day 1
Apparently weight loss is 70% what you eat and 30% exercise (correct me if I'm wrong). So with that bit of advice, we know that we have to eat right to achieve our goals. Over the years we have tried the following eating programmes with some success:
- Jenny Craigs - lost 26 kg's (Dar) 15 kg's (Ta)
- Body for Life - can't remember the amount
- Protein type diet (lost 7 kg's)
Obviously, we have not been able to maintain our weight loss once we have come off these diets. Of course this will be our battle this time too. In order to combat this we intend to make our new eating regime a permanent lifestyle change.
We are looking to incorporate elements of various eating programmes that we have encountered. One that we are very keen to try is the Fast Diet as promoted by Dr Michael Mosley. In a nutshell, you eat normally for five days a week and then you cut your calories to 500 for women and 600 for men on the other two days.
The good thing about this diet is that you don't truly fast. You do get to eat. So this morning we had porridge with blueberries. We had a little skim milk but no brown sugar (that will take a bit of getting use to). Late afternoon we had a small apple. This evening we had a plate of chowmein that was made using only one chicken breast between us and lots of veges. It was quite delicious as we added corriander, garlic, ginger and soy sauce. I will post up this recipe later.
To be honest, I was really starving today, and I found that I needed to take some naps to sleep it off and not be tempted to eat. No doubt my hunger was heightened because we started our weight training regime too. We are following the program that is set out in the Body For Life book. Today we worked our upper body and really enjoyed pushing our bodies again. In the evening we went for a thirty minute slow walk.
Summary:
Exercise
- Weights using the Body For Life program. 5 upper body exercises
- Walk - thirty minutes
Food
- Fast Diet plan
- Porridge and blueberries. A little skim milk and no brown sugar.
- 1 small apple
- Chowmein - 1 chicken breast, veges and herbs.
Weight
- Dar - 123.1 kg's
- Ta - 112 kg's
Yours in Pain
Dar
Sunday, January 12, 2014
In the beginning...
There once was a guy (who weighed 112 kg's) and a girl who weighed (123 kg's). They were in their forties and enjoying life with their medium-sized brood. Once upon a time they had both been sporty and slim. In recent times, they exercised only their mouths and as a result, their bodies looked more suited for Sumo wrestling. Then one day, they decided that their lives were going to change. They knew it would take a lot of work and sacrifice but they were prepared to make the change. They were prepared to get up one more time. They were prepared to break through the PAIN BARRIER. This is their journey as it unfolds...
Hi. My names Dar (that's me on the left) and my husband's name is Ta (obviously the guy on the right), and yes, we are the guy and girl in the story above. We are determined to lose weight and get fit so that we can truly enjoy our family and many more exciting adventures together.
The name of this blog, "The Pain Barrier" comes from an event that was held at our high school. For a couple of weeks of each year the sports teams would go through intensive training sessions where athletes would be pushed to their limits. They would be forced to reach a type of pain barrier that only they could break through. And so it is with weight loss. As you try to get into shape, you are constantly hitting new pain barriers that need to be broken: eating addictions, exercising struggles and even social changes.
We have had success with weight loss in the past but have gone through that all too familiar cycle of putting the weight back on. However, that doesn't matter. As some wise person once said, "It's not how many times you fall over that matters, it's how many times you get up that counts." And that statement will be our mantra.
We look forward to sharing this journey with you. We aren't really the types of people to "put ourselves out there" but we figured that if we shared our journey with cyberspace, then we would have to stay committed to our goals.
Yours in Pain
Dar
Hi. My names Dar (that's me on the left) and my husband's name is Ta (obviously the guy on the right), and yes, we are the guy and girl in the story above. We are determined to lose weight and get fit so that we can truly enjoy our family and many more exciting adventures together.
The name of this blog, "The Pain Barrier" comes from an event that was held at our high school. For a couple of weeks of each year the sports teams would go through intensive training sessions where athletes would be pushed to their limits. They would be forced to reach a type of pain barrier that only they could break through. And so it is with weight loss. As you try to get into shape, you are constantly hitting new pain barriers that need to be broken: eating addictions, exercising struggles and even social changes.
We have had success with weight loss in the past but have gone through that all too familiar cycle of putting the weight back on. However, that doesn't matter. As some wise person once said, "It's not how many times you fall over that matters, it's how many times you get up that counts." And that statement will be our mantra.
We look forward to sharing this journey with you. We aren't really the types of people to "put ourselves out there" but we figured that if we shared our journey with cyberspace, then we would have to stay committed to our goals.
Yours in Pain
Dar
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