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Fri, 04-27-2007 - 1:27pm

OMG.. time has gone by WAY too fast.. there are only 13 days left till my 35th birthday.
I have not achieved my goal yet of losing 100 lbs by my 35th birthday but I’m pretty close darn close… At my last weigh in I was 259.. Only 19 pounds away.

I don’t really have anything special planned for my B-day other than the typical daily stuff, work kids etc. But we are going to have our family pics taken on the 12th, so we’ll be going out for dinner at a Mexican restruant. We havn't had fam pics taken since Sammy was born 3 years ago. I might just pamper myself and get a hair appt the morning of the pics so i have a "good hair day"

Sara
342 – 259 -- 200
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/s/samanthagrace/

Sara  

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Fri, 04-27-2007 - 3:01pm
Definitely get your hair done...spend a little time for yourself!

 

 

 


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Fri, 04-27-2007 - 3:08pm

Sara,


I think it's incredible how close you are to your goal.

Annie

"We do not think ourselves into new ways of living.  We live ourselves into new ways of thinking."  &nbsp

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Fri, 04-27-2007 - 8:08pm

Hey Sara,

Congratulations on your upcoming birthday, and on being so close to goal! That sort of progress is amazing, and inspirational, too. Definitely pamper yourself a bit... you deserve the splurge!

Misha
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Thu, 05-03-2007 - 4:44am
Definetly go for that hair appointment! You are so close to your goal WOHOOOO!!!

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Sat, 05-05-2007 - 8:45am

Sara,
Please do not think of this as 'I did not meet my goal because I ONLY lost 81 pounds!'

Please think of it as 'I am fabulous-I lost 81 pounds!!! I am incredible. I can do anything..I am wonderful. Look at how determined I am. Look at how I stick with things. Look at how I take care of myself. Look at how great I look with my new haircut. Look at me, surrounded by my loving family'.

As much as I fixate on the 'number' it is meaningless - it is the work, the effort, the determination that count, and you are doing super.

Reward yourself-(I recommend going blonde for the summer, but that's just me!)

An early Happy birthday
SJ
225-169-135

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Sat, 05-05-2007 - 9:08am

OMG.. DH would totaly freak out if i went blonde.. LOL
When I cut my hair to chin length (they cut off aobut 7").. he gave me a hard time all weekend. but once he got used to it he likes it, especially after i showed thim the before and after pics.

before (Nov 2006)
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=4kykh9c

after (april 2007)
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=4ticpci

I'm definately getting it trimmed up again, and a manicure & pedicure.

I'm not looking at it as a "goal not met" kind of thing. I am very proud of my weight loss, especially now that people are finally starting to notice.. or at least they finally have the nerve to say "wow, you're looking great"...

Sara
342 – 257.2 -- 200
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/s/samanthagrace/




Edited 5/5/2007 9:20 am ET by saej72

Sara  

342-300-200

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Sat, 05-05-2007 - 10:11am

HAPPY EARLY BDAY!!!


I know me I will forget if I keep waiting to tell you!! LOL


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Sat, 05-05-2007 - 10:33am

Sara,
I don't know -I think a few blonde highlights would look great...there are advantages to being single... I don't know what it is with guys and long hair-they must think we have hours to sit around with hair dryers...I keep mine short because - well, I like it that way plus I shower twice a day and I need only two minutes or so to get it dry.

My current boss works in an office in a different state from me, so I only see him once in a while-he also went on the trip to Ireland and I told him 'When you see me, I'll be blonde and tanned' and he laughed...but when he saw me, he said 'SJ, you ARE a blonde'. And at Christmas, when I went red, my boss (different one)then had only one word 'WOW'. People asked what he'd said, and I told them, and one person said, 'yeah, that's what he told me he said, but I thought it would be more than that'. I like to keep them guessing!

Your weight loss definitiely shows in the pictures.

SJ
225-169-135