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		By: Lisa's Chaos		</title>
		<link>https://intricateart.com/sweat-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-13006</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa's Chaos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yay you!  Go girl go!  You&#039;ve done better than I have this week. :)

&lt;em&gt;Lisa&#039;s Chaos&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&#039;http://lisaschaos.blog-city.com/wordless_wednesday__wacky_yard_art.htm&#039; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wordless Wednesday ~ Wacky Yard Art&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yay you!  Go girl go!  You&#8217;ve done better than I have this week. 🙂</p>
<p><em>Lisa&#8217;s Chaos&#8217;s last blog post..<a href='http://lisaschaos.blog-city.com/wordless_wednesday__wacky_yard_art.htm' rel="nofollow">Wordless Wednesday ~ Wacky Yard Art</a></em></p>
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		By: Nancy Bond		</title>
		<link>https://intricateart.com/sweat-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-13005</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi Leanne!   :wave:   It&#039;s good to catch up with you again.  Your determination really is inspiring.  I watched Barbara Walter&#039;s special on ABC last night:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Longevity/story?id=4544003&#038;page=1 &quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Live to be 150&lt;/a&gt;.  You may have seen it.  It was an amazing look at some pretty impressive science.

It struck me, as I was watching, that so many things in our lives are out of our control -- we can&#039;t control the weather; our health insofar as deadly diseases go...we can only minimize our risk; we can&#039;t control world affairs or the price of gas; and so on.  But the one thing that keeps me in &quot;virtual chains&quot; IS the one thing that I can absolutely control...and that is what and how much I put in my mouth.  It was like a poke in the head!   :doh:

So, I vowed to start making some major changes in the way we eat -- way fewer calories, a little red wine, more water, less salt, sugar, etc.  Things I knew about already, of course, but I don&#039;t think it ever occurred to me with such force that it could be so easy.  Yah, I know, it&#039;s never easy, but if you stop to think about it, it&#039;s pretty simple.

It sounds like you&#039;re doing very well -- I can id with some of your issues in the past.   :hug:   Now I&#039;m off to toss some lentils in my lunch salad.  Continued good luck, girl!

&lt;em&gt;Nancy Bond&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&#039;http://nancybond.blogspot.com/2008/04/watch-birdie.html&#039; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Watch The Birdie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Leanne!   :wave:   It&#8217;s good to catch up with you again.  Your determination really is inspiring.  I watched Barbara Walter&#8217;s special on ABC last night:  <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Longevity/story?id=4544003&amp;page=1 " rel="nofollow">Live to be 150</a>.  You may have seen it.  It was an amazing look at some pretty impressive science.</p>
<p>It struck me, as I was watching, that so many things in our lives are out of our control &#8212; we can&#8217;t control the weather; our health insofar as deadly diseases go&#8230;we can only minimize our risk; we can&#8217;t control world affairs or the price of gas; and so on.  But the one thing that keeps me in &#8220;virtual chains&#8221; IS the one thing that I can absolutely control&#8230;and that is what and how much I put in my mouth.  It was like a poke in the head!   :doh:</p>
<p>So, I vowed to start making some major changes in the way we eat &#8212; way fewer calories, a little red wine, more water, less salt, sugar, etc.  Things I knew about already, of course, but I don&#8217;t think it ever occurred to me with such force that it could be so easy.  Yah, I know, it&#8217;s never easy, but if you stop to think about it, it&#8217;s pretty simple.</p>
<p>It sounds like you&#8217;re doing very well &#8212; I can id with some of your issues in the past.   :hug:   Now I&#8217;m off to toss some lentils in my lunch salad.  Continued good luck, girl!</p>
<p><em>Nancy Bond&#8217;s last blog post..<a href='http://nancybond.blogspot.com/2008/04/watch-birdie.html' rel="nofollow">Watch The Birdie</a></em></p>
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		By: Pounds2Go : Health, Dieting &#38; Losing Weight &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Sweat Equity		</title>
		<link>https://intricateart.com/sweat-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-13004</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		By: D		</title>
		<link>https://intricateart.com/sweat-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-13003</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[D]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[:grouphug:  Sometimes courage isn&#039;t a loud roar, it&#039;s a quiet voice saying, &quot;I&#039;ll try again tomorrow&quot;... D

&lt;em&gt;D&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&#039;http://straddlingtheline.blogspot.com/2008/03/somebodys-baby.html&#039; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Somebody&#039;s Baby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>:grouphug:  Sometimes courage isn&#8217;t a loud roar, it&#8217;s a quiet voice saying, &#8220;I&#8217;ll try again tomorrow&#8221;&#8230; D</p>
<p><em>D&#8217;s last blog post..<a href='http://straddlingtheline.blogspot.com/2008/03/somebodys-baby.html' rel="nofollow">Somebody&#8217;s Baby</a></em></p>
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		By: YellowRose		</title>
		<link>https://intricateart.com/sweat-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-13002</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[YellowRose]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You go!!  :yahoo:  You have inspired me....just wanted you to know that.  ;)

&lt;em&gt;YellowRose&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&#039;http://yellowrosesgarden.com/2008/04/01/closing-the-garden/&#039; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Closing the Garden?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You go!!  :yahoo:  You have inspired me&#8230;.just wanted you to know that.  😉</p>
<p><em>YellowRose&#8217;s last blog post..<a href='http://yellowrosesgarden.com/2008/04/01/closing-the-garden/' rel="nofollow">Closing the Garden?</a></em></p>
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		By: Renee		</title>
		<link>https://intricateart.com/sweat-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-13009</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Renee]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[:clapping:  YAY you!  You&#039;re doing great and I just might have to join you in all that healthy stuff.  course that means a cut into my online time, but I think it might be worth it.
Keep going!

&lt;em&gt;Renee&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&#039;http://lillyput.blogspot.com/2008/03/scattered.html&#039; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Scattered!!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>:clapping:  YAY you!  You&#8217;re doing great and I just might have to join you in all that healthy stuff.  course that means a cut into my online time, but I think it might be worth it.<br />
Keep going!</p>
<p><em>Renee&#8217;s last blog post..<a href='http://lillyput.blogspot.com/2008/03/scattered.html' rel="nofollow">Scattered!!!</a></em></p>
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		By: June		</title>
		<link>https://intricateart.com/sweat-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-13008</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[June]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Good start!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good start!</p>
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		By: taba		</title>
		<link>https://intricateart.com/sweat-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-13007</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[taba]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[:thumbsup:  that&#039;s awesome!!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>:thumbsup:  that&#8217;s awesome!!</p>
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		By: carmen		</title>
		<link>https://intricateart.com/sweat-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-13010</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[carmen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[:greenthumb: Go You! Yay! It takes a lot of willpower to keep working out. I know. I had surgery, so I&#039;ve been out of the gym for 2 months. Now, going back, I have to start all over again. Must get back into my jeans!

So I empathize (sp?) and cheer you on. Gimme a L-E-A-N-N-E! Woot!

&lt;em&gt;carmen&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&#039;http://carmenhasgonetoplaid.blogspot.com/2008/03/mandalay-bay-hotel.html&#039; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mandalay Bay Hotel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>:greenthumb: Go You! Yay! It takes a lot of willpower to keep working out. I know. I had surgery, so I&#8217;ve been out of the gym for 2 months. Now, going back, I have to start all over again. Must get back into my jeans!</p>
<p>So I empathize (sp?) and cheer you on. Gimme a L-E-A-N-N-E! Woot!</p>
<p><em>carmen&#8217;s last blog post..<a href='http://carmenhasgonetoplaid.blogspot.com/2008/03/mandalay-bay-hotel.html' rel="nofollow">Mandalay Bay Hotel</a></em></p>
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