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		<title>I&#8217;m moving&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay so this is all for real now&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. Channel 10 took all the links to the blog off their website (LOL I think they decided I really could just keep talking and talking and talking&#8230;. and I did!!).    So here is my new blog site&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; I hope you will come visit me there.   Starting today! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/im-moving/</link>
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		<title>Hawaii Chair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Can you just see ME behind the desk greeting new patients into our office while using the Hawaii Chair??  People already think I&#8217;m nuts&#8230;.. then there is the whole trying to write notes?  or even type?  Or really even trying to talk on the phone?!!?   BUT 8 hours of Hawaii Chair exercise just think how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/hawaii-chair/</link>
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		<title>Zzzzzzzzzzzz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I took the whole &#8220;Day of Rest&#8221; very seriously today!  I hope you had a relaxing weekend too.
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/zzzzzzzzzzzz/</link>
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		<title>I did it!</title>
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Hey I did it!!  Yup, yup&#8230;. it didn&#8217;t rain all day!!  But it was COLD!!!   Making chili was a great idea.  And of course, once again, my eyes were bigger than my stomach.  I had 2 bowls of Chili with shredded cheese!  Ummmm yea &#8230;. not such a great idea.  It was SO GOOD!!  But way too much, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/i-did-it/</link>
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		<title>You&#8217;re welcome California!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So you know how if you wash your car it will rain??  Well, I&#8217;ve personally fixed California&#8217;s weather at least for the weekend!! Yup yup!!  I have a crock-pot of homemade chili simmering away for tomorrow&#8217;s dinner.  I have a pot of Connie&#8217;s Killer beans on the stove (both batches are for this weekend meals&#8230;. and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/youre-welcome-california/</link>
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		<title>My new ride!!</title>
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We&#8217;ve gotten so much rain this week, I thought I would share what I&#8217;m looking at for my new mode of transportation. Okay, that&#8217;s it tonight since the power has started flickering I think I&#8217;ll unplug my laptop and go light some candles just in case!!   (Selena don&#8217;t get all excited&#8230;. I&#8217;m not really buy a kayak so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/my-new-ride/</link>
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		<title>Night night</title>
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I think all this rain is lulling me to sleep!!  I sat down with my computer, turned it on, was waiting ever so patiently for it to boot up and  &#8230;&#8230;.. next thing I know the  laptop has made my lap unbearably hot and  40 minutes have gone by!?  Say WHAT!?!?  I just SAT DOWN!!!!  I think that means it&#8217;s bed time!!  Only I wish I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/night-night/</link>
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		<title>Think of something else!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the smartest things I&#8217;ve done lately is to STOP buying my binge foods.  Potato chips would be one of those!  OH MAN!!  If it wasn&#8217;t raining as hard as it is&#8230;.(that and well, we all know after work I&#8217;m lazy&#8230;. okay maybe more lazy than the rain excuse) I would go to the store [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/think-of-something-else/</link>
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		<title>That didn&#8217;t take long&#8230;</title>
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It rained harder today than it has in California in a REALLY long time!  (5 years! according to 10 News) It took longer to come home (Ohhhh okay so that is my way of saying I&#8217;m using my free pass to get out of using the Wii YourShape game MAN!! That didn&#8217;t take long did it!??!)   In my defense [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/that-didnt-take-long/</link>
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		<title>I can&#8230; yes I can. I think&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was so excited to get the new Wii fitness game YourShape. (Just like about a million other exercise gadgets I have around the house)  I have had the game for what at least a month right?  Have I done anything other than the first part?  You know the fitness evaluation! No I haven&#8217;t.  That&#8217;s soooo sad!!  But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/i-can-yes-i-can/</link>
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		<title>Zzzzzzz</title>
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I know I am.  It&#8217;s my weekend off and I&#8217;m enjoying it 100%!!  I have been beyond lazy today!!  YEA ME!!! 
I hope you have a relaxing weekend as well!
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/zzzzzzz-2/</link>
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		<title>Munching away&#8230;.. allll day</title>
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Yea&#8230;. there was NOTHING &#8216;diet&#8217; about my day!!  Ohhhhhhh I was so bad today!  Even having bread and lasagna after 9PM?!!?  WHO eats that late?!  (I mean that heavy&#8230; that late&#8230;&#8230;.. ON A DIET!!! Ummm yea&#8230;.  that would be ME!!) As a matter of fact I think I better get to bed NOW because there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/1876/</link>
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		<title>Sherry-size&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if you have a friend that you look at and think &#8220;I wish I could  be that size!&#8221;  That was always the way I felt about my friend Sherry.  She has the cutest clothes, the smallest clothes&#8230;.. wellllll Sherry lost weight (Ummm hummm there is some SERIOUS SHERRY bashing going on in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/sherry-size/</link>
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		<title>You knew this&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, the lazy me won out this morning.  I slept in.  Ahhhhh that was so nice.  (For the record I did set the alarm&#8230;&#8230;. and I almost got out of bed.  ALMOST!) Oh well, Kaki and I are walking in the morning.  Mini break over!  Good thing too, because I decided that since I was on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/you-knew-this/</link>
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		<title>Such a dilemma!!</title>
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Kaki and I aren&#8217;t walking tomorrow morning&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. on one hand I could get up and exercise on the Wii. That would be the smart thing to do.  On the other hand cozy and warm in bed for an extra hour!!  When I exercise first thing in the morning I have energy all day.  But lazy could be good too right?  I mean [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/such-a-dilemma/</link>
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		<title>Nope!</title>
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I tried to think of an interesting ANYTHING to blog about&#8230;&#8230; and came up with NOTHING!!  Not a thing!!   I hope your day was more interesting and exciting than mine!!
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/nope/</link>
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		<title>Why?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m exhausted!  Still cleaning out my Mom&#8217;s mobile.  Today I tackled the shed.  Ummmmmm for someone who needed a lot of boxes for the move WHY WAS the SHED  75% empty BOXES?!?! WHY!?!? WHY didn&#8217;t we use those boxes?!?!  UGH!!!  I&#8217;ll bet you could hear me talking to THOSE boxes today didn&#8217;tcha?!?  I&#8217;m sure that most of the Mobile Home [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/why/</link>
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		<title>SUCCESS!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Your Shape&#8221; party was a HUGE success!!  Practically standing room only!  YEA!!  My stomach hurts from laughing not so much from the exercising.  It&#8217;s hard to see in the picture but you are actually part of the game&#8230;&#8230;. mostly we heard &#8220;Watch what I&#8217;m doing&#8221; and a lot of  &#8221;Do you want to watch the tutorial?&#8221;  After [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/success/</link>
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		<title>Wiiiiiii</title>
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Tomorrow is my &#8220;Your Shape House Party for the Wii!&#8221;  I&#8217;m so excited.  This game (I think you still call it a game? I mean it is exercise&#8230; but it&#8217;s fun&#8230;..but it&#8217;s a workout&#8230;.ohhh whatever it is&#8230; ) it&#8217;s really COOL!!  The camera attaches to the Wii console and then your image is on the tv.  So Jenny McCarthy actually tells [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/wiiiiiii/</link>
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		<title>Yum!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A nice way to end the day.  Watching the DVR of Cougar Town and snacking on Jello&#8217;s new dessert.  Mousse Temptations! Ohhhh sooo goood!! Only 60 calories! YUM!!   (ummmm, yea&#8230; that was the only part of my day that I made good food choices!  OH MAN!!  I need to get back into my diet healthy eating mode!!!)  Seriously, I gave away all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/yum/</link>
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		<title>How LONG?!?!</title>
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Happy Anniversary Miss Barbara!!   I am a lucky girl to have been able to work with you these past 8 years!!!
Now&#8230;  I really had intended on getting to bed early tonight&#8230;.. but that ship has sailed.  But I&#8217;m headed that way now!  Night all&#8230;
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/1784/</link>
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		<title>UGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!</title>
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Today would have been a good day&#8230;. if I could have stayed in bed ALL DAY!!!  Or maybe gone home from work at say&#8230;. 9:30?!?!!  Did everyone drink GRUMPY-ARGUE with the receptionist JUICE?!?!   UGH!!!   The best part of my day was a free taco from TacoBell http://www.drivethrudiet.com/ The new Fresco soft taco&#8217;s are only 180 calories.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/ughhhhhhhhhh/</link>
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		<title>Fine!</title>
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Okay fine!  I&#8217;m still here!  But you KNOW the people at Channel 10 are going &#8220;Okay&#8230;. she knows she won right?  She knows she doesn&#8217;t have to keep blogging doesn&#8217;t she???&#8221;   So I&#8217;m pointing at YOU and saying it&#8217;s your fault!!  
I still can&#8217;t get over the &#8220;I&#8217;m STARVING&#8221; holiday stomach syndrome.   You know&#8230; where you&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/fine/</link>
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/1762/</link>
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		<title>What day is this?!?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I know the Half Year Resolution Challenge is over.  But you came to check to see if something was here didn&#8217;t you?  How sad would you be if there wasn&#8217;t a picture and maybe a little note? 
I also wanted to know if anyone else is confused about WHAT DAY this is?!?!  I was late for work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/1754/</link>
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		<title>THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
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WINNER ANNOUNCED!


 Congratulations, Connie!
Connie received the most votes for her efforts in the Half-Year Resolution and has won the grand prize for it. Congratulations to her and the other contestants for their hard work and success!





WOOOOOW!!!!!  Thank you!  THANK YOU!!  THANK YOU!!!    NOW THIS is how you start a New Year!!!   WOW WOW WOW!!  I didn&#8217;t expect to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2010/thank-you-2/</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As promised&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; I&#8217;m ringing in 2010 with champagne wearing my Princess Dress (tiara included!!! It IS the PRINCESS dress after all!!!)  I hope you all have a SAFE and JOYFUL 2010!!!  

After I placed all the pictures in the blog&#8230;. in the order I did&#8230;&#8230;. it makes it look like I got drunk and fell into a tafetta, netting, foo foo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/happy-new-year/</link>
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		<title>Public Service Announcement&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As always the last few days of the year are always crazy busy at work.  So here is my Public Service Announcement&#8230;. don&#8217;t forget you have to spend all the money in your Medical Spending Accounts by the first of January!!  (Unless you really want to donate the money to Uncle Sam you better make some calls!!)  You probably can&#8217;t get in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/public-service-announcement/</link>
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		<title>When??</title>
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Okay, I&#8217;ve already admitted I ate wayyyyy too much during the holidays.  But now I need to know &#8216;when will my stomach shrink back down so I&#8217;m not RAVENOUS all the TIME?!?!?!&#8216;  I&#8217;m soooooooooooooooo hungry!!  It&#8217;s all I can do not to beg for food&#8230; like FUDGE and fruit cake (I still have Brandy Sauce [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/when/</link>
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		<title>Bad DAY!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you but I am SOOO glad today is OVER!!!   The whole day was just &#8230;. well&#8230; I think the picture says it all!!  Yup!  That pretty much sums it up!!  Starting with exercise! My morning walk with Kaki kicked my tush!!  I swear that hill got steeper over night!!  Then the whole getting back into your day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/bad-day/</link>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t wannnnnnna&#8230;&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, the holiday vacation is over. (I don&#8217;t wannnnna go back to work!!!  I like VACATIONS!!!)  DH took me to see Sherlock Holmes today GREAT movie!!  That was a perfect way to end the weekend.  But now, it&#8217;s time to get back into my routine.   I&#8217;m working on laundry, the house is cleaned up.  I&#8217;m even planning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/i-dont-wannnnnnna/</link>
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		<title>Relaxing!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a great day!  Before I went to bed last night I cleaned the house just to make sure today was a no stress 100% relaxing day!  I didn&#8217;t have to do anything!!  DH even did all the cooking!  We watched back to back movies.   I caught up on emails.  Ahhhhhhh perfect!!!   I take holiday vacations very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/relaxing-2/</link>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
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Merry Christmas from all of us (even our daughter &#38; her family in Michigan via webcam) to all of you! 
See ya tomorrow!
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/1621/</link>
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		<title>Christmas Eve!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas everyone! I&#8217;ve been runnin&#8217; around like a crazy woman today!!   In our house Christmas Eve is our big meal then tomorrow morning is presents and homemade quiche.  The house is clean.  The presents are wrapped.  Turkey is cookin&#8217;, pies are done.  I am sooooooo HUNGRY!!!  Do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/christmas-eve/</link>
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		<title>Uncle!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I really want my old workout routine back please.  I promise not to complain it&#8217;s too early, it&#8217;s too cold, it&#8217;s too far, the hill is too steep JUST DON&#8217;T MAKE ME MOVE ANYMORE STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Mom&#8217;s mobile if finally empty (with the exception of a few large things my daughter Selena &#38; I needed help moving).  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/uncle-2/</link>
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		<title>Moving day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s exercise consisted of moving!  Nooo not the moving like a workout dvd or a power walk.  But the moving as in finally getting my Mom moved out of her mobile.  We are about 75% moved!  WOOO HOOOO!!!! I had GREAT help!!  Zac (I swear the guy is as strong as an OX!!  Boxes I could barely SLIDE &#8216;em to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/1624/</link>
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		<title>Sleepy girl&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I was doing pretty good until I sat down to update my blog. Now, all of a sudden I can hardly keep my eyes open!  WOW I don&#8217;t normally go from 60 mph to DONE this quick.  But I am seriously so sleepy I think I will call it a night.
Tomorrow is moving day for my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/sleepy-girl/</link>
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		<title>Time to Elf UP!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think I&#8217;m finally done with my Christmas shopping!  I&#8217;m usually done by December 1st, not being done till the week of Christmas?!?!? Waaay tooo stressful for me!!  I was determined to finish today no matter how long it took.  As a result I was out too late and I came home grumpy and hungry.  NOT a good combination because I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/time-to-elf/</link>
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		<title>Ho ho ho&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight all you get is HELLO!  Worked today till 1pm.  Came home cooked.  Now getting ready to head out the door to our staff Christmas Party at Dr. Haug&#8217;s house.  Where I am going to eat and eat and eat!!  Tomorrow I&#8217;ll feel guilty. (Not too guilty cause I&#8217;ve heard what everyone is bringing!  YUM!!!  Betcha&#8217;all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/ho-ho-ho/</link>
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		<title>Little Suzy Homemaker..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yup, that&#8217;s me.  Little Susy Homemaker!  I was on such a ROLL!!  Double batch of fudge DONE!  Double batch of Brandy Sauce DONE!!  6 batches of Biscotti&#8230;.ahhh&#8230;&#8230; NOT DONE!  Seems SOMEONE &#8230; DH  I mean RH (RH for ROTTEN Husband) forgot to buy flour.  (okay maybe I forgot to put it on the list.  BUT I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/little-suzy-homemaker/</link>
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		<title>Blah blah blah&#8230;</title>
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I missed my blah blah blah post last week.  It&#8217;s amazing how the holiday&#8217;s throw life into fast forward! This week I walked with Kaki minus the weighted vest but added the new Sketcher Shape Up shoes.  I dunno if this would make anyone else say &#8220;hummmm I wonder&#8230;..&#8221; But, I have these nice new and expensive shoes ($109!!) would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/blah-blah-blah/</link>
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		<title>Ouch ouch ouch!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently the whole leaving the size FOUR pair of jeans at the store has caused my body to rebel?! I have had such a major headache today I can&#8217;t keep my eyes open.  I think it&#8217;s my bodies way of saying ARE YA INSANE?!  You need PROOF!  Get the JEANS!?!?  (Are ya buyin&#8217; that?  At all?  Even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/ouch-ouch-ouch/</link>
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		<title>Sheer Craziness!!</title>
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WOWOWOW!!  I went to Kohl&#8217;s after work tonight shopping for a pair of jeans.  (Now my disclaimer here is the jeans I tried on had stretch to them but STILL!!) I HAD MY BUTT IN A SIZE 4!  That is a FOUR!  The last time I have EVER been in a size FOUR there was a T following the 4!  A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/sheer-craziness/</link>
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		<title>The best medicine!</title>
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Do you really want a really great ab workout?!  Go to lunch with a good friend!  Wait&#8230; not the lunch part exactly. But go to lunch with a girl friend that makes you laugh like crazy!!  Tita THANK YOU!!  My stomach still hurts!!  I&#8217;m even counting lunch as my exercise today! I would have walked this morning but you&#8217;all know I can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/the-best-medicine/</link>
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		<title>FINALLY!!!!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How many weeks have I been trying to deep clean (ohhhh who are we kidding&#8230; skip the deep part) clean this house?!?!  This house is SO CLEAN right now that I can&#8217;t decide if DH and THE dog should live with Kaki &#38; Lee or send them to live with Selena &#38; Dan.  
I&#8217;m exhausted!  But floors are scrubbed, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/finally/</link>
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		<title>So it begins&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So now the challenge of Holiday dieting begins!!  Today is the first Christmas/Birthday party to get through and still manage to lose another 3 pounds by the end of the year.  In my favor is the fact that everyone I know is aware I&#8217;m on a diet for the Half Year Resolution.  And not in my favor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/so-it-begins/</link>
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		<title>Time to vote!  For real now!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The voting site is back up!!  So to recap&#8230;..I am hoping you have found my journey to be inspirational as well as entertaining. If so please… VOTE for ME!!  If not… well, vote for me anyway!!   (As in me me me Connie me me me!!!)
The voting box is up on the right hand side.  It looks like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/time-to-vote-for-real-now/</link>
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		<title>Now do this&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Today was my weekly phone call withTyler at WellStrong Fitness.  Since I&#8217;m down again this week (27 pounds total!!  WOOO HOOO!!) Tyler wants me to add an extra time with the jump rope, I don&#8217;t have to do a lot 5 to 10 minutes a couple times a week should do it. The little extra exercise will help my body continue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/now-do-this/</link>
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		<title>Whewwww</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay commercial done.  WHEW!!  You&#8217;ll be happy to hear I didn&#8217;t put my hands on my head.  I stuttered thru a couple of takes and Trudi worked her magic and put them all together to make the winning video!?  It will be if you&#8217;ll go vote for me on Monday!  Did ya see how I just threw that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/whewwww-2/</link>
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		<title>Need me sum prudy words&#8230;.</title>
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I may not have exercised this morning, but, I&#8217;m sure the hyper me runnin&#8217; around like a crazy person burned a lot of calories. I&#8217;m taping my 60 second commercial at Channel 10 tomorrow.  I need to dazzle and intrigue people to come read my blog and vote for me.  So far I&#8217;ve ruled out begging Paaaaaaaaaaleeeeeeeaseeeeeeeeeeee for 60 seconds. I figure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/need-me-sum-prudy-words/</link>
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		<title>Okay&#8230; so&#8230; I was thinking&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve thanked you for reading my blog.  I try not to write sad and depressing blogs but I did tonight. (Yes, you should TURN AWAY!! Turn away!!) But it&#8217;s important that you know I appreciate you.  I am a very lucky girl to have you all in my corner!! I really think that with all the stress going on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/okay-so-i-was-thinking/</link>
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		<title>Hold please&#8230;. Just a NOTE!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I guess there was a glitch with the Channel 10 Half Year Voting link.  Sooooo hold off voting till I post again please!!  But PLEASE be sure and come back to vote!!  (Don&#8217;t make me whine&#8230; more!)
I will be back to post tonight&#8230;&#8230; this was just a test&#8230; had this been a real blog post [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/hold-please/</link>
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		<title>UGH!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just sort of UGH today!!  Have you ever just woke up sad?  No reason.  Nothing bad has happened.  I just am having a sad. I want JUNK FOOD!  I want mass amounts of chocolate.  AND potato chips!! I want to curl up in bed.  I want a good book.  Hot cocoa (with tiny little marshmallows AND whip cream). 
Congratulations to Dan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/ugh-3/</link>
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		<title>Heee heeee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[   I know I&#8217;ve whined before how much I hate moving/packing.  But tonight as I was helping pack up my Mom&#8217;s place it dawned on me&#8230;. why not as least have a little fun.  So some of those packed, sealed and categorized/labeled boxes have odd and random items as well.  Things that mayyyyybe came from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/heee-heeee/</link>
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		<title>Voting site is UP!!</title>
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The voting site is up!!  I am hoping you have found my journey to be inspirational as well as entertaining. If so please&#8230; VOTE for ME!!  If not&#8230; well, vote for me anyway!!   (As in me me me Connie me me me!!!)
Don&#8217;t worry you don&#8217;t have to go thru withdrawals quite yet I will continue to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/voting-site-is-up/</link>
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		<title>Whistle while you work&#8230;</title>
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I need a &#8216;can&#8217;t sleep&#8217; night every once in awhile, cause I got tons done this morning all before 7am!  Now if I could just get that momentum back tomorrow (my day off) I&#8217;d be a happy girl.  Wait&#8230; the cleaning part won&#8217;t make me happy (I haven&#8217;t completely lost my mind! YET!)   BUT, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/whistle-while-you-work/</link>
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		<title>You are getting sleepy&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I choose tonight&#8217;s picture because it was cute and inspirational.  But it&#8217;s backfired big time!!  I&#8217;ll be dreaming about french fries or a stuffed baked potato.  Okay, this is NOT HELPING!!   But, I REALLY want an order of French Fries and a side of &#8230; well&#8230; anything chocolate actually.  Dieting would be so easy for me if I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/you-are-getting-sleepy/</link>
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		<title>Nope&#8230; never</title>
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DH went to the doctor today.  He is on the road to recovery, but he should expect about 2 more weeks of the same aches, cough and sore throat.  It&#8217;s a nasty cold, thankfully nothing more serious.  Now, the part that no doctor has ever in my 51 years ever said to me&#8230;&#8230; But to DH the doctor says &#8221;Your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/nope-never/</link>
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		<title>Welllll&#8230;&#8230;.</title>
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Let&#8217;s see&#8230;.I&#8217;m trying to decide what to blog about tonight.  I don&#8217;t want to tell you I had Pizza AND CAKE for lunch (Happy Birthday Dr. Louie!).  I don&#8217;t want to tell you I didn&#8217;t exercise today. (Kaki&#8217;s sick&#8230; remember I can&#8217;t walk alone&#8230;. scary ummm big dogs??  Okay fine I&#8217;m just lazy).  DH still sick.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/lets-see/</link>
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		<title>Vacation&#8217;s over</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DH finally agreed(After TEN days!!) to go to Urgent Care today.  5 hours later we were home armed with cough drops, antibiotics and prescription cough syrup.  Hopefully, he will get get some rest tonight.  I, on the other hand, am so completely overwhelmed by the huge mess in every single room in this house I&#8217;m leaving it all and going to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/vacations-over/</link>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Mom!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guess what I did today!?  Yup, the tree is up.  Presents are wrapped.  Between that project was a Birthday Party for my Mom.  (Happy Birthday MOMMY!!)  I ate way to much Chinese food.  (It&#8217;s a birthday party and it would be rude not to go back for seconds!!)  Then Lemon meriangue pie. SO GOOD!!  I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/happy-birthday-mom/</link>
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		<title>BlackFriday!!</title>
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Today&#8217;s post is earlier than normal, No time to sleep!!  It&#8217;s BlackFriday!!!  MY FAVORITE day of the year!!  4:30 a.m. I will be in line at Walmart. If you&#8217;re up bring me coffee please?  (I would add and a danish&#8230; but this is kinda a diet blog and that would be BAD!!  So I&#8217;m writing NO CHEESE DANISH [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/blackfriday/</link>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving!!</title>
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Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!!  
See ya tomorrow.  
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/happy-thanksgiving/</link>
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		<title>SOLD!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It looks like our ANGEL of a realtor Sherrie Goldby has found a buyer for my Mom&#8217;s mobile.  Now as long as his financing goes thru we are set!!  That will be such a relief to have that sold.  Course&#8230;. now the real work begins &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. you know&#8230;. convincing my kids to come help pack and move GG.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/sold/</link>
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		<title>Vacation day 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ How is it possible to clean for sooooo long and make the house look WORSE than when I started?!?!  AUGHHH!!!   To top it off DH is still sick so I&#8217;m trying hard not to make noise that wakes him up.  I&#8217;m NOT a QUIET PERSON!!!   Ohhhhhh maybe that&#8217;s why the house looks worse?  I&#8217;m starting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/vacation-day-2/</link>
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		<title>Vacation Day ONE!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Day ONE of vacation ACCOMPLISHMENTS:  ZILCH, ZIP, ZERO, NADDA!!
But tomorrow is another day!!
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/vacation-day-one/</link>
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		<title>Vacation time!</title>
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I&#8217;m on vacation for this whole week!!  But, I sure hope today (and the past week too for that matter)  isn&#8217;t an indication how this week will go!!   I have NO energy at all!!  It&#8217;s 6:30 and I really think I could go to bed and sleep all night.  Add to that, poor DH and even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/1219/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s A RULE!!</title>
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There is a rule every dieter knows!!  YOU do NOT GO TO THE GROCERY STORE HUNGRY!!!  It means you WILL buy BAD foods!!  Some of those bad foods won&#8217;t even make it home!!  Just thought I should remind you &#8230;..  I wish I would have reminded myself!!!
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/its-a-rule/</link>
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		<title>There went that day off&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I woke up this morning with every intention of conquering my long list of &#8217;things to do&#8217;. Playing with my Blackberry was NOT on it.  Reading magazines&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. nope not on the list. Yet, it&#8217;s all I did. Ohhh wait!  I put a load of laundry in the washer!! 
I was REALLY good diet wise.  Oh don&#8217;t be too impressed it&#8217;s only because I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/there-went-that-day-off/</link>
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		<title>Week 20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here it is my weekly blah blah blah post&#8230;&#8230;.. I lost a whole big whopping half pound.  Okay how fair is THIS?!?!?!  I was sick this week.  I hardly ate (Okay, I know you&#8217;re thinking  &#8217;what about that Taco Bell trip just a few days ago??&#8217;  well, I &#8230; ummm I&#8217;m ignoring you!  Right now I&#8217;m doing my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-20/</link>
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		<title>Yea&#8230;. I know</title>
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HOLY MOLY!!  I&#8217;m so glad I am feeling better because today was one of the busiest days I&#8217;ve had in a while.  Course I was still playing catch-up from Monday so that didn&#8217;t help.  Last night, I took some Tylenol Cold and Flu Nighttime.  WOOOOHOOOO I slept like a rock all night and then some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/yea-i-know/</link>
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		<title>Moan and groan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did anyone get the license plate number of the truck that ran over me&#8230;.  Backed up&#8230;. and ran over me again!?!?  Not only achey and cold I felt like is was the longest day I&#8217;ve had in a long time.  Ohhh my goodness that&#8217;s an awful lot of complaining all at once.  Since I&#8217;m on a roll I should mention I didn&#8217;t walk.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/moan-and-groan/</link>
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		<title>That&#8217;s all ya get&#8230;&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You will only hear me say this once!!  But, I can&#8217;t get warm!!  I know&#8230;.me&#8230;. the queen of the hot-flashes!!!  My fingers are so cold they ache&#8230;. ahhhh forget that&#8230;&#8230;. I ache from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet!!    I can&#8217;t be sick!!!  We are having our big EyeMazing sale the rest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/thats-all-ya-get/</link>
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		<title>Maybe&#8230; a little</title>
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I am not spoiled&#8230;. I&#8217;m not&#8230;. I&#8217;m not&#8230;.. I&#8217;m n&#8230; okay maybe a little bit.  DH just bought me a new Blackberry Tour.  Woooo HOOO!!   It&#8217;s awesome on so many levels!!  I played with it all evening and forgot to eat!!  Course, I did nothing else either. I think I better do a little extra exercise this week to make up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/maybe-a-little/</link>
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		<title>Worth it&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ONLYreason I am confessing to you about my dinner tonight is because I know certain members of my family will rat me out if I don&#8217;t. Ohhhhhhhh but it was soooo good!!  We went to Claim Jumpers for dinner.  MAN!!  Claim Jumper prime rib is AMAZING!!!  Of course can you end a CJ dinner without the Motherlode 7 layer cake?!?!?  Now&#8230; we split [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/worth-it/</link>
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		<title>Ring ring&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was my weekly phone call with Tyler at WellStrong Fitness.    Tyler is really pleased with my progress.  (Helllllo!  ME TOO!!!! I&#8217;m 23.5 pounds lighter!  Okay, you know I have to add a  YEA ME!!!  There&#8230; I feel better.  I mean really?  A whole blog entry and no YEA ME?!?!  Really?!?!)   Tyler said I get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/ring-ring-2/</link>
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		<title>Enough said&#8230;&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 
 
 
THIS is the kind of day I&#8217;ve had&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..  now I&#8217;m going to bed early!!
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/enough-said/</link>
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		<title>Week 19</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is my weekly update.  I am down another TWO POUNDS!!!!  6.5 pounds to go till I am at my goal.  I&#8217;ve worn straight skirts all week,  even wore my skinny jeans today!!!!  Okay sorry, got side tracked&#8230;.  I walked with Kaki.  Weighted vest is at it&#8217;s max weight of 30 pounds (After 2 miles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-19/</link>
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		<title>The evil twin strikes again!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I really REALLY REALLLLLYwanted a McDonald&#8217;s McRib for lunch today.  But the fact I was able to wear a skirt I&#8217;ve never been able to zip up before made me stop and think!!  So I had fruit and yogurt for lunch instead&#8230;. but I wasn&#8217;t happy.  Well, okay I was happy&#8230;.. but my evil twin wasn&#8217;t&#8230;.. she wanted that darn McRib (and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/the-evil-twin-strikes-again/</link>
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		<title>All about me me me!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Click here to see  Tyler at WellStrong Fitness.   He&#8217;s talking about ME!! 
So of course I have to share!!  I&#8217;ll wait here while you go watch the video.
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/all-about-me-me-me/</link>
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		<title>I want one!!</title>
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I want to win the Little Debbie CUPCAKE car!!!   How adorable is this car??   AND since I&#8217;ve lost weight I would fit in it just fine!!
This car just makes me smile!
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/i-want-one/</link>
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		<title>Whewwww</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am so glad this week is over!!  It&#8217;s going out with a major headache and feeling exhausted!  But at least it&#8217;s over!!   I plan to sleep in tomorrow and regroup for this next week.
I have 8.5 pounds to lose!!  I should stop saying lose&#8230;. losing something means you will find it&#8230;. I want to give away [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/whewwww/</link>
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		<title>E-5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 
I still have a lot to learn when it comes to dealing with stress without eating.  My Mom needed a trip to the emergency room yesterday.  The vending machine and I became great friends.   UGH!!  I do know better HONEST!!!   I did tell myself &#8220;No no no!&#8221;  but I ignored that voice.  To top it off&#8230; I didn&#8217;t exercise (unless you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/e-5/</link>
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		<title>UGH!!!</title>
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Goodness sake everyo&#8230; I was going to say &#8220;Everyone around me is getting sick!&#8221;  Then it dawned on me by &#8220;EVERYONE around ME&#8221; could lead you to believe that I&#8217;m the cause&#8230;. sooooo instead how about &#8220;I know a lot of sick people&#8221;  Wait&#8230; that&#8217;s not right either.  Okay Mom, Ms. Barbara and Dr. Louie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/ugh-2/</link>
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		<title>Week 18</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Here is my weekly blah blah blah post.  Mostly all I can say is STUPID STUPID STUPID!!  If I hadn&#8217;t eaten a ton of wrong foods yesterday (the day before a weigh in?!?!?!)  I think my numbers would have been so much better. STUPID me!!  UGH!!!  Anywayyyyyy&#8230;.. I am down 1.5 pounds!  WOOOO HOOOOO!!!  I am [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-18/</link>
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		<title>Munch munch munch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t get enough food today!! I don&#8217;t mean &#8216;vegetable&#8217; good for you food either.  I wanted JUNK FOOD!!  I wanted candy and french fries!  Of course&#8230;. why not?  A day before my weigh in.  WHY NOT?!?!?!  UGH UGH UGH!!!!! I could have had a carrot or one of my Lean Cuisines&#8230;&#8230; but noooooooo I made a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/munch-munch-munch/</link>
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		<title>Oh-oh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the Half Year Resolution contest started I went thru my closet and divided it into wear now, lose 20 pounds and goal weight.  Well, last week after trying to get dressed from the &#8220;lost 20 pounds&#8221; section and found so many that were too big I thought I should probably check the goal weight section&#8230;.  Yea&#8230;. well, I wore one of those skirts today and have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/oh-oh/</link>
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		<title>Turn your clocks back&#8230;.</title>
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MAN! I have a lot of clocks in this house!! 
Well, at least the candy crisis is over!  Course, now I am stuck with a big ole&#8217; bag of candy I don&#8217;t like!!   That was a genius plan that totally backfired!!  But at least I won&#8217;t gain any weight because of Halloween!  Yea me!!
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/turn-your-clocks-back/</link>
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		<title>Trick or Treat&#8230;.</title>
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Happy Halloween!  I can&#8217;t wait for the little kids to start delivering candy right to my door! (Insert evil_laugh)  Ohhhhhhkay fine I won&#8217;t really steal any candy&#8230;..   I did guarante I won&#8217;t eat any candy I have here either!  I only bought Halloween candy I don&#8217;t like!  YEA ME!!! (Smart me!!)
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/trick-or-treat/</link>
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		<title>Boost</title>
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My weight loss is really starting to show.  I&#8217;m starting to get a lot of comments from my daughter, to the girls I work with and the patients that we see from year to year.   Boy if compliments aren&#8217;t a big diet boost I don&#8217;t know what is.  It might be a big enough boost to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/boost/</link>
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		<title>Ring ring&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was my weekly phone call with Tyler at Well Strong Fitness.  Tyler said he is going to leave my exercise routine alone.  Since I lost 2 pounds for the week.  Ya know for the total of TWENTY pounds&#8230;. (Sorry, I just really REALLY like that number!)  Tyler does want to shake things up in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/ring-ring/</link>
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		<title>Week 17</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is my weekly blah blah YEEEE HAAAAblah blah post.  (I&#8217;m all about the subtle!!)  I am down 2 pounds!!  That make TWENTY pounds GONE!! 20!!!  I only have ten pounds to go!!  Okay, here is the rest of my weekly report, I walked every morning with Kaki, wearing my weighted vest. (A little faster pace and just a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-17/</link>
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		<title>Hummmmmm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay now I am really stumped!  Two days in a row where I am not ravenous?!  Do I have an on off switch I didn&#8217;t know I had??   This isn&#8217;t like me!!   Two days in a row where it was easy to stay on track??   Is this how fit, thin people live??  Not thinking about food?  Breezing thru exercise?  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/hummmmmm/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the catch?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WOW!  I really don&#8217;t want to jinx myself but today was easy!  Little extra exercise easily done!!  Sticking to my diet super easy!!  Even bed time&#8230;. I actually think I will be in bed and asleep at a decent hour.  (And I&#8217;m sleepy enough that I don&#8217;t think I will be tossing and turning either!!!)   I&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/whats-the-catch/</link>
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		<title>Another one bites the dust&#8230;.</title>
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 Hummmmm&#8230;&#8230; can&#8217;t decide if I am happy or I am sad.  When I got dressed this morning  I decided to see if an old favorite pair of jeans fit yet.  Yea&#8230;.. someONE should have checked several pounds ago because they were so big a belt wouldn&#8217;t even have helped keep them up!!   I can&#8217;t believe how big the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/another-one-bites-the-dust/</link>
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		<title>Relaxing&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what a great day off!  I slept in.  I watched back to back movies.  (I highly recommend Monsters vs. Aliens! VERY funny!) I didn&#8217;t exercise. (I did still pay attention to what I ate&#8230; I&#8217;m not gonna gain just cause I wanted to be lazy!!)  I didn&#8217;t clean house&#8230;&#8230;I didn&#8217;t catch up on laundry.  I was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/relaxing/</link>
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		<title>Zzzzzzz</title>
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This week was exhausting all the way around.  If I sit still too long I start to dose off!!  A sure sign I need a break!
Luckily, it&#8217;s my weekend off and I have NOTHING planned except to sleep IN!!!!  How great does that sound!?!?!?   I bet ya&#8217;all wish you were me!!
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/zzzzzzz/</link>
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		<title>Pumpkins!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a great night!!  Spent time with my wonderful daughter Selena and her best friend Heather.  We carved pumpkins!!  It&#8217;s been so long since I&#8217;ve done that.  I really need more practice because ummmm really?  I am not very creative at ALL!!  (I would so like to take credit for one of the cooler ones&#8230;. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/pumpkins/</link>
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		<title>Week 16</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally!!!  My plateau has been BROKEN!!!  And it&#8217;s about TIME!!!  I am down 2 pounds this week!!  WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!  That makes me 18 pounds GONE and &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..12 pounds to go!!
I&#8217;ve tried a couple of different exercises this last 2 weeks.  From the defective hula hoop fiasco.  To adding a little extra time walking with Kaki.  My weighted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-16/</link>
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		<title>Lost my mind!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever have a great diet day&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. only to be ruined just before bed??   AHHHHHH!!!!  I should have just come home and gone to bed!!  Lucky for me I did great with the grocery shopping over the weekend&#8230;. so I don&#8217;t have any really &#8220;BAD for me&#8221; foods in the house&#8230;. but I still managed to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/lost-my-mind/</link>
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		<title>Candy is NOT trash!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s pretty bad when a piece of  partially wrapped candy gets thrown in the trash can and you actually THINK about going in after it!!!  Yup!! Gretchen threw away CANDY!!    And I contemplated going in after it.  I just couln&#8217;t bring myself to be that person! (Had it been a Reese Peanut Butter cup MAYBE!!)   Instead I settled for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/candy-is-not-trash/</link>
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		<title>Fine&#8230;.. whatEVER!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay sooooo I have to post that DH now has the high score in Wii bowling&#8230;&#8230;  but he cheated!!  He taught the dog to lay in front of ME when it&#8217;s my turn to bowl.  That&#8217;s cheating&#8230;.. besides&#8230;&#8230; DH bowls with a PINK bowling ball!  SO HA!!!   (I am NOT a spoil sport!! I do NOT know where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/fine-whatever/</link>
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		<title>A duh moment&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You might remember that I&#8217;ve been putting clothes away for the garage sale.  Anything that doesn&#8217;t fit GOES!!  I&#8217;m NOT going to need them ever again&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. but my flip flops??  REALLY!??!  I wanted to run to the grocery store tonight (BTW&#8230;.. spent more time in the produce section than any other!! Even managed to get out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/a-duh-moment/</link>
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		<title>Goodnight</title>
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 It&#8217;s official&#8230;..  I can no longer stay up all night and still function the next day!!  I&#8217;m thinking of hitting the pillow by 8pm???  OH COME ON!!!!!!!!  HOW (and when!?) did this happen?!?!  But tired or not I still walked this morning.   I can&#8217;t say I walked as fast as normal&#8230;. but I walked none the less.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/goodnight/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m so GOOD!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was a very good girl today.   I walked this morning.  Weighted vest and all.  I did stomach crunches.  AND I ate like a little ANGEL!!  Now that the blog is updated with just how WONDERFUL and perfect I was for the day &#8230;&#8230; don&#8217;t NOBODY be watchin&#8217; me now!!
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/im-so-good/</link>
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		<title>Pity party</title>
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I&#8217;ve had a bad week.  I didn&#8217;t exercise like I should have.  Actually, I didn&#8217;t exercise at all!  That is so BAD for me!!  And I paid for it to!!  No weight loss and I was tired all the time!!  (Okay saying it out loud is making me feel worse!!)  In my perfect world I would have more energy if I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/pity-party-2/</link>
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		<title>Whew!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I made it ALLLLLLL day without breaking ANYTHING!!!  So I think I&#8217;ll go to bed early just to be on the safe side! 
Oh and thank you for keeping your fingers crossed about the car.  The coolant thermostate went out and needed replaced.  Not overly expensive&#8230;. but I really can&#8217;t afford to break anything else.   (Good thing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/whew/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not what you think!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No matter what DH tells you I&#8217;m not doing it on purpose!!   I did not make the old lap top a paper weight so I could have a shiny, new, perfect (very fast) laptop.  Just like I did not break the car to get a new one&#8230;..  If I was doing that I would have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/its-not-what-you-think/</link>
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		<title>Yippppy!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Soooooo&#8230; I made a paper weight out of my old slow laptop and DH made my day by buying me a shiny new FAST FAST FAST laptop!!   Wooo hoooo! I&#8217;m so excited.  This little laptop is SWEEEET!!!!  Yes, I know!  I know!!  You think I am SPOILED!!   I prefer to think of it as very well taken care of! 
Now as far as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/yippppy/</link>
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		<title>uh ohhhh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, that 3 lbs paper weight formerly known as &#8216;Connie&#8217;s Laptop&#8221; is demanding to be factory restored.  Working on this computer has sent me into eating non-stop!  Granted it&#8217;s been better food than I would have chosen before.  Almonds (Course probably NOT as many as I&#8217;ve eaten and by probably I mean WAY more than I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/uh-ohhhh/</link>
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		<title>Grrrrr</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am in SUCH A BAD MOOD!!!  Whatever COULD go wrong HAS gone wrong.  Starting with my laptop which is totally screwed up!! Seems someone (okay me&#8230; but lets not nit pick here) has pretty much created a 3 pound paper weight!  I&#8217;ve worked hours on it&#8230; and I think made it worse by the minute.  GRRRRRR!!  Okay back to work on my fancy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/grrrrr/</link>
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		<title>Where can I buy an extra 30 minutes??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was my weekly phone call with Tyler at WellStrong Fitness.   Tyler instructions for this week are adding an extra 15 minutes a day to my walk.  Since I&#8217;m on a time crunch in the morning (you should see me getting ready for work when I&#8217;m running on time&#8230;.. 15 minutes behind??  Wellllll you may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/where-can-i-buy-an-extra-30-minutes/</link>
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		<title>Week 14</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yea yea yea&#8230;.. I know I said I wasn&#8217;t going to weigh in today&#8230;.  but I did it anyway&#8230;.  it wasn&#8217;t as bad as I imagined it would be.   I gained 1 pound.   It could have been worse (ohhh it should have been worse! I had so much fun in Vegas!)   So one pound not bad.   (Still don&#8217;t like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-14/</link>
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		<title>Kids can do it!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, seriously??? I can&#8217;t HULA HOOP!??!?!?!?   SMALL CHILDREN can hula hoop!!!  I had one when I was a kid I have hooped before! &#8230;&#8230;&#8230; so COME ON!!! 
I bought one called  &#8216;acu-hula-hoop&#8217;.  It has these silver 1&#8243; wide METAL balls inside the hoop (okay okay I know&#8230;.I know&#8230; YOU would have kept shopping&#8230;after YOU saw the metal balls.  I on the other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/kids-can-do-it/</link>
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		<title>Such a hard head!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know better but old habits die hard!!!  BUT&#8230;.Since I&#8217;ve &#8220;already blown my diet THIS week&#8221; what&#8217;s MORE bad food choices??&#8221;  AUGH!!  NOW I have pizza guilt!!  (It did taste really good though!) 
The smart thing would have been to get right back on the diet  life style change wagon today&#8230;&#8230;. but noooooooo not me!!   I&#8217;m telling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/such-a-hard-head/</link>
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		<title>Oh what a great vacation!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Home sweet home.  Vegas was awesome.  Cher was AMAZING!!  Seriously!! If you are a Cher fan and ever have the opportunity to see her in person&#8230; GO! She is amazing!!  I promise she is worth every cent!!   I&#8217;m still on cloud nine.
Thank you DH for the most amazing seats!! WOW! I SAW CHER!!  LIVE!!!
   Zachary made it back safe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/oh-what-a-great-vacation/</link>
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		<title>Erase&#8230; erase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, if you are gonna get alllll dolled up&#8230;.. all wound up and excited&#8230;. AND tell everyONE that you are going to go see Cher in concert you MIGHTjust want to find out if she is actually PERFORMING that night. Come to find out Cher doesn&#8217;t give concerts on Friday nights (nooooo I hadn&#8217;t been drinking!!) 
So slight change [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/erase-erase/</link>
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		<title>WOOOO HOOOO!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay standing next to Mike Tyson made me feel tiny&#8230;. next to Paris Hilton?!  No not so much!! 
I also posed with Mick Fleetwood!  I&#8217;ll post pictures when I get home tomorrow night&#8230;.. because I don&#8217;t have time right now&#8230;. I am on my way to see CHER!!!   Betcha all wish you were with me in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/woooo-hoooo/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;member when!?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember when I asked &#8220;Am I skinny yet??!?!&#8221;  Well, stand next to Mike Tyson and YEA I felt little!!!     
Better pictures coming in a few weeks.  But I had to send something!!   I mean HELLO!!  I hugged Mike Tyson!!!
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/member-when/</link>
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		<title>Gottttta go!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arrived safe and sound in Vegas.  I&#8217;m all unpacked.   And now there is a machine down stairs calling my name! I&#8217;m pretty sure it said it want&#8217;s to give me money!  
I also want to remind everyone my son is on a charity ride for diabetes San Diego to San Francisco&#8230;&#8230; so 2 things!  If you see these Pacific Coast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/gottttta-go/</link>
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		<title>Packin&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Packing for Vegas and it&#8217;s taking me forever!!  I have to try on each outfit as I go!!  Since I started the Half Year Challenge I&#8217;ve  been firming up so much that several of the items I pulled out no longer fit!!  (Yea me! Sort of!)  So I try on each outfit as I go&#8230;.  I mean&#8230; I would hate to get to Vegas and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/packin/</link>
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		<title>Hula Hoopin&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I tell people I see at work about my Channel 10 Half Year Challenge I sometimes get tips or idea&#8217;s.  Like the hint from Patsy.  She toned up and slimmed down using a weighted Hula Hoop!! Okay first Patsy looks amazing! Second WHO KNEW there was such a thing?!?  I seriously had no idea!  Welllllll I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/hula-hoopin/</link>
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		<title>189!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As in I beat DH in bowling!  I have the new high score on the wii Resort BOWLING!!  
On the flip side of that I have a charlie horse in my thigh!!! (Okay not so much my thigh but more bit higher up&#8230;.)  that REALLY HURTS!!!                                                                     
But (I made a funny!) so worth it!  I have high score! 
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/189/</link>
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		<title>Crisis averted 4 now anyway&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had every intention of getting that Apple Fritter this morning&#8230;. UNTIL I pulled out a pair of pants that I haven&#8217;t had on in YEARS!  I actually started to put them away before even trying them on because I just &#8216;knew they wouldn&#8217;t fit&#8217; but not only did they fit&#8230; they fit GREAT!!  They fit SO great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/crisis-averted-4-now-anyway/</link>
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		<title>Same stuff different day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I walked with Kaki, I paid attention to what and how much I ate, which is a constant battle!  Do you think it ever gets easier??  For instance today I wanted an Apple Fritter!!!  (Well, that and whole lot of other foods that aren&#8217;t good choices)  Stupid diet!!  (I mean life style change!) I want an apple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/same-stuff-different-day/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll need darker sunglasses!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My son Zachary called and said &#8220;I&#8217;m sitting here looking at somebody famous&#8221;  I said &#8220;Ohhh who do you have over there?&#8221;  &#8220;No, Mom YOU! You are on the tv!!&#8221; 
That&#8217;s REALLY COOL!!  I&#8217;m in a Channel 10 commercial!!  WOO HOOO!!   I wonder where my paparazzi are hiding??  
Nothing else to report today.  Pretty uneventful actually.  Walked with Kaki.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/ill-need-darker-sunglasses/</link>
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		<title>Week 12</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here is the weekly blah blah blah update!   I lost one pound for the week.  Which puts my weight-loss at minus 16!!  Only (ha ha ha! I made a funny I used ONLY) 14 pounds to go!!   WOOOO HOOOO!!  I walked with Kaki all week.  Added another half pound weight to the weight vest.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-12/</link>
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		<title>Thank you!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a great day!!  Netta and Krystin you are both SO VERY SWEET!!!!  Netta made me a &#8216;Weight Watcher portion size&#8217; bowl.  It&#8217;s the perfect shade of orange!  It holds the prefect single serving portion!  I love this BOWL!!!!   (But.. is it bad that I want to see how many M&#38;M&#8217;s or how much peanut butter it will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/thank-you/</link>
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		<title>Fine!! I&#8217;m not 16 anymore! Geesh!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[       Wii Resort is a GAME!!!  A fun GAME!!  You aren&#8217;t supposed to be sore playing a video game!!  Maybe get a thumb cramp!   Not your arms, buns, shoulders, legs&#8230; well, you get the idea&#8230; HOLY MOLY I&#8217;m sore in muscles I didn&#8217;t know I had!                                    
 The Carlsbad Marathon may very well kill me!! 
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/fine-im-not-16-anymore-geesh/</link>
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		<title>Wheeeeeee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As in wii Resort that is.  DH and I played for 4 hours!!   In that 4 hours I realized I can&#8217;t handle a sword very well (as in not at ALL!).  Canoeing is great if you don&#8217;t give me a paddle cause I&#8217;m a right turner and I cause the canoe to go in circles. Wake-boarding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/wheeeeeee/</link>
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		<title>Ohhh it&#8217;s hereditary alright!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been giving a lot of thought to the Carlsbad Marathon.  Lot&#8217;s of different thoughts actually. 
I could just hold a fund raiser&#8230;. get Selena back her $75.00 entry fee. 
I could  hire a stunt double that looks like me&#8230; and will whine and complain the whole route&#8230;
Then it dawned on me&#8230;. the Half Year Challenge blog [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/ohhh-its-hereditary-alright/</link>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t THINK soooo!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So&#8230; I&#8217;d like to share this email from my darling daughter Selena (You know&#8230; the one we will from now on refer to as the INSANE ONE!!  I love you Selena! But you are NUTS!!)       
                                                                                                                                                                           Mom, Guess what you and Dan are doing together in January??   Yep, I bought my running slot a long time ago [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/i-dont-think-soooo/</link>
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		<title>Much better</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was a much better day.  I had a great motivating phone call with Tyler at WellStrong Fitness.  That combined with the messages, comments and emails from everyone reading I&#8217;m feeling much better. I thank you all so much for the pep talks!!  You guys are all AWESOME!!!   
It&#8217;s amazing how much better compliments will make you feel!  People I haven&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/much-better/</link>
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		<title>Week 11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m having such a hard time this week.  It&#8217;s one of those turning point weeks where I would say &#8220;ya know what?  I&#8217;m done!&#8221;   I am so grateful I was chosen to be part of the Channel 10 Half Year Challenge because this blog and this Challenge is the only reason I don&#8217;t  throw up my hands and say &#8220;AHHHH the heck [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-11/</link>
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		<title>UGH!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My vacation count down has begun&#8230;.. 14 days to go&#8230;.  after this week it can&#8217;t come fast ENOUGH!!  WAIT A MINUTE!!  Today is only TUESDAY!?!?!?!? 
I&#8217;m proud of myself though, the last 2 hectic days didn&#8217;t send me diving head first into a bowl of candy (Truthfully, only because A. I don&#8217;t have any and B. I&#8217;m too lazy to go anywhere and buy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/ugh/</link>
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		<title>Yum O!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s 9:30 at night and I&#8217;m so hungry&#8230;&#8230;.. so what do I do???  I pick the worst show to watch from my DVR list!!   Rachael Ray. OHMYGOSH everything she fixed today looked sooooo amazingly GOOD!!!!  But, I resisted temptation&#8230;. I grabbed a handful of raw almonds and Yoplait Frozen Whip and enjoyed every single bite.  LOOK at how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/yum-o/</link>
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		<title>Do tooo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know that DH doesn&#8217;t think I know where the cooking place is in our house&#8230;. but I do.   I even know what that thingy is that has fire!!  Tonight, I used 2 of &#8216;em!!  AT THE SAME TIME!!  
I made my version of Weight Watchers zero point soup.  The soup is really filling and mostly vegetables. In a very large pot add: 1 pound [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/do-tooo/</link>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Dr. Haug</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
I&#8217;m sure that Brunswick will be contacting me soon to sign on with them for the 2010 Pro Bowler Tour.  Yup&#8230;. I&#8217;m that good.  Okay fine.  Maybe not.  But I haven&#8217;t touched a bowling ball in 6 years and I still wound up with a 125 average.  Not too bad.  Dr. Haug showed everybody up with a 237.   (Ohhh [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/happy-birthday-dr-haug/</link>
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		<title>To sum it up&#8230;.</title>
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I can best describe the last couple of days &#38; especially nights as &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;

 
 
 
 
          With all the tossing and turning and NOT sleeping &#8230;&#8230;&#8230; I&#8217;m starting to get a little (LOT) grumpy and short tempered.  I could REALLY use a WHOLE nights sleep!!  PLEASE!??!?!?!?!?!?!?  Otherwise SOMEONE is going to get hurt!  And since it&#8217;s just DH and myself in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/to-sum-it-up/</link>
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		<title>No bye bye&#8230;. yet&#8230;.please&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to miss summer.  It&#8217;s so much easier for me to eat healthy.  Number 1 it&#8217;s too hot to really over eat (who am I kidding?!?  I could over eat in an oven!  But in my fantasy blog saying it&#8217;s too hot to eat sounds so much better!)  Number 2 I love fresh fruit.  Green grapes, white [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/no-bye-bye-yet-please/</link>
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		<title>Week 10! Can you believe it!?!?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am so excited to report -2 pounds this week!  So that makes 15 pounds GONE BABY GONE!!   As of today I am half way to my goal.  Hot diggity! YEA MEEE!!!   Ohhhh hold the phone&#8230;. I think I better count how many weeks I have left for the Half Year Resolution!!  (I crack myself up!!! I was GOING to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-10-can-you-believe-it/</link>
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		<title>The Talent!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is Dan (aka the Talent!)   Dan is my darling daughter Selena&#8217;s boyfriend.  Dan who works for Jenny Craig, was chosen to be in the new Jenny Craig work out videos. 
I need ya&#8217;all to go out and buy this dvd set so Dan can afford to buy Selena an engagement ring I need a GRANDBABY that lives close [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/the-talent/</link>
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		<title>Sheshhh everyone KNOWS this!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Louie wants to know what it is with me and M&#38;M&#8217;s.  My answer to her is&#8230;. &#8221;Don&#8217;t you keep up on what is healthy?&#8221;  Experts say you should fill your plate with colors!               
+greens, + yellows, +reds  etc&#8230;..                             
 
I know it works!   I always feel better immediately.
 
 
 
 

 
 
Then my darling baby sister sent DH a way to keep me outta the peanut butter (that is if I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/sheshhh-everyone-knows-this/</link>
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		<title>Umm hummm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I think I&#8217;ve pretty much established the fact that I have NO will power at all!   I just went to the kitchen for a scoop of peanut butter&#8230;&#8230; my dear sweet (and in SO VERY MUCH trouble) husband has hidden the peanut butter&#8230;.. from ME!!  A grown woman &#8230;&#8230;.. not kids (remember they are all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/umm-hummm/</link>
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		<title>Long Weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A nice quiet day to start off the long Labor Day weekend.  So far I&#8217;ve done very well,  I haven&#8217;t buried my face in the peanut butter jar even once!!  (But let&#8217;s face it&#8230; it&#8217;s only Saturday)   I made sure there is plenty of  fresh fruit in the fridge.  There are snack baggies with single servings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/long-weekend/</link>
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		<title>So that&#8217;s how it&#8217;s done!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Del Mar horse races: WAY more fun when you #1. you WIN&#8230;. #2. You actually learn a little about how to bet&#8230;. did you know that just because a jockey wears your favorite color doesn&#8217;t mean that they will win?!?!? 
Also&#8230;.. the last race is NOT the time to pick 6.
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/so-thats-how-its-done/</link>
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		<title>Week 9</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Woooo hoooo&#8230; happy dance&#8230;. HAPPY DANCE!!!

 I am down another TWO POUNDS!!!  For a total of 13 pounds.   I am so excited! 
Kaki and I walked again this morning.  Weighted vest (Extra weights added).  I&#8217;ve been careful with my carbs and sugar intake.  Slow but sure it&#8217;s comin&#8217; off. 
Now the trick is&#8230;. not gain anything on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-9/</link>
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		<title>Why why why?!?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know that Wednesdays are my blah blah blah weekly update day but Kaki has been on vacation all week&#8230;.. so I slept in&#8230;.. today I actually over slept and didn&#8217;t have time to weigh this morning.  (It&#8217;s ALL Kaki&#8217;s fault!  No walks&#8230;.. sleeping in&#8230;&#8230;.over sleeping&#8230;. Kaki is in SO MUCH trouble tomorrow morning!!)  But, I will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/why-why-why/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m helpful!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought I should share some numbers with you&#8230;&#8230; Today is September 1st.  Which means there are 84 days till Thanksgiving&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..
                 
85 days till Black Friday!!! (I love BLACK FRIDAY!!!) and 113 days till Christmas!  I thought you would like to know!  You are soooooooo WELCOME!!  I knew you would appreciate the information. 
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/im-helpful/</link>
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		<title>Dear Diary&#8230;.</title>
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My darling daughter Selena says I sure have a lot of excuses not to exercise.  Well&#8230;.. HELLO!??!?!  I&#8217;ve got 51 YEARS worth stored up!!   (Okay that might be a slight exaggeration I didn&#8217;t start exercising straight from the womb&#8230;. but I&#8217;m sure I was starting my list of excuses then!  Just like thinking of places to stash M&#38;M&#8217;s and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/dear-diary/</link>
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		<title>R ya kiddin&#8217; me??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m watching what I eat. The stuff I really REALLY want I try to eat in moderation only to find out I have to worry about my WATER!?!?!   

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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/r-ya-kiddin-me/</link>
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		<title>Please?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so I&#8217;m flipping thru one of the magazines that came today&#8230;.. and well, I&#8217;ve decided I need someone to just bring me a huge vat of Nivea Silhouette.  The ad says that Silhouette can lead to a  3 cm reduction on targeted area&#8217;s such as waist, thighs, hips and belly!!  I figure if I could soak [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/please/</link>
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		<title>Duck duct duck</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always heard that insanity runs in the family&#8230;. you get it from your KIDS!  But I may have actually passed the gene to my son Zachary!   Zac is going on a THOUSAND mile bike ride from San Diego to San Francisco to benefit Diabetes. I am hoping you&#8217;ll go check out his website.  (just like all my posts the different color [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/duck-duct-duck/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t stare!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was my weekly phone call from Tyler at WellStrong Fitness.   Tyler wants me to up the cardio.  So when Kaki and I walk I&#8217;m supposed to walk 3 minutes and jog for 1 minute.  I am suppose to do this 2 times a week.  Thinking about this now&#8230;.. I don&#8217;t like this idea at ALL!!  The route [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/dont-stare/</link>
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		<title>Week 8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here comes my weekly blah blah blah post.  (With a little whining thrown in!)   I stayed the same!!  THE SAME 11 pounds!!!  COME ON!!  Shouldn&#8217;t this be getting easier?!?!   Ohhh I know what you&#8217;re thinking&#8230;. &#8220;wasn&#8217;t it just a few posts back that said &#8216;you couldn&#8217;t get enough to eat?&#8217;&#8221;   Ummmm well, nooooooooooooo that was my eeeevil [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-8/</link>
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		<title>You may want to sit down for this!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t think of anything to blog about.  I KNOW!!  ME!! Who would have thought? Not me, I&#8217;m just as shocked as you are!!  I feel bad because I&#8217;m on such a roll.  I&#8217;ve not missed a single day since I started this challenge. (Besides, I would hate for you not to have SOMETHING to read in the morning, since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/you-may-want-to-sit-down-for-this/</link>
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		<title>No cheating!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was so busy it was easy to stick to my diet.  No cheating at all.  Dinner was fresh watermelon and yogurt.  I think I could eat watermelon every day and be a happy camper.
Even though Monday is my late night,  the Wii Fit  sounded like fun, got everything all set up&#8230;..  only to find out the batteries are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/no-cheating/</link>
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		<title>Uncle!!</title>
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The weekend is almost over and I can get back to the business of loosing weight!!   I don&#8217;t know why this weekend was so much harder than most.  I was lazy and hungry all weekend.  Sooooooooo NOT good!  I&#8217;m going to have to work hard straight thru till Wednesday just to stay even let alone show [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/uncle/</link>
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		<title>Is it just me??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why are weekends so hard for me to eat right??  I want to eat from the time I wake up till I go to bed.   I know I pig out because I&#8217;m bored.  There is nothing to watch on TV.  The dogs have all been walked.  DH is already in bed.  I could do an exercise DVD&#8230; but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/is-it-just-me/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m pouting!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone else is going to Vegas without me and I&#8217;m pouting!!    (Pouting and driving all over the place babysitting Granddogs!!!)   I know playing and walking dogs burns calories.  Do you think sulking burns double?? 

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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/im-pouting/</link>
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		<title>Ohhhh loookie!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was my weekly phone call with Tyler at WellStrong Fitness.  His suggestions for the week are: add more weights to my vest for my morning walks.  (makes sense! I&#8217;ve lost 11 pounds and to keep my body working hard let&#8217;s put it back on for the walk!)  Tyler&#8217;s other suggestion was to leave out the hash browns I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/ohhhh-loookie/</link>
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		<title>Week 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had to go back and look; I can&#8217;t believe it really has been 7 weeks!!   WOW time is going so fast!  Must be all this exercise!  Here&#8217;s my blah blah blah for the week.
I walked the week days with Kaki, weighted vest and all.  (It&#8217;s even time to go shopping for new walking shoes)  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-7/</link>
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		<title>Diet &amp; Exercise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Exercise and eating healthy really can make a big difference.  Today, one of our patients at Dr. Haug&#8217;s  could easily be the poster child for staying active.  81 years young.  We all thought she had written her age down wrong!!  She easily looked 20 years younger.  I swear she had more energy than I do!   Her secret is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/diet-exercise/</link>
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		<title>Ummmm chocolate&#8230;&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay REALLY!! &#8230;..  Pizza Hut needs to get that new commerical off the air!  I&#8217;m starting to dream about that pizza bowl and the chocolate lava cake&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;  closely followed by the Wendy&#8217;s BBQ chicken wings.  I WANT JUNK FOOD!!  I WANT a LOT of it!!  M&#38;M&#8217;s, pizza, chicken wings and chocolate lava cake!!!!!!!!   But here I sit with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/ummmm-chocolate/</link>
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		<title>Belt it Dan-o</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I really didn&#8217;t expect 9 pounds to make any real impact on me but it has made a difference!   I put on a pair of jeans that I wear on the weekends if I didn&#8217;t have a belt on I wouldn&#8217;t have JEANS ON!!  WOW!!  So back to the closet I went&#8230;&#8230;. I put 3 more skirts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/belt-it-dan-o/</link>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t quit yawning!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wish I had a good excuse why I didn&#8217;t do an exercise DVD after work tonight but I just can&#8217;t think of one.  I made really good food decisions all day.  But exercise?  Just couldn&#8217;t bring myself to do anything except watch a movie.   WAIT!!  Hold the phone!!  Laughing burns calories right?  Oh wait&#8230;  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/cant-quit-yawning/</link>
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		<title>What a blur&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s amazing how fast a day off goes.  It&#8217;s just not fair.  Why doesn&#8217;t your day at work go that fast???  Although, I burned some major calories today.  My house is SO clean, the laundry is done.  Ran errands including  picking up my GrandDOG Bosco at the groomers and delivering him home. (He had emails to read so I didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/what-a-blur/</link>
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		<title>Water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry can&#8217;t write tonight&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. I&#8217;m off to get me some of this water!!!!!

 

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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/water-2/</link>
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		<title>Week 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is my weekly blah blah blah post.    I did really good with exercise.  Walked every weekday with Kaki.  In my weighted vest.  Added 3 different evenings with a Jillian Michael&#8217;s exercise DVD.  Made much better food choices.  Lots of fresh fruits, vegetables and grilled chicken.  (Finally that big Costco size bag of baked potato [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-6/</link>
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		<title>Gardening</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing better than a fresh tomato on a salad.   For Mothers Day my kids bought me a Topsy Turvy Planter.  Tonight I harvested my tomato.   Yup as in one.  BUT wait!  It gets  better!!  Actually words just wouldn&#8217;t do my tomato justice.     
Isn&#8217;t that the prettiest tomato?!     To bad there was only one.   Do you think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/gardening/</link>
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		<title>I hate Mondays!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Such a long day!!  Monday&#8217;s I work 10 to 7:00pm.  Which means I don&#8217;t get home till 7:45&#8230;. By the time I eat a light dinner I just don&#8217;t have the energy to do an exercise DVD.  But I did walk this morning, weighted vest and all.   So mostly I just wanted to tell you I hate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/i-hate-mondays/</link>
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		<title>I get an A+</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I did another Jillian Michael&#8217;s DVD today.   She kicked my butt again!  I can only imagine what she would be like in person!  No wonder people on the show dropped weight so consistently and fast!!!   Tyler at WellStrong Fitness was right adding an exercise DVD was a great idea.  It&#8217;s really good for the weekends [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/i-get-an-a/</link>
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		<title>I shoulda won!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to the Del Mar horse races tonight, had a great time.  I didn&#8217;t win and I so should have!   I bet a 3 horse Exacta in the 5th race with these names:
Princess Susan  (I always say I AM the princess.  My middle name is Sue).  Mood Winner (Menopause makes me moody) and Mean Heat(ahhhh can you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/i-shoulda-won/</link>
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		<title>No crying in exercising??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know an exercise video is going to kick your butt when the first line from the instructor is &#8220;Welcome&#8230;&#8230; you brave brave soul&#8221;   WAIT&#8230;.. WHAT?!?!??! 
My darling daughter Selena loaned me her Jillian Michaels &#8220;The biggest winner&#8221; boxed set.  So I loaded all 5 disks in the player and hit random&#8230;.. Jillian is AMAZING (and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/no-crying-in-exercising/</link>
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		<title>Pity Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am in such a rut!!   I feel unmotivated, tired and just BLAH!!!!    I still have left overs from the BBQ (dangerous!)  I normally send home all the left over junk food with my son&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; not this time.  WHY??  WHY?!?!  Costco size potato chips.  I kept them??  WHY?!?!?!?!?!? WHY would I do that to myself??    (Ohhhh and they are the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/pity-party/</link>
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		<title>Week 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m ready to get back to work now.  Kaki and I did our walk.  MAN that hill got steep over night!!  I didn&#8217;t do any extra exercises this last week &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. unless we can count carrying Emma, playing with Emma, swimming with Emma&#8230;&#8230;. changing Emma&#8217;s diaper.  Wait&#8230;. THAT is extra exercise!  MAN can that child [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-5/</link>
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		<title>Gettin&#8217; me some will power&#8230;.. soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I did good today!!!  I had a hamburger at In &#38; Out &#8230;wait wait wait&#8230;..I can hear you now&#8230;. &#8216;that&#8217;s not being good!&#8217;   BUT I had it protein style.  Which means without the bun. Instead it is wrapped in lettuce.  It was really good and really messy!   I also shared an order of fries.  Which granted was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/gettin-me-some-will-power-soon/</link>
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		<title>Good Day Bad Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I feel like I&#8217;m always complaining in my blog.  UGH!!  That has got to stop!!!!  AND YET&#8230;.. here I go again.   (Paaaaaleeease like you didn&#8217;t see that coming!)
It was a GOOD day because for the first time I got to babysit my PERFECT Granddaughter Emma while her Mom &#38; Dad went to a business dinner. (just for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/good-day-bad-day/</link>
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		<title>Say what?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s odd to me that exercise wakes me up.  Days when I don&#8217;t exercise I am tired and sleepy all day.  How does that make sense?  Work hard&#8230;.. sweat up a storm&#8230;&#8230; have energy all day long.  Sleep in and all I want to do is sit on the couch or nap.
Soooo trust me on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/say-what/</link>
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		<title>Decisions&#8230; decisions&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What to confess blog about today?  That I cleaned house and sweated up a storm?  Ohhh good job!!  That I ate grilled chicken and only a small amount of potato salad?  Great JOB me!!  Or that I had 2 pieces of carrot cake?  Nooooo I should leave out.  I&#8217;ll leave out the potato chips and french onion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/decisions-decisions/</link>
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		<title>Ouch Oouch Ouch!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was a major workout day!!  I walked with Kaki, then did yard work.  Mowing, weeding and sweeping.   On the plus side&#8230;&#8230;pushing the lawn mower over very uneven ground was much easier than in the past.  Yea, push-ups! I got me some upper body strength going on!!  I also have 2 blisters, several scratches and one broken [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/ouch-oouch-ouch/</link>
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		<title>HOLD the phone!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That last post caused quiet a stir&#8230;. I am up POINT five as in 1/2 of a pound.  NOT 5 pounds!  I ate a LOT but not that MUCH!!   I&#8217;ll spell it out next time.  5 pounds!??!  Seriously?!?!?!   NO NO NO!!  (please no!) 
I had my weekly conference call with Tyler at WellStrong Fitness.  Tyler suggested a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/hold-the-phone/</link>
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		<title>4 week update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First I have to say I am SO READY for this week to be OVER!!!!!!!!!  Kaki is on vacation so I didn&#8217;t walk.  Yes, I know I could have walked all by myself, but what if I got lost?   What if a pack of wild dogs&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. okay so you get the point.  I took the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/4-week-update/</link>
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		<title>Old habits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When it rains it pours!  Today was one bad phone call after another!!!   (Watch out I&#8217;m about to let loose with some major whining!)  My son has to find a new house to rent buy August 15th.  My mother&#8217;s mobile home just won&#8217;t sell and now the realtor wants it painted and new carpet (we can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/old-habits/</link>
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		<title>Stupid Wednesdays!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another day of wanting to eat all day long!!  In the past, a day like today would have made me throw up my hands say &#8220;Forget it!!  I&#8217;ll start over on the first of the month&#8221;  BUT because I&#8217;m blogging every night and weighing in on Wednesdays I didn&#8217;t!!  I ate responsibly and drank more water. (I&#8217;m tellin&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/stupid-wednesdays/</link>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Zac!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Family BBQ for our son Zachary&#8217;s 29th birthday.  I love hanging out with my family.  Theres no better way to spend a day!!!  I made some really good food choices (and a couple really BAD one&#8217;s!  Wednesday isn&#8217;t going to be pretty!)  I DID have skinless grilled chicken. YUM.  I did have fresh fruit salad (courtesy of my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/happy-birthday-zac/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m hungry!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever had a day that you can&#8217;t get enough eat?  Well, that&#8217;s me today!!   I want food.  A LOT OF FOOD!  Itried extra water, I ate more fruit, drank more water&#8230;.. had a handful of almonds&#8230;.. more fruit&#8230;. a spoon of peanut butter and more water.   I think just going to bed and sleeping [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/im-hungry/</link>
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		<title>Note to self&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you crave chocolate 24/7  chocolate body wash  is a REALLY BAD IDEA!!
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/note-to-self/</link>
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		<title>YEA me!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was my weekly phone call with Tyler at WellStrong Fitness.  He was going to give me more diet tweaks to do but then heard how much weight I lost this week and decided I was doing just fine for right now.  YEA ME!!!   So for the next week my exercise plan and diet are business as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/163/</link>
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		<title>Yeeeeee HAAAAA!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THREE POUNDS this week!!  Woooo hooooo!!!  (That&#8217;s 3 pounds down!! I should clarify that just in case you think I would be doing the happy dance for a gain&#8230;. which ummm well&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;NO!  I wouldn&#8217;t)  Total loss of 7 pounds.    Who knew such small changes would make such a difference.  I&#8217;ve cut out a large portion of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/yeeeeee-haaaaa/</link>
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		<title>I scream, we scream &#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The only thing between me and a MickyD&#8217;s chocolate ice cream sundae is the fact that I&#8217;ve made Wednesday my weigh in day&#8230;&#8230;.. but really? 
 Doesn&#8217;t this look REALLY GOOD?!?!
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/i-scream-we-scream/</link>
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		<title>Did anyone get the number of that truck??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pretty sure a big ole truck ran me over last night, came back and ran me over again.  I woke up with a stomach ache (adults can have just plain ole&#8217; tummy aches right?)  I did manage to do my morning walk and 50 ab crunches on the Bean.  (Yes, I admit it I am an infomercial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/did-anyone-get-the-number-of-that-truck/</link>
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		<title>What wagon??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DH and I went out to breakfast this morning.  Yes, I did fall off the wagon.  I had bacon!  I had hash browns!  I had toast!!  I only had one piece of toast instead of 2. (baby steps!)  It was SO GOOD!!  Course DH made me look bad by having a mushroom omelet and asking to substitute his hash [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/what-wagon/</link>
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		<title>Water??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For someone who I&#8217;m pretty sure was allergic to water a mere 2 and a half weeks ago I sure can&#8217;t get ENOUGH!!!  I swear the more water I drink the thirstier I am!!  What&#8217;s IN THIS STUFF!??!?!?!
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/water/</link>
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		<title>New Theory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday&#8217;s are my day off.  I used today to it&#8217;s fullest advantage!    I cleaned my closet&#8217;s out!  (Yes, I said closets.  I&#8217;m an empty nester!  It&#8217;s what we do!!)  I cleared out so many things that don&#8217;t fit.  (So anyone interested in throwing a garage sale I&#8217;m in!).  Now don&#8217;t misunderstand my little four pound loss doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/new-theory/</link>
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		<title>Wanna loose weight?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just start a blog.  Seriously!!  Your friends read the blog&#8230;. then give you THE LOOK when you reach for something that you really shouldn&#8217;t.  Your co-workers say &#8220;are you going to blog that?&#8221;  The lady at the drug store that is staring at you while your in the candy aisle &#8230;is it because your hair [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/wanna-loose-weight/</link>
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		<title>No Frills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my weekly no frills progress report  (okay who are we kidding?  Of course there will be frills!)   I&#8217;m happy to report another 1.5 pounds gone!  That makes 4 pounds total. 
Walked Monday thur Friday with Kaki. I&#8217;ve added my weighted vest to my walking attire to burn more calories.  The vest has weights you can add or subtract.  I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/no-frills/</link>
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		<title>GRRRRRR&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was one of THOSEdays.  Where you come home frustrated and mad.  It took everything I had not to buy the 1 pound bag of Peanut Butter M&#38;M&#8217;s and eat &#8216;em all.  (For those of you who think I&#8217;m kidding&#8230;. ummm Serving SIZE equals CONTAINER size!!  This goes double for M&#38;M&#8217;s!)  Instead I bought the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/114/</link>
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		<title>Do a 180!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My great friend Stephanie in New York sent me the cutest magnet for my fridge! It has two phrases the first &#8220;Step away from the fridge there is nothing in here to eat. Put your arms down, put &#8216;em down! Yea! I want you to do a 180 and walk back to the rice cake immediately!! YEA!&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/107/</link>
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		<title>Back away from the flame!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If I have a hot flash why doesn&#8217;t it burn fat?  All the hot flashes I have had you would think the fat would just melt off! 
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		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/back-away-from-the-flame/</link>
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		<title>Will work for M&amp;M&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UGH UGH UGH!!!  I&#8217;ve been so good all week long!  Weekend hits and BAMB I&#8217;m hungry all the time!!!  COME ON!!!!  NOT cool!!
Weekdays my routine is pretty much the same.  Up at 6:00 (okay so snooze button till 6:30 FINE 6:45 gesh!  This honesty thing thing is so outta hand!) walk with Kaki from 7:00 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/give-ya-a-dollar-if-you-bring-me-mms/</link>
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		<title>Bat Wings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My Grandma Jones use to tell me the loose skin that drooped down from her upper arms was called &#8220;Bat Wings&#8221;   About a year or so ago I FOUND my Grandma&#8217;s bat wings under my own arms and I am not amused.   But more than that!!  Did you know there is a muscle under there?  These exercises Tyler at WellStrong Fitness has me doing &#8230;. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/bat-wings/</link>
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		<title>New food plan.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tyler from WellStrong Fitness and I had a conference call this morning about my 3 day food journal.  (I was very good!  I wrote everything down! Even when I didn&#8217;t want too)  Tyler helped me to map out a plan for my meals.  More protein and few carbs.  Not real crazy about the egg without a yolk part&#8230;.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/new-food-plan/</link>
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		<title>Week one!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s already been one week on the Channel 10 Half Year Challenge.  I got on the scale this morning weighing 1.5 pounds less!  YEA ME!!   It was surprising since in this last week we&#8217;ve had a family BBQ celebrating DH &#38; my birthdays.  The Del Mar Fair trip and really can you go to the Del [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/week-one/</link>
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		<title>I found it!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The perfect cell phone ringer for Tyler at WellStrong Fitness. Eye of the Tiger!  
Today Tyler emailed me 4 pages of exercises (a total of 8 exercises) Tyler wants me to do 20 reps per set and 2 sets.  3 times a week to start.    Pffftttt easy as PIE as I read thru the exercises and looked at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/i-found-it/</link>
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		<title>Step one&#8230;Write it down!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kaki and I started the morning with our 45 minute walk. (You&#8217;ll be glad to know we didn&#8217;t bash husbands for the ENTIRE time we did touch on politics for a few minutes.)  Followed by a conference call with Tyler at WellStrong Fitness. Even over the phone Tyler is enthusiastic and energetic about what he does.  I have NO DOUBT [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/step-one-write-it-down/</link>
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		<title>Why do Holiday weekends go so fast!?!?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hot day = fruit salad for dinner. Can there be anything better? Watermelon, cherries, apples, peaches, banana and topped with yogurt. YUM!!!
I&#8217;m keeping up with my water. (added bonus with the water is the exercise I get running back and forth down the hall!!)
Tomorrow morning 8am my first conference with Tyler at WellStrong Fitness. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/why-do-holiday-weekends-go-so-fast/</link>
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		<title>Happy 4th of July!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What would the 4th of July be without a BBQ?!?!   Uhhhh it would be my kind of 4th I guess.  Everyone in the family had different plans so DH (dear hubby) and I decided to go to the movies.  Today&#8217;s movie made up for yesterdays.  Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in The Proposal.  I must own that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/happy-4th-of-july/</link>
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		<title>Long lazy weekend!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is it about a long weekend that makes me so lazy?!?!    Up at the regular time but am I doing anything productive?  Nooooooooo hubby and I are watching maybe the worst Steven Seagal movie I&#8217;ve ever seen!  But it&#8217;s like a train wreck and I can&#8217;t stop watching!  BUT on a positive note I&#8217;m not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/long-lazy-weekend/</link>
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		<title>Off and running&#8230;. okay so off and walking actually</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Started the day off with my usual walk.  My friend Kaki and I have been walking every weekday morning for the last 10 years.  (We are actually pretty famous in the neighborhood.  Okay so maybe the famous part is all in my head, but we do get stopped every now and again by people that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/18/</link>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s get this party started!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello!  As you may have read from my bio my name is Connie.  I&#8217;m 51.  Married mother of 3.   First time Grandma with 1 absolutely PERFECT Granddaughter.  I work full time as a receptionist for an optometrist in Escondido.    With each of the different hats I wear  I have stress that I need to learn to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://10newsblogs.com/halfyearconnie/2009/lets-get-this-party-started/</link>
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