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January 2008 April 29th, 2006 January 23rd, 2006 September 6th, 2005 TWO YEAR JOURNEY...so far January 23rd, 2005 A YEAR GONE BY... January 23rd, 2004 ONDERLAND ! February 28th, 2004 WEIGHT CHART JOURNAL ARCHIVES RAMBLINGS (thoughts, inspirations, challenges, etc...) 
(tips on weightloss, nutrition, exercise, etc...) MINI.GOALS PROGRESS & BEFORE PHOTOS ART . JEWELRY . CAKE PHOTOS FAMILY PHOTOS GOAD.TRIPS (GoaD Goodwill Ambassador Missions) ROAD.TRIPS |
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(this site is best viewed when monitor is set at 1152 x 864 pixels) (Website Font is Albertus Medium) HELLO! ......you found me! So...you wanted to get a little glimpse into the life of ME? r e m o d e l i n g _ m e (aka Julie) …I hope you do cuz this is kinda long Like I said before...my name is Julie I'm 40, married (17 years!) to a FABULOUS man named Brad & have two boys...Brayden, 8 & Sam, 11. Updated September 2006 ...AND THIS IS MY PRE-JOURNEY STORY...  I was a fairly normal sized kid growing up...never really had a weight problem until I started working at DAIRY QUEEN when I was 16. A year later & 20 lbs heavier, I joined Weight Watchers with my mother for the first time! (if I only knew then what I know now!) I was a size 7 when I graduated from high school (Columbine, Littleton Colorado - 1984) & met my future husband, Brad, a few months later. Gradually gaining back those 20 lbs & then some over the next year, I joined Weight Watchers for the 2nd time as a size 13 in 1986 before starting design school @ Colorado Institute of Art. I was as a size 9 when school started! Gaining back that weight & then some by graduation in early 1989, I joined WW again for the 3rd time to get skinny for my June wedding. Wedding plans & a new job kept me from getting serious about losing this weight & I ended up actually gaining a few more pounds (had to let my wedding dress out!) & was around 170 lbs when the wedding came around. 
Moving to Minnesota a year after being married left me depressed & lonely...I ballooned up to 200lbs in no time. I tried WW one last time in 1991 & as always, got that first 10 lbs off & blew it. I finally gave up “dieting” that year, because I was just getting heavier after each “failure”…I wasn’t going to go on any fad diet, use any diet pills, etc… I knew they wouldn’t work if I couldn’t do it for life… so until I had my head together enough to do it right, I wasn’t going to do it at all. [ although I did manage to get down into the 190s the summer before getting pregnant with my youngest, thanks to a medication that had nothing to do w/ weight loss & that I had to go off of to get pregnant! :o( Never forming any new healthy habits, I gained every bit of it back, & then some! I don't count this phase as part of my weightloss history. ] Two kids & 10 years later...I found myself at what WAS my heaviest...267 lbs! I was always so overwhelmed at the thought of trying to lose all of this weight, I remember saying how easy 20 lbs was to lose way back when I only had those 20 lbs to lose, but THIS had always been so overwhelming to me. But then sometime in mid 2001, I realized that if I had changed even just ONE thing in 1991 (when I gave up "dieting") in how I did things, whether it was incorporating a walking routine or portion control or even just giving up my 3-a-day Coke/Mtn Dew habit, I probably would have slowly dropped weight instead of gaining. All of these years had passed & I could've been thinner by now, but I wasn't. I don't want to look back 10 years from now & be disappointed that I didn't at least do something to set me in the right direction. Finally, a friend asked me to join WW w/ her in September 2001 & at first I panicked, cuz I WASN’T GOING TO DIET! …but I knew I was finally “ready” & knew the new changes to WW were worth checking out…so I joined (meetings & e-Tools) …lost 20 lbs & then got too caught up in other things to keep the ball rolling... so I took a LONG break...but NOT ONCE did I decide to quit …I knew I’d be back. NOT ONCE have I been overwhelmed @ the amount of weight I needed to lose .... I am in this for my life, not just till I lost the weight...I know I will never be able to put the blinders back on ... I know that no matter what, time is going to pass & if I lose 100 lbs or 10 lbs this year, at least I am going in the right direction! In December 2002, I weighed in at my doctor's @ 275 lbs... my HEAVIEST EVER!! Yeah... time to do SOMETHING!! So...I re-joined WW in late January (2003) with a starting weight of 265lbs & go to Saturday morning meetings where they have an awesome "lively leader" Michelle. I found a FABULOUS board on WeightWatchers.com that is here to support me & it feels so great to be able to offer the same support to others! (THANK YOU!) Yeah, I would like to take it ALL off in the next year or so, but it's not a race for me... it's just a future destination... & I know I'll be learning so much in the process. So…yes, I can be long winded… but I’m also sincere & like I say in my public profile, I have a BIG warm heart, I'm a total smart-aleck & I'm an awesome friend! :o) (TRY ME!) NOW FOR THE REST OF THE STORY... YEAR 3...KICKING & SCREAMING January 23rd, 2006 TWO YEAR JOURNEY...so far January 23rd, 2005 A YEAR GONE BY... January 23rd, 2004 ONDERLAND ! February 28th, 2004 WEIGHT CHART JOURNAL ARCHIVES RAMBLINGS (thoughts, inspirations, challenges...) Thanks for letting me introduce myself! :o) Feel free to eMail me or sign my guestbook by clicking the button at the bottom of the page ~Julie~ (these pictures are best viewed when monitor is set at 1152 x 864 pixels) 
These pictures are posted from current pics to Pre WW & way before. 
Pre WW 
A R T . W O R K . F U N Creativity is my life! My current art medium is crayola & finger-paints! (yeah, I wish I was kidding, too!) Pre-baby hobbies included pottery, stained glass, jewelry design, beadworking, gardening & woodworking. And as you can see below, I do enjoy cake decorating, although I have had to back off a bit due to carpel tunnel. :o( Over the last several years (since I had children), I have released the majority of my creative energy designing & drawing custom furniture & cabinetry for a few interior designers...working mostly from home! And, actually now that my youngest is school age, I have been designing some beautiful freshwater pearl jewelry & am beginning to sell it on eBay! ( a.design.company ) Will more than likely start marketing it around town @ some specialty shops this year. (these pictures are best viewed when monitor is set at 1152 x 864 pixels) A R T - & - D E S I G N 
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JOURNAL ARCHIVES RAMBLINGS
(tips on weightloss, nutrition, exercise, etc...) MINI.GOALS ROAD TRIPS FAMILY PHOTOS |
WEIGHT WATCHERS DOTTI'S WEIGHT LOSS ZONE CALORIES PER HOUR CALORIE KING ...a great source of nutritional info 
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