I haven't meant to be soooo absent!

Thing is....... I'm a graphic designer, who runs my own studio at home, and I've been so busy, I've had to drop my book club meetings, and try to get my workouts in around all the work.

I'm feeling torn with all of this, because I've worked on my own here for about 10 years. Every single client that I've ever worked for, with the exception of two that I needed to drop because they were sucking the life out of me, I still work for. These clients tell their friends, who ask me to do work for them, and THEY tell friends, and so on. Honestly, the referrals are nice, and quite flattering.

However, I've always been a "print" artist. Meaning, I do brochures, business cards, collateral, etc. I've worked in this industry forever. BUT..... many of my newer clients are looking for website headers, 3D graphics representing their books, audios, videos, etc. I didn't realize there were SO MANY of these particular folks that need work done, and it seems I've bitten off more than I can chew (read: I have a hard time saying no)

So...... I need to make some decisions pretty soon about what I'm doing with all of this.

Anyway....... the reason I'm here today, is to let you all know that my lower body lift, and inner thigh lift have been scheduled! This is the last of the body contouring that I plan on getting (though... this chicken neck of mine might also have a future revision...... we'll see)

I'm getting a lower body lift (raise up the butt, gives me a g-string type scar) an inner thigh lift, which will probably be as nice as it sounds, and some minor revisions to the stuff I already had done. My boobs still look fabulous, but I have "dog ears" under my arms where the scars don't want to lay down nicely, and I have some dimpling in my cleavage that the doc would like to stick fat injections into. Plus, the fix on my arm where they had to open my stitches because of possible compartmental syndrome. So.... here we go again! Another 8 hours of surgery, and I'll finally have a butt/legs that don't CONTINUE walking once I've stopped (I know you know what I mean!)

I'll post pix closer to surgery, and I've added a cute little ticker to help me count down the days......

I do still struggle at times, with not only food choices, but QUANTITY. I don't care WHAT people say, I have good restriction, but I can certainly put 4-5 cups worth of lettuce in there! However, I can only put 1/2 cup worth of pumpkin seeds in there without feeling full, so I have to think that the fullness thang is more about the type of food, as opposed to strictly the quantity?

Lose It! Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Dec 5th

Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Dec 5th

for Karen Taverner

Daily Summary
	Budget	Food	Exercise	Net	+/-	Weight (lbs)
12/5/11	1,653	1,069	634	435	-1,218	179.8
12/6/11	1,653	1,587	0	1,587	-66	179.8
12/7/11	1,653	1,119	984	135	-1,518	179.8
12/8/11	1,641	1,267	1,435	-168	-1,810	178
12/9/11	1,641	1,563	0	1,563	-78	178
12/10/11	1,635	1,471	0	1,471	-164	177
12/11/11	1,625	1,460	0	1,460	-165	175.5
5,020 calories under budget for the week
Lost 4.3 pounds this week

Nutrient Summary		% Calories
Fat	335g	33.5%
Saturated Fat	80g
Cholesterol	620mg
Sodium	12,386mg
Carbohydrates	934g	41.5%
Fiber	211g
Sugars	261g
Protein	563g	25%

Exercise Summary		Calories
Zumba - Julie	2 Hours	1268
Stairmaster	15 Min	193
Elliptical	55 Min	706
Zumba - Paul	45 Min	536
Zumba Toning - Nancy	1 Hour	350
Total	3053

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Lose It! Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Nov 28th

Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Nov 28th

for Karen Taverner

Daily Summary
	Budget	Food	Exercise	Net	+/-	Weight (lbs)
11/28/11	1,655	2,148	619	1,529	-125	180
11/29/11	1,655	1,095	0	1,095	-560	180
11/30/11	1,655	1,185	619	566	-1,088	180
12/1/11	1,653	1,610	1,012	598	-1,055	179.8
12/2/11	1,653	1,168	619	549	-1,104	179.8
12/3/11	1,653	0	0	0	-1,653	179.8
12/4/11	1,653	1,620	703	917	-736	179.8
4,669 calories under budget for the week
Gained 4.3 pounds this week

Nutrient Summary		% Calories
Fat	273g	28.9%
Saturated Fat	63g
Cholesterol	367mg
Sodium	13,096mg
Carbohydrates	958g	45%
Fiber	221g
Sugars	275g
Protein	555g	26.1%

Exercise Summary		Calories
Zumba - Julie	3 Hours	1856
Zumba - Vanessa	54 Min	626
Elliptical	30 Min	386
Zumba - Paul	59 Min	703
Total	3571

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Lose It! Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Nov 21st

Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Nov 21st

for Karen Taverner

Daily Summary
	Budget	Food	Exercise	Net	+/-	Weight (lbs)
11/21/11	1,660	1,443	609	834	-826	180.8
11/22/11	1,649	1,131	0	1,131	-518	179.2
11/23/11	1,647	1,361	421	940	-707	178.8
11/24/11	1,625	1,422	802	620	-1,005	175.5
11/25/11	1,625	1,574	963	611	-1,014	175.5
11/26/11	1,625	1,506	0	1,506	-119	175.5
11/27/11	1,625	1,810	0	1,810	185	175.5
4,003 calories under budget for the week
Lost 6.3 pounds this week

Nutrient Summary		% Calories
Fat	317g	29.6%
Saturated Fat	79g
Cholesterol	672mg
Sodium	16,037mg
Carbohydrates	1,031g	42.8%
Fiber	225g
Sugars	289g
Protein	663g	27.5%

Exercise Summary		Calories
Zumba - Julie	1 Hour 37 Min	1030
Elliptical	1 Hour 4 Min	802
Zumba - Marathon!	1 Hour 40 Min	963
Total	2795

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Lose It! Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Nov 14th

Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Nov 14th

for Karen Taverner

Daily Summary
	Budget	Food	Exercise	Net	+/-	Weight (lbs)
11/14/11	1,574	1,695	0	1,695	121	167.8
11/15/11	1,574	1,728	0	1,728	154	167.8
11/16/11	1,574	1,837	0	1,837	263	167.8
11/17/11	1,574	1,307	1,020	287	-1,288	167.8
11/18/11	1,574	1,599	542	1,057	-517	167.8
11/19/11	1,674	1,571	369	1,202	-472	183
11/20/11	1,666	1,427	386	1,040	-626	181.8
2,367 calories under budget for the week
Gained 14 pounds this week

Nutrient Summary		% Calories
Fat	347g	30%
Saturated Fat	89g
Cholesterol	519mg
Sodium	13,122mg
Carbohydrates	1,219g	46.7%
Fiber	228g
Sugars	293g
Protein	607g	23.3%

Exercise Summary		Calories
Zumba - Julie	55 Min	542
Zumba - Vanessa	55 Min	594
Elliptical	40 Min	426
Walking	3 Hours 14 Min	755
Total	2318

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Lose It! Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Nov 7th

Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Nov 7th

for Karen Taverner

Daily Summary
	Budget	Food	Exercise	Net	+/-	Weight (lbs)
11/7/11	1,586	1,558	751	807	-779	169.6
11/8/11	1,579	1,320	751	569	-1,010	168.5
11/9/11	1,579	1,495	1,000	495	-1,084	168.5
11/10/11	1,579	1,098	818	280	-1,299	168.5
11/11/11	1,574	1,298	1,183	115	-1,459	167.8
11/12/11	1,579	2,266	0	2,266	687	168.5
11/13/11	1,574	0	0	0	-1,574	167.8
4,944 calories under budget for the week
Lost 1.8 pounds this week

Nutrient Summary		% Calories
Fat	328g	36%
Saturated Fat	59g
Cholesterol	526mg
Sodium	11,567mg
Carbohydrates	779g	38%
Fiber	107g
Sugars	181g
Protein	533g	26%

Exercise Summary		Calories
Stairmaster	20 Min	214
Running	20 Min	187
Elliptical	3 Hours 40 Min	2615
Walking	2 Hours	853
Zumba - Marathon!	1 Hour 9 Min	635
Total	4504

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Lose It! Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Oct 31st

Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Oct 31st

for Karen Taverner

Daily Summary
	Budget	Food	Exercise	Net	+/-	Weight (lbs)
10/31/11	1,595	1,318	570	748	-848	171
11/1/11	1,595	1,463	802	661	-934	171
11/2/11	1,595	1,249	802	447	-1,148	171
11/3/11	1,592	1,146	1,203	-57	-1,649	170.4
11/4/11	1,592	1,394	1,309	85	-1,507	170.4
11/5/11	1,586	1,485	800	685	-901	169.6
11/6/11	1,586	1,199	0	1,199	-387	169.6
7,374 calories under budget for the week
Lost 1.4 pounds this week

Nutrient Summary		% Calories
Fat	366g	36.4%
Saturated Fat	86g
Cholesterol	593mg
Sodium	10,401mg
Carbohydrates	817g	36.1%
Fiber	195g
Sugars	259g
Protein	621g	27.4%

Exercise Summary		Calories
Bicycling	24 Min	98
Stairmaster	50 Min	407
Zumba - Julie	50 Min	500
Zumba - Vanessa	1 Hour	660
Elliptical	4 Hours 1 Min	2752
Walking	3 Hours 55 Min	1070
Total	5487

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