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♥♥ Rissa ♥♥

The incredible shrinking me.



I'm doing 36 things
  

♥♥ Rissa ♥♥'s Life List

  2. 1. grow in my relationship with Christ
    2 entries . 8 cheers     		43 people
  3. 2. accept the things I cannot change, have courage to change the things I can and have the wisdom to know the difference
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		342 people
  4. 3. Find a balance between the things I want to do and the things I need to do
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		2,348 people
  5. 4. procrastinate less
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1,807 people
  6. 5. get in shape
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		10,338 people
  7. 6. lose 100 pounds
    8 team members . 102 entries . 6 cheers     		1,946 people
  8. 7. practice music more
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		11 people
  9. 8. see more of the world
    1 entry     		112 people
  10. 9. get a tatoo
    		1,843 people
  11. 10. Get more piercings
    		690 people
  12. 11. start playing soccer again
    1 cheer     		23 people
  13. 12. learn to play tennis
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		643 people
  14. 13. windsurf
    1 cheer     		99 people
  15. 14. learn to kayak
    1 cheer     		409 people
  16. 15. parasail
    		347 people
  17. 16. paraglide
    		256 people
  18. 17. go bungee jumping
    		1,602 people
  19. 18. hang glide
    1 cheer     		736 people
  20. 19. sky dive
    1 entry     		2,658 people
  21. 20. learn how to drive a motorcycle
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		82 people
  22. 21. try geocaching
    		180 people
  23. 22. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
    1 cheer     		21,502 people
  24. 23. backpack through Europe
    2 cheers     		5,157 people
  25. 24. swim under a waterfall
    1 cheer     		165 people
  26. 25. Swim with dolphins
    1 cheer     		8,314 people
  27. 26. graduate from college
    		6,207 people
  28. 27. overcome insomnia
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		36 people
  29. 28. Make the most of my 20's
    		679 people
  30. 29. become a runner
    1 cheer     		333 people
  31. 30. learn parkour
    		417 people
  32. 31. run a 5k
    		2,787 people
  33. 32. compete in a triatholon
    		14 people
  34. 33. run a half marathon
    		2,482 people
  35. 34. Learn to Salsa
    		1,409 people
  36. 35. Be on The Amazing Race
    		327 people
  37. 36. Have an eleventy-first birthday
    		11 people

How I did it
How to become a morning person.
It took me
1 month
It made me
less stressed

How I did it: First off, I love sleep and have been a night owl for as long as I can remember. But this year  a very obvious thing hit home for me: I'm going to be a music teacher. Most vocal jazz classes are zero period classes. I'm going to have to get used to getting up early. So this semester I made some serious changes. I used to not typically go to bed until well after midnight, and then I would crawl out of bed in the morning by maybe 8am,… Read how I did it…

Feb 09, 2012, 06:42AM PST | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to let go and let God
It took me
3 years
It made me
feel free and happy

How I did it:  Picture this: You are clinging to a rope, you can't see anything beneath your feet because of dense fog, so you have no idea how far down the ground is.There are voices above you telling you to climb back up to the top, and voices below telling you to just let go. Climbing back up would be difficult, and you really didn't even like it up there, but it's familiar and therefore comfortable. Letting go sounds so easy, but you don't kno… Read how I did it…

Nov 29, 2011, 08:43PM PST | 2 comments


How to pray more
It took me
19 years
It made me
peacefully content

How I did it: I realized, after one particularly bad year, that I needed to stop living the way I had been. That I needed to start communicating with God the way I used to, and even more then I used to. Once upon what feels like a lifetime ago, though it was only a few short years back, I talked with God on a fairly regular basis. I also had those break-down-on-your-knees-begging-and-pleading kind of prayer experiences 1-6 times a month. Then I lost my… Read how I did it…

Mar 27, 2009, 11:27PM PDT | 2 comments | 6 cheers


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Recent entries
lose 100 pounds (read all 102 entries…)
Finally transitioning into the 230s, to echo my reaction this morning: YES!!!

Ok, so normally I would just round up, but when I weighed in today at 239.9 I got really excited simply because it’s technically in the 230s, so I felt I should post it that way. I am so close to being down 40 lbs, and I think if I’m diligent I can manage it before this school year is out in May. The only thing more exciting than that is I’m 1 lb away from my halfway point of this years goal, and it’s only April!
Starting weight: 277
Current weight 239.9
+/- : -2.1
Total lost: 37.1 (29.1/60 for the year)
-100 lbs goal weight: 177
UGW: 147>

Apr 21, 2012, 11:02AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


lose 100 pounds (read all 102 entries…)
2 more this week

I lost two pounds this past week and that brings me to a grand total of 35 lbs so far!
Best thing that happened this week: I was at work yesterday, and someone I know fairly well came in to talk to my boss. I hadn’t really noticed that she was there because I was listening to music and engrossed in my work. When my time was up I turned around to leave and she said “Oh, hi! Wow, I didn’t recognize you. You’re shrinking.” Then my boss, who hadn’t noticed up to this point, looked at me for a moment and then echoed the sentiment that I am shrinking. That felt really awesome. :)
Starting weight: 277
Current weight 242
+/- : -2
Total lost: 35 (27/60 for the year)
-100 lbs goal weight: 177
UGW: 147>

Apr 06, 2012, 06:31AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


lose 100 pounds (read all 102 entries…)
1/3 of the way there.

So Spring break I went home, had what ended up being a birthday week (not what I intended), stopped paying as much attention to what I was eating, and gained about 4.5 lbs. When I got back to school I lost what I had gained quickly and continued on my way. The moral of the story: When I go home this summer I can’t treat it as “vacation” and make excuses to overeat or eat the wrong things.
Anyway, the 40 lb mark is in sight now, and I want to be there so badly. I’m really happy to have come so far already, but there’s always that part that still wishes I was closer to my goal; I guess that’s the drive that keeps us going on this journey though. I’m moving at a nice pace right now and I hope I can keep it up for awhile.
Hope everyone else is doing well and going strong :)

Starting weight: 277
Current weight 244
Current weight watchers goal: 237.5
Total lost: 33 (25/60 for the year)
-100 lbs goal weight: 177
UGW: 147>

Mar 29, 2012, 05:46AM PDT | 0 comments


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