{"id":1865,"date":"2010-03-24T08:26:14","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T13:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/photocardblog\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2010-03-24T08:26:14","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T13:26:14","slug":"x-double-digits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/x-double-digits\/","title":{"rendered":"44 x 44 &#8211; Double Digits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lwr\/4228776406\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/4228776406_39176ffb46-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"click image for credit\" title=\"click image for credit\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/4228776406_39176ffb46-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/4228776406_39176ffb46-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/4228776406_39176ffb46.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Well, crikey!  I&#8217;m finally in double digits for reaching my goal in August.  After three months, it should be more.  And the funny thing is (weird funny, not fun funny), I know exactly what I&#8217;m doing wrong to make the loss so s-l-o-w.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a yo-yo-er.  So, I&#8217;ve done this before at various times in my life.  In my 20s, all I needed to do was some cardio everyday, stop eating crap and I could lose 30 pounds in 3 months.  My 43-year-old self needs a bit more of a strategy.  I need much more structure in my daily life to accomplish what needs to get done, both personally and in business.  This irks the part of me that likes spontaneity, so I&#8217;ll have to figure out how to balance that with the Virgo traits.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThese are the things I need to do, in no particular order:<br \/>\nYoga daily<br \/>\nA little ab work daily<br \/>\nContinue cardio routine<br \/>\nDo a better job on vacation<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs of today, I still have 152 days until my goal date.  That&#8217;s a pretty big chunk of time to get this thing right.  And the goal is not the number.  It&#8217;s learning behavior and learning to like the parts I think I don&#8217;t.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOkay, enough philosophizing&#8230;  look at the birth announcement I made for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minted.com\/contest\">Minted Here Comes Spring Birth Announcement Challenge<\/a>.  Even though I don&#8217;t design announcements any more, I felt inspired.  The best time to design&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/falling-flowers-minted.jpg\" alt=\"falling-flowers-minted\" title=\"falling-flowers-minted\" width=\"567\" height=\"567\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/falling-flowers-minted.jpg 567w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/falling-flowers-minted-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/falling-flowers-minted-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><br \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/x-double-digits\/\"><\/div><script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1331825;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, crikey! I&#8217;m finally in double digits for reaching my goal in August. After three months, it should be more. And the funny thing is (weird funny, not fun funny), I know exactly what I&#8217;m doing wrong to make the loss so s-l-o-w. I&#8217;m a yo-yo-er. 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