Getting There bloggers have one thing in common: we may not be perfectly healthy, but we're getting there. Each of us has made a commitment to achieve a health-related goal, be it weight loss, vegetarianism, fitness or quitting cigarettes. Sharing our struggles and victories with you, our readers, is part of what makes it possible.
Sheri started up Getting There in the hopes of offering to others the opportunity she was given to blog about weight loss on Spire Spire. She lost 70 pounds in 2012, and intends to lose a little more and stay in a healthy weight range forever.
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Jordan is a 23 year old SciFi/Theater geek who hasn't weighed less than a boyfriend since high school. She's spent the majority of her life as the funny, overweight friend and would love to finally just be the funny one. She's also never once told the truth about her weight on an audition/costume form and would LOVE to write the number "145" on that terrifying piece of paper by 2014.
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Pat is a devoted wife, Mom, Nana, friend and volunteer who spends a lot of her time caring for the ones she loves. As a diabetic who finds it challenging to maintain a healthy diet and workout regimen, Pat's goal is to take care of herself in 2013 by losing 20 pounds (and maybe even learning to like exercise)!
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Bobbi Jo is a Math teacher living in Mumbai, India. She would like to break her addiction to sugar for good and lose 18 pounds in the process.
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Melissa is a choreographer, dance teacher, & graphic designer who lost just over 20 pounds between Feb & Dec in 2013, ran the warrior dash in IL, & ran her first half marathon. Her fitness goals for 2014 include: continuing to lose weight, running a marathon, blogging religiously, and adding strength training to her routine.
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Phil is your all around nerd with a passion for creativity and theater. He picked up the nasty habit of smoking somewhere along the line, now is taking the next step in improving himself by kicking the habit. This is just the first step in a long line of improvements he is going to make.
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Shay is a 28 year old stay at home mom of two beautiful daughters, Helena (4) and Adessa (10 months). After getting engaged 6 years ago to the love of her life, Colin, the weight just started creeping on, and two pregnancies later, she's got an extra 35 lbs on her 5'7" frame and the expanding clothes to prove it. Shay is determined to get over her love-hate relationship with food, get her family on a 80% primal diet for health, and shed the 40 lbs that are keeping her inactive and sluggish. Let's do it!
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Since seeing a horrifying picture of herself taken on May 23rd, 2012, Carrie has lost about fifty pounds and feels a lot better in her own skin. However, she is currently stuck in a size 11/12, and has been since sometime in November, 2012. While content with her current size, she would like to drop another size or two and, more importantly, to tone up. She is a stay-at-home mom to two small children and a fairly regular community theatre actress.
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Heather is pregnant with her first child in her mid-thirties--and no one is more surprised than her.
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Katelin is a recently engaged 27-year-old who works as a jeweler in Woodstock. Several months ago, she hopped on the scale and saw a number that scared her into making some changes and losing thirty pounds. Follow along as she starts the second phase of her journey to good health.
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Joslyn is a 37 year old always confused, struggling to be better, eager to learn, Star Wars fanatic, stay at home mom just trying to figure this thing called 'life' out. She spends her days trying to figure out what to feed her five year old (she is allergic and intolerant to corn/corn derivatives) without breaking the bank, playing with and homeschooling the girls, playing chauffeur to the kids, running errands, and working on various home improvement and craft projects. She is loud, opinionated, and brutally honest (which makes her difficult to get along with) – which is why she can accept that over the years she went from being ‘pleasantly plump’ to morbidly obese and needs to do something about it already. She will be incorporating weight loss and healthy eating into her training for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer this June – which she is determined to complete this year!!!
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Tina is a 44 year old mother of four. She drives a school
bus Monday through Friday and drives a donut delivery Route Saturday
and Sunday. Even though she's is convinced that she's 29 her birth
certificate begs to differ. She would like to lose enough weight to fit
into a pair of size 10 Jeans she purchased at the last Church rummage
sale. She weighs 223.2 pounds and anticipates it will take her losing
50 - 60 lbs to accomplish this goal. By Valentines day 2014.
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Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in December, 2011, Bridget realized that she needed to start taking care of herself if she didn't want to end up in a wheelchair some day. Since then, she has lost 50 lbs. Although she feels better today than she has in years, there is still a long way to go. Bridget's goal is to lose another 50 lbs and be able to walk the dreaded stairs in Galena without stopping, by December 28, 2013.
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Annette Leffelman struggles with some health issues and weight is a big one playing with some of them. She is a cashier at Walmart and longs to make a lifestyle change. She has done it before on her own, and she is more determined than anything to do it again. This time to keep the weight off.
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Carolyn is a grandma who babysits her three grandsons every day, has a part-time job, is a free-lance writer and an actress. Her busy schedule has morphed into a “grab-n-go” lifestyle meaning meals tend to be whatever she can grab. This has served to pile on the pounds over the years. Carolyn wants to develop a healthier lifestyle and lose 60 pounds by October 1, 2013.
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Bridget is a full-time graduate student, theatre educator and feminist. She has struggled with her weight since the age of 8 and between the ages of 17-present she has fluctuated up and down 100 pounds fairly consistently. Her goal is to lose 100 pounds to get down to the lowest weight that it has been in 20 years. Bridget found out recently that she has a gluten allergy. Between giving up gluten, refined sugars, practicing yoga and doing deep-water aerobics, Bridget's plan is to restructure her life to involve healthy habits and healthy choices one day at a time!
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Lindsey has a life full of kids of all ages. She loves juggling her days between working as a Children's Director for a church, an adjunct teacher for a Christian college, and a children's theater director/teacher. Lindsey hopes to get to the root of her lifelong struggle with her weight and once and for all shed 80 pounds. As a creative who loves storytelling, she is excited to begin a new chapter.
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Terra is a stay-at-home mom to two smallish humans. Like all moms, Terra found herself gaining more weight after her pregnancies due to quick meals, poor eating choices, and having never learned to cook or meal plan! When her four-year-old was diagnosed autistic, Terra dove into the challenge, but is now finding that focusing on organic and gluten-free is a must for her child, and her emotional eating needs to be addressed. So, in 2013, she decided to take on the challenge of learning to live a healthier lifestyle for herself and for her children! After all, she wants to be around when they are ready to give her grandbabies to play with.
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Julie is a 24 year old graduate student earning her Master's Degree in Educational Psychology. She is always seeking to better herself, and could be described as an idealist. Julie is also a perfectionist and is, admittedly, often hard on herself when she fails to meet her goals. She wants to work on being more accepting of herself, while continuing to make progress towards her health and fitness goals. She wants being healthy to be her main focus, rather than weight loss alone. She is hoping this will help put an end to up-and-down weight patterns.Read her story.
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Kara is a wife, mom & daughter who wants to change her life to be more positive, healthy, and active. Currently weighing in at 198 pounds, she wants to about 60 pounds in a slow, steady, and healthy way. As she approaches her 39th birthday, her goal is to leave her thirties with more confidence and energy to enjoy life! Read her story.
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Carrie is a 40 year old mom of a 4 year old who wants to lose at least 60 pounds. She is doing this to be a good role model for her daughter and so that she does not have to worry about being overweight and have the health problems that go along with it. She has come a long way in the past year and still has a long ways to go. She has run a 10k, a 5k and run/walked a half marathon with training for a half marathon in the fall. Read her story.
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Sumerlyn is a 28 yr old theater nut and store clerk on the Woodstock square. In Aug. of 2009 she was at her highest weight ever (210lbs and wearing a size 16). However, by March of 2013 she was down to a size 5 weighing 139lbs! She was finally at her goal weight maybe just needed to tone here and there. Then the bomb dropped. She found out in April that she was pregnant and due Dec. 1st! Something she never thought could happen. NOW she is going to grow again!! Join in her journey as she attempts the most "healthy" pregnancy ever! Her goal is to gain no more than the suggested 25-35lbs, and after baby comes get back into her skinny jeans within the first month and a half! Read her story.
Deborah has had high cholesterol since her early 20's. About 10 years ago she was able to lose 50 lbs and put her cholesterol down in the "normal" range. Now that she's in her mid-thirties, she's gained back 40 lbs and the cholesterol that went with it, plus her blood sugar is on the verge of moving out of the "normal" range! Her goal is to take control of her health, lose 40-50 lbs, and to prevent the diabetes, cancer, stroke and heart disease that runs in her family. Read her story.
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In an effort to gain control of some part of her life, Laila has decided the “secretary spread” has gone far enough. Eating well and exercising has come and gone over the years, yet consistency remains elusive. Currently a size 12-14 her goal is to be a firm and confident 8-10 in time for her husband’s birthday, December 22, 2013, and still be there for his next birthday. Read her story.
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Amanda is a 34 year old wife, mom to two crazy boys, musician, runner, band teacher and the list goes on… Forever the sweet, but fat girl, she’s been on a weight-loss/fitness journey since April 2012 and has already lost over 70 pounds and run a half-marathon. However, her goals are not conquered yet! Having moved from the “obese” to “overweight” category felt good, but her desire to reach that “healthy” weight category is what she’s striving for next. With 25 – 35 more pounds to go, she’d love to be in that elusive range before the end of the school year. Read her story. |