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About Leah@MyNewEnding

I'm a 44-year-old wife and mother who begins her day with God and coffee. When my youngest of 3 kids started college I went from a SAHM to a full-time job. I love being an attendance secretary. A lot has gone on since I started this blog in 2009, but one thing remains the same: I will not give up on my health. Join me as I share what that means for the season of life I'm in.

Two Sides to the Story at Christmastime

I’ve had the worst time getting a thought out correctly today…here goes yet another attempt. 🙂 First side of the story is this: I’m saddened by people who are beating themselves up on their weight loss blogs for eating things … Continue reading

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One Bit of Red

I had to edit my update from Friday to note that I did not get that last day of exercise in yesterday. It was a busy day for us and it just didn’t happen. This week the exercise should be … Continue reading

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Weigh-In … Hot 100 Update #12

Today’s Weight: 187.5 Loss/Gain: -2.0 lbs Total Loss So Far: -43.5 lbs Well, as many of you know my biggest happy moment this week was reaching my running goal of jogging at 4.8 mph on the treadmill for 25 minutes … Continue reading

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My Biggest Loser Confession

*Caution: I’ve wanted to get this off my chest for a very long time.* Well, I have to admit that I watched every single episode of The Biggest Loser this fall. We don’t have a television, so we watched them … Continue reading

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My First Year As A Runner

One year ago on December 16th I posted about how I jogged my first mile all the way through. It took me 16 minutes and I was never so proud of a workout as I was that day. I still … Continue reading

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Weigh-In … Hot 100 Update #11

Today’s Weight: 189.5 Loss/Gain: +/- 0 Total Loss So Far: -41.5 My weigh-in days are back to Fridays since the Throwdown Challenge. It will workout well because the Hot 100 Challenge last weigh-in will also be the last day of … Continue reading

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An Epiphany?

It’s late so I have to make this quick… This week my husband and I have been talking about our health some more. We’ve also been talking about the health of our children, none of which are or ever have … Continue reading

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Happy Monday Thoughts

Some happy weight-loss related thoughts this Monday: I no longer am double the weight of my almost-13-year-old twins! They weight just over 100 lbs. and I’m under half of their weight. ….. I ran into someone at the store on … Continue reading

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Vanity, Vanity

I had to stop in and say that I did indeed get my fourth day of exercise in today. We’ve had a busy and productive Saturday, and quite honestly I didn’t want to workout. Well, I did want to workout … Continue reading

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Hot 100 Update #10

Well folks, we’re entering into the last month of our Hot 100 Challenge. Now that my Throwdown Challenge is over I feel I can really concentrate these last four weeks on the Hot 100 and on meeting my goals. This … Continue reading

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