So I teach, and today was the last half day of the year. Hollerrrr! I brought munchkins in for the kids. There was cake, chips, ice cream, and all sor... Read more
It was another rough day here in crazy town. I may or may not have been on a crying jag most of the day. I get like this every so often. I guess it... Read more
First, I want to say how liberating it is to have a blog where I can just talk about food and losing weight. I have an online journal for thirteen yea... Read more
Today is Father's Day, and I miss my dad, whom we lost on August 7, 2011, more than ever.
I thought I was pretty slender that summer. I wa... Read more
So today is day three of low carbs. I did eat the cheese off two pizza slices. Like I said in my last entry, I resisted pizza yesterday, but today the... Read more
I went shopping tonight.
Things fit. I bought them. I liked them when I got home. This is somewhat miraculous.
Other small miracles: I found... Read more
Never again am I going to be one of those people who whines about the scale not moving! I swear!
I decided to take a "progress" photo in this bat... Read more
well the daily blogs didnt work out did they? no big surprise there. Time just seems to get away from me. By the time the kids are in bed and i can... Read more
It's sad, isn't it?
Wouldn't it be great if we congratulated each other on something more substantial?
And yet, it feels damn good, doesn't... Read more
A few weeks ago a letter was sent home from school telling us that Caitlyn would be receiving an award but did not tell us what is was for. Cait... Read more
334 giving myself a big smile 334 today is day 51 of my streak! I have been moving slow but I have been moving. I have only lost 5 pounds but I'm s... Read more
I was tired today. Haven't been sleeping very well. Earlier in the day I did some kettlebell work, but I really didn't feel like getting on the treadm... Read more
The days are just not long enough for me to accomplish everything i need to accomplish. It's kind of tripping me out. Where does the time go? It do... Read more
I got up at 7 which is the earliest I've had to get up since school let out. I was a good wife and made my husband breakfast since he's on a construc... Read more
One week in! bam!
My sleep schedule is getting all thrown off. Staying up late and waking up late or napping making me want to stay up late aga... Read more
In another couple of days I will fall below 160 lbs. I'm suitably thrilled, of course, having begun at 215.
Wrist injuries are inhibiting my kett... Read more
Well my goal is pretty obvious - complete the Whole30. Since I can never seem to maintain consistency and discipline with ANYTHING, this should quali... Read more
I think I'm turning a corner. I had a slight headache in the morning but i took some tylenol and it never came back the rest of the day.
I went... Read more
Well for breakfast i ended up having a juice. i just couldnt stomach doing some kind of ground turkey skillet from scratch that early. I blended a w... Read more
Someone posted this article on Facebook today and its an extremely accurate picture of my relationship with food and nutritional well-being. It's fun... Read more
eh. today wasn't as good as yesterday. I was pretty tired, didn't feel like doing much of anything and my head ache was definitely worse. I also ha... Read more
Much better today! I slept pretty good last night. I did wake up several times but was able to go back to sleep easily. A lot of people have said t... Read more
I don't even feel like writing this. And I only am because I know I'll wish I did later. I'm so brain dead. I hate everyone and everything. I know a... Read more
Well, I'm starting the Whole30 tomorrow (check out whole9life.com for more info) and I'm excited and terrified. Excited because I've read and heard f... Read more
So today I ask myself the big 'why?' Why do I want to lose all this weight? Why not just chill out and bake chocolate chip cookies and eat most of the... Read more
None of this is weight-loss related. I just felt like sharing. I'll have another blog up soon that IS weight related. I didn't want to taint my bea... Read more
So I've got to choose something from each category of the article we were given to work on.
1. Eat Sensibly
At this point I'm pretty sure I'm... Read more
I'm still trying to get it all worked out in my head but basically I'm just going in circles while I continue to eat crap and hate myself. I haven't... Read more
I have some pretty standard excuses that try to keep me from exercise:
- I'm tired.
- I need to catch up on Facebook.
- I need to clean the s... Read more
The scale stayed the same from last week to this ~ 165 lbs. / 75 kilos. I had hoped it would drop, but it didn't go up, so I'm happy.
Todays task... Read more
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who reaches out and offers me support and encouragement on my blogs about my struggles. I really do love this... Read more
So... I ate some Mexican food last night. Esh. That's painful to write. I'm a whirl of emotions about it today. Of course at the top of the list i... Read more
I've been using Spark Coach for about 5 weeks now. It was one of the perks of pre-ordering the new Spark book that'll be out in a few days.
I ha... Read more
I suppose I'm sacrificing variety in the meals I prepare, but, honestly, it takes time to get them into the recipe calculator along with the instructi... Read more
Day 9 is my favorite so far. I finally broke into the 150s. I couldn't even tell you the last time I weighed 150. Over 10 years ago. I got married... Read more
I got red harmony. Here are some of things I agreed with:
- love to be where the action is. T
- experience life through their senses, craving... Read more
The scale is still being all kinds of shady. Here's my morning routine. Get up, pee and weigh. So today I weighed at 160.4. Then I brush my teeth a... Read more
well day 5 an 6 have been a bit worse. I've been like my own personal rain cloud. Extra moody and gloomy so allow me to rant a little.
I was a... Read more
Day 4 is going pretty well and i seem to hate the world a little less in spite of it being a Monday. I'm still patting myself on the back for how the... Read more
If you follow my Sparkblog, you know I tend to bite off more than I can chew. Today I did the Sierra Club One Day Hike. It's an annual event along t... Read more
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