Random photo blog day... Not much has changed. I swear my doctor's scale is off by 5# compared to the one at my house. It says higher, so I'm incli... Read more
Thank Jesus that the scale is moving down. It honestly made me feel better to see 189.7 this morning. Even though its just 0.3# from 190, that made... Read more
Ya know... I can't figure out why I have such poor taste in men.. These men take every possible thing that they can get from me, and I am left standin... Read more
Yesterday was my Day 1 of rebooting. Done. Just barely under my calorie goal. But under. I also redid my tracker/goals. Spark called me a crazy w... Read more
Well that hurt, but it wasn’t as bad as it could have been... Stepping on the scale this morning, I just said to myself “screw it, whatever it is, is... Read more
Got my bike tuned at the cost of $70... It had a broken piece... Boyfriend says someday.. he's gonna buy me a better bike... I already have one picked... Read more
Okay... so I'm doing this again. I shouldn't expect to be perfect and be in my calorie range right away day 2. I'm close. I tracked -- so that's be... Read more
I have allowed stressful situations in my personal and family life lately to distract me from keeping up healthy habits and have the weight gain to pr... Read more
Yesterday was a great day of training for my Maggie's challenge: a 13-mile hilly hike plus a 7-mile bike ride. I had hoped to do more on the bike, bu... Read more
WEll, none of this is easy, but I'm managing. I respect and love my boyfriend... my family and those around me... Life is short and fragile... Gotta m... Read more
The biggest threat to my new lifestyle is right around the corner; my touring season is about to start. I work seasonally as a tour director, which m... Read more
I arrived in DC today to go to the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting. There wasn't really anything going on today so I got up... Read more
Lordy lordy lordy I am still super busy.
Less than 18 days until I have to give my thesis to my committee. Last week I met my goal of finishing... Read more
Sabotage comes in many forms. Friends and family... strangers... and from yourself. Lately I feel like I've been giving in trying to please everyone... Read more
My committee has my thesis. I completed my first practice defense. I have substantial work to do on my presentation and 2 more scheduled practice de... Read more
I love the Biggest Loser. Yes I know its unrealistic. Yes I know it isn't the healthiest way to lose weight. But did season 11 get my butt off the... Read more
I feel like I'm in warp speed right now.
I have 35 days to finish my thesis. I have about... 70-90 days of work (SKAHONEY4U knows what I'm talk... Read more
Here is my first "20 pound difference" picture. The picture on the left was taken on Christmas day and the one on the right was taken this morning.... Read more
This week I finally tracked, most days. I was in range, most days. I really enjoyed spring break with exercise outside (hiking, yard work, walking) an... Read more
Hi all! Thanks for your encouragement about Berlin. I'm back from the show and everything went well, including my eating! I did have a couple of tr... Read more
Well a few burdens have been lifted off my shoulders.
First. My house went on the market yesterday morning. By 11 there was someone looking at... Read more
Today my family and I went out to hike Enchanted Rock. It was very cold, but clear and lovely. We got to the park early and made the hike up. It... Read more
Ahhhhh... I've reached the point where I should be freaking out... but I'm not. I'm presenting tomorrow morning to my lab, then to my committee Tuesd... Read more
Well the house is clean. Its so clean I don't want to touch anything! The realtor is making the listing live on Monday, so from then on its going to... Read more
I was supposed to present at lab meeting tomorrow morning with my presentation that I will give to my committee meeting on March 12th. Obviously I'm... Read more
Just a quick one today...I'm off to airport for my big trip in a couple hours, but I have a little something to celebrate: nearly 18 pounds lost!!!!... Read more
I find that I am better with tracking on routine days. Works for water and exercise too. So, now that I am back at work, I am getting into the trackin... Read more
My house needs to go on the market ASAP.... there was a ton of stuff we needed to do to it first apparently to get it ready. A lot of cleaning, packi... Read more
Positive: I drank water. Back into the habit! I am also drinking hot tea and cut my diet coke consumption! I also exercised more regularly.
To be... Read more
Spark friends, I have entered the danger zone. All of a sudden, I have become overwhelmed with work (my work is like this...I'll have nothing for a w... Read more
I can't really post more good lyrics from The Nappy Roots, but the beginning of the song is stuck in my head.
My mom and sister are currently cle... Read more
Seriously. Snow. Stop it.
Another winter storm blew through Columbia last night. I haven’t been outside, but they’re reporting we got 7” mo... Read more
Big victory today! I'm back in my "twenties!" No, I'm not lying about my age (my real twenties ended a few years ago)...I'm talking about my BMI. T... Read more
As I was introducing myself to my new team, I realized something. I described myself as "married, with two teen-aged daughters, two dogs, two cats, a... Read more
Yesterday it snowed... and snowed... and snowed... a total of 13"! Plus snow drifts over 2" in my front yard. Ugh.
So I shoveled. I had to. A... Read more
One of my problems lately is thinking about cheat food. Cookies, ice cream, burgers... I can have a cheat day right? Oh I can go get Coldstone right... Read more
Why I’m doing it:
I just found a new Tumblr: whyimdoingit.tumblr.com
Basically tumblr is just a website for blogs that are mostly pictures... Read more
Dad left this morning and life will finally get back to normal for the first time since Thanksgiving. This has been the craziest holiday season ever.... Read more
SparkPeople member AQUAGIRL08 struggled with chronic pain unitl she decided to take control of her health through diet and exercise. She offers her best advice anyone dealing with pain.
