My first smoothie
So today I made a peanut butter and banana smoothie (from Recipe.com). Wasn't to sure about using soy milk but I got the very vanilla Silk brand, and froze my banana slices, but didn't use "natural"...
View ArticleIt's harder than I thought, TAKE 2
Thanks to all for your suggestions, your struggles, and your well wishes for me. I've thought of getting the long carrots, peeling and cutting them into slices so it doesn't look quite so obscene...
View ArticleWhen life gets in the way
I had so many goals I wanted to achieve today...until my back decided to mutiny. I managed to get my dishes washed but that was it. I can't do too much anymore and it's very upsetting to have my life...
View Article2 weeks in and NOTHING!
Well, )(&$@ &&%%## )(*&&^% That's me cursing loudly. What's up with no weight loss? It's been a difficult 2 weeks! Giving up my Mt. Dew and my McDonald's Sweet Tea, changing eating...
View ArticleCrazy Little Thing Called FAT!
Although I track my weight weekly here, I check it daily, in the morning, in whatever I wore to sleep. Yesterday, when I got on the scale, it was the exact same number as a week ago. Of course, I...
View ArticleAm I being unrealistic?
Every New Year, most everyone makes resolutions. The top resolution being to lose weight. I have made that resolution, oh let's say, 25 years. And by Jan. 5, that resolution and any others I made are...
View ArticleMonday Doldrums
It's Monday. Well, yippee (sarcastically stated). I have so many thoughts jumbling through my head that I can't focus on any one. I start one, only to think of another, start that, think of something...
View ArticleIt's new and exciting
Ah, those first few weeks when the excitement of doing something new, being with someone you think you really like, adopting a pet.... It's intoxicating. 250 Until, it's no longer new 39 , the person...
View ArticleSleep or eat?
I've been making changes. Good ones. But those old enemies, those comforting foods, those 'well just have a little' when I know I won't have just a little, are daunting and haunting me. Today, I'm...
View ArticleIt's The Crud!
So yesterday was lousy. All around lousy. I ate things I shouldn't have, I didn't exercise at all even though it was a day to, and so when I got on the scale this AM, I had gained. 15 Well that's just...
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Encouragement...
God gives me something of which to smile. 334 I've not been feeling well the past few days. And, I've been under my calorie counts but haven't lost anything. I had a bad day a couple days ago with...
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As the Seasons Change
Yesterday, I posted this photo. I purposefully looked at it again today when I went outside. I'm so tickled by this little renegade pansy but 230 is coming in the form of lower temps than this area...
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Weight Loss Worries
Okay, so today is weigh-in day for keeping track on SparkPeople. I do it daily, which maybe I shouldn't, but I'm curious to know if I'm losing. Total weight loss today, 7.2lbs. I am super excited....
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That @#%*(%%$#$@ Scale
I am one of those weight loss people who get on the scale every single day to see what number pops up. Before I would grumble and snarl. I'm trying to learn to see any gain as, " what did I do...
View ArticleNot Fun
So here's what I've been contemplating since I read and joined SparkPeople: I'm not having any fun. I'm trying, really, desperately trying to have fun making healthy living and weight loss fun. Reading...
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Back on Track
Yesterday for those who read it, saw a glimpse of the inner turmoil with which I struggle. I must say, I am sorry. I was having a bad day 46 and let it out into words. But, after reading all your...
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Wow! That track is long!
Yesterday, I was the engine. Today, I feel like I'm the caboose! Sleep was fitful and restless last night so I am seriously dragging today. I think I have gotten used to drinking only water, although...
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Found My Fun =)
DANCING! I've always loved to dance. Although for some reason, the majority of the population seems to think that a fat person dancing is cause for ridicule. They think nothing of making rude...
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Quick to stay; slow to go
I'm so dreading my weigh-in tomorrow! I've had a good week but somehow my body is clinging, desperately clinging to the fat and is unwilling to let it go. 15 I can't possibly have come to.... Oh no. I...
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Mired in Questions
I would post a lie today if I tracked my weight. Why? Well, I've already been on the scale. And, I knew what it was going to show. I knew it. I knew when I fixed and ate the Hamburger Helper Lasagna....
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