I got outdoors for a run, today in this beautiful weather. I wasn’t sure I would have energy to even put my running shoes on, but I knew if I could just get them on, I would be in the mood to get out the door. I ran for almost a mile, which is farther [...]

Today was one of those days that I craved sweets. It’s that time of the month and laziness and cravings have really hit me.  I was very lazy, yesterday.  I didn’t work out and I had a pretty large Mexican dinner.  I decided not to be lazy today.  We had plans to attend a birthday [...]

I went to Zumba class this afternoon.  For those of you that are not familiar with Zumba, it is a dance/exercise class to a variety of music such as Latin and hip hop. The movements are very, very fast.  It’s very popular, so it’s also very crowded.  I was not enjoying it as much as [...]

I went to spinning class, which I haven’t been to since December.  I went in thinking that I would be in the same shape that I was in the last time I attended class.  All I can do now is burn a few calories laughing at my own idocracy. I am thankful that my padded [...]

 I started at my heaviest weight of 252 pounds on April 4, 2008.  I couldn’t believe that I had gone beyond 250 pounds.  That 2 behind the 5 might as well have just read 300 on the scale as far as I was concerned.  I was disgusted with myself.  I wasn’t just disgusted with the [...]