Daily Run Down: Woke up, ate my bowl of oatmeal with peanut butter. Went for a walk with my family and enjoyed every minute of it.  We hiked 2.12 miles.  I gave my youngest daughter a piggy back ride and realized that what she weighs is close to the amount of weight that I have lost.  [...]

I seem to have recovered from my temporary frustration with the scale.  I’ve had a few self talks with myself, most of them in private.  I have to stay focused on the big picture.  The big picture here is my health and I’m succeeding.  In 13 weeks, I have lost 18.6 pounds only having one [...]

I’m asked so often what I am doing to lose weight, but no one every asks, what don’t you do?  I started making a list in my head a long time ago and have developed habits based on a lot of do and don’t behaviors. I don’t stay up late any more.  I just don’t function [...]

For those of you that follow me on Twitter and Facebook, you already know that I lost 1.8 pounds, which means that I am down a total of 56 pounds.  For those of you not following me, my question is why aren’t you? 1) Really great support system from my family and friends.  2) Being [...]

I wrote and posted this blog on 9/3/2009 and tried to fall asleep, tonight I had a sudden feeling of loneliness that no one or anything can fill except the sound of my sister’s voice, but most of you all know that can’t happen.  I guess with her birthday coming up this month, I feel it weighing [...]

My oldest daughter asked me a question, today that really made me stop and think about the answer and how I wanted to answer her question.  We were eating dinner out and I was staring at my plate and I realize now that while figuring out the PointsPlus for my meal, I must have looked like [...]

I’m going to brag about my 0.8 pound weight loss for a moment.  I have documented my week well, so a loss was a very satisfying outcome.  It has shown me that even though I didn’t have the strength or energy to exercise that being conscious of what I’m eating does make an impact in the [...]

I haven’t been in hiding, closet eating or fallen so far off of the wagon that I ended up falling off of the face of the earth.  I’ve been busy.  Busy living, busy doing, busy staying focused, busy pursuing a dream and busy with some really crappy things happening to a very dear friend.  I have [...]

I have officially begun to think of myself as Wile E. Coyote.  He continues to try to catch the Road Runner much like I try to obtain better balance with eating, exercise, mind-set, positive thinking and we both have to go back to the drawing board over and over and over.  It may get frustrating at [...]

I know it’s only been a few days since I’ve been back on track after being derailed, but I feel incredible.   I’ve been chugging water (60 ounces a day), getting plenty of sleep, working out (sticking to my weekly workout plan), eating clean with lots of fresh produce, whole grains and lean protein. I swam, yesterday for [...]