There are so many times through this weight loss process that I see the positive and the negative in myself.  I feel ecstatic when I lose a few pounds and measure my waist to find that I have lost 3 3/4 inches in 10 weeks.  I can button and wear jeans that I couldn’t even [...]

I’m not quite sure what is going on lately, but I have been in and out of a funk the past few days.  I’ve developed some issues that I’m not sure if they are just a phase and will pass, hopefully or if I’ve got some kind of disorder. I won’t share all of the issues [...]

In California where I lived for six years and Tennessee where I have lived for almost six years I have made wonderful friends from both of these places.  I have had people in both states love me for who I am and who have supported me and my efforts at losing weight.  My friends Maureen and [...]

I am so grateful that clothes were invented and that we all wear them because I cannot imagine having to expose others to my jiggly, dempled, chunky thighs.  I thought about this, today while I was in spin class and noticed that my thighs look pretty tight with my workout pants on.  I wish Spanx created workout wear.  [...]

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 lost 1.2 pounds last week even after my travel and eating out.  I was very happy with that.  I had it set in my mind that I would lose weight, not just maintain.  I often write about rewarding myself for my weight loss goals.  Sometimes if I lose a certain amount of weight  I will [...]

I will try to recap with as few paragraphs as possible.  I am down 50 pounds as of my last weigh in, last Thursday.  Again.  When I was asked about how I felt about reaching a 50 pound milestone at my WW meeting, I confessed that it was not the first time that I have reached [...]

I was torn this morning on whether to walk outdoors in the beautiful weather or go to yoga as planned in my weekly schedule.  I wasn’t going to swim with my nose still a little stuffy. I decided to get in a quick 15 minute walk and then rushed over for yoga.  I haven’t been [...]

For the past three years since I began my weight loss and better health journey I have had ups and downs and not just on the scale.  Just like anyone I have moods, I have events in life that alter the way I eat or don’t eat, times that I work out and times I don’t.  [...]