I have been thinking a lot about Thanksgiving day since we have decided to stay home and not make the rounds in Texas, which results in bouncing from town to town over a span of a few days and wearing us all down to the point that my husband and I are so frustrated we [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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.  [...]

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 have had a great week of working out and clean eating.  I pushed myself harder this week during my strength training than I ever have.  I wasn’t in the mood for yoga this morning after having a nose bleed.   I love the push until you can’t, rest until you can method.  I’ve been able [...]