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.  [...]

Many times I think that I have changed my life and I’m just trucking right along and making good decisions and taking the time to exercise but then there are nights like tonight when there is much more involved. My husband has been in town all week and his work schedule has been flexible, providing me [...]

When I was in spin class the other day, a woman leaving the earlier class walked over to me, smiling.  She said, “hi”.  I said, “hi” in response.  She asked me how I was doing and of course I replied that I was doing fine.  You know the normal way to answer.  I hate when you ask [...]

I woke up this morning full of spunk and ready to hit the 8:30 AM spin class along with all of the other heathens.  Ever since I have been wearing my new cycling shoes and clipping in to the pedals on the spin bike, I have noticed that my legs are truly a powerful force. [...]

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 [...]

Dear Scale, Today, when I stepped on you, I felt like you betrayed me.  You and I have certainly had our ups and downs, but when I take the steps that I take to insure good health and weight loss and you tell me things like “eh, sorry, you didn’t work hard enough” or “look [...]

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 [...]

I have found a real sense of empowerment and self-worth that I haven’t truly felt until today.  When I think of the things that I have done over the past few years and especially over the past few months to better my health I feel strong.  I feel an inner strength and peace knowing that [...]

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 [...]