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Weight Loss

Can it be done?

November 24, 2009

Is it actually possible to lose weight during Thanksgiving week? Why, yes, it is. It’s not easy, but it can be done. Last year was my first Thanksgiving on the Weight Watchers program and I worked really hard to follow the suggestions that my leader provided so that I would not gain weight during the [...]

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Words with power

November 16, 2009

Are there words you hear in conversation that trigger a strong reaction in you? ”Stop!” is one that drives me nuts. I usually hear it as an expression toward me – an interruption in mid-sentence – to stop talking about whatever it is I’m talking about. I don’t often hear it directed at me as [...]

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Rinse and Repeat

November 10, 2009

So… I’ve been frustrated with myself and my weight loss progress lately, so I kicked my own butt buckled down and got back to basics with my program this last week. I was sick and tired of losing the same two pounds over and over again. Although I have the Weight Watchers Monthly Pass [...]

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Oops – Sugar free, not points free

November 5, 2009

The weather’s getting cooler in my neck of the woods and one of the things I love to have, especially while curled up on the couch, is a cozy cup of hot chocolate. In fact, I’ve been having lots of this drink lately, and not counting the points because, well, I just wasn’t. Usually I [...]

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A Slippery Slope

October 7, 2009

September was a difficult month for me to stay on plan with my Weight Watchers program. My whole schedule got rearranged and my routine was knocked off track. Over the last three weeks I’ve added a half pound here, three-quarters of a pound there, and I have to turn this around. It’s a gradual slippery [...]

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Holy Moly. I’m tired!

October 3, 2009

I feel kind of like this picture, which looks just like my puppy Lily, but isn’t. She does this thing with her tongue – exactly like the picture – when she’s happy. I’m happy too, but boy am I exhausted. I tried sleeping in but my body wakes me up like clockwork at 6:00 every [...]

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My 2nd 5k Run – Race for Fetal Hope

September 27, 2009

I know Kirkland fairly well – my mom has lived there for the past 16 years – so I figured that I knew this route really well. I do, however, I underestimated how much of a gradual uphill that whole first mile is. Then from mile 1 to 2, it’s downhill, then the last mile [...]

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Weekend Activities

September 26, 2009

So the stress I’ve been in has eased up momentarily, at least enough for me to drop 2.2 pounds. That’s a net loss of about a half pound in one week, so that’s fine by me. A healthy weight loss is about 1/2 to 2 pounds per week. I’ve also picked up my activity this [...]

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I’ve had some stress. 1.8 pounds worth of it.

September 16, 2009

Um, yeah. Up 1.8 pounds this week. Ok, that’s fine. I’ll deal. I missed my regular meeting and weigh in on Labor Day Monday because it was closed, so I haven’t weighed in for two weeks. Considering everything that’s going on in my life, I’m happy that’s all I gained. I’ve had a lot of [...]

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Why I love the scale

September 14, 2009

I haven’t owned a set of scales at home in at least a twenty years. I refused to have them because I didn’t want to know what I weighed. I wanted to gauge my body by how my clothes fit, plus I wanted to bury my head in the sand and not care how much [...]

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