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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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A funny thing happened on the way to Nordstrom’s

September 13, 2009

Today I felt what the absence of self-consciousness feels like. While my mom napped (she’s at a skilled nursing facility rehabilitating from back surgery), I took a walk in downtown Bellevue. I figured I’d try to get some exercise in any way I could. My first goal was just to walk to Subway to get [...]

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Claire’s Test Kitchen: Filling Creamy Tomato Soup

September 8, 2009

I found this recipe in Prevention magazine and since I absolutely love creamy tomato soup – especially with grilled cheese sandwiches – I had to give it a try. It’s super low in points and very filling because instead of heavy cream you use white beans to thicken the soup. Interesting concept. You get thickness, [...]

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Autumn is more than changing colors on leaves

September 8, 2009

My daughters are grown so I don’t have the back-to-school deal going on, but I still feel the change in the air that comes with September, back to school preparations, and the change in weather. It seems to me that I’m much more aware of the change in season this year than I have in [...]

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My Running Route

September 4, 2009

I was commenting over on Run 4 Change (My Angle on Weight Loss) blog about how I did three miles in thirty minutes the other day. I didn’t think this was so impressive because I didn’t have anything to measure it against. However, according to Jason, “doing your three miles in 30 minutes is major [...]

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There’s more to losing weight than losing weight

August 26, 2009

“With our program you can lose 20 pounds in just 4 weeks!” “Lose 10 inches in just 5 days!” “I want to lose 20 pounds in time for my wedding next month.” “I have 50 pounds to lose – I hope I can do it in 10 weeks.” How often have you heard claims or [...]

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Starting with baby steps

August 4, 2009

This is always good advice, no matter what the endeavor, but especially when it comes to exercise. This may be obvious to some, but to me, it really makes sense. Babies aren’t born being able to run a marathon or go on a 50 mile bike ride. What makes us think that as adults we [...]

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Things to do when starting to lose weight

July 26, 2009

Some of my family and friends have started their own weight loss journey, and I’ve offered my support, of course, and encouragement. There are three things I recommend doing at the very beginning of this process that I didn’t do myself, and I regret not doing them right away. These things are well worth the [...]

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