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Today, I got sort of excited about this book, The Vice-busting Diet, based on the reviews over at Amazon. I was excited, that is, until I browsed through the first few pages and found the following quote:
The top three major diet vices that contribute most to obesity are sugary and/or soft drinks, fast food, and [...]
My parents are in Orlando this week. Dad is busy with business meetings and presentations, but Mom wanted to use up some vacation time, so she convinced my Aunt to tag along “for some fun.”
There’s a lot to do in Orlando, I hear. I’ve never been there, but without even calling on my higher mental [...]
Starting weight: 335.8
Last week: 312.7
This week: 312.7
Change this week: -0.0
Overall change: -23.1
Next milestone: 25 pounds gone
I didn’t worry too much about the “maintaining week” because I had one last month. Of course, then I went back and checked and realized I’m a full week early to be excusing a “maintaining week” if we’re going to [...]
After writing my post on anxieties, in which I detail the tide of ridiculous fears that has plagued me in the past few months, there was a flurry of comments and emails asking the same question: Do you think you are also afraid to lose weight?
Well, no.
I’ve heard a million psycho-babble reasons why people gain [...]
I love to make a big breakfast every Saturday morning for me and my boyfriend, the Record Store Romeo. He’s vegetarian and, on top of everything else, he can’t eat sugar or he gets terrible migraines. That means that many of my favorite breakfast options — pancakes, bacon, muffins, waffles, sausage biscuits — are out. [...]
Starting weight: 335.8
Last week: 313.7
This week: 312.7
Change this week: -1.0
Overall change: -23.1
Next milestone: 25 pounds gone
This wasn’t the greatest of eating weeks — not for lack of motivation or for out-of-control emotional eating (though there was plenty of opportunity for that…) but for raw stress and sheer lack of time. I was crazy with end-of-the-month [...]