Leave it to Vickie to smell trouble before I do.
I think the general attitude was that because I was still weighing in every week, I was doing fine. Sure, I’d have a “good week” and then a “bad week” and then a “good week”… but, still. Overall, I was on track. After all — Kaizen, [...]
I haven’t been posting, but I have been weighing in for the past three weeks.
1/10/09: 283.2
1/17/09: 278.0
1/24/09: 283.0
Up and down. No progress, no backslide.
Oy.
Still on the search for that elusive one-word descriptor for my 2009 focus. (Graciously, so is Vickie!) It’s funny how limiting language can be. For instance, in Spanish there is a word to describe the relationship between you and your sister-in-law’s sister. One single word: concuñada. I mean, even for the sister of my brother, [...]
Welcome, new resolutes. If you have set a goal to have more health and less weight this year, you know that you are not alone. However, by making small changes, you can achieve success. I am living proof!
I like the idea of setting an intention for the new year. I have already set my [...]
Celebrating: New Year’s, and a fresh (if artificially imposed) start. Also celebrating: Losing 20% of my body weight in 2009.
Grateful for: A blissfully uneventful procedure on Wednesday. Aside from trouble with the IV and a 3-hour wait on the gurney, after 6 pricks, 2 hematomas, and struggling to wake up from the general anesthesia just [...]
Knowing that not eating or drinking before my procedure would result in an artificially low weight, I decided to use New Year’s Eve instead of New Year’s Day to answer for my end-of-year goal to weigh under 289.
I’m pleased to announce that my weight on Wednesday morning was 282.6 pounds. My next goal was to [...]