Urgh. A backslide week.  I fell off on my exercise while food was OK. I did manage to stay in double digit weight loss, although just barely.  Did a wine fest this weekend and that was a lot of extra calories but not a lot of exercising.  I was kind of surprised how little walking... Continue Reading →

A very good week.  Which is nice for a change.  It's kind of like playing golf.  Just one or two good shots amidst all the others keeps making you want to come back and try again. It was a quiet weekend, so that probably helped.  We did eat out though (and made an absolute pig... Continue Reading →

A big weekend with festival food for most meals.  And I still lost some weight.  That's a very good thing.  We have also re-crossed the double digit pounds lost line.  I'd really like to stay there. That is a huge step forward.  This was probably the biggest festival weekend of the year in Richmond, the... Continue Reading →

OK, back on track. Two things.  I weighed myself on Friday just to check on the effect our weekends have on my overall weight.  The difference was four tenths of a pound.  Now to be fair this was one of our quietest, stay-at-home weekends.  We did go exploring and did eat out so it's still... Continue Reading →

Sigh. I could kid myself this week.  This could be another "Hey, a hold is a good week!" kind of weeks.  The ones when I tell myself that not gaining any weight is an acceptable outcome. The problem is that this is supposed to be about weight LOSS.  Reality says that I am 20-25 pounds... Continue Reading →

Well, it could have been worse.  I knew last week was a potential problem.  Add a full day conference, which are just diet landmines generally, plus we spent the weekend having fun and it could have been truly ugly. Instead it was a hold, no significant change.  That's not awful.  The real test is this... Continue Reading →

In sports this is called a "trap week".  The week where you're feeling good, focused on something other than what's right in front of you and it bites you. This was the second very good week in a row.  I can begin to feel the changes (pants are a little looser, on some of them... Continue Reading →

Boy, it's nice to have good news for a change! The whole family has re-dedicated itself to getting our diet under control.  So we were much more aware of what we were eating.  I went back to food journaling.  I have used two websites with great success over the last year.  The Fitbit website offers a... Continue Reading →

Last week wasn't as bad as it could be. This one was. I don't even want to talk about it. The whole family is joining in on a new discipline, starting this week. Back to food journaling, which I hate but which I know works. Minimum of 5 workouts a week. Lots of salad for... Continue Reading →

It's time to declare that vacation is over. When we moved to Richmond it felt like we had gone on an extended vacation.  Not that I wasn't going to work every day and doing my job. But the weather has been beautiful, we're living in a great apartment with a pool just a short way... Continue Reading →