Yeah, baby! We made it to a milestone weight this week despite some additional weirdness and hurdles. Needless to say my eating was extremely limited early in the week following oral surgery.  The good news was that by the next day I had no swelling and no pain.  By the end of the week I... Continue Reading →

Not going to pretend that I'm proud of this post.  Because I'm not. I did not weigh in this week.  I was heading into oral surgery, my tooth was finally starting to bother me and that made food selection very limited.  So I ended up eating a lot of stuff that simply wasn't going to... Continue Reading →

Well there had to be an upside coming eventually. I keep thinking that this broken tooth thing was going to work for me as a weight loss tool. And the first two weeks were decidedly not so much. Finally this week I'm seeing the whole upside of being in pain when I eat. The reality... Continue Reading →

No I didn't forget. Two weeks on the road has put me WAAAAAY behind.  I'm only just getting caught up.  But I weighed in as per usual. I had some serious hopes for this week.  The week before I had split a molar.  Split it like a log apparently, right down to the nerve.  So... Continue Reading →

Exercise. I'm not really a fan of the word.  You see, I'm basically lazy and have been all of my life.  So the idea that I will take time from my schedule and dedicate it to sweaty, boring, repetitious activity just sounds like a dumb idea. But I gotta do it. I am not trying... Continue Reading →

I haven't spent a much time talking about the mechanisms for this weight loss process.  This may not interest anyone but hey, it's my blog, right?  🙂 This is a combination of exercise and diet change.  I learned years ago that "diets" were largely a prescription for failure.  They are artificial environments that aren't sustainable.... Continue Reading →

Another week where challenges decided to crop up. One of the things I've been doing with great regularity is getting out and either walking or running.  I still want to try for running a 5K this year to complete a goal from back in 2010.  So I'm working my way slowly towards the distance.  I've... Continue Reading →

If there's anything worse than a week when you know you're going to get hammered it just might be the week after that. You have to hope that you're going back in the right direction, hope that your eating will be better, hope that the exercise will click back in. And hope that your body... Continue Reading →

I was afraid of this. Camp is an AWFUL time to try and maintain weight loss.  The food is plentiful and carb heavy.  Plus there is a tradition that the staff cabin be loaded down with candy and other junk food for late night snacks.  We have to be out of our minds. I keep... Continue Reading →

This week was a difficult one. Lots of stress, preparation for a week of camp, last minute potholes in that process.  I came home tired and too often discouraged. And we know what happens then. So my eating was not all that it should have been this week.  My exercise was not as regular as... Continue Reading →