On exercising

April 21, 2010

I finally opened the 30 Day Shred dvd that I purchased at the beginning of the year. Five minutes into the dvd, I stopped, huffing and puffing and afraid that: :: my lumbering about would cause my neighbour to knock on my door and ask to see the elephant I had kept hidden all this [...]

On (over)focusing on others

April 18, 2010

When I enter the home of my married friends, R and V, I lose whatever control I had over what comes out of my mouth, and I say all manner of things that I know has them looking at each other and wondering why they have been my friend for this long. If nothing else [...]

Does a pear balance out all the other unwise food choices I made this week?

April 15, 2010

This week hasn’t been very triumphant I must confess. I blame it on the upcoming monthly confirmation that I am a female. But…I ate a pear today. I love pears actually so it wasn’t a sacrifice (and it may not have balanced out the 191 grams of skittles I injested). Last night I wanted white [...]

Triumphantly speaking

April 11, 2010

On my other blog, I regularly give thanks. On this blog, I’m going to start marking my triumphs on this weight loss battle. It would be great if I could have daily triumphs, but we’ll see how this goes. The good news (maybe?) is that I’ll be blogging more often, even if it’s just a [...]