http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/dragonwoman64 Just another 3fatchicks.com weblog Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:21:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've seen posts at 3FC about this year being less active with new dieters at the site (which I agree with).  I have seen plenty of ads and news stories on tv about weight loss, diet and health this past couple of weeks, and I have seen the bump in ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/dragonwoman64/2012/01/15/the-new-year/ I haven't blogged in a while, and that's because last weekend I stayed in bed with a cold.  I didn't get to the gym again until yesterday.  I have been doing some exercise at home.  But the walking has been curtailed, and the diet has been spotty (to put it ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/dragonwoman64/2011/11/13/its-fall-again/ I'm seeing 248 on the scale, hot dog!  and I just got a heavy TOM, so I should see it go down even more next Friday.  Today is a gym day.  Wearing my pants this past week, fresh from the laundry, they felt looser!!  I'm extremely thrilled by that.  It ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/dragonwoman64/2011/10/22/that-shrinking-feeling/ Today I finally made it back into the 240s.  I'm at 249.2.  I have 12 more pounds to make it back down to my lowest weight, the weight I was when I started my new job about a year and a half ago--237.  It's been a stressful time, too, with ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/dragonwoman64/2011/09/16/into-the-240s/ The New York Times ran an article about what people all over the world eat in a day. Here's a list of what I typically might eat: Breakfast: Bowl of mixed cereals, skim milk, topped with a sprinkle of fresh strawberries and blueberries (in season); mug of coffee with whole milk Lunch: sandwich ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/dragonwoman64/2011/09/05/food-for-a-day/ I'm finally back to my 3FC tracker weight of 251.  I let it sit at that number for all the months that I went up into the 260s, wavered there, dipped into the 250s, went back up, etc.  Then, when I finally hunkered down, stuck to the exercise and cut ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/dragonwoman64/2011/08/14/seeing-the-loss-but-the-roads-been-up-and-down/ I weighed in at 252 Friday morning, which is 1 lb away from where I left my ticker at 3FC, ha.  I did that during a heat wave too, which makes me feel extra proud of myself.  I expect to fluctuate a little next week due to the extreme weather, ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/dragonwoman64/2011/07/23/down-10-do-it-again/ That moment I'm talking about is when some number on the scale, or incident -- a stinging comment, pants that won't zip, seeing myself in a photo -- propels me into action, pushes me past my inertia point to change something I'm doing that I know isn't working.  This time ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/dragonwoman64/2011/07/04/on-the-ever-elusive-dieting-click-moment/ Big bummer starting to wear summer clothes -- and feeling that extra hug in my pants that wasn't there last year.  My black short legs felt like Spanx(!)  Ok, they always fit a little tight.  Still!  This is the opposite direction, Marge, then the one you want to travel in. Last ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/dragonwoman64/2011/05/29/am-i-in-it-to-win-it/ I had my b'day this week, and my brother sent me a check (how nice is that??).  I told him I would use it part of it for a treat, and he said "I thought you were going to the gym.  Kindles over calories."  How do fat chicks get through ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/dragonwoman64/2011/05/14/kindles-over-calories/