So here I go, walking with intensity instead of the mindless stroll I’ve gotten used to. I consider myself a good walker because of the amount of walking I do daily, without fail, with my dog. 5 AM, 5PM and 9PM we head out the door and walk for 45 - 75 minutes each time. [...]
Posted on August 14th, 2009 by jaxie
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Weighed my self, nothing like a little reality. Could have been worse, but a-weigh we go! The wonder is if I HAD been eating on track for the past three months I’d have LOST 10 lbs instead of gaining it. I’ve been very active, or I’d have gained more.
Tracking again everything I eat plus all walking, by type [...]
Posted on July 24th, 2009 by jaxie
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Bumping my way out of the black hole I’ve been in… have been riding the folder, hugely loving it, walking hours and hours with J-man, the best dog-in-the-world! Fitting into thinner pants.
Ice cream is my latest challenge. If I stick with the FF frozen yogurt I’m fine, it’s the impulse DQ cone on the way [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2009 by jaxie
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Hand over hand I’m dragging myself back from the brink… that what it feels like sometimes!
A few weeks ago I bought hot dogs for two weeks in a row, grilled one or two ea night, heaping on saurkraut and mustard, having sliced tomatoes and green beans or asparagus on the side, or a small salad. I was [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2009 by jaxie
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Reading Martha Beck’s SO FAR method of weight loss strategies and they resonate. S = stop, just stop. For when you’re making a bad choice, have just made one. STOP.
O = Open, meaning breathe. Stretch, look away, soften the eyes. Yawn. Let the shoulders drop. (For me this means I find my Tai Chi root, [...]
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by jaxie
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I’m not often impressed, but I’ve read some blogs on this site lately that blow me away, they’re so articulate! Wow! I’m in good company.
I walk over 2 hours each day… my goal is to ramp up the intensity. Walking faster, with more motion. Running a little, on a suddenly clicking knee. Counting steps, then minutes [...]
Posted on June 19th, 2009 by jaxie
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OK - now for the second half. I’ve plateau-ed for 6 months, now I’m moving on.
Taking advantage of the long light filled days, coming back to my blog, tracking, getting up extra early for a longer walk, wanting to run, walking - jogging at the beach evenings and mornings, tracking what I’m eating online.
Evenings and weekends [...]
Posted on June 11th, 2009 by jaxie
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In the 60’s I hiked. Backpacked in the mountains, cross-country and downhill skied in the winter, rode my bike in between.
In the 70s, making very little money as a school librarian, and ran. I started with a half mile, then a mile, then two. Quit smoking for good. I ran every day, I ran when [...]
Posted on June 9th, 2009 by jaxie
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2009 hasn’t been fun yet. I feel like the people with overinflated egos and super-entitlement issues are crowding me out. Like big balloons, there’s no room for me. To breathe. I’m unhappy, unmoored. I was doing so well last year, but now… not.
Desperation from the Marketing folks. In the food labeling world, Marketing is on one side and [...]
Posted on June 1st, 2009 by jaxie
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No, I didn’t eat some crone’s magical pie… but my pant’s size has dropped and my midsection is smaller. People have commented. Of course, I may have been thinner for awhile, who would know with the Spring we’ve had? I wore my winter coat to the dogpark Sunday afternoon, after all. Ah, Spring in New [...]
Posted on May 11th, 2009 by jaxie
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