Aargh! The scale is going up and up and up! Bad habits have been creeping in and are starting to show. A chocolate bar here, vodka martini there, cheating on the walk…this is not good. Am I self-sabotaging again or just getting lazy? This weekend is going to be a blowout too - lots of [...]

If time is a relative concept, then I somehow hit the fast forward button. The days are very busy, very full, and whizzing by. Of course, this is when I reach for the sweet stuff. Have to pull my hand out of the candy machine.
This weekend I am going to visit my middle sister and [...]

Whew. Back to reality.  Darn.
Full update and reassessment tonight.

My son gets back tonight and I am excited. He lives in one of my apts and goes to school here. It’s an arrangement that works out really well for both of us. I like having him close, and he likes not having to pay rent.
He ’s been away since May and it will be [...]

Have to interrupt my vacation with two days of work, then I can head back to the cabin. Unfortunately I have discovered that it now has cell phone service, but I am not going to tell anyone. Well, maybe my mother as she gets antsy if she thinks I can’t call for help. (That’s where [...]

Confession time - I have spun so far off the low-carb thing I am disgusted with myself. It started about a week ago…a slice of bread here, a muffin there, and before I knew it I was having fries and bagels and pizza and a whole bag of chocolate chip cookies in one day. (Cause [...]

Wasting time at work when I have so much to do! Talk about avoidance and denial.
Hey I am FINALLY down below 170. Whew. I knew I was shrinking even though the scale was not budging and then suddenly overnight a 3 lb drop. Makes no sense to me but I am not arguing with the [...]