Ok, next step is to build th exercise back into my daily life.  Son #1 has taken over dog walking, which I don’t mind but it does remove the hour or so of movement that was non-negotiable. We are going to visit the grandparents with weekend, and I will take the dog and my cold-weather [...]

K, 1/2 feeling good about myself that I am paying attention again; 1/2 frustrated that I am not doing the right things. Here’s me encouraging myself:
a) walked 40 minutes at a good pace last night even though it was freaking cold and I could have forced son #1 to take the dog out
b) increase in [...]

My plan is to spend a week just tracking food and exercise so that I have a realistic sense of what I am doing and then throttle back on the bad habits. However just the act of paying attention forces me to consider what I am doing or not doing. Two days now without going [...]

Grrr. Back up to 178. No one to blame but myself. Have to go beat myself up for a bit, then get back on top of things. Bad habits are so seductive.
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Alright, made it through the day, had one cookie for a mid-pm snack and walked to work and now am heading [...]

nothing about weight loss

oh. my.
Life seems to have gotten away from me on all counts. Here’s my confession - I am one of those people who is defined/consumed by their work. Even when my sons were small, work was the first priority. Now, they are grown and except for the dog, there really is no reason to come [...]