Imaginary Shrinky

So, I’m sick today.  It’s been a rough week with Amos being sick, then me.  Despite it all, I’m sticking to the diet.
As of today, I’m at 152.5 pounds, down 33.5 pounds overall.  Woohoo!
I’m less than 8 pounds away from no longer being overweight.  I will be “normal”.  Haha.  Normal.
I’ve added a new ticker to [...]

Sometimes, I think about the deeper reasons for my weight issues.  It isn’t JUST that I ate too much.  It isn’t JUST that I had way too much wine in too short a timespan.  There are causes to those effects that created the larger effect.  Or, more accurately, the larger me.
I’m reaching a healthy weight, [...]

Well, what to say…
Life has a way of throwing giant boulders in front of the car.  I did well with my diet, ending at 157.9 in October.  Then, my mother became sick.
My mother went through hell and back with diagnosis, treatment, and surgery for stage 3B ovarian cancer.  It was two months of agony for [...]

Sorry.  That song is stuck in my head because of Amos’ toy.
Just a short update to let you know that I am down another 5 pounds.  Today, I weigh in at 163.4 pounds.
My loss so far is 21.1 pounds on Medifast and a total of 22.6 pounds over all. I’m just starting my 10th week [...]

That’s a line from a song by Mike Doughty, one of my favorite artists.  It applies more and more to me these days, even if not in the same context as Mikey intended.
Today, I am officially weighing in at 168.4 pounds.  Wahoo!  That’s a loss of 17.6 pounds total and 16.1 pounds on the Medifast [...]

Just thought I’d add a short update.
First, if you would like to see some of the fantastic tools I use to keep up my diet, I have added an Amazon revolving carousel of products to the right. I think it’s fun just to make it whirl around. I’ll be talking specifically about those [...]

Losing over 50 pounds (50 POUNDS?! I’m still coming to grips with that…) is a daunting task when faced with all 50 pounds at once. Fifty pounds is a restaurant-sized sack of flour. A sack of cement. A sack, if you will, of fat.
I’ve been following the advice of Medifast, especially the [...]

Wow, folks. WOW. YOU amaze me! Thank you for all of the comments and encouragement. I need it. I really do.
I need to hear the good words. It takes some giant balls to tell you all of this stuff - my weight, issues, and such - and I need you [...]

So, I’ve been on this Medifast journey for almost 5 whole weeks. So far, so good. I’ve debated about how much to tell you on this blog. Why? Because weight loss is a VERY personal experience. It is fraught with shame, guilt, impatience, and denial.
As the old saying goes, denial [...]

At the ripe old age of 34, I am a new mother. A relatively new mother. My son is almost 14 months. That hardly makes him new since he is officially in the toddler stage. I have run out of excuses to use my pregnancy and “baby fat” as a reason for my weight. I [...]