What I see in the mirror.

I haven’t talked much about DIE(ting) for quite some time. I hit my stride in January and – with the help of being really, really sick – lost 7 lbs. in about a month. It must have been just the right 7 lbs. because the difference is evident in both my face and my waistline. [...]

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Diet, reprise (again)

A couple of months ago I decided to get back on the diet wagon after being derailed by the crazy things that happened in the spring. So I started phase 1 of the South Beach diet for the 2nd time, and it was an awful failure. The first time I started the SBD phase 1 [...]

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Walking

My whole diet/excersise plan has been derailed, again, because, uh, I’m lazy. I can make excuses – Jamie started waking up early again! I couldn’t get to sleep last night! – but they’re excuses. So last night I told MD that if Jamie woke up before 7, it was his problem. That’s actually the way [...]

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Don’t you just love it…

…you put together a very cute outfit, and you’re all proud of yourself because you managed to look at your wardrobe with fresh eyes, and even though you can’t afford a lot of clothes right now, you still look and feel like you have something new on?
And then you catch a glimpse of your backside [...]

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Catching up a bit

Goodness, where to start?
Not only did Cory destroy the dining room the other day, but now it appears that he may be incontinent. Maybe he can go hang out with grandma in the nursing home? But seriously, right before his annual checkup he started peeing in the house – maybe 2-3 times. They tested [...]

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Food eaten, uneaten

What we made for dinner last night:

Lemon butter fish
Sweet potato home fries
Green beans – french cut and cooked to death just the way his majesty likes them

What Jamie ate for dinner last night:

Yogurt
Half an onion sandwich bun, toasted, with butter

The toddler, he is officially a picky eater. So much for the days I worried [...]

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The girl who ate Cleveland and a little bit about why

As if the scone weren’t enough, I then ate half a banana chocolate chip muffin. And then today we had another office birthday with not one but TWO cakes from this bakery. Dark chocolate, and white chocolate raspberry. Because the person who bought them is insane and determined to sabatoge my diet. Her and aunt [...]

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Diet, schmiet

Send more sugar!
Man, last night sucked! Poor Jamie, with the teeth. Hourly wakeups between 11 p- 3 a and I am now dying at work. So I gave in, I ate sugar. And flour. And fat. Mmmmm…chocolate chip scones. But it’s amazing how gross and sluggish I feel now. Which defeats the purpose of course.
It’s [...]

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SBD, Week 4

So, my scale (that bastard) says, "You fatty, you. You gained ONE POUND! Sixteen whole ounces, my GOD, what were you thinking?"
And my pants, they say, "Whoo-hoo, skinny mini! You are getting so thin we can’t hang on, we’re just falling right off those slender hips of yours!"
Has this been a successful week? You tell [...]

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Chocolate, the Gateway Drug (SBD, Week 3)

"Aunt Flo" came to visit last week, so I didn’t even bother doing a diet post because I was up 1 lb. BUT! Today was weigh-in day (at home, I’m not doing WW anymore) and I’m down 4 lbs! For at total loss of 6 lbs. That first 10 lbs is within reach, I can [...]

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