I definitely feel like I’m back in boot camp – a newbie struggling to sort it all out and maintain a rather rigid schedule. I made a few commitments to myself this week, and I’m going to make an HONEST effort to keep them. 1) Exercise (with a capital “E”) – that was the key [...]
10Oct09
Commit…commit…commit
Nutracheck is now an old friend and indispensable tool for getting weight off by tracking calories and exercise. I love how you can set your weight loss from half to two pounds per week and your calorie and exercise goals change accordingly. There are so many options that it takes a while to find your [...]
6Oct09
Bootcamp Buddies
Besides Weight Watchers, this is the group that has got me further towards food sanity than any other. Why? Because they will lovingly tell you to suck it up if you fail on your Weight Watchers journey. It’s not that they don’t tolerate weakness – everyone on that board admits to weakness – it’s just [...]
6Oct09
Weight Watchers
Ah WW. I have joined and left WW at least twelve times in thirty years. We have a relationship akin to a very rocky marriage. My most recent return was in the middle of grieving the death of my dad and I realised I needed some “non-cyber” support for a bit. I was pleasantly surprised [...]
4Oct09
The Wagon or Not
I’ve decided to ban the phrase “fall off the wagon”. It’s too all or nothing: you’re on or you’re off, succeeding or failing. I like to think of this as a game of catch like we used to play as kids. Each catch “counted” towards the all-time record. When you drop the ball, you just [...]