Busy, busy busy day for me. So far today I have done yoga, housework, went to a breakfast presentation at t-bop’s school, sowed some seeds in peat pots & other assorted garden stuff, and finished a work assignment. I have a little break for about an hour, then back to work. I have 3 meetings [...]

I went to spinning class yesterday, and it was so hard! It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve gone, and I could feel the difference. I am going to try to go at least twice a week from now on, oh my word. Today is a walking and yoga day. It is so nice [...]

T-bop told me this morning Mom you’re losing your pillow stomach! as he was hugging me goodbye. LOL! Mercury Man said something similar last night, that he could feel I was losing weight because when he held me my belly felt smaller, smoother. Today the kids are going over MIL’s house so me and Mercury [...]

We are going to the Y in a bit and I’m hitting the elliptical machine and lifting some weights. I can’t wait to get toned! I’m thinking of adding jumping rope to my routine, it burns a lot of calories and builds strength in your legs. Today’s Goals:45 minutes elliptical1/2 hour weight trainingNo salt added [...]

I am doing ok. I tell you what, not eating after dinner means I wake up ravenous. I feel like a growing kid again, and enjoy my big bowl of oatmeal and raspberries or apples or bananas. My tastebuds have changed…the oatmeal seems more than sweet enough to me with just fruit, I can’t believe [...]

Question of the day:How do you balance being a woman that’s trying to lose weight (if in fact you are) and being a mother that teaches her children about healthy body image? I do it by not making disparaging remarks about my body to or around my children, and emphasizing that my wanting to lose [...]

Trigger Foods I have been thinking about foods that can trigger overeating and debating with myself about whether to eat them. I am not on any diet plan or anything, I am eating most of the food/meals I usually eat, only in regular portions and only one serving. I can’t get with the idea of [...]

wooooooot Well I just had a handful of chips before my nice breakfast of oatmeal with raspberries. But I am not sweating it because I am proud of myself for stopping at one handful. Chips are one of my trigger foods. I’m glad I ate a little because otherwise I’d be obsessing over them all [...]

woooooot I walked 2 miles so far today and plan to do another 2 before days end. No salt for 2 days now, I’m so proud of myself for that. Doing good with water, I’ve had about 24 oz so far today (goal is 60 oz). Breakfast was bowl of oatmeal with raspberries, morning snack [...]

I was doing a 6-week fitness challenge started on Jan 2nd with some of the mamas over at hipmama, but since I need more time than that to get to my goal weight I will continue for another 14 weeks and make it a 20-week challenge. *Update 3/02/07* A friend of mine told me perhaps [...]