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Financial Surprises
I took out a loan in March, nine months ago today, on a five year amortization, bi-weekly payments. I made a goal to pay off 25% of the loan by the end of the first year, rather than the less-than-20% you expect if you make no extra payments. At the end of every pay period, I'd take whatever I had left over and zero-out my net gain by paying that ( Read more... ) -
Truthtelling
This was posted on Facebook. I know I posted here with weight updates that I didn't there, but I haven't said anything July 14, and most of what I say below is still apropos.
( Not exactly a tummy tuck ) -
It's "Fall", Not Autumn, so to speak.
THis post has nothing to do with seasons, but it has to do with a fall ( Read more... ) -
Purging the Difficult Past
I am performing a difficult task. I had hoped to go through my filing cabinet since this year began and purge anything I didn't need to keep for tax purposes. In Canada, that's seven years prior to the current tax year, so I'm eliminating anything from 2007 and before. The rest I'll sort into years after pulling everything I know I need to keep in ( Read more... ) -
Fear of Failure versus Determination
Putting my thoughts on my life on digital paper makes me need to face up to something I had feared in the last several months. What happens when you finish the weight loss program but find that your old habits refused to die, and you struggle with the fact that you are now heavier, suddenly heavier, after only a few months ( Read more... ) -
It Just Occurred to Me, That ...
I forgot to tell almost anyone on any of my social media except one site that I was revisiting San Francisco as a reward for finishing my official weight loss program. I had tried to go to San Francisco earlier to get away from our winter, but the schedules didn't work. When we found a good time in early April, the City seemed a perfect time and ( Read more... ) -
A Weird Perspective
You know what's weird about losing so much weight? Feeling like I'm still who I was physically so many months ago ( Read more... ) -
Today's Accumulated Achievements
Today I wore size 50 pants (rather than my next smallest 54) and a leather jacket I bought in 2004 that didn't fit at the end of 2004. It's a little loose. My accumulated weight loss from September 2012 is 93 pounds, or 25% of my weight from that time (Was 370, now weigh 277). -
A Long Night on Stage
Before last night, my choir had spent the last six practices at the theatre in which we'll perform. There was a set cutting off the last two feet of stage from the previous show that hadn't been taken down, but we were assured it would come down. We put up our risers, and practised and got used to our cues to come on through which door or behind ( Read more... ) -
Almost There... (Choir)
Today is the first dress-rehearsal of our show. I've been finding that my weight loss program, and the anemia that's come along with it has affected my ability to actually perform like this. My shakes are a powder that get added to water. The resulting shakes are chalky, even when I dilute them beyond the requirements, and that is still sticking to ( Read more... )