Apparently all of the updates I have been posts regarding FIA50 with my iTouch have not been coming through. Quick summary? Some good, some bad.

The bad?

1. Things are not progressing quickly at all.
2. Our weekly meeting has become more difficult in the face of school year routine.
3. Weight loss is imperceptible.
4. I am overwhelmed by the decisions that I ( Read more... )

Been working the plan ( Read more... )

Went to WW today for the first time in 2 months. I was up 8 pounds.  Not quite back to square one but very close. It was a bit disheartening but not unexpected.

Walked Wednesday and Thursday and have plans for tomorrow which include walking and weights.

Other plans:

• Had weekly moving meeting on Wednesday and some tiny movement is on the radar for ( Read more... )

when I want to eat the house. Stress from Middle School for the big girl, stress from the wee one not ever liking school, stress, stress, stress ( Read more... )

So today the 4 year old won and lunch was movie popcorn and candy and a diet coke.  One of the things I have been trying to do is stop drinking Diet Coke.* So after the movie and some shopping my girls were hungry.** So we drove through McDonald's on our way to Bean's Open House for her to get a burger and FF to get a smoothie.  We were stopped by ( Read more... )

Apparently I share my body with a four-year-old. Yesterday I started my FIA50 (Fuck I'm Almost 50). Step one get my eating back on track. I have been paying for weight watchers for months now and eating in the most anti-WW way possible, so this seemed a reasonable place to start.
Eating on WW is great because there are few restrictions and plenty ( Read more... )

So I admit I'm not going to be 50 for five years but I am closer than I have ever been before. And the frustrating thing is I feel like I am farther away from my life goals than ever before.
I am fatter than I have been in 4 years. After Freddy's paperwork got returned I went into a major tailspin. And for me that means food, lots of it and none of ( Read more... )

Been off line mostly for a few days.  Busy times and to much head stuff.  Father's Day dinner was yummy.  He picked Jamaican. Swim lessons start tomorrow.  How weird is it that I will be reading  Jackson's Call of the Horned Piper on my ipod while sitting by the pool?

Spent the day battling two of the scourges of childhood: Sunburn and Lice.  I am officially exhausted. Still have more laundry to do but it will have to wait because as soon as my blanket is out of teh dryer I am done for the night.

Today is a struggle. I am not sure why. Some days it just is.