Letting my past be the guide for my future I recently launched back into writing to you all. I have found myself thinking back to what was. Thinking about my prior success and, at time, dwelling too much on the lack of recent success in my health journey. But I need not dwell on my …
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56 and weekly reflections: 3/16 – 3/22
change in weight (3/16/21 – 3/22/21): -1.2 LBS It is going to be a short post this week, folks. But... 6 weeks in a row! I have continued the downward trend for 6 weeks in a row. With another 1.2 pounds lost this week, I am now at 56 total pounds lost and I feel so …
what 1 year of change and dedication can do
L - R. High Weight, down 30, down 50 1 year ago I decided to make a change. Years of self deprecation, low self confidence, low self worth, and lack of motivation boiled up to the surface by stepping on the scale right after Thanksgiving, 2019. So many things about me manifest themselves in the …
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relationship with food and weekly reflections: 9/1 – 9/7
Change in weight (9/1/20 – 9/7/20): -0.6 LBS I feel like I had another solid week. It was nothing extraordinary, but it was good. It was not bad, it was good. I am happy with that. I hit my cardio goals this week. I am very pleased with this because I was quite tired after …
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weekly reflections: 5/18 – 5/25
Got to spend a little time on the water yesterday. That was good for the soul. My change from last week – Change in weight (5/18/20 –5/25/20): -1.0 LBS First of all, I received a tremendous response to my last post about how I have lost 30+ pounds so far. Thank you to everybody. That …
weekly reflections: 5/12 – 5/18
My change from last week – Change in weight (5/12/20 –5/18/20): 0 LBS No change in weight. Zero, nada, nuthin', zilch. That must mean nothing happened this past week, right? Wrong. A lot happened this last week. A lot of good things and some things that I should work on. -I really am not upset …
weekly reflections: 5/5 – 5/11
When the ride makes you yell... My change from last week – Change in weight (5/5/20 –5/11/20): -5.2 LBS Last week I talked about my check-in being a wake-up call. Well I answered it. I am super pumped this morning because I have been feeling really good the past couple of days and when I …
weekly reflections: 4/28 – 5/4
My change from last week – Change in weight (4/21/20 –4/27/20): +2.4 LBS This weigh-in is a wake-up call. I have gotten fairly complacent and have taken for granted the relative consistency of my weight decrease. I really thought I had stayed around the same or lost a little weight before I stepped on the …
weekly reflections: 4/21 – 4/27
no news can be good news Boston as seen from Blue Hills Reservation My change from last week – Change in weight (4/21/20 –4/27/20): 0 LBS No news is good news, right? I am really okay with my weigh in this morning. Would I have preferred to be down 2-4 pounds? Absolutely! But I did …
weekly reflections: 4/14-4/20
My change from last week – Change in weight (4/14/20 –4/20/20): -1.8 LBS I chose the picture above because it makes me calm. It makes me think of fond memories and the feeling of a breeze on the ridge of a mountain. The weight is moving back in the right direction. I had another morning …
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