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Weigh-In Wednesday

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(Published on Thursday, because a day late and several dollars short is how I roll.) This post is going to be a hodge-podge of thoughts. I have a hundred posts inside my head but can’t find the focus I need to get them all down. (Lucky for you.) I am so very, very, very distractable. I’m like Dug from UP only my “Squirrel!” is blogging! Facebook! … [Read more...]

Weigh-in “Wednesday”

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(Sorry I’m late running this—my life has taken a turn for the crazy busy worst.)(Not to worry, though, it’s all quite good.)(Just crazy busy.)(You understand, I know.)So! No photos of my scale this morning—today’s post will be more about encouragement than about my public humiliation.I’ll save that for Lent.I will say that this week’s weigh-in … [Read more...]

Weigh-In Wednesday

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I. The TestI have still not gotten my cycle, though I have since burned through all three tests in that Clearblue box. Weirdness! Perhaps I should change the name of this blog to Perimenopausal Mom.Now wouldn’t that be fun?Still my baby! Still my blessing.II. The ScaleHere’s a link to the photo from this morning. I’m sorry for not being much of an … [Read more...]

Weigh-In Wednesday (Part II)

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The “What? It’s Christmas!” EditionSo here we go, then. Deep breath…I can do this…Up several pounds since the last weigh-in! You go, girl!(Or perhaps that should that be, “You grow, girl!”)This is disappointing but not that surprising, really, given that all bets are off over the course of the holidays. Did you not get the memo?So this is me … [Read more...]

Weigh-In Wednesday

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You know that song by James Brown?Well, I feel better--much better, and that is making a very big difference in my world.It is not about the weight so much.It is about saying no to the endless gnoshing--about not being full when I sit down to supper and about strengthening that resistance muscle. (The idea for a “resistance muscle” came to me from … [Read more...]

Wheat Belly

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I am fat and out of shape. I tell you this so that you feel sorry for me, certainly, but also so that you brace yourself in the coming weeks for talk of weight loss programs and graphic photos of my toes on a scale.Today is Day 1 of my 30-Day Shred.Tomorrow, allegedly, will be Day 2.I’m thinking I might need to start my workout earlier—not that I … [Read more...]