Here’s what I realised yesterday, while I was wearing the size 14 pants I’d not been able to get into last month and slipping on the size 14 coat I haven’t worn in many years – who cares if I am not losing pounds at the moment, I am clearly losing inches. I need to [...]

There’s no right or wrong way to eat. Healthy eating is all about motivation, balance, and flexibility. There will be times when you eat a high-fat meal or eat beyond fullness, or when your schedule gets so busy that you miss a work- out. This happens. It’s normal. But it’s very important that you don’t [...]

ExtraPounds.com was the first weight loss community that I discovered online about a year and a half ago. I saw a friend mention it on a forum some where and went to check it out and decided to register, this was before I even really knew what a calorie was…never mind how many I was [...]

I have mentioned before that I frequent quite a few community weight loss sites, such as caloriecount.about.com and extrapounds.com – and I have seen people posting images of ‘virtual’ thems…I always wanted to try it, because one of my problems is that I don’t think I see myself as I really am – I am [...]

I have been invited to a wedding, that means shopping for something to wear. Ugh. Most women would probably enjoy this but not me, I hate having to look ‘nice’ – as odd as that sounds, I just always feel out of place at weddings and the like – like people are looking at me [...]

45 minutes on the elliptical when you are tired out and have not done any exercise at all for two weeks feels like an eternity, hehe. Seriously, I am glad that I did it as I have to get back into doing it…but it confirmed that I really don’t enjoy exercise and I didn’t miss [...]

So, I am now back home and I am pleased to report that I only gained a pound in the time I was away. Crazy to be happy about a weight gain huh? But really, it could have been a whole lot worse — it probably deserved to be! Plus I am hopeful that that [...]

I am headed home tonight, I have family coming back with me so I won’t be able to get 100% back to normal right away. But I will be hopping on the elliptical tomorrow and I will be weighing myself tonight, GULP, I am nervous as to how that’s going to go — I have [...]

I am rather enjoying being away from my usual routine, eating foods I wouldn’t usually and not working out nearly as much. It’s relaxing. I am still behaving on my diet, though I did have two chocolate covered pieces of toffee last night at 33 calories each, naughty naughty hehe I am not enjoying being [...]

Really, I have eaten a bowl of cereal every day for the last 18 months and I am now officially over it to the point that it actually made me feel sick last night. I guess it makes sense that you get bored of certain foods sometimes, but it’s annoying because I am a creature [...]