I lost another pound this past week, so I’m still making my goal of one-pound-a-week, although there isn’t a lot of “cushion” in those figures. If I go one week without losing that single pound, I might drop below the goal line on my chart. Worse things could happen, but I’m not going to let [...]
Ooops. For the first time since I started my diet at the beginning of January, I didn’t meet my goal of losing one pound a week. I didn’t gain, so I’m not terribly upset, but putting that big fat zero in the weekly weight loss box wasn’t my proudest moment. I know exactly what happened. [...]
I’ve been spending a lot of time on various diet forums, support groups and blogs lately. They are a wealth of information and encouragement. But it’s also rather sad and depressing at times because so many of the people there (almost all women) are suffering from something much worse than being overweight. They’re enduring self-criticism [...]
I got a big, unpleasant surprise this week. For years, I was under the impression that I could calculate my “maintenance” calorie intake by multiplying my current weight by 12 (since I’m sedentary). After all, this is the common equation quoted on most websites and in most books — and some are even more generous. [...]
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