Barbara on August 27th, 2010

I didn’t do very well this week — a gain of two pounds! Ouch. The annoying thing is I really don’t feel I went off my diet. I didn’t splurge on cream sauces or treat myself to gooey chocolate fudge candy. No bags of Cheetos at one sitting or a half a pound of Parmigiano-Reggiano [...]

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Barbara on August 22nd, 2010

I listened to an interesting sermon the other day by a Unity minister. She reminded her congregation of the incredible power of words and how, when a person tells a story, the story changes the listener AND the storyteller. She wasn’t talking about Little Red Riding Hood type stories, but the stories we tell others [...]

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Barbara on August 14th, 2010

I was down to 195 yesterday, on my “official” weigh-in … and 194 today, but that doesn’t count (DRAT). That’s a three pound loss from last week, although it’s not quite as sensational as it sounds, since last week I was up 1.5 pounds. I’m really convinced this heat is causing me to hold water [...]

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Barbara on August 6th, 2010

I gained weight this week. Lots of weight. I don’t want to talk about it. Instead, I’m going to talk about why I haven’t had time to even think about dieting, let alone do it: I’m having a ball doing OTHER things. First of all, I joined Toastmasters a few months ago and I’m enjoying [...]

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