Personal Experience

Barbara on October 15th, 2010

I’ve been very remiss in writing for this blog, but frankly I just haven’t had anything to say! My determination to “diet or get off the scale” lasted about two days, and though I haven’t gained, I haven’t lost. I fluctuate between 193 and 196 and really haven’t felt motivated to work on losing more [...]

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Barbara on September 26th, 2010

My renewed determination to lose weight appears to be working! This past week, I lost 1.5 pounds, bringing my weekly average since the beginning of the year to .72 pounds. It won’t be long before I’ll be back to my 1 pound a week goal. The reason for my improvement over previous weeks is that [...]

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Barbara on September 19th, 2010

Albert Einstein is supposed to have said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. By that definition, I’m totally bonkers. Every day, I eat about the same amount and exercise the same amount (which is none at all) and when I get on the scale in the [...]

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Barbara on September 9th, 2010

I joined a Toastmasters group a few months ago and I love going to the meetings and making new friends. I’m a fairly good public speaker and have never been nervous speaking in front of an audience, but I have improved my delivery and my listening skills. What I’ve come to hate about the experience [...]

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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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