I peeked at the scale today. Again. I peeked yesterday, and the day before. I fully admit it. I’ll probably peek again tomorrow.
In the weight loss blogging world, there is a lot of talk about the scale. For fairly obvious reasons. For one, it’s a way to track our progress when it can’t be seen (i.e., clothes aren’t fitting differently yet, etc.). For another, our doctors place quite a bit emphasis on it. For another, so do we sometimes.
Many of us adhere to the belief that the actual number on the scale doesn’t matter as much as how we feel [ ... ]
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23
Jul 2010
I peeked at the scale today. Again. I peeked yesterday, and the day before. I fully admit it. I’ll probably peek again tomorrow.
In the weight loss blogging world, there is a lot of talk about the scale. For fairly obvious reasons. For one, it’s a way to track our progress when it can’t be seen (i.e., clothes aren’t fitting differently yet, etc.). For another, our doctors place quite a bit emphasis on it. For another, so do we sometimes.
Many of us adhere to the belief that the actual number on the scale doesn’t matter as much as how we feel [ ... ]
Category: Weight Watchers / Weight Loss
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19
Jul 2010
Hi folks!!
First, I want to say thank you for your sweet comments on my last few posts. You’ve helped remind me that we’re all in this together! Second, I want to say that I know my past few posts have been on the rather depressing side. Let me assure you that I don’t sit around feeling sorry for myself. Seriously, I don’t. Most of the time I don’t even think about the things I posted about – but they’re there, hovering in the background, so I thought I would come out and acknowledge them.
Now, on [ ... ]
17
Jul 2010
So many people have written about the importance of food and how its purpose is merely to provide sustenance. I have to wonder when it was that I began to place so much more meaning on what is merely supposed to keep us alive.
There are moments when I actually get excited about what I’m going to eat next. I’ve mentioned before about how I feel I get cravings that have to be similar to the cravings a drug addict must experience. I also get excited when I know that a delicious meal is coming up.
And I get resentful at the [ ... ]
Category: Weight Watchers / Weight Loss
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07
Jul 2010
As the perfect bookend to the cheese fest that was my post of yesterday, I had my weigh in today. And, um, I somehow, unbelievably, incredibly, lost 5.8 pounds! I think I just heard a collective “huh”?!?! I certainly know there was one from my neck of the woods earlier today.
I know I mentioned yesterday that my weekend involved Domino’s pizza and Krispy Kreme donuts (yes plural). It also involved my mom’s yummy sausage/egg breakfast casserole, among other delicious items. So it’s all even more baffling to me. But I’ll take it.
Work has been a fair nightmare lately. [ ... ]
05
Jul 2010
So did everybody have a good weekend? Mine was pretty great all in all. My aunt and uncle came into town on Friday, and we spent most of the weekend watching movies, playing cards (our family fave is a variation of “Oh Hell”), and other games. I absolutely love playing cards and games, but rarely ever get to, so that was a real treat.
On Sunday, we went back to the botanical gardens here – I’ve mentioned it many times on here as it has been one of my favorite places in Kansas City. Unfortunately, this was our first trip since [ ... ]
25
Jun 2010
Hi all. As you’ve most likely noticed, I haven’t really been *present* in the blogging world lately, either on my own blog or others. I’ve had this blog post rambling around in my brain for a while now, so bear with me while I try to work it all out. I will share my thoughts regarding my own blog and then my thoughts regarding others’ blogs. I’m going to try to be totally honest (well, I’m not going to lie, I just might not share everything I’ve been thinking).
Thoughts regarding my own blog:
When I first started this blog in January [ ... ]
Category: Life in General, Media, Weight Watchers / Weight Loss
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22
Jun 2010
Hi all! I think this post might be fairly short, because I’m pretty much running on fumes right now. I’ve had very little sleep since the end of last week. While some circumstances helped make that happen, a lot of it is my own fault (and the damn show, “Supernatural“). I’m also attempting to get my dad sucked into the show “Angel,” and he and I have been watching a few episodes when I got off work the past few nights. Which pushes back my “Supernatural” watching, and since I just can’t wait to see what happens, that [ ... ]
25
May 2010
Hi all!
Sadly, as I suspected, I was up 4.9 lbs this week. I mean, imagine that – gaining 4.9 lbs in three days. Imagine what you’d have to eat to do that. And that’s what I did. I undid three weeks worth of work. But hey, I admitted it, and I’ve been back on track for two full days now.
I’m absolutely loving your responses to my “Getting to Know You” post! It’s so great to learn more about you guys, and Early was definitely right. What a diverse group of people we’ve got here! When I started this, [ ... ]
Category: Biggest Loser, Weight Watchers / Weight Loss
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24
May 2010
It’s almost 2:00 am and I’m sitting in my living room searching through Netflix for something to watch. I found myself thinking that sometimes Netflix actually has too many choices. In the almost 400 movies in my instant queue, I end up settling on something that I’ve seen before. Of course. I picked “Notting Hill,” but it’s never been one of my favorite Julia Roberts movies, though I like both her and Hugh Grant quite a bit (especially Hugh Grant). Now, I’m actually about 14 minutes into it and am contemplating a switch.
Along with that switch, I’m contemplating how exactly [ ... ]
Category: Weight Watchers / Weight Loss
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18
May 2010
Hi all! Today, I thought I would combine two of my favorite things: weight loss and “Lbs.” the movie. You have to admit that they kind of go together.
So today was weigh-in day, and I’m thoroughly ecstatic. For the first time in months (since November, actually) I am below the 250 mark!! WHOOHOOO!! I’m so excited. I weighed in today at 248.5 for a loss of 3.2 lbs. I am back down 21.3 lbs since I recommitted myself to plan, and am down a total of 94.4 lbs altogether.
I’m back in the swing of things! I deserved this loss, because [ ... ]
14
May 2010
We all know that losing weight can be really difficult. Especially if you have a food addiction or are a chronic overeater. Over the past few months, I’ve learned that it’s even harder to do it again.
I’ve explained before that I’ve been overweight since about the 3rd grade. I still don’t know what the turning point was, where I went from a skinny child running around in tube tops to being so overweight that the kids in my class called me a “beach ball.” But there was one, and regardless of what brought it on, that’s what happened to me.
I [ ... ]
03
May 2010
I actually made it through a weekend COMPLETELY within my points!!!!!!!! Me!! I don’t know what it was, but this weekend, I just found myself feeling like it had all clicked in my head again. Of course, we’ll see what happens after this weekend trip!
Saturday was a totally crappy day. We were crunched on time for one thing. For another, I was seriously unhappy with the new digital camera I had bought last weekend, and finally decided to return it. (It was a Canon PowerShot SX120IS.) The specs were awesome and the features were incredible in theory, [ ... ]
22
Apr 2010
Hi all! I hope you’re having a good week so far!
As usual, this post is going to be a mish-mash of craziness that’s been running through my head lately. In fact, I seem to be doing a lot of these posts lately. Maybe I’ll get my act together one of these days. As an example of my thought process right now, I currently have 27 tabs (no joke) open in my internet browser – mostly things I need to look at or share with you all or just deal with later.
First, thank you all so much for the [ ... ]
15
Apr 2010
Okay, so I started this post yesterday with the headline “A Terrible, Rotten Week.” Now, it’s more of a “Roller-Coaster Week.” I’ll explain.
My original post began: “Ah, people. Pamela has fallen and fallen hard. It’s pretty safe to say that it’s been a pretty terrible, rotten week. A lot of it of my own making, but most definitely not all.” I will continue here with my original post, and then tell you what has since changed.
Last week was going (not good or bad, just going). I was plugging along, feeling ravenously hungry for some reason, but sticking to my [ ... ]
01
Apr 2010
This is really hard for me to admit, but I’ve been in kind of a bad place the past few weeks. I’ve done my best to hide it from you all – maybe I succeeded, maybe I didn’t. Maybe it shone through anyway.
There are many reasons for it – some measurable, that I can pinpoint to a specific cause, and some not.
Based on the subject of this post, you may choose to believe that it is solely based on the weight that I’ve regained. Part of it is. Maybe part of it is [ ... ]
