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Trick or Treat?

11/01/2009
Trick or Treat?

Yesterday was Halloween. It was a Saturday. Here in New York, it was on the warm side and not raining. We expected lots of trick or treaters. Expecting lots of trick or treaters, because it was Saturday and all, we went overboard on the candy. Now that I more or less have control over my own junk food addiction, I still like to push it onto others. And I wanted to be prepared for all the little kiddies in costumes. I waited until Friday night to bring any candy into my house, but Friday night, I picked up four bags…Reese’s peanut butter cups (which I don’t like), Butterfingers, M&M’s and Milky Ways. The only real danger candy here for me was the Milky Ways. I didn’t even open any of the bags on Friday night. But Saturday morning, we tore open all four bags and threw them in a...

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Am I a Rubberband?

06/18/2009

A friend of mine once said, “Men are like rubberbands. You can only stretch them so far before they snap back to their original form.” (Sorry men, I didn’t say it, but I will admit that she had a point.) She, of course, was talking in the relationship realm. Sometimes though, I’m pretty sure this works for each and every one of us. Especially those of us trying to break a bad habit, or a lifetime of learned behaviors, even if they are bad ones. This fitness journey for me (a year now) is a daily struggle. You would think after a year, I wouldn’t be dreaming about eating a box of Ring Dings (not a package…a box) or returning to my sedentary ways and no longer dragging my butt to the gym at 6 am. Don’t get me wrong. I actually prefer eating well and exercising. There is...

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Weight Watcher's Weekend Challenges and Triumphs

08/11/2008
Weight Watcher's Weekend Challenges and Triumphs

I feel like I’m fixated on weekends in this blog… but for me those seem to be the toughest days to stay on track. Through the week, I’m at work and I’m on a schedule and have pretty much settled into a food schedule as well. But the weekends…. Last weekend I spent 30 hours in a car over four days…kinda tricky to stay on track, and while I didn’t have perfect days, I did better than expected. This weekend….yikes….was even tougher. I went to a bar/concert on Friday night (the sister I went to see the weekend before was in town and we went out with another brother (I have four brothers and a sister). There was lots of alcohol and six-foot sandwiches (one of my favorites). But I did ok. I stayed away from the sandwich and had a couple of drinks, which I planned for and...

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Staying on Weight Watchers on a weekend away….

08/01/2008

My daughter and I just finished our second week of Weight Watcher’s and we were both pleasantly surprised tonight at our weigh-ins. We knew we had done well this week, making sure we tracked everything and stayed within points….for the most part. The scale was not as generous as it was last week, and that of course is the way it goes. Takes a while to adjust and start listening to the body’s cues. Like this week I just felt thinner and wasn’t as hungry as last week. I’m now down 6.2 pounds–way cool. As long as I’m tracking, it so far seems pretty easy. But I have a challenge coming up this weekend. Tomorrow, I’m driving to Virginia to visit my sister (8 hours in the car). Saturday we are driving to North Carolina to see our brother perform (he’s an opera guy) and then back to Virginia...

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