Non-Scale Victories on the Road

I had a really good week, most of it in California at my conference.   I intended to concentrate hard on eating differently so I didn’t get sucked into the eat-everything-not-nailed-down mode that usually infects me as soon as I leave the house with a suitcase for an event. But I discovered that I didn’t have [...]

Taking My Balance to California

I leave for California on Saturday to attend a computer users group conference.  It’s one of my favorite events and I’ve attended every one since this started in 1993.  We’ve grown from a group of 300 attendees to 1800 at last year’s meeting.  This year, though, because of the economy and tight budgets, I know [...]

There’s Been an Attitude Adjustment

It’s like a switch was thrown inside of me.  Instead of treading water in an endless spiral of griping about being fat and eating food I didn’t really want or need, I’m going somewhere – and for the first time in a long time, it’s not backwards.
I rejoined Weight Watchers, yes.  But I already knew [...]

Doing My Homework

I’ve been back at WW for two weeks and am feeling good.  I didn’t even care what the scale said yesterday; I’d had a good week of eating food I enjoyed, both out with friends and at home. I’m not going to tell you weekly weight loss because I don’t want to promote losing pounds [...]

Random Thoughts of Food and Politics

I sit here in a candy-corn coma.  Well, not really.  But honestly, that stuff is lethal and a little goes a long way to push the sugar high and make your teeth hurt.  And yes, I had more than my fair share from the communal stash at the office.
My food has been out of whack [...]

Eat This, Not That!

I am a visual learner. Some people can listen to a speaker or news cast and remember what was said. Others can read dense text and remember what they read.
Me, I like pictures. Not graphic novels instead of the written word – I devour novels – but I like magazine articles with pictures more than [...]