Archive for February 2nd, 2009
Stormy Skies, Seeing a Sliver of Light
Whenever I’m having a pity-party of a day, I’m always reminded that someone else, somewhere else, has it way worse than me.
Sometimes that’s all it takes to have me snap out of things.
My aunt, whom I love dearly, is in the hospital with a collapsed lung. She’s in ICU and on the path to recovery … but without going into any personal details, trust me when I say that she’s had a very difficult life … I just can’t bear the thought of one more bad thing happening to her. (more…)
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“Glory Days”
I re-read my Challenging Weekend post, and then read MamaV’s awesome post about the media’s obsession with Jessica Simpson’s “weight gain” and realized just how ridiculous I sound; how ED/DE is speaking …
Like the way the media is bashing her for having put on maybe a couple pounds at most (and I think she looks great no matter what — in fact, she looks much healthier now, frankly, in my opinion, than she did during her Daisy Duke days) I’ve been bashing myself this weekend for my own weight gain.
I think it’s because I saw a photo of myself from my thinnest, taken summer 2005. It was the summer of empowerment: I felt hot, lean, trim, toned. First time ever that I felt awesome body confidence. (more…)
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Recipe Worth Sharing: Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Garlic & Herbed Goat Cheese
My weekend wasn’t all negative food-wise … Saturday night, I made the most delicious chicken recipe and I just have to share it here. I got it from CookingLight.com, my go-to site.
We were looking for a chicken recipe that wasn’t a usual: i.e., baked chicken, chicken parm, BBQ chicken, herbed chicken, grilled chicken, chicken cacciatore … (more…)
4 comments February 2, 2009
A Challenging Weekend
Today’s a confessional post. No, it’s not about midnight eating — I’ve been in the clear for a while.
I am struggling with my journaling on Sparkpeople. Not the act of journaling — I’m a pro at that. But rather about a pickle I’ve gotten myself into. See, my caloric range is 1270-1570. Not terrible, provided I stick to it; it’s a perfectly acceptable range and most days, totally do-able.
I’ve discovered on WW I was eating too much to lose. I lose when I’m in the 1400-1500 range with my usual exercise (which would be basically WW target points plus a couple Flex) but the past two weeks, after a kick-ass first week back on Sparkpeople, I’ve simply not been able to get it together.
What I mean is, I had one high day two weeks ago, and I’ve been “buying calories” for the next day ever since … Technically this isn’t cheating, as I am not going above my limit for the week, but it’s cheating because I am not in my range that one day.
And I gained last week — the same 1.4 I’d lost the previous week. Sure, it could have been a fluke (I hadn’t weighed in all week and didn’t this weekend, either) but I am sure eating at the high end of my range isn’t helping me any. (more…)
20 comments February 2, 2009
