(W)Eight

I have to confess that I haven’t really been working hard on trying to lose weight in the past two months.  I have been maintaining, by not having pop and a lot of candy, but I need to work harder on getting rid of the bad eating habits that are keeping me heavy.  I’ve been [...]

I’m really enjoying SparkPeople, the free weight loss site.  I’m LibrarianJen on there.  This is the site I was hoping for when I signed up for eDiets (the site of the many duplicating ingredients and cheese and raspberries on everything.)  I’ve only been on Spark People for a few days, but I’m already addicted to [...]

I think I can safely say I love running again!  It’s been a long time… since that nightmare of a marathon in 2001.  Today, I got out and ran for 42 minutes.  Very nice.  Very hilly.  I hope to be able to do the same run in 35 minutes by December.
It occurred to me that [...]

I hate to see pictures of me.  Recently, I’ve seen at least two different pictures taken of me in the spring.  In one, I was definitely at my peak weight.  My face looked so swollen.  And I was huge.  It was embarrassing.  Another picture was taken a few weeks later and I didn’t look quite [...]

I’m so frustrated.
Last week, I had two good runs.  One was a hilly run of about half an hour.  The other was on a track– I wanted to see whether I could run a mile without stopping and how long it would take me.  (Yes, 11 minutes.)  Then, my hip started to hurt.  My good [...]

I know I said I was tired of talking about weight, but I think I still need to focus on it deliberately for a little while longer.  This year has been a great year for rethinking my relationship with food and my relationship with my own body.  A question I have been working on this [...]

I know it’s been a while since I posted.  I think it’s because I’m bored with weight loss talk.  From me, I mean.  I’m interested in how other people are doing, but for me… I know what I’m supposed to do.  Actually, with my diet, I am doing it.  I’m maintaining my 6.5 kilo loss [...]