Pound a Week

I’ve been very remiss in writing for this blog, but frankly I just haven’t had anything to say! My determination to “diet or get off the scale” lasted about two days, and though I haven’t gained, I haven’t lost. I fluctuate between 193 and 196 and really haven’t felt motivated to work on losing more

My renewed determination to lose weight appears to be working! This past week, I lost 1.5 pounds, bringing my weekly average since the beginning of the year to .72 pounds. It won’t be long before I’ll be back to my 1 pound a week goal. The reason for my improvement over previous weeks is that [...]

Albert Einstein is supposed to have said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. By that definition, I’m totally bonkers. Every day, I eat about the same amount and exercise the same amount (which is none at all) and when I get on the scale in the [

I joined a Toastmasters group a few months ago and I love going to the meetings and making new friends. I’m a fairly good public speaker and have never been nervous speaking in front of an audience, but I have improved my delivery and my listening skills. What I’ve come to hate about the experience

I didn’t do very well this week — a gain of two pounds! Ouch. The annoying thing is I really don’t feel I went off my diet. I didn’t splurge on cream sauces or treat myself to gooey chocolate fudge candy. No bags of Cheetos at one sitting or a half a pound of Parmigiano-Reggiano [...]