Then and Now Week: 14 Pounds Lost: 30 As I sit down to write this exciting entry, I find myself inexplicably sombre. I've made it half-way to my ultimate weight loss goal (actually, I originally intended to lose 50 pounds, but then decided to up the ante to 60 pounds in order to have a BMI in the "healthy" range) and yet somehow, it seems anticlimactic. Don't kill me if you're just starting your journey - believe me, I know (who better?) that every pound is a victory on its own, and I don't mean to minimize a 30... More »

I Think I can, I Think I can... Week: 13 Pounds Lost: 28.2 Wow. Another four pounds last week and I am within one pound of being half-way to my final goal weight. I'm also now under 190 pounds (at 5'8") - a weight I haven't seen since I began dating my husband over ten years ago. At this rate (I'm averaging a respectable 2 pound loss per week) I'll be at my goal by the end of November. Yesss!!! Now, my last two weeks have been remarkable - 4.4 pounds followed by 4 pounds. This past week my... More »

In it Together Week: 12 Pounds Lost: 24.2 Last week, after a gain of one pound, I set myself a goal: to lose two pounds by the next week's weigh-in. I chose 2 pounds for a few reasons - it's a reasonable amount of weight to expect to lose in a week, plus it represented recovering the ground lost last week and an additional pound for making progress. I told myself I'd do it in two key ways: stop deceiving myself and take accountability for everything by getting back to the basics of the program; and getting back on... More »

Week 11 Pounds Lost 20 AAAAaaaggghhh! It happened again! This time I gained a whole pound, though. It sure got me down in the dumps, but it also got me thinking. Why did this happen? I could have sworn I had a "good week", meaning I stayed on program, making healthy choices and eating reasonable quantities. So why did I gain a pound? Well, let me take a step or two backwards and let you in on a little unsavoury tidbit about my personality: I'm a snob. Okay, not like "I won't be associated with you if you don't... More »