So I've got something medically wrong that crops up from time to time, specifically, vertigo (dizziness for those who don't know and don't want to look it up). This week it is bad and let's add a migraine-quality headache that has contributed to my downtime. I was getting back into my program, but this week... Continue Reading →
Workouts – Three Steps Forward…?
It seems that lately I've let life get in the way and have put what's important to me on a back burner. I'm talking about finishing my weight loss journey and dropping into a maintenance level. I'm sure not kidding anyone when I say "lately"; this happened after last year's heart scare. I was clicking... Continue Reading →
What Is Motivating My Weight Loss Today?
What is moving me this morning? The scale, for sure. It's tracking in the wrong direction, which means that so am I Today's agenda, the one that I've just put back onto the front burner as I type, will be to work on launching counter-measures that will undo my weight gain. Whew, I rewrote those... Continue Reading →
The Downside to Weight Loss
The health experts didn't tell me there would be days like this, ones where my bones get in the way of sleep. It is almost four a.m. and I've been awake for a couple hours now, after finally giving up and getting up to make coffee. Lately I have been tossing and turning, trying to... Continue Reading →
Diet, Exercise, and Writing, Oh My!
I've been struggling with making my retirement an actual retirement and realized recently that I had never fully retired. I went from my state service retirement to working in a casino gift shop (and several other positions within that casino), to working in the shops at the airport, to substitute teaching, and then keeping an... Continue Reading →
Goals – What to Do When You Reach Them?
This morning's thoughts are about goals. I am close to attaining a life-long objective this morning, and now I'm finding that I want to move my target. Ever do that? My journey has been towards weight loss, and now I'm ten pounds away from my life-long goal. Do I move the finish line or do... Continue Reading →
