Lost one pound this week and I’m happy with that. I ate some Not Very Good Things to make up for last week and, besides slipping on my “eat breakfast every day” resolution, I got frustrated with tracking and skipped a little bit. If what I’m eating doesn’t come with a nutrition label, I have [...]
Fifteen down
by Shannon on February 10, 2012 in Weight Loss
This morning the scale told me I’ve lost six pounds since last Friday. I can see that concerned look and hear the “Yeah but, Shan…”, but I promise I’m aware of the two-pound-per-week thing and, not only was this week’s big loss due to other things going on, but I’m prepared for the probability I’ll [...]
A day late and three pounds short
by Shannon on February 4, 2012 in Weight Loss
Even though I never did get the blog post written, I got on the scale yesterday for my Friday morning weigh-in. And after I got off the scale, I got to move three glass stones to the Pounds Lost jar. Yay! WW said my first “sensible” target weight would be 212.8 but, since my ancient [...]
One step back
by Shannon on January 27, 2012 in Weight Loss
It’s Friday already? This was a challenging week for me and I gained back one pound. The only saving grace (aka, the thing keeping me from saying “screw it” and hitting the McDonald’s drive-thru) is the fact I can see where I went wrong and, in fact, anticipated not having a happy weight check. We [...]
Progress and epiphanies
by Shannon on January 20, 2012 in Weight Loss
Lost three more pounds. Yay! I know right now I’ve got plenty of excess crap to burn off and it won’t be very long at all before it evens off and I have to start fighting for those pounds. But that’s okay. Epiphany was the word of the week. Epiphany #1: I’m turning forty in [...]








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