Exercise

I am continuing to lose the weight I gained this summer after my ankle starting hurting.
I am down 15 pounds or so, but I had gained 20, so I have another 5 pounds to go. Plus I still have to lose what I had been trying to lose. But I am once again on the [...]

I am trying to figure out what I need to do about my ankle. It is stiff and sore, and I am limping more than I’m not limping. This makes it difficult to exercise, and if I’m not exercising, I’m not losing weight.
I broke my ankle in the last days of 1997, and I [...]

Food

With the help of the internet, I have learned people do very strange things to lose weight. or rather attempt to lose weight.
There are the things that sound good in theory, but when attempted, make you look like a complete idiot: Think of the “tree” pose in Yoga, or that first time in a new [...]

Several years ago, I was reading a romance novel by Shirley Jump and came across a recipe that was soon to become a family favorite. Shirley called the recipe, “Better than Sex cake,” and I had young children, so I started calling it BTS cake. When my children inquired, I offered the “Better than Santa” explanation.

And really, I think the “Better than Santa” title is not only more appropriate but more realistic and truthful. Because the cake is better than Santa, but I’m not so sure about it being better than that other S word….

weight

I hate having to write how much I weighed today. I don’t want to admit that I am right back where I was just over a year ago. All the weight I lost in 2009 is back. When I first started writing this post, I started by explainig why, and I deleted it all and [...]

By JEFFREY ZASLOW

One day in January 1986, fourth-grade girls at Marie Murphy School in Wilmette, Ill., were called down to the principal’s office.
A stranger was waiting there to ask each girl a question: “Are you on a diet?”
Most of the girls said they were.
“I just want to be skinny so no one will tease me,” [...]

BetterU

It is week two of the 12-week Better U challenge, and I am not 2 pounds lighter. I really struggled with motivation this week, and I was a bit disappointed that my month of working out hasn’t ended with better results (ie weight loss).
But I know things have improved. When I began working out a [...]

Today, I feel like I don’t have any energy. I am tired. I have a ton of things I need to do, and I am not motivated to do any of them.
I did exercise this morning including some running. I wanted to do another 10 to 20 minutes on my treadmill, but I haven’t been [...]

Memoir Writing

Today, there is a open mic forum for the faculty in the Lang & Lit department.
I am going to read something from my memoir.
It is not easy to do this. I sometimes get emotional as I read the words I write. Heck, sometimes I get emotion (which means I cry) when I WRITE the words.
I [...]

Yesterday, I went to get my hair cut although the photo is not of my most recent haircut. I had reached the point of frustration. My hair was bugging me even more than usual. It was long and looked unkempt no matter how much I brushed it. It was flat on top, sticking to my head no matter how much I tried to fluff it. Starting at my chin, the hair changed its mind, doing a 180. It tried as hard as it could to get as far from my head as possible.

It looked like a frizzy triangle. I felt like a frizzy triangle. My hair, it seemed, reflected my opinion of myself.