Category Archives: walking
Lighter Fare
Last week covered some pretty heavy subject matter. I think emotions are tied up with our eating patterns more than we might realize. I hope that my successes and failures can help others who are also struggling the way I … Continue reading
Getting my Sweat On
I didn’t eat that banana bread! I’ve been eating a whole lot of other stuff though so this year might wind up being a wash or I might even gain a pound or two. It’s important to keep these things … Continue reading
Good for You (or GFY, for short)
I wrote last week about weighing my food. My food scale and my bathroom scale are the most important tools in my arsenal. They are how I track what is going into my mouth and the results they have on … Continue reading
Bonuses and Pitfalls
And so I spent the summer of 2015 restricting my diet beyond what was healthy. I lost 46.6 pounds over June, July, and August. That I was obese to begin with helped mitigate some of the direst consequences of under … Continue reading
Burning It Off
In my last post, I wrote about what calories are and how I set my goals. In that post I noted that a simple equation for caloric balance was: Energy consumed – energy expended = energy balance I wrote a … Continue reading
A Simple Equation
After I downloaded the MyFitnessPal app, I jumped right in! My calorie goal was 2,040 calories. When I first started this adventure, I understood that a person needed a certain number of calories a day. Thanks to nutrition labels and … Continue reading
The Luxury of a Chunky Puppy
Before I go any further, I want to note that this story is my own. I’m not a medical professional and so on. I’m just a person who found some stuff that made her happy. After I quit smoking, I … Continue reading
No Epiphanies
People sometimes ask how I lost 100 pounds but I think that the better question is why I lost it. The answer to this question isn’t short but I’d like to share a few key points about how I arrived … Continue reading