Tag Archives: walking
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
Two Hundred and Eighty Pounds
When people talk about quality of life, they don’t tend to get into the details of what that means. For me, it meant not being able to climb stairs as easily as I liked. It meant not being able to … Continue reading