Yikes... (whoops)

I am in the process of transferring posts over from my old blog to this new(er) one, and I found the post I made back in June of this year where I had gotten an appointment to see a nutritionist, but had to cancel and was supposed to call to reschedule...whoops...

Looks like I need to call my PCP and get a referral for another appointment...

*sigh*

I swear I didn't forget on purpose, I just had so much going on the second half of the year with going back to college (I took two classes Fall semester), work, etc., etc., etc., that time just slipped away from me :-(

Wow...

I belong to multiple webrings, and it's depressing to go through the sites that belong to them where blogs and/or webpages haven't been updated in more than a year...

I don't want to find myself doing that. Sure, it's somewhat depressing looking at my past 2 years of weigh-ins, seeing it fluctuating, but I'm still posting, even if I'm omitting from posting my weigh-ins... Once I start losing again, rather than maintaining within a 5 lb zone, I know I'll definitely start posting those again. It's just that right now seeing those numbers isn't what I need to see.

I am, however, going to be moving over blog entries from my previous blog location so that I will still have those as a reminder, and, hopefully, to also serve as a motivator...

P.S. A note to all who might be interested - Discovery Health's 2007 National Body Challenge opens up for signups on Friday of this week (the 29th)! http://health.discovery.com/national-body-challenge/index.html

Yikes!!

The Worst Breakfast Ever -aka- the 1,000 calorie breakfast

The 8 worst foods you can eat

Trying out a new template...

I like the way this looks - yay :-)

Now to find time to get some actual posting done... ;-)

A little dieting humor from Erma Bombeck…

A little dieting humor…

Diet Totals 758-Pound Loss

I have dieted continuously for the last two decades and lost a total of 758 pounds. By all calculations, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.

I have done a lot of kidding around with Weight Watchers, but it is the only organization in which I ever lost a great deal of weight. But I fought them. Every Tuesday morning, a group of us had to “weigh in” before the lecture. Our ritual was enough to boggle the imagination. We got together a check list of precautions before we actually stepped on the scale.

Bathroom? Check. Water pill? Check. Have you removed underwear, wedding rings, nail polish? Check. Set aside shoes and earrings? Check. Are you wearing a summer dress beneath your winter coat? Check.

The first week I stepped on the scale and my instructor said, “You have gained.” (Next week, I cut my hair.)

The next week, she said, “You have lost eight ounces, but that is not enough.” (I had the fillings in my teeth removed.)

The third week, I had dropped a pound, but my instructor was still not pleased. (I had my tonsils taken out.)

Finally, she really chewed me out. She accused me of not sticking to the diet and not taking it seriously. That hurt.

“I didn’t want to tell you,” I said, “but I think I am pregnant.”

“How far?” she said coldly, clicking her ballpoint pen to make a notation on my card.

“Possibly three days,” I said.

She glowered. “Any other excuses?”

“Would you believe I have a cold and my head is swollen?”

“No.”

“How about I was celebrating the Buzzard’s Return to Hinkley, Ohio, and had butter on my popcorn?”

She tapped her pen impatiently on the card and stared at me silently.

“Lint in the navel?” I offered feebly.

“How about first one at the trough?” she asked dryly.

I learned quickly never to argue with a woman who had the scales on her side.

I saw my old instructor the other day and she eyed me carefully and said, “When are you returning to class?”

“As soon as I have my appendix removed,” I said returning her gaze.

I’m not sure, but I think I heard her moan.

~ by Erma Bombeck

Study: Teen girls who are frequent scale-steppers often have more weight problems

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Teenage girls who frequently weighed themselves were more likely than others to resort to unhealthy dieting measures, and some ended up gaining close to twice as much weight, a study found.

The most scale-obsessed girls in the University of Minnesota research were more likely to skip meals, use diet pills or laxatives, smoke, and binge and vomit to lose weight.

“The act of getting on the scale, weighing yourself every day, can lead to an unhealthy weight preoccupation,” said lead researcher Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, a professor at the university’s School of Public Health. “And teenage girls who are concerned about their weight are at great risk for unhealthy weight control behaviors.”

Click here to read the full article

Baby steps…baby steps…

I bought a friend’s elliptical trainer that she was selling because she was pregnant and decided to just keep doing kick boxing and tai bo…she’d bought it new for almost $500 but had it for over 6 months and used it less than once a month…so she sold it to me for $200…yay!

(The Eclipse 1100HR Elliptical Trainer)

I’ve used it a couple of times over the last week - so far only about to go about 5 minutes a go, but my body is getting more and more used to it, and I think I’m starting to remember how to move my legs on it, LOL…

Does anybody have any tips to offer?