I went hiking (for the first time in years!) this past weekend with some friends in the beautiful Mount Charleston area of Nevada. I realized as I was trudging through the forested area that the entire hike was a metaphor for life. Here are five lessons I learned from hiking that go way beyond the [...]

Have you ever heard someone talk about being grounded?  Are you grounded?  Or is your energy drifting off like a helium balloon in the sky?  What does it even mean to be grounded and why is it important? Being grounded means you are present in your life, not obsessed with the past or future.  It [...]

The last couple of weeks have seen some ups and downs for me.  Some hope and some discouragement, and definitely some frustration.  I’ve been at this for about 4 months and I can’t say I’ve made any significant progress.  I’m still hovering in and around the 190’s on the scale.  I’m exercising (doing cardio and [...]

I’m finally heading in the right direction.  Boy this is slow going though.  On May 11 I was at 196.2 and today, 2 weeks later, I’m at 195.6.  That may not seem like much progress but I’m happy when the scale is going down not up.  The first week after my last update I made [...]

It’s been two weeks since my last update and my weight has remained the same despite following the Weight Watcher program meticulously. What’s a girl gotta do to lose some weight here?  The one thing that may be making a difference is that I’ve been sick the last three weeks with a horrible cough, so [...]

Finally some progress and good news to report. Last Tuesday I decided to do a Weight Watcher’s style of calorie counting where I basically use their Points system to monitor my food intake.  The first time I did the Weight Watchers program I lost 20 pounds steadily and fairly easily, but I had to stop [...]

I started counting calories this week, though some days were harder than others because I couldn’t get a totally accurate count and had to guess.  But counting seems to have paid off.  This week’s weight was 196.8, down 1.2 pounds since last week.  This makes me really happy.  I think this is the missing component [...]

I ended this past week at 198.0 pounds.  The scale is just not moving in the direction I want it to.  Something must be done.  I was feeling a little discouraged this morning, but when I start to feel discouraged I have the tendency to throw in the towel and go unconscious with my eating.  [...]

This will be a short update as I don’t have much to report that’s new. Weight came down a little this week.  It was 196.0 for most of the week.  Went to a buffet breakfast yesterday and did a little better than I usually do, but it’s clear to me that buffets are a bad [...]

I didn’t post an update last week because we were out of town at Steve’s brother’s wedding.  Last Monday we took the kids to Universal Studios where the only vegan-friendly items were French fries and a dry salad.  We scoured the park for fruit of some kind, anywhere, and found none.  Forget vegetables too.  Those [...]