Finding Radiance

June 18th.  Today is the day that I celebrate another year of keeping off at least 100 pounds!  I am still not at the magical goal number (or maybe I am….), but the weight that I did lose is staying off.   That is more important to me than reaching goal. 2 years ago, I [...]

I wanted to talk a little bit about my food philosophy now. I do blog about food a lot and thought I would share what drives what I eat and how I view it. 1. First and foremost, I have to like the food I am eating and that food has to be good. If [...]

Well, I was going to post about my day, what I ate, exercise, the usual, but I got a packet in the mail today and thought I would talk about that. I joined the National Weight Control Registry a year ago, as I had maintained at least a 30# weight loss for a year and [...]

I had alluded to this special rose bush in my garden a couple weeks ago: This was the reward I gave myself for losing 100 pounds.  I wanted a rose bush, and this one is the one I selected. Today is a huge milestone day for me.  1 year ago I stepped on the scale [...]

  Another rambling post coming up!  First off, I had a great day eating wise (and just in general because every day is pretty much a great day  ). I am only a little way into the Beck book and have already found some great tools in there.  Even though there is stuff I don’t [...]

I have had this book on preorder for a while, and now it’s out! I can’t wait for my copy to come. There really are so few books about what to do *after* you lose weight. . Pin it

I really have such a maintenance mindset right now. I am not focused on losing, and I need to be. I have been thinking more about the fitness aspect instead. Not that there’s anything wrong with that I keep thinking that if I push the workouts, the weight loss will follow. I know that gaining [...]

Got one of my big projects done, so that is a relief!! Now I can get back to normal craziness One of those times I am really looking forward to the weekend. Ended up eating about 200 extra calories today. Have the munchies big time. I completed my goal for the month of thirteen 3.25 [...]

It’s hard to believe that I am so close to goal. 14 pounds to go. At one pound a week, that is about 3-4 months! I am trying not to get excited, because I realize that all of this planning, exercising and thinking has all been practice for maintenance. These habits I have developed over [...]