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MS and losing weight,
I started this journey 2 years ago this month. I made myself a promise that this time it would work, I lost 35 pounds by Christmas of 2010, not working out normally. October of 2010, I had my Multiple Sclerosis medication changed to Copaxone, I put on almost 15 pounds that winter. Last Spring I got back on the wagon, went…
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Colombian Coffee Calories, WOW~!~
I was entering my morning coffee drink into my diary and for the first time I actually put in the coffee to see the calories. I know I should have entered it before:embarassed: , but I foolishly thought coffee (brewed and black) had NO calories:drinker: . I was wrong! Colombian coffee came up as 35 calories for 16 ounces.…
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26 month journey...still over a 100 pounds to go
A little background: Next week will be my 9th anniversary with MS. The first 6 years were fine, year 7 knocked me down every 3 months. I swore I would get healthy and was furious that I did not take advantage of my ability to move and lose the weight before MS played with my balance and numbed the bottom of my my feet and…
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Stuck on a flavor...
I realize that I get stuck on a flavor, eat that until I am sick of it or sometimes until my family is sick of it. Here are some examples: grilled chicken burgers (2 months), peanut butter toast (happens off and on), chocolate chip cookie dough (thanks for the wide array of unhealhy recipes on pinterest:grumble: ), my…
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Goal setting
2 years ago I set a goal, the reward I could finally cut, not trim, my hair and highlight away. Well, I fell off the food wagon (or onto it) last winter, fought hard this last summer and am still fighting the good fight. It is tough, and frustrating to not make good progress. I refuse to lose this, but perhaps now people…
