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But I didn’t put the “up” week so I’m really in a holding pattern AND I am out of town next week, so I hope to get back to weekly blogging when I return.

Write it down

I was approached about participating in a round table discussion about food diaries for Good Morning America, but due to my travel plans, can’t do it – darn!  It did get me thinking about food diaries and how I treat them. I was flattered that I was thought of as someone who has been successful with them, though I do think  their role in my weight loss changes all the time.  That’s probably why people find them a challenge.  Yet they are key to success, and studies keep coming out that affirm this.  When I return I’ll start writing down some of my thoughts on food diaries.

+1.6     …or from my old TOPS meetings, “We’re glad you’re here”, said with about as little enthusiasm as a roomful of fat women can muster after getting on a scale.

Well, the weight’s all  over the place, and the weird thing is, I stuck to all my goals this week. Harrumph. Nothing to do but just keep moving on, right?

…got a little off track, but am down one pound from the last post.  Of course, it has been more like up 1, down .5, up 5, down 6, yada dada…the usual bouncing around.  The weekly post helps keep me sane, so I hope to be more consistent now that summer is here.

I have some goals for the summer. One is to stick to dairy-free Zone 80% of the time.  I find, oddly enough, that I can do a better job if I don’t count calories.  I keep track of my blocks, then add up the cals at the end of the day when I know I won’t be eating any more.  My other goals is 10000 steps a day and have a nice new pedometer to help me.

I’ll add in that I also want to keep to my Thursday blog post, where I will assess how the goals are going.

Welcome to summer!

-1.6    My weekly support meetings are now switching back to monthly, which should be ok; I like my group but I  also know that I need to fly the coop as well.  We had a great discussion about how to get our mojo back. Well, it wasn’t quite put that way, but it’s the same idea. I was reminded about the need to focus on internal motivation as opposed to external. This was pounded into my head as a grad school student working on my Med, but it’s amazing how I just forgot about it over the years. Maybe I was so used to thinking of its applications in  the teacher/student relationship and lost the ability to think outside the box and apply it to my healthy living goals.  It’s so easy to think of weight loss as as just about getting skinny and/or getting fit. When I focus on the lifetime of health benefits I am gaining, I notice I do feel so much more successful and resilient.

Onward!

+ 1.1  this happened last year when I got the pile.  hmmm, wonder if there’s a connection.

In other news, we harvested some spinach and radishes from the garden…

Yum!

No change this week. PG was sick, so I was at home with her and did not get out to the gym. I worked in the yard and got a few walks in, but that’s about it. While she was laid up with stomach flu, I had the opportunity to dust everything thoroughly. Upshot of the visit to the allergist was that PG is allergic to dust, feathers, mold, and late-blooming trees. I started her on loratadine that day, and I’ve been taking precautions against the dust by getting mattress covers, bagging up the plush toys, and dusting everything in sight. Fortunately feathers and mold are not big issues with this house. Can’t do much about the trees. Next stop: otolaryngologist.

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We are yet again attempting a TV Turnoff Week and it’s going pretty well.  I don’t have the compulsive need to blog everyday like I did last year.

Every year we do this with the kids for a week, then come up with a plan to manage television, computer, and handheld screen time.  It seems to work better when we’ve all had a time to cleanse the media palate and gain some objectivity about the role of media in our lives. It’s worth it, once you take a look at the statistics.

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Our naturopath handed down the verdict yesterday that PG needs to be off dairy – something I have suspected and dreaded for a long time.  Why?  It’s her only source of protein besides New Seasons no nitrite turkey bacon.  I have managed to get her to drink soy  milk….if I put some Hershey’s chocolate syrup in it as well.  And whaddya know?  That has dairy in it.  The NP referred us to a homeopath to work on PG’s neophobia and that will happen next week. Watch this space to see if that does any good. I am hoping….

-.90   Had some company which threw me off a little at the beginning of the week. I ate some homemade pizza which jumpstarted my insomnia, and after that I learned my lesson.  again.  So back to the Zone….and a good night’s sleep.