YEWTREE's CalorieKing Blog
Supporting myself
Monday, January 19th 2009
I've been playing in the forums, and that is fun and important, I think, to make friends on the journey and share the ups and downs of it. But I realize this morning that everyone doesn't want to hear of my every change and decision and mouthful and step taken. Not that I do either, so much, but I do want to remark on steps of my journey. My blog is the place to do that, where folks can look and read if they like but they don't "have to" quite like in the forums.
I checked my ...
Taking my own advice
Monday, January 12th 2009
I just wrote to my friend and as I was offering advice, my little voice said to me, "Are you listening to yourself?" Good advice, Little Voice. Taking care of ourselves seems to be the hardest thing we do. We love one another so much as to encourage and praise and pray for. Make your friend your mirror, whaddaya think?I'm inside my calorie limit today! If I can do that at least 3 more times this week, then I can move to Level 3 on Bronze, whoopee! During my drive home today...
What am I going to do???
Friday, January 9th 2009
This weight loss and healthy lifestyle would be so easy for me, I think, if I could delete the couple of hours before bedtime from my day.I SEE where my problem lies, I set GOALS, I have INTENTIONS, but when it comes to the time of cravings and pleasure-eating, all the motivation signs and skinny-leg desires that I have cannot crowd into my brain past the "gimme sugar, gimme sugar, I see where i can get SUGAR" willfulness of me.
This morning I'm thinking I'm going to have to...
Looking for the positives
Thursday, January 8th 2009
I am much closer to calorie target since I am again putting forth effort.I made the usual Fall mistake and went way off my healthy eating diet at Halloween, and you know how it goes, then there is Thanksgiving and Advent and 12 days of Christmas. Thank God for the New Year Day and the will to begin again.
I had cataract surgery in December which means I cannot go to hot tubs or swimming pools until next week. Because I was sick before the first surgery, I have not been to the pool t...
Ultrametabolism
Monday, May 26th 2008
After a week on ultrametabolism, I lost 2 lbs.! And -- more amazing -- I've lost sugar cravings!