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Healthy Living

Back in the saddle again… with a major score!

January 13, 2010

Last October you might have read about my second rained-out MS 150 experience of the year.
Well, um, I am embarrassed to admit that since then my bike has been quite cozy in the garage.
But this morning, at the invitation of a friend and training buddy, I got back in the saddle to start preparing for [...]

My own cookbook of low Points-value recipes

November 5, 2009

At my weekly weight in I wasn’t too proud of myself, yet I wasn’t too disappointed, either.
My weight remained exactly the same.
I’ve been losing at such a steady pace that the stop was a bit of a surprise. However I know I didn’t track as closely as I should have over the weekend, so I [...]

Another Pound Bites the Dust…

October 28, 2009

This week I’m down another pound… woo-hooo!
I am so glad I made the commitment to go back to Weight Watchers and (duh) follow the plan because it really works for me. What has really helped me this time, though, is the iPhone application Weight Watchers has finally released.
This application enables me to determine the Points [...]

Napa put a speed bump in my weight loss journey

October 21, 2009

After my amazing weight loss victory from last week, I continued to lose another pound… until I boarded the plane for California last Thursday for an amazing long weekend in the wine country.
Sure, I could have waited until after the trip to start back at Weight Watchers, but then I’d probably be in more trouble! [...]

Last week I lost 5.6 pounds!

October 14, 2009

This past week I lost 5.6 pounds following the Weight Watchers plan.
I’m thinking Weight Watching Wednesdays will be back with a vengeance!!
That’s a lot to lose in a week, so I think I should explain…
I re-joined WeightWatchers last Monday after struggling with a few pounds. I am a Weight Watchers Lifetime member, having lost 30 [...]

MS Alamo Ride to the River

October 12, 2009

I wrote this last Sunday and have intended to finish and post it almost everyday since then.
Well, it is still not finished (much like every MS fundraising ride in Texas this year) but the heart is still there (also like those rides).
And besides, today I officially move on to the next ride.
I’m now signed up [...]

MS Ride 2009: Take Two

September 28, 2009

As many of you know, my husband I signed up and attempted the 2009 MS 150 from Houston to Austin earlier this year. Except the first day was canceled due to weather and on day two I was only able to ride 26 miles due to terrible food poisoning. (Is there any other kind?) I [...]

6 weeks ’till MS Ride to the River. Gulp!

August 22, 2009

I have 6 weeks to prepare for the MS Ride to the River, a two-day, 175-mile bicycle ride from San Antonio to New Braunfels and back benefiting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
This morning I rode and had a wake-up call to really get in gear so as to not be miserable for the ride in [...]

The sad tale of my 2009 MS 150 experience

April 21, 2009

This is me, ready to roll. Well, sort of…

The good news is that I am at my Weight Watchers goal weight for the first time in more than one year.
The bad news is that I didn’t get there the right way, so it likely won’t last. And, of course, how I got there is the [...]

Not such a good ride for me this year

April 20, 2009

I have a post about Sunday’s MS 150 ride half-written. I am just not in the mood to finish it.
I don’t like to admit defeat.
I trained. I prepared. I hydrated. And then I rode in the SAG wagon.
I (unknowingly) ate unwell the night before and then lost most of it after 26 miles at the [...]

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