Happy New Year! (A retrospective)

I hope everyone has a really fun, safe New Year’s Eve! This year I have some fun plans – I’m having Nicey and her hubby over for dinner.  We’re going to have Chinese food, because somehow, Chinese food and New Year’s Eve just goes together, doesn’t it?  I never eat Chinese food, because it’s so [...]

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Forget Resolutions, What’s Your 2010 THEME?

When I saw this beautiful image, I knew that I had to post it.  I love the idea of the year having a theme, rather than a resolution.  A theme implies something that you can think about and remind yourself of in order to keep yourself on track and able to achieve your goals. As [...]

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Wednesday Weigh-In: The Beginning

Today is the first day of the new 2010 weight loss journey and I’m excited.  A new year.  A fresh start.  It’s like opening the first page of a new book.  So many possibilities, so many opportunities for success. . Today’s weight is actually down 0.4 from the last time I weighed in, which is [...]

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Thanks, Guys! Sticking with WW

I am always in awe when people take the time to comment on something I’ve written. I should be used to the awesome sense of community on these weight loss blogs by now, but it still astounds me. So after my earlier post about a new way of thinking about calories, I got a lot [...]

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Should I eat more calories to lose weight?

I’ve been listening quite a bit to a favorite podcast, Fat 2 Fit Radio. On the show, the hosts say again and again that one should never go below a certain number of calories, based to your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate).  They maintain that most of us who are trying to lose weight are eating [...]

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Rubenesque Ladies Running – Intro

Every year for the last 20 years or so, losing weight has been my new year’s resolution.  Each year I do my best to reach my goals, and in the last several years, I’ve had some success with changing my lifestyle in order to be able to become the thinner person I’m striving to be.  [...]

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The Teaser…

Ok, one last teaser to get you excited about some big news that I have to share tomorrow.  Make sure to check in and find out what I’ve been hinting at for a few weeks now.  I’m really excited about it (if you can’t tell), and I can’t wait to tell you about it. See [...]

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Bella’s Back In It!

As you’ll recall, I decided to take a bit of a break from points tracking during the holidays, and planned on doing a more “intuitive eating” type of thing.  It worked well, but I didn’t always make the best choices.  I should’ve eaten a lot more fruits & veggies, and a few less sweets, but [...]

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Merry Christmas!

“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” ―Burton Hillis The thing I love the most about Christmas is the sense of joy and hope that it evokes in me. I love the thought that I get to spend extra time with [...]

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The gift of spring in winter

The other night my friend Cynn came over to catch up, share lots of wild stories, and for us to celebrate the season.  A few pomegranate martinis were sipped, some appetizers were eaten, and  really nice evening was had. Because money is tight for Cynn right now, she brought me a really unique gift.  She [...]

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