Archive for the "Checkpoints" category

Back in the (bike) saddle again

This blog has been sadly neglected for some time, partly because I can be a flake sometimes, and partly because I got pregnant last spring and my focus shifted from weight loss to a healthy pregnancy.
Now I’ve had my baby (December 21, 2008!) and I’m ready to lose the baby weight and get strong for [...]

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Weight loss by the numbers

Last month, when I signed up for my PUSH.tv subscription, I also measured myself in addition to my daily weigh-in. I’m pretty lazy about measurements, just because they take a little longer and require more personal effort than stepping on the scale, but pretty much all fitness professionals agree that measurements (and how clothes [...]

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New Year’s resolutions (and goals, and behaviors)

I love New Year’s resolutions. This isn’t because I necessarily experience any greater success at keeping them than anyone else; I’m just a person who likes goals.
Lately I’ve been very disappointed with my health choices; I think it’s finally sinking in that I really can’t be trusted around sweets. This is [...]

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Checkpoint: where I am and where I’ve been

It seems like a good idea to document my progress so far and my current situation before diving into everything else I have to say.
About a year ago, I found my weight had somehow managed to drift up to 175 pounds. I’m 5′7″ (although I swear I used to be 5′8″—how does that work?!) [...]

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