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... I'm down fifty (pounds, that is :) Despite the so-so week and the big-loss-WI last week, the scale moved -- and there was much rejoicing.

Between us, though -- what do you do with your 25lb and 50lb discs? I've got mine on my 10% keychain but can't think of any other uses for it. Happy weekend, everyone -- best of luck to all weigher-iners!

Let me start off by saying that I'm not a fashionista. Most of my "good" clothes harken back to the good old days -- anywhere from 5-10 years ago. Just yesterday, I was complimented on my (apparently very in-style) wedge sandals ... which, really, I've owned since the last time they went out of style, about six years ago.

That being said, a colleague of mine appeared at school yesterday in a pair of great-looking jeans. This woman's body is not all that different from my own, and while she's ge… Continue

It's been a so-so week, weight-wise: I've been over points by just a couple a few times, I've had one great workout on Tuesday and anticipate another one tomorrow, but overall my life's been swallowed up by the week of hecticness (tm). Take today, for example: Up at 5am, leave the house by 7:15am, get to school at 8:00am, teach or observe from 8:30 to 11:00am, lunch meeting, followed by half-hour drive across town to take an exam at 2:00am, return to campus for a seminar at 4:15am, which I have… Continue

The very nice lady who looked to be somewhere in her early 60s and who had, according to her nametag, lost 90 lbs in 2001 pointed out an odd fact to me today: According to my WW-recorded height, I am only 4lbs from the top of my goal-range. Let me first clarify the height-thing: I'm 5ft5-and-1/2 (... as a relative "shortie", that half-inch is important to me ;) WW measures me at 5ft6, my doctor leans more towards 5ft5 and change. So, while the top of the 5ft5 range is still 9 lbs away, as far as… Continue

I was thinking before my weekly WI this morning that this was hopefully going to be my last week in the 160s -- but instead, I slid right into the 150s, leaving me only 1lb away from a 50lb total loss. Woo-woo! (... of course, given the sizable loss this week, it'll probably take me another couple of weeks to get rid of that one pound. That seems to be Murphy's law of weight loss.)

I'm down another weekly point, but I'm hugely grateful and gratified, particularly since it looks like I've found… Continue