reedrover shared the link http://vixyish.livejournal.com/810227.html which discussed the fallacies of prescribed weight loss and included a link to a blog post by Dances With Fat who provided links to various studies showing how weight loss programs don't work ( Read more... )

I've dropped two pounds and my freshly laundered jeans were a teensy bit loose this morning. Plus, a couple of tunics (real life clothes, not SCA tunics) I bought this spring when I got to my smallest -- but haven't been able to wear because I packed a few pounds back on -- slipped easily over my hips and didn't show too much of my tummy pooch this ( Read more... )

The scale isn't moving down, nor are my belt notches, but neither is going up either. I have this maintenance thing down pat! Unfortunately, I'm only halfway and have another forty pounds to lose before I hit goal. I'm consoling myself that I will get back into the weight loss mindset when autumn descends and am congratulating myself on not ( Read more... )

Today is the first day in the past ten where NOTHING hurts. My muscles? Fine. My teeth? Fine. My emotions? Fine. I am so freaking happy that I could burst. I'm sure that setting the alarm for later than usual and dozing while snuggling with my kitties for the few hours between when Hubbyfink left for work and when my alarm was supposed to go off ( Read more... )

This picture tickles me greatly. It's a photo from the 1920s of the intersection of Smiths Switch Road and W&OD railroad. This is the place where I leave the trail and ride surface streets to get to work and where Hubbyfink occasionally meets me to ride home together. That intersection looks very different today, of course ( Read more... )