So how many Weight Watcher points does my dog need to calculate for EATING a food journal? Seriously. Look. Three days of meticulous food journaling is on those pages! Sigh. I had a talk with the dog and explained how he needs to support my efforts at a healthy lifestyle. He seems to want me [...]

Husband: I have some good news. Robin: What? Husband: I’ve determined that our scale is 3 pounds heavy. Robin: For how long? Husband: It has been off for about 3 or 4 weeks and I checked it against the doctor’s scale. Robin: This reminds me why I married you. Husband: Happy Easter. So, two weeks [...]

 Hello all! I’m back from vacation in the land of shorts and bathing suits. I have not weighed myself yet. I’ve decided to give myself two days of reasonable eating before I step on the scale. If the scale reveals a superbad mad high number at least I’ll already be back on my eating plan and can [...]

Hmm. What am I doing wrong? We haven’t talked about exercise. Is anyone working out? What are you doing? How are you doing it? Personally covering my upper-arms has become a full time job. They never talk about that figure flaw do they?  Originally posted on Janury 2oth, 2008. Since then my arms have been [...]

I have lost 7 pounds since Memorial Day. When Greta and I started this blog I wanted to lose 40 pounds in a year but feared that 40 pounds was an impossible goal. So I told myself 30 pounds lost would be great and would put me at a “normal” weight for my stocky body. Long about March I [...]