Riding My Asterisk Off

…one mile at a time…

One more pound gone…but it seems a little disappointing. I’ve kept it right at 1200 calories a day, the highest I’ve gone is 1300 one day, and still only one pound. At my weight, more than just a single pound shoulda come off… =sigh=

So far I’m doing ok eating low glycemic without the NS foods…looking back over my food diary for the last few days I’m dropping the ball on getting enough vegetables in. It’s easy with NS; you have the entree, and fix a couple of veggies to eat with it. It should be that easy without …

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No weight loss this week. I’m not thrilled but it’s ok…I weighed this morning, and won’t tomorrow even though I usually weigh in on Fridays. I somehow doubt I’ll lose 10 pounds overnight, unless my DDAVP wears off ealry and I pee it off (which can happen!) That just means next week will be a …

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Well, I think I have my answer. Two days off NS to calm my tummy, went back on it today…and instant yuckiness. Damn, this means I have to actually cook.

You can file this under TMI… I’ve mentioned before the, um, social unacceptablity of being on NutriSystem: people on the NS support boards refer to this common problem as “NutriToots.” Kind of funny, especially when you’re offending everyone around you. And if you have the sense of humor of a 6 year old (which I …

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Ok, we’ll toss yesterday up to a free day. I started the day with good intentions, but left the house unprepared for lunch time hunger pains–and they hit hard. Yep, we could have stopped somewhere for something healthy, but a burger sounded really good. So we stopped at Wendy’s, and I ate 75% of a …

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Two days ago we were very, very bad… We stopped at Denny’s for lunch (grilled tilapia, which is a reasonable choice, but then there was garlic bread, and I said “screw it” and ate it, and was very happy about that.) Later we went for a nice long walk…and I got three quarters of the …

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Tsk. It’s totally not fair that men can lose body fat faster than women. He’s down 11 pounds and I’m still stuck at 8.5… Yes, I’m whining!