Riding My Asterisk Off

…one mile at a time…

Weight is holding steady… the doc increased my synthroid today, so I have marginal hopes that might help up my metabolism a tad. It’s not a huge increase and I *know* it’s not a weight loss drug, but I can have my little hopes 😉 At least maybe I won’t feel so freaking cold!

Ok, so I took the official weight a day early, mostly because–even though I’m not cooking this huge Thanksgiving dinner–I plan on eating a little more than usual today. I’m having PIE, dammit! I got on the scale this morning and was way surprised. Total loss to date: 21.5 pounds. I lost last weeks gain …

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The other night, when I had 400 some odd calories left to play with and was really hungry? Well, I caved. I did not eat Good Stuff. My son came home at 10 P.m. and was hungry, too, and pancakes sounded really good to both of us. Great big fluffy pancakes, dripping with butter and …

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I hate nights like tonight. they dont happen often, but when they do… I’m hungry. Not just a little munchy hungry, where a banana or a yogurt would fix it; I want food and lots of it. I had dinner just two and a half hours ago, and if I dared, I could eat a …

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I had low expectations for this week; we’re in the middle of moving and the dietary front has been looking pretty awful, but in spite of the steady stream of fast food and Denny’s, I’ve dropped a couple of pounds. “Official” weigh in is tomorrow, so we’ll see. I’ll be happy with 2 pounds! And …

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