Good Morning  long time no blog! Well how is life in Daily Thoughts land you may be thinking? ahhh meh ? 2021 has not been this big turn we had hoped for but we are making the turn so hopefully all the bad is behind us. I can't help but remember the success I had in 2010 blogging my food, and since I have had success and struggle. So I thought yesterday give it another whirl. I am hitting the scale at a all time 10 year high this morning of 183!! Yeah I have had quite a few stress food binges. So shame and dissapointment cannot keep me out of the "get healthy" game any longer let's finish ..read more

 Good morning who am I fooling? I am thinking this is like the last decade recap  I am now 61, this alone is crazy! and sitting at 178. When I started this back in 2010 I was 199... I have been as low as 138 on this blog so 178 is not HORRIBLE  2020 was rough... covid and I am a grocery store manager. I got covid just a few weeks ago, a VERY mild case for this I am very thankful.  so maybe I can blog here for a bit this year? yeah ? things that have changed:  I don't work out any more... ah covid and I have a small rotor cuff tear  I am not into shakes or bars an ..read more

 thinking this morning  I have spent the better part of this last year... searching, grumbling, feeling less than, paying out money, trying this, that and the other thang a ma bob .... to find myself in the same spot  moral of this story: Make peace with yo self Girl!  go slow  track your food, move your body in some way, drink water and trust the process  quick fixes may give you quick results that go by the way side just as quick and throwing money at it is just plain ole silly ... save the money and buy art supplies ? food packed and tracked today via Itrackbi ..read more

 Has been rough nothing new, right?  got on the scale this morning 170 straight up Due to covid and a jacked up shoulder the gym out of the picture  looked for a Facebook group for accountability  meh  so here I am... let's see where this goes, shall we?  ..read more

I am struggling a tad bit lately I for the most part try and keep this blog "light and polite" can I just vent here for a moment? Please? NO I do not know when we will get yeast back in stock ahhh YES it is ordered NO I do not know when it will come in No you cannot return something, ahhh PANDEMIC mean anything to you? and the fact that the virus can live on a surface for XYZ amount of time (code for I am not a scientist and have no clue) YES the return policy is posted LIKE EVERYWHERE, every checkstand, at front door and at exit door  Can we talk a moment here about what EXACTLY price ..read more

This is a weight loss blog true but it is also a life blog so lets get the whole weight loss stuff outta the way down 25 pounds since 1/1/2020 15 more to go and in these crazy times I am actually not focusing on the food and the weight is coming off So if you have ever read this blog before you know I am a grocery store manager It's hard working during the COVID19 crisis I am scared, nervous, frustrated, and down right ANGRY most of the time let me explain scared: ah duh... then add to this... why do you have to go to the grocery store EVERY SINGLE DAY????? or why do you coming to the gro ..read more

yep still here  yep still on the journey  I have kept this journey off my Facebook and Instagram  kinda using the shut up and just do it approach work to do!  start 178 on 1/1/2020 had a blip and went to 179 this morning 161.6 which is down 17.4 from the high 2020 weight  22.6 to go  139 is goal weight  so this is 43.5% of the way  almost half way  next goal 159... only 2.6 until I get there  woot woot  what is different this time?  I feel less structured less stressed  I haven't been counting or tracking  just common sense  yesterday was:        → egg whites and oat meal        → shake ..read more

Dare I say  is it possible? maybe too early to call?  but I think .… cautiously I may be on the track back  The scale has been slow is what I have been  telling myself but really?  I think 2 a week is NOT slow!  so I keep pluggin I have some to go  but giving up won't make it faster and more than the weight  let's get serious here  I FEEL so much better  my clothes fit better my confidence is coming back  and we are talking 10 pounds!  keep on keeping on girl  tootles my noodles ..read more

well I learned me sumpin this last month  a life time of YO Yo weight fluctuations is NOT forgiving  lost 8.8 in January  back 10 years ago 8.8 would have been week 1! I figured not me  I'm different  I got this  nah... all malarkey  apparently not!  but getting frustrated and quitting won't get me to my goals  this is totally  I made my mess, now I have to figure it out  I say this because I have been  on point 100% for the last 3 weeks  week 1 of 2020 … no so really the 8.8 is in the last 3 weeks  I will keep on keeping on  because even if it slows to 5 a month  that's still progress  t ..read more

So as of this post I have been staying within my calorie budget  yesterday was a long, crazy long day  left my house at 4AM got home at 7PM thank goodness I am off today  I am seeing the scale go slow slow but I think this is to be expected  I'll keep the course and we will just see what January's efforts bring  not much outta me this morning ' tottles ..read more