And I helped

Washington now has the 3rd lowest rate of cigarette smoking in the nation. For the record, I quit 39 months ago today.

Save a life – give a pint

From the Seattle PI: CLEVELAND — To spur blood donations, an Ohio Red Cross chapter is offering people who give a pint of blood the chance to win a car or a horse-drawn buggy. Spokeswoman Christy Chapman in Cleveland says the Red Cross didn’t want to leave its many Amish donors out of the giveaway. [...]

Project: Healthy (June)

Since my update in May I’ve lost another 9 lbs, bringing me up to a total of 42 since January 10.  That’s a nice, solid average of 2 lbs a week.  Making healthy choices is coming easily these days, though I still get very tense over having anything outside of my direct control. The worst [...]

Terry 2.0

I’m emotionally recovering from a sweets binge last night, so this morning I took a web cam photo to remind myself of how far I’ve come.  Here’s what I look like -37 lbs, half way to my goal.

Go Ask Terry

Since I forgot to take my meds on schedule today and thus will be wide awake for the next 24 hours, it seems like this is an appropriate time to write about NPR’s article on coming off antidepressants and SSRI Discontinuation Syndrome. Or, as it’s known among us crazy folks, the Zaps. The baseline fact [...]

Project: Healthy

Today’s report is that there’s not much to report, and that’s the problem.   In the last 2 weeks I haven’t lost anything and even gained 1 pound.  Frustratingly, I’m stuck at -33 lbs after 4 months dieting.   Not exactly the grand total for which I’d hoped, and a sign that I’m going to miss my [...]

What price a woman’s life?

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, head of the Phoenix Diocese of the Roman Catholic Chursh has spoken.  The life of a pregnant woman is of less importance than that of the 11 week old clump of cells growing in her uterus.   Stating that “the end doesn’t justify the means,” he confirmed the automatic excommunication of Sister [...]

Because if they’re not 14 and virginal, women’s bodies are just Teh Icky

1st Annual Vaginal Rejuvenation Awareness Day Vaginal-Surgery.info announces date for Vaginal Rejuvenation Awareness Day. Online PR News – 20-April-2010 – Vaginal-Surgery.info is thrilled to announce the 1st Annual Vaginal Rejuvenation Awareness Day will take place on Friday, April 30th, 2010. It has been estimated that 30 million American women suffer from symptoms of vaginal relaxation [...]

When vaccination isn’t enough

Paralysis is making a comeback.  Polio has reemerged in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nigeria, Uganda, Togo, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and Mali in the last few years, if not completely undoing eradication efforts, then at least threatening them.  Most frightening of all is the fact that nearly 50% of the children afflicted have received 4 or [...]

Project: Healthy (April update)

Posting the Lane Bryant video has got me thinking about body image, and my shifting image of myself.  Since I started this Project: Healthy journey 4 months ago I’ve gone through a lot of changes.  I’ve only lost 32 lbs so far, a little more than half of my goal, but the changes I’m seeing [...]

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