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A brief run down on the life of Terry: Happy thing: Meredith was home for a week and has now returned safely to Atlanta Happy thing: 24 hours with Tony while moving him from Boise to Moscow, ID Happy thing: hearing Julie’s voice sparkle on the phone yesterday Happy thing: My weight loss is moving [...]

Taking a chance

I stepped up and jumped off a cliff on Monday.  I sent out a poetry submission — not just once, but twice. I’m not a poet.  Poets are gifted artists like my dear friend Sherry Chandler.  I know how much hard work goes into the craft and it would be disrespectful to call myself a [...]

Exercise!

In an effort to step up my weight loss (and to be able to increase my calories), I’ve started walking to my favorite coffee shop instead of driving.  It’s 2 miles each way, on blacktop, so I invested in a good pair of walking shoes, which have made the process nearly painless.  So today I’m [...]

Home again

17 days after departure, I’m back in the casa and trying to pick up the threads of my life before vacation.   The week at Wildacres was glorious, leaving me feeling reinvigorated and excited about my manuscript, and the week in Atlanta was fun and relaxing.  My brain is spinning time zone circles so it’s going [...]

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.

How deep in the closet?

Sparked by a conversation with a new friend, I’m thinking a lot right now about how I define myself, and how much I do or don’t disclose to people.  It’s not a new concern, not really, but one that I have to find new answers to periodically.  This is one of those time. A couple [...]

Quote of the day

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” ~Dr Seuss Thank you for not minding, my friends.

Project: Healthy

As of this morning, I officially hit my first weight loss goal—I’ve lost 15 lbs in 6 weeks. Next goal, to lose another 15 (total 30) by the end of March when I have my next medical check up. I know some of you are worried about me, so I told the doctor that I’m [...]

Project:(Un)Healthy

This week I’ve gotten very, very frustrated.  In the first 3 weeks I lost 10 lbs by pushing my calorie consumption down to 500 per day instead of the 1200 – 1500 the doctor recommended.  But now, in attempting to bring my calorie count up to a level I can live with long term, I’m [...]

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