Yes, I’m still paving the road to hell with my good intentions. I have not had a good week in the food department. I’m not consistent. I start out really good, then by dinner time I’ve gone overboard in some way. I suppose I should be inspired by the people I saw on Oprah the other day. She had the Biggest Losers on. One of the guests said they exercised seven hours a day. Well no wonder they lose hundreds of pounds. I could never do that. Good grief! Still don’t want to and never will. I did a fascinating…

Hi all, I’ve broken through the barrier apparently. I’ve lost five more pounds, so I’m approaching 50 gone. I got another fill yesterday too. Dr. Curry’s nurse practitioner gave the fill. I had not met her before. She was the most informative and helpful person I’ve met to date! She told me lots of little secrets and explained how things work in a way I never fully understood. She also made it clear I am never to eat hot dogs again. Now I have not had any hot dogs – and I didn’t plan to eat one, but she told…

I didn’t mean to imply in my last post that my friends are to blame for my eating. It’s just that I like spending time with them. And, we happen to meet most of the time in restaurants. Oh, I know I can make healthy choices. For the most part, I have been making better choices. I don’t eat french fries anymore – I eat the tuna or a chicken something. But, I cap the fun time with a dessert usually. yum. I am ordering junior sizes now. Maybe it’s the baby steps that will get me there. I asked…

I figured out why I’m fat. I have too many friends. Yep, that’s got to be it. When one meets friends at restaurants just about every day of the week, it’s hard to stay on track. My friend Brenda has prepared food for me for the week. If I eat only what she has given me, I’m guaranteed to lose weight. So, did I eat it at Montoya’s? No. Did I eat it at Skyline? No. Did I eat it at Frisch’s? No. But I did eat it all the rest of the time. Food is food. It’s not supposed…

I must confess that being engaged to Fred has been quite fun. There have been surprises and emotions that spill between the present and the past. We found a song that tells our story really well. It’s by John Denver, and it’s called, “Love Again.” Fred said the word’s touched him. Knowing he was touched by the song’s lyrics has helped me work through some of my own feelings about love and getting married again. Emily was visiting on Mother’s Day and I was playing other songs for her. It was weird. I kept thinking about Mike. How can a…

There was an accident today on 275, right when I got off work. Plus, my car was out of petrol, so I pulled off the highway to get gasoline. I called Emily to see what she was up to. She was visiting Mark at Wert Music, very close to where I was “filling up”. I asked her if she was in the mood to go dress shopping – for her dress for the wedding. What better way to spend time while crews cleaned up the highway mess? She was up for it. Now, neither one of us thought we would…