Monthly Archives: September 2007

So, I don’t know if I mentioned my own illness (fever, cough, sneezing, etc.) this week. It kept me home from work — I worked from home — all week. And now, this weekend, my son has come down with … Continue reading →

For the first few years of our time together, N.’s place, at night, was with me in bed. He’d curl up between my legs, so regularly that I was conditioned to carefully lift my legs and reposition them around him … Continue reading →

Before I had the boy, there was the cat. We’ll call him N. N. came into my life as a loudly mewling presence outside my window at around 2 a.m. I wasn’t going to go wandering behind my apartment complex … Continue reading →

This afternoon, I did my usual coaxing and physical manipulation to get the the boy into the car at his day care center. I’d spent the day working from home, because I’m feeling really ill (upper respiratory infection-like, plus body … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I had my best treadmill workout in ages. I felt strong and confident, and ran the first five minutes, then alternated 5 minutes walking and 5 minutes running for 30 minutes in all. I took it up to a … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about my history of being fat, and being not fat, and being fat again, etc. ad nauseum. This has been on my mind because of a couple of posts I’ve read recently. And I … Continue reading →

The last few weeks have seen a pretty big transformation for me, in some ways. I am pretty consistently eating the good stuff (the stuff that’s good for me) whenever I can — exceptions include work functions where no other … Continue reading →

I need to edit the few entries about feedback I’ve gotten from Adam (TBT), because, upon further reflection (and it being pointed out to me), I see I haven’t put things completely into context. I look at this place as … Continue reading →

I’ve had two pretty terrible days, diet-wise, and I’m not feeling the love from TBT. Example excerpt from e-mail: “Ya had a cupcake, a muffin, and a cookie…these are treats…not entitlements…there’s a reason people are overweight b/c they eat these … Continue reading →

When we went to the Starbucks drive-through this afternoon, I automatically started considering my options. Something with no sugar. Something with low or non-fat milk. I settled on a non-fat latte. Just a few days ago, I wouldn’t have bothered … Continue reading →