http://sarahjayne.buddyslim.com Tracking my path to better health Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:39:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just got back from my monthly weigh in at the nurse's office and I now weigh.....*drum roll please* 227 pounds! That is a 5 pound loss in the past month.  I figure anything more than a pound a week is to be considered a good month and especially when I ... http://sarahjayne.buddyslim.com/2008/06/27/and-this-months-weigh-in-results-are/ Okay so I have really fallen behind on posting here and need to jump back in and try to get back into the mindset of daily accountability.  I haven't had an official weigh in since my last post so I don't know how much (if anything) I have lost.  The ... http://sarahjayne.buddyslim.com/2008/06/23/the-challenge-no-cheats-until-the-wedding/ I just got back from my monthly weigh in at the nurse's office.  I am pleased to report that I lost 5 pounds this month which takes me down to 232 pounds.  I am pleased with that sort of rate of loss and I know I earned it because with ... http://sarahjayne.buddyslim.com/2008/05/13/just-had-my-monthly-weigh-in/ For the past two days Anthony's dad has been staying with us.  He has very kindly come down on the train to help us fix our shower that broke last week.  It is a very nice thing of him to do especially as he is 70 years old (but a ... http://sarahjayne.buddyslim.com/2008/05/07/stressing-about-calories-when-we-have-house-guests/ Today is election day in London where we are voting for our mayor. There are also local elections around the whole of the country but in my neck of the woods the London Mayor race really is the only one getting proper attention. I am a bit (okay a ... http://sarahjayne.buddyslim.com/2008/05/01/another-day-another-low-fat-recipe/ This morning when the alarm went off to wake myself and Anthony up to go for our morning walk we both grumbled and hit snooze.  Anthony went back to sleep to catch and extra hour of sleep before having to leave for work.  I stayed in bed for a few ... http://sarahjayne.buddyslim.com/2008/04/29/my-boyfriend-threw-the-c-word-at-me-today/ I suppose the weekend wasn't all that bad. I didn't count calories on Sunday and treated myself to an ice cream cone and that did make me feel guilty to a degree but it was the only really 'bad' thing that I had eaten all week. Still, the ... http://sarahjayne.buddyslim.com/2008/04/28/starting-the-week-as-i-mean-to-continue/ Weekends can be a disaster for me with sticking to the diet.  I don't really ever eat all that badly these days in the way of true junk food but I am less likely to count calories on the weekend and then slip into bigger portions and even big portions ... http://sarahjayne.buddyslim.com/2008/04/26/amazing-what-you-can-feel-guilty-about/ As I said yesterday, Friday nights in our house lately have been low fat burger night. I am trying to invent different types of low fat burgers so we don't go out and buy a takeaway. The last few weeks have been turkey burger so this week we ... http://sarahjayne.buddyslim.com/2008/04/25/low-fat-burger-night-mushroom-and-horseradish-hamburger/ Looking into the mirror right after waking up is always a dangerous choice but this morning it was even more shocking.  I woke up feeling like I could barely open one of my eyes.  I went into the bathroom and looked in the mirror to find Sloth from The Goonies ... http://sarahjayne.buddyslim.com/2008/04/25/i-woke-up-today-looking-like-sloth-from-goonies/