NewRachael

I’m now 245 pounds, which is 25 pounds less than my highest-ever weight of 270.  I’m pretty happy with that.
Somebody asked in a previous comment why I don’t talk that much about exercising. For me, exercising isn’t the problem.  It’s easy to go walk three or four miles and not blog about it, because that [...]

Only a pound and a half of weight loss in the past two weeks.  I know!  I’m upset with myself, too.
My roommate and I are taking a little weekend road trip to beautiful Temecula, California to visit the wineries.  Because I’m leaving in mid-May and I have been telling her we’d make this trip together [...]

Yesterday was a terrible, horrible,  no-good, very bad diet day.
I don’t know what it is exactly that threw me right back into my old habits, but on the way to an early morning Nutrition class, I got the bright idea to stop by McDonald’s.  Not only did I order an egg and cheese mcmuffin (bad!) [...]

Housekeeping:  Welcome to all the people who’ve found this site through my Remarks on NonSociety video. I don’t typically bust out the snark on a daily basis, so if you’re here expecting more tirades about Julia Allison instead of rambling stories about my diet, you’re likely to be disappointed.
Also, thank you to commenter Funnygirl [...]

I have a lot of love for caffeine.  Soda, coffee, lattes, cappuccinos, frappuccinos, macchiatos, iced tea, green tea, red tea, rooibos tea, sweet tea, hot tea… I love it all, and when I look at the calories in a cup of tea (Zero? Really?) it all seems too good to be true.
The more research I’ve [...]

So, you guys aren’t going to believe this, but I forgot I had a blog for a while there.
Now that I’m back, you should know that I’m writing this in a very sleep-deprived state.  I’ve been sleeping somewhat regularly, but on an incredibly odd schedule.  I go to bed at about two in the afternoon [...]

I don’t know how it happened, but yesterday, I only ate 846 calories.  I’ve been tracking every single thing I eat in the FoodFeed, but it’s not until the end of the day that I sit down and plug it all into SparkPeople.
I love SparkPeople.  If you’re looking for a way to track your diet, [...]

My last diet failed because of chairs.

It sounds ridiculous, right?  That’s because it is ridiculous if you completely disregard the fact that it’s true.
Over the past week, I’ve been taking time to really examine how and why my eating habits have changed over time.  What have I been doing differently this week than I had [...]

I’m a big snacker. BIG snacker. When I try to diet, I have to work really hard to keep the bad food out of my house, or else I’ll eat it all in one sitting. The only solution for somebody who can’t resist eating a whole package of Oreos is to not [...]

This morning, as I embarked on my first day of genuine exercise, music was both a motivator and a timekeeper for me during the five-minute daily required stretch period I talked about yesterday.  I opened iTunes and sorted by track length, then stretched through the entirety of Spoon’s “My Mathematical Mind.” Other songs right [...]