Sliding Scales

I am working on a longer post for tomorrow so I'm being lazy for today. I posted this back in January when only people who shared DNA with me were reading this blog. And it is along the same lines of the post last week about how boring I am. So if you enjoy reading …

Sparky Sporty Spice

Sparky I have officially returned to Sparkpeople.com. I do highly recommend this website. It has a calorie counter, fitness tracker, tons of tips and tricks and recipes. I think the best thing about using Sparkpeople is the website makes you think of things that you won't always think of on your own. How much water …

Back to My Roots

I reposted my original Weigh In Wednesday post this morning. Back in January I started my diet, knowing I needed to lose 20-30 pounds. I lost 11. I weighed myself this morning and I've gained back 7 so if I divide the number of pounds by the number of months dieting and factor in daily …

Someone Less Fat Happened!

Someone Less Fat Happened! I broke the 10 pound plateau! I have lost 10.5 lbs. since January 3! What? January 3 of this year, of course! Yes.... 2012. This was me before losing 10.5 pounds:   I attribute my weight loss success to a few things. Doing two sets of these strength training exercises twice …

Menopause: the Pause That Can Be Used as a Defense for Murder

or at least manslaughter. Sorry Man Readers, you can feel free to skip this one if you want. When I was 22, I lived in Boston. My Mom came to visit and we drove up to Rouses Point, New York (her hometown) for my grandmother's birthday. Rouses Point is on Lake Champlain, sandwiched between Vermont …

One Woman Speaks Out About…. Eating Alone. My Voice Will Be Heard.

Thank you to the most brilliant Simon of Sweet and Weak for contacting me with news regarding a real tragedy befalling this nation....Women Eating Alone (W.E.A. pronounced "Weaaa"). As some of you may know from reading this blog, I am one of the millions of women who silently suffers while Eating Alone. I have many …

Days Like These

It's not a horrible day, just one of those days. One of those days when I am reminded that being a parent is exhausting. Wanting so deeply for your children to be happy and successful on all fronts but there are days when they aren't. Actually kids are just human (even though sometimes I wonder …

Not For Nothin’

Just home on a Friday night and looking at my blog and wondering why I had as many readers as I did today and I saw that a few people clicked on this post really one of my faves and alllll true! I know most of my friends have read it but many of my …

What NOT To Blog

I got the message loud and clear! "Hey Mag! No one is interested in your 7 Day Jumpstart Workout!" Some people are (half as many as were interested in my post that wasn't a post) but those who were interested got maybe a quarter of the way through and were probably so bored they went …

7 Day Jumpstart Workout: Day 1

Those of you who have been with me lo these many months know how this all started; I couldn't find a coat that fit me. So I went on Sparkpeople and dieted and lost 10 lbs. Now I'm stuck at the 10 pounds which is 33% of my goal. The first 10 came off relatively …

I Committed a New Post False Alarm

Sorry about the Kashi post. I'm sure everyone got all excited and then realized, "that's just a blurry picture of Maggie with Mudd and Bobo and box of Kashi Go Lean Crunch." The photo is for another blogger Sweet Mother who is outstanding and I am one of her regular readers ("Reggies") and she wanted …

This is NOT a Post About the Hunger Games

Nor is this a dieting post about the Hunger Games like you're dieting so you're really hungry. I haven't seen the Hunger Games.  Annie saw the movie on opening night with a bunch of her friends. The movie started at midnight, they had already purchased the tickets, yet she sat in a theater seat for …