Ok, I realize that saying “long time no blog” is the understatement of the year, since it’s been well over a year since I’ve taken pen to paper or more literally, finger to keyboard in an attempt to post something. And I’m not quite sure what finally motivated me to come back to this. Ok, I do know. My husband and I recently went to a Halloween Party with my friend Jesse. During which Jesse continued to make reference to being “Fat and Happy.” Jesse was referring to a blog I wrote about that subject. He LOVED that blog. Truth be told, I think Jesse is the biggest fan of my blog. He thinks I’m hysterical, and a “great writer.” Naturally I will forever adore him for those words alone.
But, it has been far too long since I’ve blogged, although I wish I could say it’s been far too long since I’ve obsessed on my weight. That seems to happen whether I write about it or not.
In the past year lots of things have happened. I got a job, a contract job that lasted 10 months. Since I was working for the state, there was no additional funding to keep me on, so I had anticipated joining the ranks of the unemployed yet again. But alas, the job fairies were good to me, and I landed yet another contract job, for another 8 months. While I’m still too new at this job to discern if I actually like it or not, I do have to admit I am LOVING the 15 minute commute!! Sure beats the 45-hour commute I had at my last job. But, I did leave behind some very good friends at the last job, in addition to a certain sense of comfort and security there. But mostly I miss my friends. Plus, as you can imagine, I hate being the “new chick,” which is where I am right now. But, in this rough economy, you gotta do what you gotta do. So, I will stick it out and hope for the best. I do think I need to start looking for a permanent job, though. Not wild about contracting. The money is GREAT, but I’m not really that good with change, so I very much don’t like looking for a job every year.
But, let’s not get off topic here. This blog is about food, self-image, and all things diet. So I know what you REALLY want to know is, where am I diet-wise? Well, ironically, I’m probably almost exactly where I was when I wrote my last blog. But true to form, I also lost about 20 pounds, and then gained it right back.
I do want to confess that I did a diet I am not proud of myself for following. It’s called the HCG diet. You take this stuff, and limit yourself to 500 calories a day for anywhere from 3-6 weeks. I did one six week round and lost 25 pounds. I gained most of it back, then did another round and lost some again. I can’t even remember the numbers. The last 3 week round I lost 17 pounds. After that I started gaining again, and true to form, I gained back ALMOST all of it, yet again. So, I broke down and went back to my tried and true way to lose weight…Weight Watchers. It’s kinda like an old boyfriend the way I always go back to it. It works, it’s there for me after I have dallied with other diets, it takes me back, no questions asked, and it does its best to keep me on track. Wait a minute; I do not recall any old boyfriend being like that!! Perhaps that’s the way I would like to remember my old boyfriends.
So far I am doing ok. Not fantastic, but good, acceptable. I convinced a friend to join with me, which is always a good thing for me. Plus, it’s nice to see her once a week. Now, SHE’S doing phenomenally well!! So when she whined about her .8 loss last week after her stellar first week loss of 7,
Anyway, I imagine this blog is not one of my best efforts, but I did want to at least make an attempt to get something out there to get me back into the routine. Hopefully I will have lots of new fun things to report, including some really good recipes I am coming across.
If any of my readers (and I so hope you’re still out there!!) has any comments, feel free to comment away. I love feedback, but only if it’s glowing
