Thursday Thirteen Things I’d Like To Do In 2007 (#18)

So this is the time of year when everyone is doing New Year’s Resolutions. I prefer not to do “Resolutions” because they’re generally broken and joked about by the middle of January and forgotten by President’s Day. Then, next January, they’ll be resolved again.

So, instead, I usually try to use the time to reflect and think about the things I’d like to work on in my life, changes, improvements, and so on. I don’t make myself any impossible promises though. I know my limits and I know physics. There’s no way I can lose 60 lbs in 2 months, for example; nor is it likely that I’ll be getting up at 5am any time soon to exercise 3 times a week.

Anyway, here is my list of things I would like to do in 2007, no promises, but I’m working on it. More

Tags: Thursday Thirteen, bloghopping, meme, New Years Resolutions, gardening, knitting, debt, weight, health, writing, Green Living, housekeeping, dysfunctional family

Finally, A Reason To Sleep In, Mom!

My mom is one of those God-awful early-risers.  You know, those people who are awake before 5 am and have had breakfast, are dressed, and have read the paper and gotten started on the day by 7 am?  Those are my parents.

The battle to sleep in on Saturday mornings began the moment I turned pre-teen.  Or maybe it was when Saturday morning cartoons stopped being interesting.  I don’t know.  Either way, I always wanted to sleep until 10am or later.  My Mom thought sleeping past 7am was a crime against nature.

Even after I moved out, it was not unusual for her to call me at 8 am and act surprised that I was still in bed.

Now, with me being on the East Coast in the Eastern Time Zone and them being in the Mountain Time Zone.  It actually works out quite well.  I’ve actually called and woken them up a couple of time and had the pleasure of saying, “Oh, did I wake you?”

Anyway, it turns out that catching a few extra zzzz’s may actually help you stay slim.  According to a study of more than 68,000 women presented at the American Thoracic Society meeting in San Diego this year, those who slept seven hours weighed 7 (seven) hours weighed 5.5 lbs less than women who slept 5 (five) hours or less.  Frequent all-nighters may slow your metabolism.

Talk about getting your beauty sleep!  From now on I’m going to tell my mom that I’m getting my skinny sleep.

(Source: Self, August 2006)

Tags: sleep, health, weight loss, wellness, interesting trivia

It’s Official…I’m Back To November 2001

I don’t weight loss blog anymore and my partner in crime for my NTAG blog and I are still debating what we want to do with the site since our combined opinions on pre-packaged weight loss programs are changing, but I did want to take a moment to recognize a milestone I’ve reached in my life.

Back in November, 2001, I officially began Weight Watchers at 186.6 lbs and over the next year and some I lost 60 lbs.  Since then and mostly since moving to Maine, I’ve gained all of that back plus 20 lbs.

Starting mid-December I promised my doctor that I would lose some weight and she’s been very proud of my efforts even though I’ve having health issues and struggling with what I could and couldn’t eat and then as the year went on had trouble just getting out of bed to go to work, not to mention exercising.  It hasn’t been the fast weight loss I had that year on Weight Watchers, but I haven’t been obsessed about it either.

So, anyway, it’s official.  As of today, I hit a milestone.  I am officially the same weight I was in November 2001 when I started Weight Watchers.

I think that’s a good place to be, actually because it’s less daunting.  After all, I already know I can lose 60 lbs.; it was the 80 lbs I wasn’t sure of.

Tags: Weight Watchers, weight loss