What a whirlwind September has been. Who would have thought that deciding to homeschool, choosing curriculum, starting schooling, running a house alone, spending time volunteering with new mothers, starting hockey season, doing nightly planning sessions for school, starting a new house cleaning routine, working with my partner to keep our relationship going, and trying to [...]
Archive for the ‘clothes’ Category
Spinning around and around
Posted in children, clothes, hockey, homeschooling, muffin top, weight loss on October 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
We have a problem…
Posted in clothes, muffin top, weight loss on September 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It is getting cold. Not freezing cold. But definitely chilly in the evenings. Cold enough to wear pants. But I don’t have any that fit. I have a couple pairs that I can squeeze into (with a delightful muffin top), they don’t hurt (like they did a few weeks ago), but boy oh boy….they are [...]
Weight loss on an island
Posted in body image, clothes, food, weight loss, tagged body image, breastfeeding, clothes, food, weight loss on April 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I work with post partum mothers. They are all emotional and overwhelmed. This is not a criticism at all. Of course they are emotional and overwhelmed. They have just had a baby. Or two. One of the reasons for the overwhelmedness is that every which way they turn, they are hit with advice, suggestions, or [...]
I hate my muffin top
Posted in body image, clothes, self-esteem, weight loss on March 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Muffin Top Info Here I have a muffin top. Worse in some clothes, better in others, but boy do I have a muffin top. For the record – I am not parading around in skinny jeans. I also do not wear mid-drift baring clothes (breastfeeding doesn’t count – and even then, I try to cover [...]
Crushed
Posted in clothes, emotional eating, parenting, scale, weight loss on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I foolishly stepped on the scale this morning. I don’t know why – it is only Monday. But I was up 4 pounds from Friday. I almost wept. Intellectually, I know that a 4 pound weight gain in 3 days is impossible for me (at one time – I think I could have really done [...]
Out with the old
Posted in clothes, letting go, weight loss on February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As I tidy my house, put away laundry and when I go through boxes and bags of stuff littered in my basement, I always find clothes that don’t fit. Some are too small. Those that are really too small – unrealistically too small – I have no problem tossing them in my charity pile. [...]
