tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292063592011-11-27T18:31:08.888-05:00A journal about life after 40, including my weight loss struggle; career issues; and whatever else I feel like writing about.fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.comBlogger2511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-76273087122956768352008-06-10T08:38:00.005-05:002008-12-12T23:28:01.093-05:00

I know, I know, I have not blogged over here in forever! But, I have a very good excuse because I've turned my personal blogging attention primarily to my web site, now turned weblog, which I call the Crafty Princess Diaries.This will be my second stab at trying out an indie blog, and so far, after making the switch in April 08 from static web site to weblog, it's been going pretty well.

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Yeah! We picked up my new Element yesterday right before the dealership closed. The color is amazing, much better than I had imagined. She is now parked next to my DH's truck, and as you can see, they are about the same as far as height.I need to get used to the clutch, which seems tighter than my old Civic, but otherwise, it was a pretty easy drive home. Since it's a Honda, most of the controls

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I'm exhausted, but we may have a car deal tomorrow. We went to a Honda dealership just north of here, then the Toyota/Scion dealer, and then to a closer local Honda dealership.I drove the Element, then the Scion, and then the Element again. It was a tough decision, but if all goes well tomorrow, I'll be getting an Element at the local dealership. I really liked the Scion, and my DH was also very

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I joined Good Reads as a way to promote my new books, and I have to admit, I find this social network kind of addicting!

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Yesterday, I was coming home from school, a little giddy because spring break had started, and I stopped to gas up my car. As I pulled into the station, I saw a young man (I'm guessing 18 years old, maybe) pushing his car into the parking lot, and I had to swerve a little to miss him since he was right next to the entrance.I got out and started pumping my gas, and as I did so, he was pushing his

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I just finished taking one more look at the last chapter for my metal clay book, so it looks like I'm finished. The DVD went out last week to the publisher's DVD guy, and my editor actually said she really liked it, so that is a huge relief. Here's a little clip I pulled off my new myspace page. It's very fuzzy because the file was condensed, but you can get an idea of what I'm doing on the

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I am just doing a test of uploading an image in this post. I think this picture is so pretty, so I decided to add this one today. Notice how the text is wrapping to the side. How about adding a link? This is a site where you can get free images.

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For awhile now, I dismissed social networking. I knew it was powerful, but I just didn't have time to figure it all out, and I confess, I still don't have time. However, more and more people keeping telling me how great it is, so I finally took the Myspace plunge today.I was stumbling around, setting up my site (myspace.com/tammypowley), and I discovered I had some weirdo guy listed as a "friend"

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My bead bud, Margot Potter, writes about more than just beads at her blog, The Impatient Beader. Recently she has a post, entitled "This Is Important Period," about a group of young women that really could use some help from other women.I don't think I can explain it as well as Margot, who is a wonderful and inspiring writer, so I'm not even going to try.Go, read, help...P.S. A BIG thank you to

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In my comp I class, part of the curriculum requires that I teach grammar. Now, supposedly at this level, I'm really providing more of a review, but of course, the average person, let alone the average student, generally has a very limited grammar background. So, while I don't spend a huge amount of time on grammar (it is primarily a writing class), I still try to cover most of the basics.And,

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Ahhh....I'm starting to envision the end of one of my book projects! I can almost see it if I squint hard enough.I was doing some major stressing for awhile. One night last week, I had this weird dream where huge wooden boxes where falling from the sky. I mean BIG, as in the size of semi-trucks. Bam! Bam! And, as with most weird dreams like this, I woke up as I was running for my life! So, yes,

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See, this is why I cut back on my pro-blogging jobs. I just don't have the time to blog like I used to :(Though, that's not necessarily a bad thing; it just means I'm busy doing a lot of stuff, and most of it is work that I enjoy doing. So, here's a quick update.Writing: I've got one more chapter to finish for my metal clay book. Of course, this is the projects chapter, so that is no small task

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I read over on The Naughty Secretary Club's weblog about an animal shelter called A Place to Bark that is run by a fellow crafter, Bernie Berlin. She has been running the place solo for a long while but is now competing for $50,000 as part of America's Giving Challenge sponsored by Parade.Along with sending in donations via a special badge, you can also host the badge on your blog - unless you

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Part of my web shopping lately has included some new walking DVDs, and I'm amazed to be able to say that I've actually been able to keep up my exercising to a certain extent, even with the new job. In fact, I even managed to get rid of 1/2 lb of the 4 1/2 that I took on during the holidays.The DVDs are part of a package I got off of QVC: Leslie Sansone "Walk Slim" 5 DVD System with Firming Band.

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One of the rituals about returning to school is getting new school clothes. Starting with the fact that I've only had to look professional a few days a week for a couple of years now and then add to that my small amount of weight loss and then put my new dream job in the mix and you have a totally valid reason for doing lots of Internet shopping for clothes and shoes. I do have a few Burks I can

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Other than the fact that I've been too busy to blog lately, Blogger.com has decided to force me to use a different log in just about every time I access my account here. Wordpress is looking pretty good, folks!But, it is a good thing that I gave up my other little blogging gigs because I've been cranking away on the books and now on school stuff to get ready for the big day soon.Other than

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Today I spent hours and hours shooting for my new DVD that will go with my book Picture Yourself Making Metal Clay Jewelry. I have never enjoyed getting my picture taken, and I have to say video cameras are even worse! We spent at least 3 solid hours working, probably got at least an hour of film, and I would guess that maybe five minutes of that is usable. Luckily, I have a very talented video

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About a year ago, right before the my defense, I had the brainy idea of getting my hair cut, like in a "real" salon, not just my husband giving it a trim in the bathroom. As I had feared, I ended getting a major hatchet job on my hair. It was still pretty long, but the woman layered it rather than give me the simple cut and bangs that I had asked. So, it was a mess.A year later now, most of it

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Because my friends know I write and teach English and all that, very often they want to give me some book to read. "Oh, you like to read? Then you'll like this." The problem is, though, I don't really have time to read for pleasure. Yes, I read, but I read because I'm prepping for class or I'm researching something I'm writing about or I'm reviewing a jewelry book. Who has the time to sit around

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My pound of turkey is already history! I honestly felt like I wasn't as good about the diet thing last week as I could have been. Getting off the wagon for a few days made it very difficult for me to find my way back to my normal eating routine, and that especially included writing down my food, which I totally hate with a passion. However, it really makes a difference for me, so I know I have

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So, the turkey verdict is...... one pound! My strategy seemed to work for the most part. I ate a real Thanksgiving meal including my favorite green bean casserole, gravy, stuffing, turkey, and even a piece of pie, and I ended up gaining one pound that week. I know that I really should be grateful, and I am, but of course, part of me is asking myself if it was worth it considering it will

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Last year at Thanksgiving time, one of our house guests ended up in the emergency room, not due to the food but to other health issues he had. This year, because of a book deadline looming among other things, we opted for a quiet Thanksgiving with no guests and we had hoped no emergency room visit. Alas, poor Nee Nee started having a diabetic episode around 12:15. I had just finished working out

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Normally, we have a few guests for Thanksgiving dinner and my DH cooks a fabulous and fattening meal with way too much food that we continue to gorge on for about a week afterwards. However, this year due to our guests having some health issues and me having some work issues (a book deadline that's coming up soon) , it will be just two of us for dinner, and we both want to avoid the Thanksgiving

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Because of the new teaching gig starting in a few months and the fact that I'm down a size now and can't imagine myself down another size by the time school starts in a few months, I went ahead and did a little back to school shopping.I know most women are supposed to love to shop, but I guess I'm not like most women. I love to have the stuff in my closet, but I hate to go out and get it. On-line

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After explaining to a web-friend of mine about all the changes that have happened to my life over the past month or so - good changes, exciting changes, but scary changes as well - she put it like this: "It sounds like you have come to a cross-road in your life." Exactly!Here is the short version of what's happened over the past few weeks: I got the job of my dreams, a full-time tenured track

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Yes, I know. I have been a bad fat and 40 blogger as I've not had time for fun blogging these days, but I have been a good fat and 40 weight watcher. In 16 weeks, I've lost 14.5 pounds and I'm comfortably down into the next size. I still have to weigh in this week, and I don't feel too confident, but I've learned it is really hard to tell sometimes when it comes off so slowly. And, it is coming

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I saw this video clip posted over at my friend Stevie's blog, La-Story. I agree to some extent on Joy's creed for fat people - We should not keep our life on hold because we are fat. But, of course, I also have to admit that I haven't worn a bathing suit in about 5 years!I don't agree, though, that it's something we should just live with. As I posted in a comment on Stevie's blog, "How many fat

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My thoughts starting the night before...."These pants feel loose. Maybe I lost a pound this week."Waking up the next morning...."Oh, my Gawd! I'm so bloated! Why did I eat all that pop corn last night? What was I thinking!"Getting dressed before I leave to WW meeting...."These pants still don't fit me like I want them too, but maybe I lost at least 1/2 a pound."Climbing into the car to drive to

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So, it's official. I'm giving up on academic publishing. I have had a real struggle with this personally because of the fact that I make money writing non-fiction, so why spend time writing academic work (which is way harder) for no obvious financial gain? Today, I received an email from a group that had conditionally agreed to publish an article of mine as part of a book. For over a year now,

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I'm a little behind, but this is a cool video from Metal Chik.

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In my Dee Nile post early, I complained about hitting a plateau of sorts. I guess 3 weeks counts as one, but whatever it was, I finally managed to lose another pound. Yes, pathetic that I'm so glad to lose one pound, but after 3 weeks of nothing, I was seriously starting to lose faith. I added two days of exercise, just 20 minutes each day, and I kept my hand from venturing into the nut jar that

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I love this time of the year! My two favorite months are October and March. One reason is due to the weather. About now, the temperature in Florida is starting to change. It's very subtle, but while it still gets into the mid-80s down here, you just don't sweat as much as you usually do. In fact, at 8:30 this morning, it was 74 degrees! The wind is blustering and it's been raining some, so to us

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C and I have a mutual friend who is dealing with a weight issue - or actually I should say not dealing with it. She was very ill about a year or so ago, got through that, and of course, it really whacked out her body. Now, she's very into all the organic food and health food, but she's also gained a lot of weight, something her doctors have told her now that she really needs to pay attention too

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Told you I was busy! Here's my latest project!Call for EntriesBook Title: Picture Yourself Making Metal Clay Jewelry: Step-by-Step Instruction for Forming, Firing, and Constructing Finished JewelryPublisher: Thomson Course TechnologySeries: This text will be part of the publisher’s “Picture Yourself” series.Author: Tammy PowleyContact Information: tammypowley@yahoo.comEstimated Publication Date:

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I'm putting my Executive Editor hat on. I've been blabbling about this all over the place, so I figured I should post it here as well since I have a few million readers here:Company: Creative WebloggingJob Title: Blog EditorsDescription: Live blogs in need of editors right now:http://www.gambling-weblog.com/ (7 posts a week/$225/mo comp)http://www.bizplanhacks.com/ (7 posts a week/$225/mo comp)

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I was really hoping to be able to say that I've lost 10 lbs this week, but nope! I'm still at 9.5lbs. I know, what's a half a pound, right? Considering it will take me another week now to get rid of it, that little half pound is significant.I was actually pretty good last week, but I had two issues that probably messed me up. First, now that I've lost weight, I just realized a few days ago that I

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I've started blogging a few times a week at a way cool new site called Metal Chik. Along with my posts, about 3 times a week, each week, they have a new how-to video like the one posted above.

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Just a Weight Watcher's update - It's coming off but so slowly it's very hard not to get discouraged. In my previous WW attempts, it came off about 2 lbs a week. That was with following the plan, the occassional spurge but nothing major, and going to Jazzercise 3xs a week. If I didn't exercise, I was down to maybe 1 lbs or 1/2 lb a week. That was when I was in my 30s. As C. has so kindly pointed

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You know you are at the vet's office too much when the staff greet you with, "You're back here again today?"My three cats have entered into their mature cat years now. So far, Nee Nee is diabetic, Gray Boy (pictured) has a thyroid condition, and Sissy's kidney's are going. The most recent diagnosis is Sissy, and when I was getting ready to bring her to the vet (due to a general lack of appetite,

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I played hooky today and went to see Becoming Jane with C. As I suspected, it was a semi-entertaining story, and I emphasize the word, story! Also as I suspected, they'd have a way to skinny girl playing Jane. This is not to suggest that Jane was fat, but back then, if a woman was as thin as Anne Hathaway, most people would have thought her family couldn't afford to feed her properly.As a true

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We are now on the map! We have a Target that is only a few miles away. No more driving to the next county, yeah!On my first trip to the new Tar-ge', I thought it would be nice to buy by kitty babies a cool cat condo. It's wasn't too expensive, about $30, and I always say I'm going to get them one, so I finally did.Of course, it took my husband, the nuclear scientist to put it together, but now

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I finally got the library crew together for lunch after some emails and numerous phone calls. One of the things they teach you in WW is to take charge of your food experience when dining out. My attempt at this was to decide on where we'd eat. I opted for a place I knew I could get a half a shrimp salad sandwich (minus the bread) and salad with vinaigrette dressing. The few people who emailed me

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I know I haven't been over here in a while, been bizzy, ya know. Funny thing was that I was thinking of bopping by and talking about how I lost another lb...yes, slow, but it is coming off. Or, I was thinking about writing about how I finally got some scam artists to stop calling me.But, then I got this really funny comment posted on my blog here and I just had to laugh. No, I'm not going to

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Toby Bloomberg has a very cool site called Blogger Stories.On this blog/site she publishes the stories of bloggers and how they got started in the blogosphere.My story was just published over there today, way cool!If you want to tell your story, check out her Welcome page that gives you the how-to.It's a good opportunity to promo yourself some if you are a blogger, and I have to admit that

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After a little over three weeks back at Weight Watchers, I've lost 7 pounds. Of course, I have a long way to go before I see a comfortable size 8 again, but I am starting to notice a difference in my clothes finally.Another three pounds in the next few weeks will mean 10 gone before school starts, and that means a lot when you have to be in front of people talking. Teaching is really a

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-28467574982483399342007-07-30T07:34:00.000-05:002008-12-12T23:28:08.269-05:00

The day of leaving my crappy library job, I made sure to get emails of anyone I wanted to keep in touch with. Everyone said the usual like keep in touch and let's do lunch and we will miss you, so I figured I'd get their emails and just do that, keep in touch.Of course, I'm on the net just about all day because that's where the majority of my work comes from. I write for three web networks and

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While I was pretty good last week on the old WW diet, Saturday night had a slight issue with cheese...oh...and wine. It is our normal routine on that night to pop upon some nice wine and munch a little. My dh is low-carb and it works for him, so he gets some really yummy cheeses to eat with the wine. While I didn't have my normal amount and I did count it in my WW points book, still, as the

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About a week ago, I finally threw in the towel and returned to Weight Watchers. With school on the way, it was time to either do it or give up, and the thought of walking into the classroom wearing a moo-moo and flip flops was enough to get my big *ss back to WW.Long story short - I figured out that my scale and the one at WW was weighing me the same after my first visit. So, I made the mistake

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-62027877907583765662007-07-16T09:49:00.000-05:002008-12-12T23:28:09.793-05:00

Well, it's free to me at least...My sister is downsizing to a smaller house, and among the many items her and her family of six are having to find new homes for (which also includes a pool table and about 2 or 3 dozen - no lie - bikes) is her old Pilate machine, or reformer as I've just learned they are called.She originally got it from QVC, but of course, some how lost the DVDs that went with it

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Check it out! I'm going to be l-i-v-e on the radio...or at least the Internet radio...over at Chick Tech this Weds. 6pm est. I'll be talking with Jennifer Mattern about professional blogging. She's an indie blogger and I'm a network blogger, so we'll be covering both sides of how to make mulla by blogging.

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After finally leaving my CLJ, I had visions of cleaning out and reorganizing my office, making jewelry - for fun actually, catching up on house work, that sort of thing.Well, obviously, I was completely insane to even think that could happen - that I'd have "extra time!"Instead, I'm busier than ever. Not but a few weeks before I was to leave the library, I received a wonderful opportunity to work

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Today was my last day at my crappy library job. I couldn't help but feel a little choked up as I gave and got hugs and promises for future lunch dates. It is hard to believe that I've been there five years (and two months). Of course, my practical side hates to give up the steady paycheck, but it is time to move on. The reason I took the job in the first place was so that I could go to school,

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With the heat here and the rain coming in the late afternoon, we are definitely in the throws of summer.The other day I was driving back home from the vet after picking up some more insulin, syringes, and cat food, and I noticed various group of kids traveling down the side walks.One group had the signature kid riding on the handlebars of another kid's bike, and I couldn't help but feel nostalgic

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Starting in the fall, I will be back in the classroom. All summer I've been teaching, but it's all been on the web, so my normal teacher attire has been casual to say the least. Though my official return to teaching started last spring and I did have to actually enter a classroom in person, I managed to get by, but the shoes were starting to become an issue.My "teacher shoes" (as in not my

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Though it may seem to some people like my various part-time jobs are unrelated, they really aren't. For example, I'm a part-time English instructor and I'm also a part-time blog recruiter/trainer of sorts. In many ways, my tasks at these jobs are very similar. I have to help people write. This often requires that I tell them how not to write.Very nicely, of course, I have to point out grammar

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I can't help it, but that song is going through my head. Who sings it? "I feel good...you know that I would now....doodle doodle doodle do"Any way, I turned in my letter of resignation at my CLJ today! Since it's Sunday, and I am one of the few pathetic souls required to work Sundays (every Sunday for the past five years mind you), I was able to sneak it into my boss's office without anyone

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-45790123797342283982007-06-13T08:27:00.000-05:002008-12-12T23:28:10.898-05:00

As we continue to get the whole diabetes issue figured out for one of our three cats, I've been making bi-weekly treks to the vet. We are trying to figure out the correct amount of insulin to give him, so this requires a glucose curve test, which basically means they take and test his blood over a period of hours (I know, poor baby).After doing this about five times now, to say that we are both

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Right now, I'm working on a few book proposals. One is for my dissertation that I hope will turn into a fabulously popular text in the academic book market, the other two proposals are for my bread and butter jewelry making thing. Proposals are tough to write for me because you basically spend a lot of time on them with no real assurance that all that work will turn into a book....that you'll get

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Since graduating, I have tried to be a good little post Ph.Der and send out academic articles for possible publication. The trade writer side of me is still not comfortable with all of this writing for no money, but I know this what I'm supposed to do. I write articles about boring stuff that no one really wants to read, it gets peer reviewed, and if anyone does decide to publish my boring

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Check out some of my latest press over at Glam.com in its "Meet the Publisher" series. I'm not sure how I'm considered a "publisher" exactly since the only blog that isn't really owned by another company is this little ol' one here, and heck, probably Blogger owns all this wonderful content I'm writing for all I know ;)But, I'm so glad my little sister took some decent photos of me about a year

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Last week, for whatever reason, I had another one of my mega allergy attacks. I never know when they are coming or why they come in the first place, but about every 2 or 3 months, sometimes longer sometimes shorter, one will stop by for the day and drive me crazy. Usually, it means a day full of sneaking my head off and going through at least a few boxes of Puffs Plus.So, today during my trip to

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Yup, it's Tuesday already. I'm back to writing in my food diary. I'm still not thrilled about it, but I am better, adding more 'thoughts' and not just, 'crackers, 100 calories." But, nope, didn't lose anything this week. In fact, I'm up 1/2 a lb.While I was pretty good at staying around 1700 calories, I've been just awful at keeping up with my exercise, and so I know this is the price I'm paying

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-21724847839305616582007-05-14T17:49:00.000-05:002008-12-12T23:28:11.429-05:00

This has not been a good week. Things started to go downhill last Saturday when my DH had this brilliant idea of using large scallops he got at Sam's and dinner rolls to make little mini-scallop burgers. He marinated various scallops in various sauces, sauteed them, and then we garnished the rolls with a mixture of condiments.I was being bad that day, so I didn't write down anything in my food

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Someone sent me this via email, and I thought it was funny.ITALIAN PASTA DIET -- IT REALLY WORKS !!1. You walka pasta da bakery.2. You walka pasta da candy store.3. You walka pasta da Ice Cream shop.4. You walka pasta da table and fridge.You will lose weight!And...For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all

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I had my official Tuesday weigh-in and considering I've had tummy problems since Saturday, I'm not too upset with gaining 0.2 lbs. Hey, it could have been 2 whole pounds versus tenths!I'm not sure if I've been fighting off a stomach thing that's been going around at my CLJ or if it's that I've increased my fiber intake and have not been taking in enough liquids.The latter is C.'s take on it. But,

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-67912180110986649102007-05-03T09:16:00.000-05:002008-12-12T23:28:11.765-05:00

A friend of mine whom I haven't seen in forever wants to have breakfast with me next week. I told her I'd lost a few pounds, and where does she want to eat? Bob Evans!I know C. would be flipping out if I told her, but I think I can do this. In fact, last discussion with C. we talked about eating out. She says she just can't do it and lose weight. Me? I like to eat out, and I don't do it often.

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-9788093022723148912007-05-03T08:42:00.000-05:002008-12-12T23:28:11.853-05:00

Fellow pro-blogger Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei has recently announced the birth of a new blog, Eye on DNA, and I just wanted to wish her the best of luck. Lei or Hsien, as some people call her, is a great writer who can really break down some intense scientific mumbo jumbo into verbiage that the average person can understand.While it may not seem like DNA is related to fighting fat after 40, it actually

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Two of my three classes are over with, and I just have to give a final (and grade the final, calculate, and upload of course), and then I'm done with class number three. This third class is my only traditional "in the classroom" class because my other two were web-based. Because of that and the fact that for the most part this has been a wonderful group of students - all women - nine total - and

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-64137361694044326562007-05-01T11:01:00.000-05:002007-05-01T11:08:17.386-05:00

Ah, to be young again! This is my 17 year old niece demonstrating a number of dance methods including ballet, jazz, and tap. In fact, at the end of this video she has some wicked tap going on!View it here and then go to Youth Noise to vote. She also has it posted there, but the quality isn't as good I don't think. Look for the stars at the bottom of the page once you get there and click to add

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I came this close to not stepping on the scale today, even though I promised that Tuesdays would be my weigh-in day.First, there was our anniversary dinner on Saturday night. Though I had plans to try not to leave there totally stuffed, I also knew this was going to be really hard, so I kept my calorie count down to about 500 before going to dinner that evening, living off of a little fruit and

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-78373246060753006792007-04-28T13:17:00.000-05:002008-12-12T23:28:12.412-05:00

I'm at about a week now writing down my food and trying to keep the calories down under 1700. I weighed in Tuesday, and I called C. and reported. Granted, I could drive all the way to her house, and she even offered to charge me $10 just like Weight Watchers, but I figured I'd just call and report once a week. I have been fighting (sometimes unsuccessfully) the urge to step on the scale every day

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-67287650063424522322007-04-26T08:27:00.000-05:002008-12-12T23:28:12.583-05:00

It's just about the end of the semester for all three classes I'm teaching. Two are web classes I teach through a junior college and the third is in a traditional classroom setting at a small branch campus of a private university. However, while in many respects the students are totally different (even though all of the classes are English related subjects), they share one thing: about this time

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I had a girlfriend in college many years ago, S., who told me about how she lived with a British dude in the UK for about a year. S. was crazy about him, even though he yelled at her for using too much toilet paper and his friends thought she was a tramp because she ordered a whole pint versus a half pint of beer when they went to the local pub.With all this, though, she was ga-ga over this guy,

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-9126192484758632882007-04-23T16:39:00.000-05:002008-12-12T23:28:12.922-05:00

While I use hand weight when doing my Walk Away the Pounds - Leslie SansoneDVDs, that's about it. They are just your basic 2lb weights. I don't have her idiotic looking weighted balls or wacky belt thing she uses in one of the other DVDs I've got from her, but I definitely notice a difference when using my hand weights. It bumps up the intensity of the whole exercise. That said, the other day, it

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-24125621784428396092007-04-21T17:33:00.000-05:002007-04-21T18:09:04.268-05:00

Upon the advice of one of my readers, I took at look at Geneen Roths' book, When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair,and while I don't think I'm one of the people she is talking about, I did find a few tid bits of helpful information. Actually, it reinforced something I have been thinking about lately.First, here's my take on Roth's take: She's really writing (it seems) for people who

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-77434041779208519932007-04-20T09:04:00.000-05:002008-12-12T23:28:13.155-05:00

After loading up my freezer with Weight Watcher frozen dinners, recently on sale for 50% off, my husband gingerly asked me, "So, what's the deal? Are you back on Weight Watchers?" (Did I noticed a hopeful tone to his voice?)This brought out the little black book and my writing down what I eat again, and I've been so good for the past few days. Then I arrive at my CLJ today to find the following:

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Today I was working at my crappy library job (from now on referred to as CLJ), and the other librarian working in reference with me started telling me a story.R. just moved to the area recently from Hawaii and was proceeding to tell me how rude she thought people were around here. (This, BTW, does not include the rude members of the reference staff at this particular CLJ, which poor thing has

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-11203087191097701842007-04-14T07:52:00.000-05:002007-04-14T08:03:00.737-05:00

Ahh...sometimes you just have to laugh when it comes to teaching; otherwise, you'd (meaning me) go crazy.Yesterday, I had to work all day at my crappy library job. When I got home, I had a mailbox full of papers to grade for one of the on-line classes I'm teaching. I tried to get through the essays that were drafts or outlines first because I was just too tired to do any real grading. When I

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No big surprise, I still find I continue to have trouble writing down my calorie intake. I just don't like to do it, period, the end, don't like!!!S0, I'm back to trying to exercise more, preferably 2 times a day when possible. Right now, that means, if I'm lucky, 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the evening. Hopefully, I can ramp this up as time goes on. I was doing really well with

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-28634944517849754072007-04-10T08:26:00.000-05:002007-04-10T08:35:14.399-05:00

I mentioned to C. the other day that we should do lunch again with a mutal friend of ours. The three of us haven't gotten together in a while, and this other person, J. had been emailing me about a get together, which I thought was a nice idea. We are all bead buddies, and it's nice to hang with those in the bead-know sometimes.When I told C. this, she said, yes, but we need to do something other

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-11830315438570133592007-04-06T10:30:00.000-05:002007-04-06T10:36:31.707-05:00

Well, I have to take it all back. My husband is not a needle wimp. In fact, he has really stepped up and been the first of both of us to give my kitty his shot solo. I'm going to attempt it on my own tonight. Kitty has been so good. He's getting eye goop put in his eyes for an infection along with liquid antibiotics 2xs a day, and now shots 2xs a day...such a trooper.But, the needles are really

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-82884944973657350832007-04-06T10:25:00.000-05:002007-04-06T10:29:56.686-05:00

So, as suspected, C. has started to lose that 10 lbs. she gained, and with the weight loss comes her usual opinions of Weight Watchers. I knew it would come at some point. It just took her a half a pound before she started in on me about how WW is all set up to take your money, that they really have no intention of helping anyone permanently lose weight because if they did so they wouldn't have

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Like myself, one of my cats (I've got 3 now) has always fought the battle of the bulge. Over the past few years, though, he has made a lot of progress and slimmed down. I put him on Science Diet r/d and was very careful about measuring out his daily dose of food. In fact, all three of my cats have to eat different food, and two of the three have had weight issues, so I have ended up measuring out

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After my pity party earlier, I decided to listen to my horoscope and become "creative" today. First I caught up on all my blogging work and got my newsletter done for my About.com site. Then, I spent some time on my next jewelry book proposal and I'm already on page 8! So there!I also emailed someone I know who knows someone that might be interested in my book, and if I keep this up, I might

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My horoscope said I would be extra creative today, but instead I feel extra dissapointed. It's been a week of rejections for me. First, I found out that a book deal I thought I might get was given to another writer. Why? I'm not sure, and it's not really one of those things you can ask. I'm trying not to take it personally, but it's hard when you have this big long discussion with an editor one

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I had lunch yesterday with C., chowed at the Ruby Tuesday salad bar. She is totally freaking because since December she's gained 10 lbs. Of course, she has also traveled a lot, mainly due to her son's wedding, ending up making multiple trips to meet relatives and then finally spending a week in the Bahamas for the wedding. I, of course, felt badly for her, but I also tried to remind her of how

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About a week or so after my interview, I started getting major cold feet about saying "yes," if I'm offered the job. Even with the low pay, which I could deal with, it is the driving. It would be intense. The longer I have to think about it, the more I have to wonder if it would really be worth it. So, I emailed an ex-instructor of mine and asked her flat out, "If I took this job, would it remove

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-2991332372552478132007-03-24T17:08:00.000-05:002007-03-24T17:23:19.537-05:00

All of my comp. classes will end around early May, and I will be leaving the library in June, so I was under the impression for awhile that I might have a slow summer, and slow also means less money when you are a contract worker. Coincidentally, I was contacted a little while ago by someone from the local jr. college's lifelong learning institute, one of those places where mature adults take

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One of my web writing buddies, Jo, is running a short story contest over at her blog, As the Romans Do. Entries should some how be connected to Italy:I'm looking for short stories connected to Italy in some way. You're story could be based in Italy or have Italian people in it. Use you're imagination.Find out the details over at As the Romans Do.

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Now that my latest jewelry book is out, I have to wonder if I'm already starting to reap some karma from an as-yet unpublished book review I just sent off to a electronic-based journal. In fact, the review editor actually asked me if I was sure about my review and I ended up toning it down a little, but still, I did come out and say that I didn't like the book. His suggestion to me was that some

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Finally, after months of waiting, I got the bound copy of my dissertation in the mail today. I sent this in for binding even before I graduated, around mid-November, and according to the paperwork I filled out it was going to take six to eight weeks. Yeah, uh, it's, like, mid-March folks!I almost decided not to bind it because, arrogant fat chick that I am, I plan to have someone really publish

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-46080151370980191872007-03-20T19:45:00.000-05:002007-03-20T19:57:42.957-05:00

Since starting to read Will Richardson's book, it didn't take me long to realize I need to put together a blog for all the classes I'm teaching. It was sort of a 'duh' moment when he suggested that blogs are handy for creating class portals, places where you can store handouts, writing assignments, etc. for classes. Because I'm at two different schools and teach on the web and in the classroom, I

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I've been doing some research on blogs for a few reasons. First, there's this article I'm writing for a journal that I hope is accepted, but I'm also working on a Basic Blogging class I'll be teaching this summer at the local lifelong learning institute. (more on that later)I pulled up the catalog at work the other day to see if we had any new books on blogging, and voila, I found Blogs, Wikis,

fatand40http://www.blogger.com/profile/11164811789022630004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206359.post-90100750730022152352007-03-15T09:11:00.000-05:002007-03-15T09:28:33.896-05:00

My 6 loyal readers are probably wondering where is fatand40? What is she doing? Why isn't she here blogging?This is my "fun" place to blog, which means it is not one of my blog-for-pay sites. (Unless you count the five cents I'll make this year off the google ad I finally added.) So, that means, it is way down on my priority list, but here's a catch up of my life in general....I've been blogging/

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I've been working on an article about women's weblogging (obviously, this is not for Jewelry Crafts magazine ;), and during my research I discoverd a book called Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq. I feel kind of out of it since there's actually a second book, Baghdad Burning II: More Girl Blog from Iraq (Women Writing the Middle East) out now. But, I still thought it worth blogging about

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After about a solid week of attempting the Shangri-La Diet, I have to give it a thumbs down, at least for me. However, I did learn something pretty eye-opening, so I think it was a worthy experiment.As I already mentioned, I found it very difficult to get four tablespoons of sugar water/oil in every day. It was something I constantly had to think about, and I realized if I'm going to put so much

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I just wanted to give out a "congrats" to Dr.Hsien-Hsien Lei over at A Hearty Life (which is posted on my blog roll BTW). Her blog about keeping your heart healthy is officially one year old!As part of the celebration, she's donating to charity:To celebrate A Hearty Life’s first anniversary, I will be donating US$1 per 1,000 page views for the month of March. In February, readers viewed over

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So, today is sort of, kind of, day 6 of the Shangri-La Diet. I say "sort of" because it's been very difficult to get all 4 servings of the oil or sugar water in every day. For example, yesterday was a total diet bomb. Not that I ate a lot. Actually, the total opposite happened. I had to work at my crappy PT job and had planned to bring a little bag of sugar and a measuring spoon so I could do the

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Today is day 3 for me on the Shangri-La diet. The past few days have been weird, gulping down olive oil and sipping my hot sugar water throughout the day. One thing that has been difficult is just remembering to do it b/c the books says to try to do one or the other an hour before and/or an hour after you eat. You should not take the oil or sugar while eating.Also, I notice with the warm sugar

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