My morning weigh-in...

Made me do a little dance this morning.

It's been ages since I've seen 132. It's still far from what I consider ideal, but I'm making progress in the right direction. Yay!

And I get to try my hand at making Shrimp Etouffee today, which gives my mouth a happy. Yay again!

Part of my weight-loss problem stems from the fact that I loathe exercise. You know that "runner's high" everyone talks about? I don't get that. All I feel after vigorous exercise is drained, and not in a good way. And I also resent the time it takes because I have other things I'd rather be doing.

However, I've discovered an interesting thing. Water, for me, is apparently the secret. I used to go through about a two-liter bottle of diet soda a day. No calories, right, so what could the harm be? Well, apparently it does something to my body chemistry, because I've started cutting myself off the pop after lunch and switching to straight water, and the pounds have been slowly but steadily coming off.

I've lost somewhere around six pounds since I started doing that a couple of months ago. Sometimes I fall off the wagon and pig out on junk food, or we go out to eat, and I gain a couple back, but they come back off, which makes a nice change from before.

What a terrific way to start the day. :)

Also: Word count on the Astrobiology and the Sacred story (which will be herewith abbreviated as A&tS, because, dude) as of bedtime last night: 729

My morning weigh-in...

Made me do a little dance this morning.

It's been ages since I've seen 132. It's still far from what I consider ideal, but I'm making progress in the right direction. Yay!

And I get to try my hand at making Shrimp Etouffee today, which gives my mouth a happy. Yay again!

Part of my weight-loss problem stems from the fact that I loathe exercise. You know that "runner's high" everyone talks about? I don't get that. All I feel after vigorous exercise is drained, and not in a good way. And I also resent the time it takes because I have other things I'd rather be doing.

However, I've discovered an interesting thing. Water, for me, is apparently the secret. I used to go through about a two-liter bottle of diet soda a day. No calories, right, so what could the harm be? Well, apparently it does something to my body chemistry, because I've started cutting myself off the pop after lunch and switching to straight water, and the pounds have been slowly but steadily coming off.

I've lost somewhere around six pounds since I started doing that a couple of months ago. Sometimes I fall off the wagon and pig out on junk food, or we go out to eat, and I gain a couple back, but they come back off, which makes a nice change from before.

What a terrific way to start the day. :)

Also: Word count on the Astrobiology and the Sacred story (which will be herewith abbreviated as A&tS, because, dude) as of bedtime last night: 729

*sporfles*

Okay, so I'm visiting the official Fox site for House, MD, going through the photo gallery looking for icon material...

And come across this caption:

The Ducklings look on as House checks the computer.

Now, I knew that the TwoP term for Chase, Cameron, and Foreman was "Ducklings," but I had no idea that the actual official site had picked up on it. Maybe I'm just in an especially good mood today, but this fills me with unseemly glee.

*sporfles*

Okay, so I'm visiting the official Fox site for House, MD, going through the photo gallery looking for icon material...

And come across this caption:

The Ducklings look on as House checks the computer.

Now, I knew that the TwoP term for Chase, Cameron, and Foreman was "Ducklings," but I had no idea that the actual official site had picked up on it. Maybe I'm just in an especially good mood today, but this fills me with unseemly glee.