Moving Forward
Saving Summer I think about him everyday. I think about what happened, how it happened, how I found out, how the next week went after, over and over. I can’t stop. No matter what I do, I can’t make my mind stop thinking about him. […]
Life
A Good Pre-Trip Cry
Saving Summer Packing. Packing. Packing. Dreading. Excited! Reminiscing. Wishing this was all still not happening and my dad would come back. More crying… Wanting to plan, but not being able to plan anything. This has been my past week as I prepare to take a […]
Planning to Fail is a sign of Success
Saving Summer Everything has been going great! I am down 48 pounds total! Though that might change over the next few days; you will soon find out why. I have truly come to understand that food is not worth it. No food is worth going […]
Weight Watchers Week 9
Saving Summer Finally, an update! This past week was the toughest so far but overall the program is going great. Joining Weight Watchers was the right decision, the extra support is amazing, and it is working! I can’t believe it is working!!! When you try everything […]
Doing Most Things the “Right” Way Is Ok
Saving Summer We keep kosher and we observe Shabbos once a month. An ultra orthodox Jew would probably not eat in our kitchen. For reasons of convenience and keeping a reasonable grocery budget we break a few rules. We stock our kitchen with products that don’t […]
40 Ways to Help Your Partner Through Weight Loss
Saving Summer My husband is very supportive in that he wants to support me. The problem is that he doesn’t know how, and usually the way he does try and help me is really annoying. This time around we made a list. Some of these […]
First Weight Watchers Meeting
Saving Summer So I went to my first meeting. I went with a friend that signed up with me. She is not new and has done the program successfully in the past. I walked in and was greeted by a very friendly staff member who gave […]
Weight Watchers
Saving Summer I joined Weight Watchers! I need to get this weight off! Why? Because I hate the way I look in my clothes. I hate buying clothes. I can’t wear the clothes I want to. I want to look good naked. I don’t want […]
Cholent!
Saving Summer Cholent has always intimidated me. The ingredients were unfamiliar and 12 hours of cooking! C’mon, how does that even work for shabbos??? And the recipes! There are so many different recipes that have way different ingredients, some of which seem really important. Marrow […]
Taking Breaks
Saving Summer We returned to our normal schedule after taking two weeks off. The first week was a planned break. It was an incredibly busy week and I thought it would be easier to take the week off, and I am the boss, so we […]