This is the title of an article in the April 2006 issue of Glamour magazine (pp. 296-299). It consists of facts about women's bodies; specifically, averages, hence the question of "normalcy." According to the article: The average woman is 5'4" tall. Read More

posted by: Kate, Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:19 PM   162 Comments

The last couple of mornings I've been telling myself, "OK, enough is enough, I'm not going to eat any more junk today." But there's just been so much of it around - why, when someone dies, do people think you're going to starve if they don't bring Read More

posted by: Kate, Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:23 AM   3 Comments

As the days go by (I'm on Day 19 now), it's becoming less and less of an effort to resist temptations. It's like something has changed in my brain and I don't notice them as much. I went to the movies the other night where they sell these unbelievably Read More

posted by: Kate, Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:55 AM   118 Comments

Weight: 149.5 (+0.5) Body fat: 20.4% (-0.6%???) Very interesting today. I weighed myself, and half a pound up is nothing, more of a fluctuation than a gain. I was talking to a couple of the other trainers who were hanging out by the scale setting Read More

posted by: Kate, Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:56 AM   8 Comments

Shane is taking a few days off and I had the opportunity to work overtime today, so we didn't have our session this morning. I'll weigh in tomorrow morning at the gym but won't be able to do body fat until we meet next Saturday. This new challenge Read More

posted by: Kate, Saturday, March 18, 2006 3:24 PM   (Comments Off)

Ironically, this showed up in the unit we did in class this week. You keep the "e" before "ing" in words that end in "ce" and "ge," in order to keep the soft "c" and "g" sounds. So I was right with "bingeing." Now you know. Read More

posted by: Kate, Thursday, March 16, 2006 8:54 PM   1 Comments

Sorry it's late; yesterday was a really busy day. Weight: 149 (-1) Body fat: 21.0% (+0.1%) I knew I'd lose weight, so that was nice to see, but I was initially shocked and disappointed that I hadn't lost any body fat. I worked out so hard and Read More

posted by: Kate, Sunday, March 12, 2006 10:03 AM   (Comments Off)

Just wanted to share that my daughter is a big sister! Her father just called to let us know that her baby brother arrived tonight, a pound heavier and an inch bigger than she was but with much less hair. The baby and his mom are healthy and happy. Read More

posted by: Kate, Thursday, March 09, 2006 9:19 PM   3 Comments

I guess this is just one of those times when I'm "on." I mentioned in my last post that I had taken my "one good day" advice to heart and that I committed myself to "seven good days." So basically a one-week challenge. I've just finished Day 4 and Read More

posted by: Kate, Tuesday, March 07, 2006 8:10 PM   214 Comments

Weight: 150 (+0.5) Body fat: 20.9% (-0.5%) After another screwy session with my digital bathroom scale yesterday morning, I have officially decided to track my weigh-ins on the medical scale at the gym on Saturdays. It means I'm starting at a higher Read More

posted by: Kate, Saturday, March 04, 2006 8:41 PM   (Comments Off)

We had rainstorms Monday night and got our power knocked out all evening. Last night I went to my first hockey game ever. Not bad, but I now know people aren't exaggerating when they talk about being in the "nosebleed" section. We were literally three Read More

posted by: Kate, Wednesday, March 01, 2006 9:44 PM   (Comments Off)