I loathe the dentist. I used to be ambivalent about sitting in that chair, but then I had a really bad dentist who shamed (nagged me meanly about brushing- at the time I was only a once-a-day person), bullied me about my dental care (tried to force me into X-rays while pregnant and then acted … [Read more…]
Old friends can surprise us. Here I am, blaring it from a website, that I’m losing weight! I’m running! And me? I need this. I need to be public and loud, otherwise it don’t hold myself accountable. Other people though??? They go all quiet for a year and then, suddenly, something like this gets posted … [Read more…]
This week I am taking a reading workshop called Wired For Reading. It was one of those things where I knew I should, I knew I would, I also knew I should get it out of the way so I wouldn’t agonize over giving up a few precious days of hot, dry August all summer. … [Read more…]
“I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which was that you can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.” This, of course, is Jim Carrey giving a commencement speech at Maharishi University’s School of Management in Iowa, earlier … [Read more…]
I’m not sure if I’ve ever taken a break this long, from Tamara Shazam. I try to post at least twice a week, but sometimes life gets the better of you… Like how it was the end of school! The wrap up for this year was exceptionally challenging. Finishing out the school year is always … [Read more…]
This morning I weighed in at 208! Woohoo! You may be saying to yourself, well, Tamara, that is a higher weight than the previously reported 205 pounds. Why are you doing a happy dance? … You know how I’m all like, “I’m going to be totally real with y’all on this here blog,” all the … [Read more…]
One of the fun things about having a weightloss blog is that I get to share the weirdest, strangest things that are associated with losing a large amount of fat. I was a big girl. Like I’ve said on a number of occasions, I don’t have a problem with big, I have a problem with … [Read more…]