That podcast interview I did back in June will be up on Half Size Me on Monday! Once again, thank you to Heather Robertson for giving me the honor.
If you follow me on Twitter you know I've not been feeling up to writing lately. I've gone back to work at the same job I had when I started this blog in November.It's great to be back there. Kinda weird, but nice. Even if they told me I didn't have to go through training I would insist on taking the training again. It's slowly all coming back to me.
I've also recently became the official photographer for the Albany Rocky Horror Shadow Troupe The Whip-It Outskirts. I also am working on a piece for All Over Albany.
I do have some stuff in the works, just kinda busy and not much in the mood to write.
Until next time....Thanks for reading!
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012
The Weight Watchers App is crap
I've been sitting on this post for a while. I usually have nothing but love for WW on this blog. Well there is something that I don't like about WW, their phone app.
I got a smart phone a few months ago and one of the main reasons I got the phone was to use the WW app. I had read the reviews on the WW site for the app and they weren't very positive. Based on my experience, I don't have lot of faith in negative online reviews. I sometimes think they are overblown or sour grapes and I have experience to prove they can be. Well, I should have listened. Not that the app cost me anything or that I hate having a smart phone. It's just really disappointing.
It's not just a bad app, it's an epically bad app. As I like to say, "it plays games with me". All of these "games" can be occurring in various combinations at one time.
There's the:
For the most part, it works well when I'm on 4G or WIFI. However, unfortunately, not all places I eat have 4G available or even WIFI and I do eat out a lot. My other apps work pretty well, even on "E", with exception of a few. However, I have high expectations from a big company like WW. You'd think they have their stuff together. I want to be able to depend on the most important app in my phone because the key to being successful with WW is tracking.
Regardless of all of the app problems, WW still rocks!
As always thank you for reading.
I got a smart phone a few months ago and one of the main reasons I got the phone was to use the WW app. I had read the reviews on the WW site for the app and they weren't very positive. Based on my experience, I don't have lot of faith in negative online reviews. I sometimes think they are overblown or sour grapes and I have experience to prove they can be. Well, I should have listened. Not that the app cost me anything or that I hate having a smart phone. It's just really disappointing.
It's not just a bad app, it's an epically bad app. As I like to say, "it plays games with me". All of these "games" can be occurring in various combinations at one time.
There's the:
- 34 34 34 game: It will show that I have 34 points used, 34 points remaining and 34 weekly points and that I have manually changed my daily points.
- There's the "null" game. It appears to be working just fine and I go to put in a portion and it says "null" instead of numbers so I can't use it
- It plays the "You do not have an Internet connection" game: Sometimes, even when I have a 4G connection it will tell me I do not have a connection
- It will play the "Sorry that food is not in the database" game: I will search for a food I know it is in there, because I use it often or I added it myself and it will not show up.
- It will play the "Force close" game: I'll look up a food, put in the portion and then go to click the "add to tracker" button and it will not depress and it will come up with the message that it needs to force close. Which brings me to the most common...
- It plays the "Sorry we do not recognize your password or user name": I will have to keep trying to log in and log in and it will reject me. Sometimes when I get in it will only show me a light blue screen so I can't use it then either
For the most part, it works well when I'm on 4G or WIFI. However, unfortunately, not all places I eat have 4G available or even WIFI and I do eat out a lot. My other apps work pretty well, even on "E", with exception of a few. However, I have high expectations from a big company like WW. You'd think they have their stuff together. I want to be able to depend on the most important app in my phone because the key to being successful with WW is tracking.
Regardless of all of the app problems, WW still rocks!
As always thank you for reading.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Your independence from fat with a very personal story
This is of course my second Independence day on Weight Watchers. A year ago I got my first "present" from my leader. She handed out those little toothpick American flags. She said "this is your independence from fat". I still have mine. It's a simple little thing, but it meant a lot to me at the time, still does.
I think it's a great way to look at weight loss. You're declaring your independence from fat. You're saying "Fat, I don't need or want you any more. You are no longer welcome". Which brings up something very personal that I want to share.
If you have to, think of fat as an abusive person. "You've made me feel miserable long enough. You've ruined my life for too long.". However, you allowing yourself to stay in that "relationship" is partly your fault. However, I know what it's like. I was in an abusive relationship for years. For the record it was NOT my ex-husband.
It was so hard to pull away from the abusive relationship and the old abused woman refrain "But I love him!" applied many many times. I could have become a statistic. However, I kept staying away from him, which was so hard because I'm from an area where everyone knows everyone so information travels. Like me not telling him where I moved and him showing up there. Yah. Nevertheless, I kept promising myself to be true to myself and be good to myself and to stay away because it was in my best interest. It took a very long time to finally sever the relationship, but I did. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever done in my 38 years. It's a cautionary tale that can apply to food and fat.
Be true to yourself. Don't go back to your old relationship with food. I know I abused myself with food for many years. Declare your Independence from fat. You don't need it in your life. You're better off without it. You may become a statistic if you don't get rid of it.
Happy Independence Day!
I think it's a great way to look at weight loss. You're declaring your independence from fat. You're saying "Fat, I don't need or want you any more. You are no longer welcome". Which brings up something very personal that I want to share.
If you have to, think of fat as an abusive person. "You've made me feel miserable long enough. You've ruined my life for too long.". However, you allowing yourself to stay in that "relationship" is partly your fault. However, I know what it's like. I was in an abusive relationship for years. For the record it was NOT my ex-husband.
It was so hard to pull away from the abusive relationship and the old abused woman refrain "But I love him!" applied many many times. I could have become a statistic. However, I kept staying away from him, which was so hard because I'm from an area where everyone knows everyone so information travels. Like me not telling him where I moved and him showing up there. Yah. Nevertheless, I kept promising myself to be true to myself and be good to myself and to stay away because it was in my best interest. It took a very long time to finally sever the relationship, but I did. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever done in my 38 years. It's a cautionary tale that can apply to food and fat.
Be true to yourself. Don't go back to your old relationship with food. I know I abused myself with food for many years. Declare your Independence from fat. You don't need it in your life. You're better off without it. You may become a statistic if you don't get rid of it.
Happy Independence Day!
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