I’m off to where I can safely say tomayto and not get asked where I’m from. Until I say something like “half past two” – then they ask if I’m visiting and don’t believe I was born there. Never mind. The next post will be from 5,000 miles and many time zones away. And this [...]
30Nov09
The Long Goodbye…
I’m still doing it–still saying goodbye to my favorites. WTF?? I work with a woman who is diabetic. When she eats sweets, I want to smack her upside her head and ask her what the h*ll is wrong with her. It’s so easy to know what others should do, and expect them to just do [...]
I had a friend comment yesterday that this all seems a bit obsessive and I’m not the kind of person to brush off the concerns of friends. So I’m going to think this through in writing. Blogging I’ve now been writing about this process almost daily for 16 months, first on BCB and now here. [...]
28Nov09
What’s the Goal Here?
When I realised that I wanted to lose weight finally and forever, I had in my head the “goal” weight of 143lbs. I think it was based on the tricky scale-insanity based mathematical formula which states that the personal goal weight plus two pounds equals the WW goal weight which is equal to or lesser [...]
26Nov09
Making Adjustments
OK….big deep breath……I think I finally see the body changes. I went into town today and tried on some wool trousers. As usual I took a size I knew would fit and a size I thought might fit. The little ones were almost too big. I repeated the exercise in another shop with the same [...]
24Nov09
Vanity Sizing- Who’s the Dupe?
When I weighed 125 pounds and was running 8 miles at a time, I wore a size 10 and once, for about a week, I squeezed into a size 8. Today, with 145 pounds of middle aged “shapeliness”, my size 6 jeans are getting a baggy. It’s wrong! Nothing more than a cynical marketing ploy [...]
23Nov09
Forgiving the Fat Child 2
Yesterday’s activity wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. I took it to the gym with me and tried to picture myself every year from the age of 6 or so and walk through a painful fat moment from around that time. Then I looked my young self in the eye and told [...]
I was thinking about challenges the other day, and why I have never been able to succeed at one. I start off with high hopes, plenty of motivation and a desire to do well, but eventually down the road, my motivations sputters and eventually comes to a grinding halt. It’s not like I’m not competitive [...]
22Nov09
Forgiving the Fat Child
Yesterday I wrote something positive on another site then felt bad all day. Surprisingly, I didn’t let that feeling lead to overeating but, on a different day, I might have. I see from other people that it’s pretty common to do some out-of-control eating after mentioning how well things are going. I also see that [...]
20Nov09
More About Sugar
Gracie’s post has got me thinking hard about why I’m no longer addicted to sugar. There are still times when nothing but sweet will do – but they’re not nearly so bad or frequent as they used to be. I can satisfy the craving with a bit of chocolate rather than a huge bag of [...]