During the week, things are easy – I can keep busy enough at work so that I don’t really think about food. But weekends – arrgghhh…. Right now, I’m watching a movie and cutting out fabric to make baby clothes, but all I think of is how hungry I am. And of course, I’m really [...]
5Dec09
Getting a Grip – Laziness 2
Once I fall into the Ditch of Little Effort I find it hard to get back to my more energetic life. The ditch is comfy and warm and…..well, fat-producing. So I think I need a plan starting right now. Porridge for breakfast – with yoghourt and blueberries – cooked on the stove and not the [...]
So for two days I ate what I wanted and, most tellingly, what required no preparation on my part. EUREKA! I think I’ve just discovered something! I’m not so sure that I get into the habit of eating carbs because they have some powerful effect on my physical self. I think I eat them because [...]
3Dec09
Dare I say it?
That things are going well? I’m (gasp) journaling again, and gradually increasing the exercise. Millie (as always), you provide abundant motivation and support for me (along with you other BCBrs), and I thank you so much for keeping me in the game. Anyway, I’m doing the Millie thing of weighing myself every day with the [...]
3Dec09
Mindful vs Mindless
I’ve been following another blog that has some excellent insights. It’s located here http://lynnsweigh.blogspot.com/ I’m not sure why but her discussion on mindful eating vs mindless eating reminded me of your (Millie’s) wandering through the grocery store eating this and that. I’m in a strange place these days. I’m teetering between regaining and losing control. [...]
3Dec09
Discombobulation
Discombobulation is a technical term used by the Talking It Off community to define those times in life when things seem to be irretrievably tied up in knots. After a few weeks of vague illness (an ulcer, perhaps, says my doc) and an inconclusive ultrasound and a booked mri and a flight across the world [...]
1Dec09
The Weight List
For the past six weeks, I been weighing myself every morning and writing down the numbers. I am not doing this expecting to see loss after loss after loss. I’m doing it because I really want to get to grips with how the actually shedding of pounds works. I think I’m going to make it [...]