Comments on: These Results are Typical

By: mollie

mollie — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:42:19 +0000

Yes, exactly. I’m a writer, and I’ve had the experience several times of seeing the shock on someone’s face who’s known me only through emails or phonecalls and obviously did not imagine that I was an abnormal shape, shall we say. They recover quickly and are sweet as can be, but that open-mouthed blink stays with me. I’ve also had experiences when, after a year or two, a rail thin colleague who has to be reminded to eat and then half-heartedly picks at an apple will ask, “Have you always been a bit heavy?” They really want to know how it happens. I don’t know what to tell them.

By: Millie

Millie — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:39:22 +0000

Hi Mollie – Thanks for the encouragement! Please comment all you want.

I know what you mean about the “projections”. I think every one of my calendars has at least a few months with numbers showing a 2 lbs loss each week – even though I have never averaged more than a pound a week ever.

It’s that disjoint between being SO special in one area and yet being intelligent women in the rest of life that keeps me writing.

Hope things are going well for you.

By: mollie

mollie — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:30:18 +0000

Hello! I found your blog in a post on 3fatchicks and like it a lot. I’ve been reading for the past few days, but had to make a comment on this one. I really laughed when I read: “As a WW veteran, I had obviously worn heavy clothes and eaten a big breakfast before my first weigh-in just to make sure that there were some results that first week.” That’s been part of my ritual as well (and I’m sure many others) and I did it in cold blood, fully knowing it was childish. I’m MUCH more successful than you, though, as I’ve done this so often I weigh considerably more

I also liked your taking it off slowly approach. After years of planning to lose 3 or 4 pounds a week– actually making those little charts that show one’s projected weight loss on through the months and years — I’m happy to switch to thinking about what I’m doing, not what I’ve lost.

Loved the “Results Are Typical” too. True. Pleaes keep going.

By: Gracie

Gracie — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:07:13 +0000

Oh, honey, we ARE twins. I have (had–I think I ditched all that stuff) similar evidence of my behavior. I’d sign up for WW with my best binge-buddy. We’d head out after the meeting for the most disgusting meal we could find, and continue to do this every week, all the while wondering why we didn’t lose weight. Duh!

I’m glad the blogging is working for you. I think it would help me a lot, if I got here more! Thanks for sharing, Millie!