I wish I could go back. I miss it. I miss the excitement. I miss learning about what’s new. I miss the awesome feeling of starting out fresh and full of motivation. I miss the opportunity to find a new gadget or two just for kicks. I miss that first week of being on WW–the [...]
I unintentionally started an attitude adjustment thread on BCB, and thought I’d share it here too. I’m struggling with having to adjust my budget to include an 80 mile round trip commute daily, that doesn’t fit into my current budget. I’m also struggling with all the previous issues: food, spending, lack of exercise. And when [...]
After years of damaging my health by using food in the wrong ways, and for the wrong reasons, it has finally almost caught up with me. My blood sugar stepped just over the line into “pre-diabetic.” This is a little scary, but not totally unexpected. Not long ago, my dad heard the same word from [...]
19Oct09
The “Gracie Project”
After taking a class at the local university called “Life Makeover” I am looking, once again, at my behaviors and how to change them. This class has helped immensely in getting me started, first by looking at the past and the present, and then by looking to the future (my “future self”) for guidance. As [...]
16Oct09
Enough already
I’ve been on a crash and burn pity party this week. Losing control of my schedule and routine has led me to throw my hands up in the air and relinquish control of my eating. The scale this morning has slapped me back to reality. Some people say that while their life may be hectic [...]
16Oct09
Starting Again Again
So, having established yesterday that I don’t ever want to diet again, I had to think through whether or not I actually want to lose more weight. The answer is yes I do. I want to push through a very personal wall to lose somewhere around ten pounds. One of the most frustrating things about [...]
I wish I had a dollar for every time I started over. I’d be retired and sitting in a beautiful cottage somewhere, with tons of friends, and lots of fun things to do, and no money worries. But I’m also willing to guess that I’d still be struggling with food, starting over, failing, starting over [...]
4Oct09
The Wagon or Not
I’ve decided to ban the phrase “fall off the wagon”. It’s too all or nothing: you’re on or you’re off, succeeding or failing. I like to think of this as a game of catch like we used to play as kids. Each catch “counted” towards the all-time record. When you drop the ball, you just [...]
3Oct09
Getting back in the game
Here’s what I know: eating well and exercising aren’t just a “lifestyle option”; they are crucial ingredients in a sane and productive daily life. How do I know? I’ve just a couple of weeks doing no exercise and engaging in mindless eating. The result was that discombobulation that makes even simple stresses hard to deal [...]