OK. I need the whole world to stop associating Good and Bad with eating. Really. Just like I managed to banish “fall off the wagon“, I want to stop saying things like, “I had a good week” to mean that I ate in a way that would lead to weight loss. And [...]
24Feb10
Choices
Today I have enough time to choose between writing here or going for an unplanned walk. As it’s not raining and I don’t have a lot of pressureful work hanging over me, I think a walk is the better choice for today.
I don’t know who is inhabiting my body but they are welcome to stay [...]
17Feb10
40 Days
My very best Lent was back in the early 90s when I gave up guilt. I decided to be conscious about how many times a day/week/month I felt bad because I was letting down my kids/husband/friends/neighbours/community/the world in general and it was a lot. So I quit for Lent and have never been that guilt-ridden [...]
12Feb10
In Praise of Slow Weight Loss
I’ve been thinking – wondering really – about why this time has been so different. Besides the writing, I think that the biggest difference has been a new “forever” mindset. I’m trying to think of a good analogy to explain what I mean.
In all my previous attempts at weight loss, I was like a person [...]
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Tagged attitude adjustment, slow weight loss
I’ve not been writing because I’ve been too busy worrying. Sad but true. I function ok when I’m stressed – unless that stress is caused by worry. That is, caused by something that gets worse rather than better by trying to think it through.
I’m not a huge worrier by nature but I’m [...]
2Feb10
Doing What Works
I’ve discovered the benefit of keeping online documents: it’s easy to see what you’ve done right and wrong over a period of time.
The week that I had the most encouraging weight loss:
I ate porridge with blueberries and yoghurt for breakfast every day.
I ate filling cauliflower and potato soup for lunch every day.
I ate lots [...]
28Jan10
Positive Thinking
I’m descended, on my father’s side, from a long line of cynics. I’m pretty sure that somewhere I could find a family plaque with the motto, “Don’t get your hopes up.”
It’s not that I can’t see that the glass is half-full. I see it – I can even say it. But I’m secretly [...]
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Tagged positive thinking and weight loss
18Dec09
Checking In
It’s not as though I haven’t been thinking tons about what I’m doing and not doing – but the actual act of writing it all down has got lost in the tinsel, gingerbread and shopping lists.
I’ve put on two pounds which may or may not be “real”. I need vegetables but can’t find them [...]
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Tagged diet planning, stress and eating
Tagged diet planning, stress and eating
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 [...]
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 a [...]