So. Did I have enough calories for eating what I ate yesterday? Yes – with lots left over. Did I binge? Nope – bingeing doesn’t happen often anymore. Was I stuffed full? No. Was I happy with my eating? Sadly, no. In a normal “diet” just scraping by with the right numbers is fine. However, [...]
15Jun10
Last 10 Pounds 4/42
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Posted in Last Ten Pounds, Thoughts on the Process
Tagged attitude adjustment, Last Ten Pounds
Tagged attitude adjustment, Last Ten Pounds
21Apr10
Hello?
Well that was a bit more of a break than I intended to take. And I gained 4lbs in the process. Doesn’t that happen easily? I’m on the other side of the ocean now and I always find it hard to find a healthy rhythm of life out here. A little bit of that has [...]
28Mar10
I Thought I Had It
The answer. I thought I had an answer to the question of “feeling fat” but it turns out I only had some disjointed thoughts that didn’t sound all that sensible once written down but I may try later. Instead I’ll bore on about stress management. Yesterday went quite well as far as stress relief and [...]
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Posted in Things to try, Thoughts on the Process
Tagged attitude adjustment, stress and eating
Tagged attitude adjustment, stress and eating
27Mar10
Restoration Project Begins
Back to the classic muscle car analogy, because I like it. If I was really restoring a classic car, I’d have to know how to wrench on it. That means instructions, which means my WW materials. And supplies, tools. That means the right groceries, measuring tools, kitchen gadgets, etc. And a way to know how much progress [...]
13Mar10
March Madness
Every year at about this time I remember that I feel low every year at about this time. And it seems – from various on-line friends – that everyone is feeling the weight of March Madness. I wonder what it is about March that makes us feel so down? Maybe it’s the “almost but not [...]
15Feb10
More Thoughts on Slow Dieting
What do you think of this article? For a long time, I wanted to be in the “Diets don’t work” club. I love the idea of telling everyone that I will never diet again – but I quickly learned that meant being fat forever. Hala El-Shafie says: Diets set you up to fail; they should [...]
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 [...]
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Posted in Things to try, Thoughts on the Process
Tagged attitude adjustment, slow dieting, slow weight loss
Tagged attitude adjustment, slow dieting, slow weight loss
1Feb10
Degrees of Enthusiasm
I’ve been thinking about this for days but Gracie’s post from yesterday has helped me get it into words. In order to get weight off and keep it off, I need an element of enthusiasm for some aspect of the process but, over 30 years of dieting, something has happened to mine. Basically I see [...]
31Jan10
One more time, again, because I can’t just quit, and I’ll never be done if I don’t get started.
As posted on BCB today: I’ve been thinking a lot today, and I can’t come up with anything new to do to help me stay the course. That means that the only course of action is to fall back on the remedial mindset. No click, but I gotta do it. No burst of positive energy. [...]
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Posted in Giving up, Starting Again Again
Tagged attitude adjustment, health issues, remedial mindset
Tagged attitude adjustment, health issues, remedial mindset
19Dec09
Back to the Beginning…
I know it–I’ve entered weight-loss hell. I found myself wondering how I could lose 20 pounds by this afternoon. I’m SO unhappy with how I look and feel. I have ALL the tools I need to deal with that, so why am I NOT dealing with it? Ok, let’s be realistic–I CAN’T lose 20 pounds [...]