What’s your biggest remaining challenge?
One thing that is different for me this time is that I have put health and fitness at the top of my priority list, no excuses. In the past, it was what I tried to fit in after I took care of everything else — which mean it slipped off the list altogether before too [...]
Thu, October 2 2008 » Humor, Motivation, Persistence, Strategy » 9 Comments
Funny post from Kottke.org on food porn.
Now, to get all Debbie Downer on you…
The food porn article reminds me of the experiment they did on the effects of starvation during the Second World War. Of course, I’m not starving! But sometimes I observe the same types of behaviors in myself and other dieters. A striking [...]
Tue, September 23 2008 » Strategy » 6 Comments
Wow, I have about 9 posts in draft form — so many ideas, not enough time! Will catch up this weekend.
Anyway, I want to talk about snacks. I have been a host mom here in the US for young women in their late teens to mid twenties from different countries for the past five years. [...]
Fri, September 19 2008 » Strategy » 2 Comments
I shouldn’t have gone on the scale. I exercised my a$$ off this weekend (or so I was hoping) and I gained a few pounds. Food was good — little snacking, mostly good choices. I didn’t drink enough water, though. It was very demoralizing, which reminds me why I don’t go on the scale often. [...]
Tue, September 16 2008 » Everything else, Motivation, Progress, Strategy » 4 Comments
You know, for me, diets don’t work. I cannot start getting fit by following a diet alone. I just can’t stick with it for more than a few days. I get cranky and tired. I’m hungry all the time. Obsessed. I resent the hell out of it.
However, when I start by focusing on exercise? The [...]
Sat, September 13 2008 » Strategy » 6 Comments
I read an article from the Happiness Project with some diet tips (some I agreed with, like keeping a food diary, and others I don’t, like outlawing certain foods), but I needed to spend significant time understanding how this statement could be possible:
I’m about three pounds over where I’d like to be….
Oh, wait, that statement [...]
Mon, September 8 2008 » Strategy, Useful tools » 4 Comments
There I was, face-first into a batch of blueberry blintzes this morning, rationalizing that I was really making them for my dear husband (being the kind caring selfless wife that I am, you know) and well, they were fairly low cal (90) and low fat (11%) and, of course, I deserved them having had a [...]
Tue, September 2 2008 » Persistence, Strategy, Stress eating » 5 Comments
As a start:
Develop a training plan that will get me ready for all three legs of a sprint-distance triathlon.
Do a 5k run/walk (I’ll be walking). Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis in Raleigh, NC is on Dec 6, 2008. And I get to wear bells (though after 5k of bells jingling, that might be like water [...]
Sat, August 30 2008 » Strategy » 2 Comments
OK, I’m much more relaxed since refocusing on a goal other than weight loss. Remind of this. Often. I get REALLY freaked out about the number on the scale, but I’m great with non-scale victories when weight loss just happens as a side effect.
My action plan for today was to post my goals here, take [...]
Sat, August 30 2008 » Motivation, Strategy » 1 Comment
I have good habits and I have bad habits. And changing the bad habits to good ones is hard! Or perhaps I’ve made it harder than it has to be.
I found a number of good links today about habits and routines, most from Zen Habits:
7 Little Habits That Can Change Your Life, and How to [...]
Fri, August 29 2008 » Persistence, Strategy » No Comments
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