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Comment on I made my goal! 116 lbs down by Sheri

Sheri — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:55:39 +0000

Congratulations on your weight loss and hitting goal! When I reached goal it took me quite awhile to get the “fat” mentality out of my head. Flash forward 2 1/2 years later I still struggle with it, but its better.

Maintenance is tough, I often write about remembering where you came from and why you did it because its easy to forget and fall back into old habits. Sounds like your doing a great job!

Comment on I made my goal! 116 lbs down by Melissa (@MelGetsFit)

Melissa (@MelGetsFit) — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:09:37 +0000

OMG! That’s so awesome. WTG!!

Comment on New Year, New Things by babs

babs — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:33:47 +0000

Happy birthday! And congrats on passing up the cake! Funny how sometimes that’s easy to do, and sometimes it’s like we’re being physically drawn in. Have fun with your pressure cooker — I hear the new ones are better engineered than the ones we grew up with. I’d always race through my mother’s kitchen when she had hers going, hissing and sputtering — I was sure it was gonna blow any second! I’ve been in a bit of a cooking rut these days, need to do some exploring. Food boredom leads to poor choices, I’ve found. Though I am indulging in the local crop of blueberries, and that makes me happy. Oh, something new — never thought much of zucchini, but turns out that’s just b/c I’ve always steamed it — turns to mush too easily. Yesterday I sauteed it in a bit of olive oil with onions and tomatoes, fresh herbs from the garden (including basil, which I’ve never been able to grow, so yay!). Added tofu cubes and served over brown rice — simple hearty food but oh so yummy! I think it was the basil that did the trick. ; )
Have a great week!
~babs

Comment on New Year, New Things by Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:51:27 +0000

Hello! I am putting together a guest blogger series and would love it if you would participate. Posts will be about weight loss success stories! You have been an inpiration and I think you could inspire my readers as well!
Details on my blog:
http://bridgetownbabymomma.blogspot.com/2010/07/do-you-have-weight-loss-success-story.html

Jenn

Comment on I’m Baaaaack! by Wendy

Wendy — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:58:34 +0000

Wee! Thanks for writing, Babs. Did you ever think about rolling with your night owl tendencies and try to do a later schedule?
What I don’t like about the sugar addiction is that it’s never enough. So I have the cookie; I want another! And another! Sure, I imagine at some point I’d be satisfied, but it would be after I felt sick. Past experience has taught me that letting myself eat until I felt sick doesn’t discourage me from doing it again, so I’ve got to nip it in the bud.
As for the sweet potato, the raw is MORE points than the cooked, the reverse of what I’d think. I’m not trying to get wrapped up in the point minutiae, though; just tracking in itself is good enough for now.

Comment on I’m Baaaaack! by babs

babs — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:18:01 +0000

Yes, I missed you! : ) And yes, I understand what you’re going through. I like when I’m on program, living my life, and food is simply nourishment to do just that, not an emotion-laden thing to deal with. In those times, a treat is simply a treat, and I move on. But I don’t like when the sugar cravings hit, or stress/ boredom/ unhappiness/ anger makes me fall into the habit of trying to use food to solve what food cannot solve. And then I start to feel out of control, even like an addict. And I feel stupid, b/c I’ve been here before and know that it’s not the answer. Excess food, of whatever kind, just saps my energy, and makes life more difficult in so many ways. Good luck with committing to doing what works for you. My commitment is to go to bed early so I can get up early and exercise, which given my night-owl tendencies, is a real struggle for me.

As for the sweet potato, I imagine it’s a density issue: more water in the raw potato, that gets released in cooking, so the cooked potato has higher calories per ounce.

~babs

Comment on Artichoke Heaven! by Wendy

Wendy — Sun, 09 May 2010 22:25:24 +0000

Thanks for reading! We are all worthwhile people, worthy of love and caring–and respect. What I really like in the FA movement is that self acceptance, and that refusal to live half a life because people will see me fat. I wish I believed in the weight loss transformation, in which you are a poor wretched fat person, find the light and lose weight, and are forever happy. A wonderful fantasy, told and sold by people who are making a lot of money off of us. That said, although I wasn’t ashamed of myself for being fat I wasn’t supporting myself the best way I could; I was using food to numb, not to nourish. The way I eat now is in better accord with my values and with my true needs. I wish you much luck as you find your own way!

Comment on Artichoke Heaven! by babs

babs — Sun, 09 May 2010 18:51:12 +0000

A general non-artichoke comment: I’ve been reading through your archives, and I’m really connecting to what you’re saying. I love that you come out of the FA movement. I’ve had a hard time reading diet blogs where the writer talks about her former fat self with such loathing. It seems disrespectful to her former self, and to where I’m at now. Am I, too, loathesome til I lose weight. Anyhoo, I loved this bit from an earlier post:

“Ultimately, if there is any meaning for others in my story, it’s this: you can overcome inertia. You can make major changes to do things differently, to be different. You can effect positive changes not only for yourself, but for your family.”

And not only for the proper use of “effect”! ; ) (Another English major here.) I think weight loss goes hand in hand with how we’re doing in our lives overall. I’m doing OK in my weight loss efforts now, and it’s partly b/c I’m taking steps to address inertia in other areas of my life.

Thanks for sharing your story!

Comment on Tips From My Meeting by Larkspur

Larkspur — Mon, 03 May 2010 00:06:29 +0000

I’m not spam! Cool idea about the passwords tho I would tend to forget whatever I’m affirming that week

Comment on Role Model? Me? Maybe! by Larkspur

Larkspur — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:36:48 +0000

You look wonderful.