Comments on: What Shape is Your Journey?

By: Shannon (The Daily Balance)

Shannon (The Daily Balance) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:35:34 +0000

just found your blog and I LOVE IT!

i look forward to reading more

By: MackAttack

MackAttack — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:23:36 +0000

Oh a giveaway! How fun! I’ve been gaining and losing the same weight for so long. Part of me is afraid that when I get to my lowest I’ll bounce back up. I see people that just lose weight and are done with it and I can’t relate, thank you for sharing your story!
MackAttack´s last blog ..warm outside

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:01:59 +0000

Thank you for this post Diane. I seem to take a couple of steps forward and one step backward. I refuse to give up though. I lost 20 pounds over the summer and have been holding still since mid Sept. My goal is to drop another 15 by the end of the year. I wish it were a faster process for me, but I am so grateful I am maintaining a 60 pound loss.

By: Fran

Fran — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:19:07 +0000

My journey hasn’t been a journey. At 25 when I started living together with R. I had a perfectly good weight. I gained about 5 kg’s in the next years and decided to lose that with WW in september 1999 and I did, on December 31th 1999 I was back at my old weight.

I maintained that through May and then my Dad died and within a few months I went from 73 kg to 89 kg. Since 2000 I’ve been trying to lose that and the last few years I’ve been hanging around 85/86 kg. Sometimes gain a bit, sometimes lose a bit.

Since I’ve started running in March of this year and later added other exercise to it and started blogging I’ve been losing slowly without too much struggles.

So I have to thank you: for motivating and inspiring me. You’re one of the people who is helping me to finally reach my goal weight which I’m getting more secure about every day that I will reach that.
Fran´s last blog ..A day in my life: Wednesday November 4 2009

By: suzanne

suzanne — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:02:06 +0000

My journey would definitely look like a roller coaster! I do so well for quite a while then i just give up, then i do it again and again. I do have to figure a way to stop this.
suzanne´s last blog ..A review!

By: Andrea@WellnessNotes

Andrea@WellnessNotes — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:34:54 +0000

I love Dr. J’s quote above.

I was certainly going in a circle for a while. I think I truly changed the direction of my journey when I focused on making small, healthy changes every day. Constantly moving towards a healthier life really focused me on making the best choices I could in all aspects of my life.

I love that you point out the importance of not giving up. So often we hear how bad yo-yo dieting is, but giving up out of fear that you may gain the weight back is worse I think.

By: Leah

Leah — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:02:39 +0000

Another one for me to print out.

The first shape that came to me was “round”, so I guess a circle.

Or more like a heart monitor, steady, steady, then a drop or a jump, then steady again. Except that my “steady” was steady at a heavy weight for my height. I might lose a bit, but then I’d gain it and stay at that weight for a while. Then I might gain even more, but I’d lose that and stay back down at my heavy weight again for a while.

Now I can’t even think of anything except rolling hills with a few potholes that make me stumble, or a nice lemonade stand or yard sale on the side that distracts me from where I’m heading. I always see the horizon and the possibilities, but it’s just something in the far off that maybe I’ll actually get to someday.

Wow. You made me think on this one, Diane. I appreciate it.
Leah´s last blog ..Overcoming and a Jog

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:54:26 +0000

My journey feels like it’s up and down, like hills. Up and down. Up and down. Up and down…
Robin´s last blog ..Attainable Goals

By: Jules

Jules — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:12:11 +0000

I’ve actually never thought much about it. When i workout AND “diet” i have success… in the past when i stop working out is when i don’t have success. In the past I’d say my path was a pretty good graph on the rise, small peaks and valley’s. slow and steady. BUT then this last 5 years hit and it’s been all downhill. When i really put my mind to it… i can do it. staying in mantenance mode has always been the hardest for me. This time around (before getting pregnant) my graph was a meandering graph with the usual valley’s that life throws at you. And that is A-OK with me. Slow and steady is all i care for these days.
Jules´s last blog ..HOLY MOTHER OF DONUTS!!!

By: brenda

brenda — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:53:08 +0000

For me, losing weight in the past was restricting myself and losing weight, but not noticing that it was my bad habits and food choices that got me there. I figured I would lose it, it would be the end of that and I could live and eat what I want.
It wasn’t until the lightbulb went off and I realized I had to change my habits and eat healthy for THE REST OF MY LIFE.

On biggest loser 3 weeks ago, some of the contestants went home for a week. The guy that continued to lose weight went home and took control! He cooked healthy meals for his family, went to the gym in the morning for a hard work out and then got his family out enjoying family time together and being active! I thought to myself “He’s got it!!”. The others all followed their families around going out to eat and crying that “they” couldn’t enjoy the things everyone else was and feeling sorry for themselves. I’m afraid they will proably go back to the old habits a year after finishing biggest loser.
brenda´s last blog ..Great Give-a-way!