A few weeks ago I hosted a giveaway for a Gym In A Bag, and guess what? Jerry at Gym in a Bag was so impressed by your comments that he wanted to give another one away! Thanks Jerry! I’ve been using it consistently since I got mine and have enjoyed feeling stronger and more [...]
Added this morning: I forgot to mention that the show is on tomorrow, February 16th. Here’s a promo for the show – you can see me and lots of other people!! http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/tuesday-dr-oz
I returned from the trip to New York two days later than expected due to the huge blizzard in New York City. I got [...]
It’s funny, but as I gained weight slowly over the years, none of my friends ever commented on the increase in my size. No one ever said, “Diane, that weight gain looks good on you!” Or, “I sure wish I could wear a size 24 pair of pants!” And definitely no one said, “I hope [...]
The other day I was thinking about my weight loss experience. I remember how it felt to buy smaller sized pants. I remember how great it was to sit in a chair without feeling like I was hanging over the sides. And I remember having a very hard time perceiving myself as others saw me.
I [...]
We tend to measure everything. How high is that building? How far to the mall? How much does it cost compared to something else? How tall are you? What’s your shoe size? Waist size? Hips?
So much of our world is measured, and I think that we should be measuring things too. As we work towards [...]
A lot of sad things happened as I went from an average size 10 young woman to a morbidly obese “Oh no, nothing in this store fits me at all,” woman. Clothes became a tremendous problem, embarrassing moments happened by the boatload, and things I never gave a second thought to became a problem.
One such [...]
There’s this children’s book series, the first of which is If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. The book details what happens between a little boy and a mouse when the mouse appears in his life asking for a cookie. They quickly dissolve into bedlam, but have a lot of fun along the way. When [...]
First let me say that I love Pampered Chef products but do not sell them (anymore). That’s right, I used to be a consultant with Pampered Chef. And it wasn’t after I lost my 150 pounds, but rather right smack in the middle of my struggle with extreme obesity.
This was one of those experiences where [...]
Fortunately, when I was a 300 pound woman years ago I didn’t get very cold. It’s a good thing too, as I didn’t own a coat. (We did live in Florida.) I didn’t own a coat for two simple reasons:
1) They were really expensive in size 28 and I didn’t want to spend the money [...]
“I don’t want any new clothes,” I’d tell John when he asked if I’d like to go shopping. “Why not?” he’d ask. “I’m losing weight,” I’d say. Then he’d try and encourage me to get a few things just to tide me over until that magical day when I finally lost weight would arrive but [...]