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Resting Too Much!

Being overweight wasn’t just hard on me, but it was also hard on my family. I was often tired, and lacked energy for participating in activities that most people do without thinking.  Going shopping for clothes, standing for long periods of time, walking up stairs and playing with my children were hard for me. I [...]

When It Gets Hard

It’s is a hard journey isn’t it? Not all the time of course. I haven’t met a single person who has said that their journey to lose weight and get more healthy has always been easy. Of course there are varying degrees of ease with which people lose weight, but overall, the journey isn’t always [...]

Weekend Eating

I loved the weekends. Weekend food was fun. Cinnabons in the mall. (Yes, the plural was deliberate) Large buttered popcorn at the movie theatre, chips and cheese after the kids went to bed, special “just because” desserts and fast food restaurants were normal fare for me before I lost 150 pounds. Why is it that [...]

Excuses, Excuses, Excuses – “I’m Not Ready”

In a previous posts I’ve talked about some excuses that I hear when people try to explain to me why they just can’t seem to diet and lose weight. There are a myriad of them, and I used them all at one time or another. Here’s one excuse that I hear very frequently – not only as [...]

Healthier Desserts?

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Are You Prepared For The Long Trip?

When I first started gaining weight on my honeymoon I was frustrated. The first three years of our marriage saw the scale move up about 45 pounds. Fortunately for me I’m just shy of 5′10″ so I can “carry” a little more weight than someone who is 5′3″. Nonetheless, the weight wasn’t flattering nor healthy. [...]

Are You Suffering From Post-Holiday Letdown?

It’s finally over – the major holiday season is past us. For many of us – myself included, avoiding the post-holiday letdown is an important part of our continued success. The whole months of November and December were spent either planning how to avoid forbidden delights, or planning how to include a taste of those delights [...]

Are Weekends Harder?

 
I always seemed to have the hardest time staying on track over the weekends. I’d do “okay” throughout the week days, but then the weekend would come and BAM, I fell right off the perilously balanced wagon I had been riding on. It happened every time I tried to lose weight.
It was extremely frustrating to [...]

My Lame Excuse List

Being overweight seemed to have some advantages.  I didn’t have the desire to buy a lot of clothes, so I used the excuse that we couldn’t afford new clothes for me as a reason for looking so incredibly dowdy. I felt uncomfortable in some social situations, so I learned to invent excuses to get out [...]

But I’m Tired

I was remembering back to my 300 pound days. And unfortunately I wasn’t having fond memories of those days, but rather pathetic memories. I was a young woman with young children and my overriding emotion during those 10 years of obesity was tired.
I was always tired. If John were here right now he’d affirm that [...]