No matter where you are in your journey, you have already made progress. If you have been working on getting healthier for just one week you have made some progress. You may not have lost any weight yet, but you’ve made progress just by taking the first step towards working on your health.
I worked with [...]
I’ll just go ahead and say “yes” to this one. I think there are bad foods. There are foods that I will not eat. When I was 305 pounds, I didn’t feel that any food was bad. If I wanted to eat an entire half gallon carton of full-fat ice cream with Oreos sprinkled in it [...]
I was in a new section of our hospital recently. While I was waiting, I noticed that the chair across from me was a strange size. It wasn’t like the regular sized chair I was sitting on and it wasn’t a traditional bench size that would easily fit two average sized adults. No, it looked like this. I took [...]
Some of you have been on this journey for a long time, and others for a shorter time. I think no matter where you are in your journey it is helpful to take a moment and revisit why you are doing all this hard work. And let’s be honest – losing weight is hard work. [...]
Getting healthy takes time. It’s funny, because when we are born we have someone else to make sure we are healthy. As we grow up, there should be people in our lives to make sure we are eating the right foods and staying healthy. I say “should” because based on the childhood obesity statistics, that [...]
If you missed my weekend post: Is This Okay? (Mini-Rant) please read it! Not really for what I wrote, but for all the interesting, insightful comments you all left!
Today I wanted to focus on one aspect of my weight loss journey that is vitally important – Portion Control.
Portion control was one of my “Big Three” [...]
I’ve done a lot of speaking on weight loss over the years, but it’s usually been to smallish groups of people. Of course I talk in front of people when I teach my class and have spoken to various other groups. So when an organization in my hometown called me and asked me to do [...]
After my third child’s birth I lost my usual 15 pounds and was depressed to realize I would once again be gaining weight and heading further into the 300’s. I felt so out of control and incredibly unmotivated. In early ‘97 I went to the doctor for a check-up. It was right after that visit that my desire [...]
I love the fact that I see so many people trying to eat healthier. On your blogs and on my friend’s tables, I see lots of fresh vegetables, yummy salads, fabulous main dishes, and desserts in tiny portions. Sometimes I’ve noticed that some people who are eating really healthy foods are having trouble seeing the [...]
In case you are interested, here’s my latest blog post over at the Dr. Oz Blog. It’s called Exercise Matters.
And now onto today’s post about drinking. . .
My best friend, who sadly doesn’t live here, and I were talking on the phone the other day. She was sharing with me how she is working hard [...]