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• The Forecast Can Bite Me
  on Mar 11, 2009 in Mental Health career depression dieting job life meaning obesity purpose self-indulgent angst talking heads weight loss
  The current forecast here accurately depicts how the last two days have felt in my world, as well as depresses me because of its lack of promising little sunshines to come. Sunshine makes me instantly feel at least two levels happier. So gimme sunshi...
• Facing the Facts About Change
  on Mar 10, 2009 in Exercise Inspiration Weight Loss change fitness gym membership health jogging running self-development self-improvement walking
  Yesterday, I changed. I actually began an exercise routine I have been talk, talk, talking about for ages. Change may be a process, a lifelong journey, a slow transformation---but we can choose to change every day. One day at a time, in any number o...
• Structure, Deconstructed: Do You Need Structure to Lose Weight?
  on Mar 9, 2009 in Weight Loss abstinence diet dieting exercise fitness food plan jogging moderation obesity running structure temperance walking weight loss
  The sane voices crying out in the wilderness often advocate moderation in all things (except perhaps crack-fueled orgies). I hear them, and I try. One "relaxed" day a week on the diet. Or a cheat meal. Or a cheat treat. Only it's not called cheating,...
• Building Blocks
  on Mar 4, 2009 in Misc Money Weight Loss appearance career debt dieting fitness health job money obesity social life weight loss
  I haven’t made significant progress with my weight loss in the last little while (ahem! 2 months?). I haven’t regained the 15 pounds I lost from my all-time highest weight in early November, but dammit I haven’t pushed forward eithe...
• Quitting Weight Watchers and Trusting Myself
  on Feb 25, 2009 in Weight Loss diet dieting food plan independence insecurity weight loss Weight Watchers
  I quit Weight Watchers a few weeks ago. The whole affair was extremely anticlimactic. One Sunday not too long ago I woke up, realized I hadn’t been to a meeting in weeks and didn’t plan on attending any in the future. Almost simultaneousl...
• Don’t Become a Blogland Spectator
  on Feb 23, 2009 in Misc Weight Loss blogging blogs commitment dieting life obesity philosophy spectator weblogs weight loss
  Whether inhabiting the role of an after-hours clubbing brat or of a Phi Beta Kappa student at a top university, I’ve often felt like a spectator in life. In my late teens and early 20s I observed, I took mental notes, and when things got the sc...
• Quote: Resisting Shortcuts
  on Feb 22, 2009 in Inspiration advice chinese food dieting fortune cookie shortcuts weight loss wisdom
  And no, the irony of this little wisdom snapshot coming from Panda Express (Chinese fast food) does not escape me. It actually cracks me up ;). If you liked this, please share it or subscribe to my feed! More »...
• Rationalization
  on Feb 21, 2009 in Mental Health albert ellis behavior Dialectical Behavior Therapy how to refuse to make yourself miserable mental health psychology rational emotive therapy REBT RET weight loss
  I’ve been yearning to lose weight for longer than most of the fetuses currently trolling the internet have been alive. Something clicked in my head quite recently at the random age of 31 years old: I now understand and truly believe that I can cont...
• It’s Go Time
  on Feb 11, 2009 in Moving It dieting exercise fitness health jogging obesity walking weight loss workout
  At the close of the workday, although I occasionally may be mentally depleted, I'm also often keyed up and filled with nervous, jangly energy. Sometimes that sensation decides to turn itself into serious anxiety and I let it make me a little crazy. I
• It’s Okay to Look Like You’re Trying
  on Feb 9, 2009 in Everything Else General Weight Loss appearance career diet dieting dress for success exercise fat fitness jogging makeup mental health obesity rebellion walking weight loss
  Dressing for success has been, well, a success---at least in terms of short-term results and compliments---and I'm proud of myself for sticking with it. Today I got to thinking, If I can make a change like this, there's no reason that I can'

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