Comments on: Facing Up — The All-Powerful Food Diary

By: katiebird

katiebird — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:06:33 +0000

We’ll do it together, Marge. One pound at a time!

By: kenoshamarge

kenoshamarge — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:19:36 +0000

Thanks Katie, I need all the encouragement I can get!

The things that bothers me is that I have lost weight before. I get down to my right weight, or to a “good” weight for me and then I start gaining again. I must have lost 8000 lbs over the years and gained every pound and a few strays back again.

I am grimly determined. And pi$$ed off at myself. And besides my sister-in-law just lost 60 pounds and she looks great and it’s killing me. No donut, my particular passion, could ever taste as good as the feeling I would get by looking better than a sister-in-law that annoys the dickens out of me.

By: katiebird

katiebird — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:15:02 +0000

Marge, I’ll be right there with you. I think having our blogging community makes these challenges a little easier. We’re not so alone in our efforts. I know you can do it and when I tell you that, I’m also giving myself some encouragement.

xxoo

By: kenoshamarge

kenoshamarge — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:10:27 +0000

I not only fell off my diet wagon a few months ago I turned and ran in the opposite direction as fast as possible. In fact that was probably the only exercise I got, running away from doing what I “knew” was the right thing to do.

So… Here I am starting all over again. And with an added 10 pounds to lug around. Now I have 80 lbs. to lose.

I joined MyDietDiary today and will come here and annoy you nice people frequently so am hoping that between journaling there and talking/discussing here I will get back on track.

I know that I am digging my grave with a fork. I do not want to die of donuts. Aside from being dumb, dumb, dumb, it does lack dignity to say the least. Wish me luck, cause I’m gonna need it.

I have started this journey too many times to be as enthusiastic as I used to be when starting out. Now I am pragmatic and am thinking that anyone who was a chain smoker and a heavy drinker and stopped those self-destructive behaviors can do this. I may not be enthusiastic, but I am grimly determined. Maybe that will be enough.

By: p4pretention

p4pretention — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:19:29 +0000

Thanks for the post and the resources!

Aside from a food journal, I keep an activity calendar (on my computer at work). I plan for a whole month and make adjustments along the way. At the end of each week I note how much running I have done in kilometres, how many minutes of cross-training I did, and how many weight training sessions I did.

I do a spinning class Friday and Monday, and I weight train with a buddy Sunday and Wednesday, and I try to run once or twice a week too.

So, I have my lil schedule, and at the end of the week the box looks like this:

RUN
10 km

XTRAIN
120 min

WEIGHTS
2 x

I find adding the tally at the end of the week allows me to keep track of progress and/or make me take ownership for my activity (or lack thereof).