Category Archives: Eat 4 Today – The Commitment

With 65 days ’till New Years are we making progress?


Posted by katiebird

So far I’m not making the progress that I hoped for. But I’m not giving up — in fact I’m filled with dreams and confidence.

Because our Weekly Wednesday Weigh-Ins (The Eat4Today W3) combined with the ticking sidebar clock are helping me stay focused even through this period where “A Diet” can’t be my obsession. Also, the lively conversations on the Just 4 Today pages gives me energy throughout each day — and I hope it does you too.

A lot of trial and error goes on here (I’m currently experimenting with the threat of Weight Watchers if I don’t make real progress this week. Because I know I can lose weight on the Weight Watcher’s program, I’m interested in learning about (and talking about) the changes they’ve made the last couple of years and I’m not proud — I’ll take help wherever I can get it. Plus, I know it will work just fine with my basic goal of not eating between meals and not taking seconds.

So that’s my current experiment — The Eat4Today W3 and the WW threat. What are you working on?


I’ve weighed myself. And I’ll do something about it.


Posted by katiebird

Last week it was so easy for me to say, “weigh yourself everyday and DO something about it.” But with my weight going steadily up, yesterday and today, I find myself thinking, “it’s not me — it’s the scale. Surely.”

But, it’s probably me.

So, just today, I’m going to do something about it. I’m going to write down what I’m thinking each time I’m tempted to eat when I shouldn’t. And I’ll drink a glass of water if I think I really need something. And walk. I’ll walk BEFORE lunch (then it’ll seem like a reward and I’ll have more time to anticipate it.) And I’ll measure my portions at dinner tonight.

Honestly, I haven’t been “bad” but I guess I haven’t really been “good” either.


Obesity and children (sharing my commitment)


Posted by katiebird

My grandchildren are here for what might be an extended visit. The youngest is just 7, a girl, and she’s got a serious weight problem. I don’t think I weighed as much as she does now until I was well into the 6th grade. And although at 4-1/2 feet, she’s already nearly as tall as I was then, she’s still very clearly extremely overweight.

We’ve been worried about her situation for a long time. But her parents are addicted to fast food, so there wasn’t much we could do or say. We’re not. And I’m hoping that alone will make a big difference to her health if she’s here for a while.

Anyway, I want to help her if I can. So this morning I looked up articles about obesity and children. And I found some interesting sites: [more] Continue reading →


Weight Watchers and The 3 phases of weight control


Posted by katiebird

I’ve said it a million times and I’m going to keep saying it until I start hearing it said casually on television and in commercials and on the street when I’m standing at the corner:

Obesity is incurable. But it can be controlled.

And contolling obesity takes 3 steps (not 2):

  1. Begin a “diet”
  2. Lose Weight
  3. Maintain goal weight

Most of our lives should be spent at step 3. But for some reason we are obsessed with the first two steps. We’re experts at them. And we know almost nothing about being successful at step 3. [More] Continue reading →