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Habit-A-Week Challenge, Week 9: Curb Nighttime Eating by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity It's week 9 of the Habit-A-Week Challenge. If you've been keeping up with your one simple habit each week, your life is changing for the better! Are you ready for another healthy change? For those of you who started late and want to take a look at the other weeks, you can see links to weeks 1 through 5 here. Then we had: 6. Eat Healthy Fats 7.... Read on »

December 1, 2008: 227 Pounds by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity This morning I weighed in at 227 pounds. That's a seven pound LOSS for November. Yeah!! Finally, I'm back on the losing end! After months of gaining or maintaining, it's a welcome relief to see a loss. It's all part of the journey. So I guess that means my monthly calorie budget was a good idea. It really helped me stay on track. For the first ... Read on »

I'm Sick by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity Just a short Sunday update. I am sick! I seem to have some kind of flu-type illness: chills, fever, aches, exhaustion, sore throat, etc. My daughter has it too. No fun here. I came down sick yesterday. I am just drinking lots of tea, oatmeal for breakfast, having turkey soup for lunch. I feel just horrid. I usually *gain* weight when I am sick ... Read on »

Get Back Up by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity Happy Saturday morning, people! Are you recovered yet from your holiday craziness? I am feeling good. Back on track. Dropping the holiday poundage! But this week was not an easy one for me. In fact, last Wednesday, I wrote a long post about my strugglings, but I didn't publish it on the blog. I decided to hang onto that post so I could publish i... Read on »

What now? by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity So you ate too much (maybe). You're back home (possibly) and have a ton of leftovers staring you in the face (unless you gave them to someone else!) Thanksgiving was lovely (I hope). It was for me. Although yes, I ate too much. I define "too much" by the PAIN radiating from my stomach area after dinner, to the point I needed to unbutto... Read on »

Thanksgiving Success by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity It's Thanksgiving week, and then next month we have Christmas. Lots of food, feasting, indulging, and often, regret when January 1 rolls around. A lot of people... dieting or not, healthy eating or not... see Thanksgiving on the horizon, throw up their hands in surrender and say, "I give up! I know I am going to gain weight and eat crazy fo... Read on »

The Delicious Dozen II: Favorite Healthy Products by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity A year ago I posted a list of my top twelve favorite healthy food products. I still use ALL of those products and they help me have delicious, satisfying foods while I am losing weight. But over the past year I have discovered even MORE great healthy products, and I wanted to share! So here they are: the Delicious Dozen II. Fiber Wise pasta! Thi... Read on »

It's Almost Over... by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity November is almost coming to a close, and it's time to do another reassessment of my new "Monthly Calorie Budget" idea. When I did my mid-month update last weekend, I talked about all the benefits of counting calories this way and how it has helped me so far. And it has continued to be a wonderful learning experience. I think I will co... Read on »

Reaching for Goals by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity My, how times have changed. Last night I had a sort of flashback. I was driving home from the doctor's office (sick daughter) and had that feeling of relief wash over me because it was Friday afternoon. That means NO getting up extra early because of kids' school for 2 days, and NO running all over creation for appointments every morning and af... Read on »

You Don't Have to Gain Weight When You're Upset by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity More and more I am learning that just because I am upset, angry, sad, or frustrated, I do not have to use that as an excuse (aka "reason") to eat. Maybe this is not a revelation to most people, but for me, it is like the light is coming on, slowly but surely. The more I go through, the more I realize I do not HAVE to use food to get th... Read on »

It's One of Those Days by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity It was either go on an eating rampage, or sit down and blog. Here I am. It's one of those days... one of those listless days when I have lots to do but just don't want to do anything. Yet I have a nagging guilt in the back of my mind, saying, "get off your butt and clean the bathrooms!" But it's cold, and foggy, and I sat outside and... Read on »

Habit-A-Week Challenge, Week 7: Watch Your Portions by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity It's week 7 of the Habit-A-Week Challenge. How are you doing with your habits? Remember: progress... not perfection. This week is the week to focus on portion sizes. Some of us have this down pat (but everyone can improve! Ideas below). Other readers, I know, are still struggling just to start doing SOMETHING that will stick. If you are one of ... Read on »

The Alcohol/Food Connection by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity When I was a little girl, alcohol was a big part of my life. No, I wasn't the one drinking. My mother was. All of her family was. Every summer, my Mom and I would trek to visit her family, and every night my cousins and I would play as the adults drank, got drunk, and got loud. Usually there was lots of laughter. Everyone was drinking and smokin... Read on »

Mid-Month Update by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity Today is November 15 th, halfway through my first month of a Monthly Calorie Budget. Today is the day I look at the numbers and reevaluate the plan and my progress. I began with a Calorie Budget of 48000 calories for November (which averages 1600/day). The idea is *not* to binge like a fool half the time and starve the other half; the concept h... Read on »

Fat Ain't Stupid by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity There is a common misconception out there that fat people are dumb about nutrition. People seem to think that we don't know that eating Twinkies is harmful to our health or that having Big Mac meals three times a week is making us gain weight. Sometimes, we even get this kind of feedback from doctors who assume that a) we don't know we are fat, ... Read on »

Habit-A-Week Challenge, Week 6: Eat Healthy Fats! by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity Welcome back to week 6 of the Healthy Habit-A-Week Challenge! This week, we are going to focus on adding something healthy to our diets: good fats. Some of you might be saying, " ARGHHH! I am fat enough! I need to cut fat OUT of my diet, not add fat INTO my diet!" There is even a popular diet pill that helps you lose weight by sending ... Read on »

How Can Anyone Eat That Much? by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity A few people have asked/emailed me regarding the sheer amounts of food I report that I used to eat during a binge. How is it even humanly possible for a person to consume that volume of food?? Am I exaggerating? Or perhaps not remembering accurately? Well lemme tell you. It baffles my mind too. How can a woman sit down with a large meat pizza a... Read on »

Dinner at the Buffet by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity Last night, I had a success. Two of my kids and I ate at a buffet restaurant (you know the type: a salad bar, a bunch of fried chicken, fried clams, fried okra, french fries, macaroni, and a million desserts). I normally avoid buffets, but we were some distance from home and I knew if I drove home from our appointment without eating, my daughter... Read on »

November 1, 2008: 234 Pounds by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity I am beyond annoyed with my weight right now. Having to post another monthly GAIN is really making me cringe. Granted, this time it is "only" a 3 pound gain for the month, rather than the 6 or 10 pound gains of the last TWO months. But excuse me, am I mistaken or is the point to ESCAPE obesity?? I don't want to rename my blog, "Re... Read on »

Fat Haters by Lyn .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity Everybody seems to hate fat people. We are gluttons, we are lazy, we aren't trying. We clutter up the scenery with our fat rolls and we take up too much space in our seats. People point, they stare, they roll their eyes. They tell their children not to eat candy because "then you'll grow up to be like THAT." Obesity is a condition that... Read on »

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