Comments on: Teeny tiny successes

By: snackety

snackety — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:26:49 +0000

Thanks, productqueen27! I’d love to hear how you did take the weight off. It’s good to have others who have been in the same boat as me. I know I’m always going to love food, so starving myself is truly not going to work. Thanks for commenting!

By: productqueen27

productqueen27 — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:47:42 +0000

I used to weigh 200 lbs, around a size 16… it took a long time to take the weight off for good. Now I am a size 2-4 and I would be a liar if I said I didn’t still have binges during weak moments when I just feel like eating.

By: snackety

snackety — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:12:50 +0000

Thanks Ann! I’m glad you visited. Yes, I feel optimistic about this process. There have been times in the last several years when I’ve thought that I’d stay this way forever, because I wasn’t able to make drastic changes. Now that I have some of these little things under my belt (so to speak ) I feel that I can continue, even if it takes me years.

Another snowblower update: I had to go out and clear a path for a class I was holding, so I fired up the big thing. This time, with it working properly, and me remembering how to operate it, I spent 45 minutes and was way more successful. Funny.

By: Ann Romero

Ann Romero — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:49:47 +0000

Emily, thanks for the link to your blog. I always love to hear of the progress of clients. …and it is just that, progress. I always remind people that change is a process. It doesn’t just happen. But change does happen by one small decision after another small decision on a continued basis. So even the “small” things you mentioned really do make a difference. Keep up the good work!

I can’t promise how often, but I’ll try to check in with you from time to time and see how your doing.

By: Emily

Emily — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:33:41 +0000

Thanks, Mom, for all the encouragement and all your nice comments.
Here’s a funny update: Jessie used the snowblower yesterday and told me that it wasn’t working properly. A bolt was loose, so the machine wasn’t picking up all the snow it could.
That explains some of my troubles.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:18:09 +0000

I was just thinking that I feel the same way when I try to do something and I don’t do very well. I feel like a failure, but actually something was accomplished. I got some experience. I’ve kept myself from experiencing a lot of things because of fear and now that I’m determined to do things that are being asked of me, I’m not really very pleased with my performance but have realized that there’s no other way to get better but to actually be doing something–instead of trying to just read up on things and get all motivated and then put off doing anything.

I’m glad for your example on the veggies. It’s funny how fruit almost never rots in my fridge but yes, vegetables are another story! And the exercise–yeh, that was value from the snowblowing, as well as whatever else you do. I am almost persuaded to put exercise on a higher priority for myself because of a news story last night. I don’t know how they determined that cells stayed younger or acted younger but they said they have just found out that exercise keeps our cells much younger. I was impressed. Whatever else exercise does for us is great but that’s a big one to me.

I like that you’re observing yourself and journaling about this process and that you put it into those words. That is what I really appreciate about blogging and am glad for your example, Em! I have such a hard time with the journal thing. It did occur to me today when I thought of writing about the dentist appt. that even if it wasn’t much of a post, it would be easier than writing in my journal and I wouldn’t need to think of it really as being for anyone else. I don’t enjoy writing things out by hand any more. I’ve gotten spoiled! Blogging is a great way to keep a journal!