A Little of This; A Little of That

Well, this isn't the "tomorrow" I said I would write this ~ sort of "manana" time though.

The problem I'm finding with writing my blog is that I get up fairly early, do some mundane things, then get out and walk. After writing my "How I Gained Weight" blog, the next morning I walked for about 2 hours. The following morning, I walked for 90 minutes (over 8,000 steps). During that time I think about all the things I want to write about including how I eliminated ...

I awakened this morning contemplating weight gain. How fun is that? lol

There are a few ways and reasons I gained in the first place.

First was possibly menopause yet, I'm not sure of that one. I hadn't gained before I got married at 55 and I'd gone into it a few years before OR, maybe I just didn't notice which we'll get into in a bit ~ the noticing, I mean.

One thing I'm sure of is going out and eating. Once I realized how much I'd gained since getting married ...

Again out walking and the subject of addictions came up for me.

Now, I've always said I'm not the addictive type. Basically, I've never been addicted to the common substances which would be caffeine, nicotine, sugar and alcohol. Of course there are other drugs such as over-the-counter, prescription and illegal none of which I've taken in quite some time yet, I know others have and gotten very dependent on them.

What I'm doing here is throwing out some stuff to see what ...

One of the fears I encounter with people who are interested in joining my program is, that they can’t have something. What happens when emotions come up and they can’t have that comfort food? Those starches? That chocolate? or, whatever it is they crave?

Well, the difference between my program and weight loss diets is, there is no “can’t have”. What it will come down to is “want to have”.

One of the most exciting moments (which continues on today) is when I “thought” ...

Last Monday night when training with my teacher and the group, I noticed that my teacher was looking like he'd gained some weight.

After class we were talking and he'd mentioned he'd gained back about 8-10 pounds (try 20, to my eye BUT, I didn't notice it last week!)

He told me he realized it wasn't about the food; he'd not been doing his former habit of binging and throwing up BUT he was overeating. What he did realize, for himself was that it was about having the good. ...