Just in case anyone has stumbled upon this old blog of mine, here's where I'm blogging now:
http://kindlifeofleah.blogspot.com/
Happy reading!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Life Changes...
Life Changes that I CAN Live With Forever:
* exercise most days of the week
* eat vegetables and fruit every day
* drink a lot of water
* eat only when hungry, stop eating when satisfied
* make educated healthy decisions about food, most of the time
Life Changes that I CANNOT Live With Forever:
* exercise at least 5 days a week!
* eat mostly fruits and vegetables!
* drink nothing but water!
* eat a certain number of calories/points daily, and ALWAYS write it down!
* tweak all holiday meals and desserts to make them "point-friendly"!
* weigh youself weekly!
As you can see, some of the ww rules are things that I simply can't claim I will do forever. And I'm not going to do anything to lose this weight that I am not willing to do forever. I understand why ww has the rules it has, and I know that there are many members out there who can and will abide by them forever. Me, I'm a rebel. I'm redesigning ww for myself. I know there will be people out there who will dissaprove, but I officially don't care. This will work for me, and in the end that's all that matters. :-)
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Starting Weight on IE-October 3, 2009--211.0
Current Weight on IE-November 28, 2009--202.0
That's still an average of more than a pound a week! I'm pretty content to lose at this rate. I have started to make water and exercise priorities. Hopefully that will help with the loss, too. I'm still doing Intuitive Eating and losing weight, which is great. I'm trying to not let this be the focus of my life, just how I eat.
Current Weight on IE-November 28, 2009--202.0
That's still an average of more than a pound a week! I'm pretty content to lose at this rate. I have started to make water and exercise priorities. Hopefully that will help with the loss, too. I'm still doing Intuitive Eating and losing weight, which is great. I'm trying to not let this be the focus of my life, just how I eat.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Book Review: The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand
Finally. I'm done with The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. If I said that it was an easy read, I would be lying. I'm a pretty impatient person, but I was determined to read it all the way through before picking up my next book. And I did. And it was glorious! I loved this book. It was nearly 700 pages long, and it took me nearly two months to read.
The characters are all so complicated. I fell in love with most of them, hated a few, and wanted to know why they did what they did. Dominique Francon and Howard Roark were the center of the the story, the characters that I wanted to know more about. It had a love story in it, but it was mostly about ideals. Egotism versus altruism. Very interesting. It made me want to be an egotist!
Architecture is what the book wanted me to think it was about, but it was so much more than that. It was the story of a man who was independent to an extreme, and about how that was his downfall and his ticket to success.
After spending two months with these characters, I am a little sad that it's over. What happened to Dominique, Gail, Peter, and Howard? I am planning on renting the movie based on the book now.
Up next: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffeneger.
The characters are all so complicated. I fell in love with most of them, hated a few, and wanted to know why they did what they did. Dominique Francon and Howard Roark were the center of the the story, the characters that I wanted to know more about. It had a love story in it, but it was mostly about ideals. Egotism versus altruism. Very interesting. It made me want to be an egotist!
Architecture is what the book wanted me to think it was about, but it was so much more than that. It was the story of a man who was independent to an extreme, and about how that was his downfall and his ticket to success.
After spending two months with these characters, I am a little sad that it's over. What happened to Dominique, Gail, Peter, and Howard? I am planning on renting the movie based on the book now.
Up next: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffeneger.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
"real" food?
I'm starting to enjoy "real" food more and more. By "real" I mean no "high-fiber" "reduced fat" "fat free" or "light" products. That's right, I am eating bagels with cream cheese spread on them, and the cream cheese is not "fat free" or even "reduced fat". I have found that eating these full fat cheeses and yogurts keeps me full longer. It's amazing how long it took me to learn that. I would eat 5 or 6 slices of fat free cheese with "light" bread, and still be hungry. A piece of 100% whole grain bread with a slice of "real" cheese will keep me full for hours. I'm to the point where I'm starting to think about nutrition, but gently. That's what intuitive eating is about; the book briefly focuses on "gentle nutrition".
I am still enjoying my doritos and poptarts, but they are no longer the only thing I eat. I have added vegetables back into my diet, and whole grain bread, and chicken! I've discovered that a bagel or a waffle with a spreading of peanut butter will keep me full for several hours, and pop tarts will only satisfy for a couple. Therefore, pop tarts are something that I will eat occasionally, not every day. And baby carrots with some "real" dressing will satisfy my craving for something crunchy and also give me something with real nutritional value, unlike doritos. So, I'm learning. And I'm losing weight, which is amazing.
No deprivation... eating everything in moderation... things that seem like common sense, but just never have been for me, until now.
I am still enjoying my doritos and poptarts, but they are no longer the only thing I eat. I have added vegetables back into my diet, and whole grain bread, and chicken! I've discovered that a bagel or a waffle with a spreading of peanut butter will keep me full for several hours, and pop tarts will only satisfy for a couple. Therefore, pop tarts are something that I will eat occasionally, not every day. And baby carrots with some "real" dressing will satisfy my craving for something crunchy and also give me something with real nutritional value, unlike doritos. So, I'm learning. And I'm losing weight, which is amazing.
No deprivation... eating everything in moderation... things that seem like common sense, but just never have been for me, until now.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Updated Stats
Starting weight on Intuitive Eating (October 3, 2009)--211
Current weight (November 14, 2009)--203.6
Down another 1.2 pounds!!! I hope to continue the trend. I do have an exercise plan in place for the week, and plenty of frozen and canned vegetables and fruits to help me to get back on track with the food pyramid somewhat. Nothing fresh, but fresh costs more.
Current weight (November 14, 2009)--203.6
Down another 1.2 pounds!!! I hope to continue the trend. I do have an exercise plan in place for the week, and plenty of frozen and canned vegetables and fruits to help me to get back on track with the food pyramid somewhat. Nothing fresh, but fresh costs more.
Eating like a "Gilmore Girl"
The charactors Lorelai and Rory Gilmore have my dream diet: eat out every day, order in every friday, and the four food groups: fast food, frozen food, junk food and takeout.
As I watch the show and realize that the actors Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel probably do not actually eat like that, I still get sucked into the dream that maybe they do. I would love to eat that way forever and stay slim and pretty.
This weekend I certainly ate like a Gilmore. My boyfriend and I ate frozen pizza and oreos for dinner on Saturday and again on Sunday. We added some french fries and popcorn chicken for lunch... wow, were our stomaches sore! I did only eat to satisfaction, and so I did follow the basic principles of Intuitive Eating, but I realize that eating that much processed fattening food on a daily basis will not lead to the healthy weight that I so desperately want.
Still, it's nice to dream.
As I watch the show and realize that the actors Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel probably do not actually eat like that, I still get sucked into the dream that maybe they do. I would love to eat that way forever and stay slim and pretty.
This weekend I certainly ate like a Gilmore. My boyfriend and I ate frozen pizza and oreos for dinner on Saturday and again on Sunday. We added some french fries and popcorn chicken for lunch... wow, were our stomaches sore! I did only eat to satisfaction, and so I did follow the basic principles of Intuitive Eating, but I realize that eating that much processed fattening food on a daily basis will not lead to the healthy weight that I so desperately want.
Still, it's nice to dream.
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