Get Fit Slowly

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Like I’ve said earlier, I’ve successfully lost weight before. This time, I plan to use some of the same methods that have worked for me in the past, as well as incorporate some new ones. (Items in bold […]

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I think one of the reasons that many people struggle with their weight is that they lose track of the two most important things regarding weight control–exercise and caloric intake. Unless you’re a nutrition scientist, you probably don’t know off the top of your head how many calories are in that Big Mac you […]

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The good news is I’ve lost a pound in the last 3 days. But that’s all the good news there is. In fact, since I’ve been seriously considering contributing to this blog I’ve discovered nothing but bad news about myself. Escaping the tag “obese” shouldn’t be that hard for me, but getting […]

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We were supposed to wait until January 1, 2008 to launch this blog, but I’ve decided that I can’t wait. My resolution at the beginning of this year was to weigh less at the end of it than at the beginning. I’m back up to where I started after losing 12 pounds earlier, […]

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After reading Penelope Trunk’s recent post about eating disorders, I ordered the book Breaking Free from Emotional Eating by Geneen Roth. I figured it was cheaper than paying Lauren for another batch of wellness coaching sessions. I’m willing to give it a shot.
The first chapter of the book is fairly straight-forward: “only eat when you’re […]

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One of the benefits of having a popular weblog (not this one, obviously) is that your readers send you lots of interesting reading material. Here are a couple of blog posts that are actually closely related to each other:
First up, at Brazen Careerist, Penelope writes about four weight-loss tips from her month in the mental […]

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I keep forgetting that one of the reasons I chose this blog template is so that I could post some smaller entries. I also thought that this new format would be a great way for me to leave notes to myself. For example, somebody — I can’t remember whom — forwarded me a link to […]

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