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Comment on Techniques to Stop a Binge Before it Starts by MARIE FAULKNER

MARIE FAULKNER — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:32:19 +0000

USUALLY I AM TIRED AT NIGHT SO I GET A LOT OF FOOD THOUGHTS.
SOMETIMES I JUST LET THEM FLOAT BY. AND USUALLY A SIGNAL FOR TIME OUT.
OTHER TIMES I GET INTO A DEBATE. . I AM FEELING ANXIETY. I AM ASKING THE
FOOD TO CALM ME DOWN–IT USUALLY DOES FOR THE MOMENT. OTHER
TIMES IT IS A COVER FOR BEING TIRED AND NOT GIVING MYSELF PERMISSION TO SLEEP. THANK GOD–BECAUSE OF BEING MINDFUL I DON’T HAVE TO BINGE.
IT IS JUST EATING BEFORE GOING TO BED.

Comment on I cannot hate myself for my choices & huge benefit from jeans that fit! by Gracie

Gracie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:44:15 +0000

I can truly identify with your story Rachel – thanks so much for sharing it. The light bulb went on for me when you talked about being able to better focus on my true thoughts and feelings and not my squashed belly! I enjoyed your subtle sense of humor that showed thru in your article too! Thanks again for sharing.

Comment on I cannot hate myself for my choices & huge benefit from jeans that fit! by Meg Spangler

Meg Spangler — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:54:15 +0000

Rachel thanks so much for sharing your story. What a great reminder that beating myself up won’t lead me in the direction I want to go and that treating myself with some love and compassion, even in my less-than-best choices sometimes, is the only way to regain balance.

Comment on Never Again! by Nina

Nina — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:51:06 +0000

I totally agree with the “never again” attitude towards dieting. Life is much more peaceful for me this way. It’s difficult to explain, I mean, it’s not that I’m giving up or letting myself go. It’s just that my goal now is to be healthier, not lose 20 lbs in one week before the next function when I’m going to see family/friends.

It was hard to change this mindset, but now it’s alittle easier becau

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Never Again! | A Weigh Out — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:54:33 +0000

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Comment on Insanity of Weight Loss Contests by Laura Burkett

Laura Burkett — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:45:41 +0000

I work at a gym that promotes this very thing – in an 8-week format. It’s funny to think that the gym would close down if it delivered what participants had hoped for – enough hard work and discipline to drop lots of weight in a short amount of time that would STAY OFF.

The problem I see for so many women is the creation of Food and Exercise Hell! This is PARTICULARLY frustrating when they get the results they had hoped for and all of a sudden create a belief system that eating extremely clean and ignoring personal food preference, and exercising like crazy is the ONLY WAY to maintain results. If that’s not hell, I don’t know what is.

Is it always a challenge to remain mindful in this environment!

Comment on Insanity of Weight Loss Contests by My Dilemma on a Small Scale | A Weigh Out

My Dilemma on a Small Scale | A Weigh Out — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:54:34 +0000

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Comment on “I Deserve To Binge.” by Katie @ Health for the Whole Self

Katie @ Health for the Whole Self — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:12:30 +0000

I just tweeted this post – so simple yet so important. While bingeing might feel good for a moment, it hurts us in the long run. We deserve to take care of ourselves!

Comment on Insanity of Weight Loss Contests by Ellen Shuman

Ellen Shuman — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:18:51 +0000

A friend of mine said she knew she was at her very last WW meeting, ever, when she and a friend snuck in a WW brownie during the meeting, and ate it right after they weighed-in. She said based on how they felt, they might as well have been doing drugs in the back of the room.

Someone else told me about a woman ahead of her in the WW weigh-in line (in the dead of winter) who dropped her fur coat on the floor and stepped on the scale wearing only a bathing suit. Yup, the things we do in the name of weight loss!

Comment on Insanity of Weight Loss Contests by Rachel Becker

Rachel Becker — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:07:45 +0000

I used to work for a well known weight loss company. It was not uncommon that members eat till they popped right before that initial weigh in. On the flip side, when subsequent weigh in weeks came they would starve themselves before weigh in and then peel their wardrobes down to as little as they could publicly wear before stepping on the scale. How humiliating is that? What is learned?