Millionth times a charm?
Join me as I once again, for the millionth time venture into the world of dieting and weight loss.
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Link reblogged from That's another week in the Pancho
This may not sound like an important thing, but I have not willingly worn a dress since high school. My experience with dresses have always been bad ones. Anytime I would wear one to school the only responses I would get were ” What the fuck l are you so dressed up for?” throw in a few “fat” and…
I posted this on my main tumblr, but thought it was fitting for this page too.
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My mom called me to tell me to talk about this on the ole blog, but it looks like TDW beat me to it!
Disturbing Trend of the Day: In a last-gasp attempt to fit into the THE DRESS, desperate brides-to-be in the U.S. (like Jessica Schnaider, pictured) can now have a feeding tube inserted into their nose that provides a drip of liquid protein and fat (with no carbohydrates) through the esophagus into the stomach. The $1,500, 10-day treatment is effective: The tube delivers just 800 calories a day, and generally results in the loss of at least 10 percent of body weight — and perfect wedding pictures. But… ew?
I really really REALLY hope this isn’t true, no dress or man is worth doing that to yourself.
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Quote reblogged from ... mere folderol.The reality is that fat people are often supported in hating their bodies, in starving themselves, in engaging in unsafe exercise, and in seeking out weight loss by any means necessary. A thin person who does these things is considered mentally ill. A fat person who does these things is redeemed by them. This is why our culture has no concept of a fat person who also has an eating disorder. If you’re fat, it’s not an eating disorder — it’s a lifestyle change.Lesley Kinzel (via jmbal4)
(Source: xojane.com)
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and, since I am a creature of habit, I have been doing nothing but self medicating with snacks and food that’s got no business being in my body. It also means that I didn’t walk after work because at the end of the day I was just too exhausted to do anything other than shoving food in my mouth. Yay.
I’m gonna avoid the scale for a week and get back on track.
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Got on the scale this morning, I am only three pounds away from my first goal weight. So far I have lost seventeen pounds in two months. I don’t know if that’s a good pace or not, but I feel like it’s coming off slowly and that’s what I want. It’s aggravating at times, and I frequently contemplate “cheating” ( purging), but I know doing that will only open the door to more complicated and dangerous problems. It took me several years to reach this weight, it’s going to take some time to come off. Still, I think I’m doing pretty well and I know the walking is paying off. I
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I shared with you a few days ago that I decided to skip out on my ride home in an attempt to force myself to get some exercise. It’s about a three mile walk, Monday and Tuesday, it took me exactly one hour to walk it, today it took me 45 minutes and my legs are THROBBING, but I love it! As long as the weather is decent I’m going to keep walking and if I can survive doing it in the summer heat I will too. I’m looking forward to seeing my progress, my ultimate goal being that I get to buy a new wardrobe in a “normal” clothing store just in time for my vacation in July. Wish me luck!
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Link reblogged from Your Healthista
I love this. I think walking is the most underrated form of physical activity, and this post makes me want to commit to doing it as often as I can.
livingsuperhuman:
Earlier today, I went for a walk.
It wasn’t a very long walk.
I didn’t set any records or break any personal bests.
I can’t brag to others about how far I walked or how many calories I “burned”.
I didn’t finish out of breath and barely even broke a sweat.
All I did was go outside, listen to some music, and walk.
And it was amazing!
My whole life I thought walking was for dogs, babies, and old people. I overlooked walking as a form of exercise and thought that I was above it. Walking was for people who were too physically or mentally weak to run fast or lift heavy.
At least that’s what I thought.
Then, at the end of last year, I spent three months in Europe without a car. I was forced to walk everywhere, and walking became a way of life for me. At that point, I still didn’t consider walking a very effective form of exercise, but I started to notice how much I enjoyed the basic activity of just walking.
I noticed that no matter how short or long I walked, I almost always returned home feeling better than when I had left. Walking seemed to improve my mood and my thinking. It helped me come up with ideas for articles I wanted to write, and it helped me put problems or issues I was having into perspective. It seemed to improve my digestion and made me feel better after big meals. It gave me quality time with my girlfriend, and quality time with myself. I even felt like I could get away with an extra dessert or cheat meal without feeling the weight gain and sluggishness the next day.
I was amazed to feel all these positive benefits from something as simple as walking, something I had disregarded for most of my life.
But maybe all this walking business was just in my head. Could I really be experiencing all of these positive outcomes or was it just a placebo effect?
Well, it turns out that there might actually be some science behind this walking phenomenon. Study after study has shown the incredible benefits of walking. Here are just a few examples:
A small increase in walking was associated with meaningful overall health benefits.
Periodic walking improved glucose and insulin responses.
Walking may improve your memory.
Walking could help you live longer.
Walking can improve thinking and cognitive function.
Walking was shown to improve arthritis symptoms.
Walking improves well-being even more than high-intensity exercise.
Post-meal walking improves blood glucose after a carbohydrate rich meal.
These all sound like good things to me!
Based on my personal experience and the studies I found, it seems pretty clear to me that walking is a Superhuman activity. How many things in life are so easy (and free) to do, have so many positive benefits, and almost no negative side effects?
I think walking stands alone in this regard.
Which makes me wonder….if walking is so great, why did I spend most of my life avoiding it?
I think the biggest reason that I overlooked walking for so long is because common sense and conventional wisdom convinced me that the goal of exercise is to burn calories. If I could burn 100 calories from walking for 30 minutes, then I could double or triple that by jogging or lifting weights for that same amount of time. If some is good, then more must be better.
But as I have researched and experimented with different diets and exercise programs in my own life, it has become clear that there is more to this simplified model then just calories-in versus calories-out. Activities like walking, sleeping, and spending time outside don’t work because they burn more calories, they work because they improve the function and hormonal output of your entire body. Weight loss just happens to be a pretty nice side effect of a properly functioning body.
Sometimes the greatest benefits can be had from the simplest activities. Don’t make the same mistakes and assumptions that I did. Make walking an important part of your life and I guarantee you will feel better.
I recently started skipping out on my ride home from work in order to force myself to walk three miles a day, so far so good :)
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As I’ve said before, I know that if I don’t start incorporating exercise in my daily routine the weight is never going to come off. So yesterday, before going back to work for a staff meeting, I gave myself an 8 minute cardio workout. I know it’s not a decent amount of time for a workout but even if I had the time there’s no way I could make it through fifteen minutes or more, at least not yet. And I figure eight minutes is better than no minutes, so at least it’s a start. Today I also decided to decline the ride home and walked instead. It was 2.9 miles, it took me an hour and I broke a sweat. I got home two hours ago and my legs are still throbbing. I think I may have to start walking home more often.
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I decided to buy some new clothes as a way to celebrate my progress. I nearly shit myself when I tried on a shirt in a size that I was convinced wouldn’t fit me and it did. I was also not in a “plus size” store which obviously increased my excitement.
I know this may sound superficial, but you have no idea how good it felt to do that. For the first time since, I dunno…middle school? I have been able to purchase an article of clothing that I would normally look at and think; ” I wish I could pull that off.” or ” I wish I was thin enough to wear that.” in a store that I would normally browse but never purchase anything except maybe a gift for someone else because said store wasn’t made for fat girls like me.
I know I still have a long way to go, but I feel like I’m doing better than I thought and it’s making me hopeful that I can still get my shit together. :)
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just been preoccupied with life and what not. I’m happy to say I haven’t gained any weight back, but I haven’t lost anything more either, I’m stuck at a 12 pound loss. I thought I would have lost more before I plateaued, but I guess it’s different for everybody. And truth be told I have not been 100% strict about my diet. I’m definitely making better food choices if you look at the bigger picture, but I’m not beneath succumbing to the powers of a “fresh baked” gooey chocolate chip cookie from Subway. I try I really do, but sometimes it just gets the better of me.
I think the only thing that’s gonna get the excess weight off now is excercise.
This is where I run into a problem because I am the laziest person in the world! I’m on my feet all day running after children and when I get home the last thing I want to do I move around some more. Yes there’s always the weekend, but the truth is, I just don’t like exercising. I’ve tried gyms and hated it, too many pretty people all dolled up to watch each other sweat. I find the gym atmosphere to be extremely vain, self centered and intimidating. Why would a dumpy girl wearing grease stained sweatpants want to be sweating it out next to some juicy couture housewife? I’ve tried work out tapes, which I found to be even more embarrassing than going to the gym! Is it just me or do the people they have to “coach” you through the tapes always seem to talk down to you and uses phrases that are about a decade behind the current vernacular? And they go so fast! I can never keep up and it leaves me feeling angry and stupid. I’ve also tried using the workout video games for our XBox Kinect, but the sensor gets wonky sometimes and it’ll tell me I’m out of sync with the game even when I know I’m not. Which also makes me feel angry and stupid.
I hate working out period and despite what everyone says about feeling better after a workout, it’s clearly not the case for me. I hate the way I feel after working out. Sweaty, tired, achey. The only time I enjoy feeling like that is when I have sex, and apparently sex doesn’t really burn many calories either so I can’t even say I’m getting a work out that way, but at least sex is fun. Real exercise is the opposite of fun.
It’s also the only thing that’s gonna get me down to a healthy weight again, so the real questions is, how badly do I want it? How badly do I want to be able to walk a flight of stairs without getting winded? How badly do I want to be able to pick whatever dress I want for my wedding? How badly do I want my asthma and pre diabetes to go away? How badly do I want to look into a mirror without hating the face looking back at me?
I honestly don’t know.
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