January 2012

Ommmmm

January 30, 2012

And no, I’m not channelling Edina Monsoon here (for those who are familiar with the BBC series Absolutely Fabulous and Eddy’s habit of adopting a new religion every time it proved convenient or took her fancy). And I’m obviously not dissing Buddhism or any other religion, being the non-controversial, non-judgemental, fence-sitting blogger that I am. Rather, the [...]

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Guest post III – why we binge-eat

January 27, 2012

Today I bring you the third and final guest post in my series. You may have noticed that I have taken the opportunity to share with you, some of the inner-workings of Schmiet’s mind. She’s currently a bit gun-shy and fears she’s been over-sharing, so I’ve taken the initiative and thought that I’d try to [...]

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Guest post II – amateur hour

January 25, 2012

Today I feature the second guest post by Myra (aka my inner critic; or as I like to call her… my resident mind-bitch). I’ve asked her, however, to write as an independent observer on this particular topic… rather than the manipulative cow she most-often is. I’ve noticed that Schmiet’s been thinking more and more about [...]

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Guest post I: Myra

January 23, 2012

http://www.shapemag.co.za/weight-loss/4-sneaky-reasons-you’re-binge-eating/

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Comfort zones and Absolute beginners

January 20, 2012

I have a terrible habit of going off-track when I am writing a blog post. Usually I’ll have thought of some (obviously amazing!) topic and as I start writing I’m struck by all of these other (obviously equally amazing) ideas and find myself going off on a tangent. If I’m really strict, I hive off the [...]

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Accountability – and yet again it’s all about me

January 18, 2012

In my last blog post I talked about my reaction to a weigh-in that didn’t go as planned. I’d written most of the post before the end of the week and it was upbeat and positive as I was happy with my food intake and exercise. But, when that didn’t translate into weight loss I [...]

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