losing weight

The why

July 25, 2012

A month or so ago I was reading Shauna’s latest The Amazing Adventures of Diet Girl blog post. She’d not been posting as much and commented that she had been doing some thinking, particularly she said, about WHY she started her weightloss journey in the first place. I’ve been thinking about this as well. As I said [...]

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Working out working out (again!)

May 7, 2012

I need to rethink my exercise regime. Just a month or two ago I had a great routine going which was perfect for me – very sustainable and not at all obsessive: Monday – (Faux) Zumba class Tuesday – Cardio Blast class (high impact aerobic moves with some weights in between tracks) Wednesday – Pump [...]

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If not dieting…

April 25, 2012

In keeping with my “WTF am I doing?” theme of late… I decided to revisit a book recommended to me by an eating disorder therapist I saw in the early-mid 2000s. It made sense at the time and still does. Its underlying theme was very much at the heart of the therapy I was receiving [...]

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A letter from 16yr old me (Part 2)

March 28, 2012

Yesterday I started transcribing a letter I wrote in April 1984 when I was 16 years old (here). I decided to ‘publish’ it (as it were) as part of ‘Teen Week 2012′, the theme of which is Words that Heal. This is the second instalment of my three-part letter. (Again I’ve done no editing, so you’ll [...]

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Raging against the machine

March 24, 2012

If you have time, pop by and visit my other blog for my latest post inspired by MizFitOnline and Big Girl Bombshell, where I talk about laundry tags and care instructions. Meanwhile… I promise that I won’t keep posting about the appointments with my dietician/psychologist – and not just because I’m boring you all [...]

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A refurb

March 10, 2012

Ta da! Welcome to the new look Diet Schmiet! My blog has now been ‘migrated’ from wordpress.com to wordpress.org. I’ve taken the opportunity to do a bit of a redesign as well. Well, when I say I… I don’t actually mean ‘me’. Both my other blog and this one, are now hosted by Little Hero Hosting [...]