When numbers have no meaning

May 9, 2012

The Oz federal budget was released last night, so news feeds and social media here have been abuzz with talk of dollars, cents and numbers of all kinds. I must confess that the annual budgets don’t usually result in any additional benefits for me (often the opposite), so I pay little attention. Rather, I’ve been pondering on the relative importance [...]

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Shooting the messenger (aka: to weigh or not to weigh)

February 17, 2012

I recently restarted tracking food and exercise in a reinvigorated attempt to lose weight, having confessed to having gone AWOL in a ‘caring about what I eat’ sense after a weigh-in that left me wallowing in a pool of self-pity. In that post I commented on the obviousness of my attitude and mindset change post-weigh-in. [...]

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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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Great expectations

November 10, 2011

Twitterers around the world will know that I haven’t reported on the outcome of this week’s weigh-in. On my weight loss program we weigh-in on a Wednesday (and it is now Thursday here in Oz). I already confessed to a 2+kg gain the previous week (which actually covered a fortnight). Rather than frighten me into [...]

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Theory of relativity

August 10, 2011

Today marks our final weigh-in on the weight loss program that has diverted me over the past 12 weeks. Actually, this round of the program finishes this coming Sunday, which for me marks the 12 week anniversary of the day I first weighed in (then proceeded to eat a bag of caramello koalas for afternoon [...]

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Secret women’s business

August 4, 2011

Men – you may want to avert your eyes and cover your ears for a moment! I have to admit I wasn’t looking forward to yesterday’s weigh-in. I have been pretty lucky since starting this weight-loss program about 11 weeks ago. But as ALL women know, THAT time of the month can be problematic when you [...]

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