weight gain

Approaching normal

May 2, 2013

For those playing along at home, you may recall that I’m neither dieting nor am I not dieting at the moment. Historically for me it’s been one or the other. I’ve been either dieting (aka ‘on a mission’) and being ridiculously strict and losing weight; or I’ve been binge-eating everything in sight (regaining weight I’ve lost and [...]

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Sleepless in… almost everywhere!

March 23, 2013

I just read yet another article linking the lack of sleep to weight gain… or at least to a difficulty in losing weight. That. Means. I’m. Screwed. Yep, well and truly screwed. You see, I cannot remember the last time I was asleep before midnight. I’ve always been a bad sleeper. As a kid I’d [...]

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Where I’m at

January 8, 2013

Meanwhile, in other news*, I got on the scale (at my mother’s place) on Monday morning. After over 3 months. I dumped my bathroom scale in the trash in October before leaving my last hometown. I was already worried about weight I’d gained in the first half of 2012 while grappling with the ‘not-dieting’ approach [...]

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Choosing happy, in action

December 29, 2012

In my last post I talked about a book I received from my mother for Christmas and the fact that even the first chapter of the book hit home. The Happiness Code, by Domonique Bertolucci offers up ten keys to happiness. I have actually read the second chapter and it was to be the focus [...]

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Shaking things up

November 17, 2012

It’s a vicious circle: feeling crappy about yourself; relying on comfort food to make yourself feel better; then feeling even fatter and porkier and crappier about yourself. And then, you know… rinse, repeat. Of course occasionally the self-loathing spikes enough to create a crescendo, coupled with promises of everything ranging from ‘clean’ eating, to extreme [...]

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Mindset vs behaviour

August 29, 2012

I know I tend to be a bit of a drama queen. In my last post I whinged about some stuff which had me reaching out to the familiar for comfort. And I’ve admitted, since swearing off my ‘danger’ foods in June and July – August has seen the occasional food binge. On top of [...]