One must come to a state of acceptance first….

hey ginae, well no, not really, i didn’t like my belly fat and i’m slowly getting rid of it. if you don’t like something, i say change it!

Simple, huh? Well, no…not so much

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Decided to check out your blog and had to comment. Then my comment got so long, I decided should just finally give in to you and CG and start a blog myself. So I did. Kudos on being brave enough to post this. My post will give you some of my big girl insights on this topic.

cool. glad you are an official blogger now. yay. been to your site and of course, i’ll be stopping by periodically.

yes the tummy, that’s where all my cookies hang out. i’m working on slimming that area now. i do want my clothes back. in time, for sure.

congrats on your efforts. it takes so much time and effort to lose just a few pounds, but the end result is so worth it, to me at least.

removing the mirrors, not a bad idea, but what about buttoning your pants? that’s my problem, but i’m dropping the pounds, slowly.

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For me, the issue is not the size – it’s the health of the body. I try not to make judgments about overweight people, but I did work with one extremely overweight man and it wasn’t just how big he was, but it was the way he ate too. The choices he made and the way he actually consumed his food was really off-putting. I don’t think he was particularly happy – he lived alone and he was quite surly with people on the phone for no reason. He had quite a chip on his shoulder, really.

On the other hand, I’ve been friends with people who have weight issues and I try to see beyond that or give them some suggestions to improve their diets and make them healthier.

I’m petite, but I do make seriously healthy choices in what I eat – it’s exercise I don’t do enough of. Can you help to motivate ME?

Kat

motivation? yes! get a wii and if you can’t do that then um er um, well listen to some music and do the carlton dance. it’s fun and you’re exercising at the same time.

hey mike, i guess we all have our reasons for maintaining or not maintaining a healthy life style. personally, i want my wardrobe back, but i think if we maintain good health, often times the rest will take care of itself – keeping the weight down

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Good article. My husband and I stopped at the last minute for breakfast the other day. We were in a self-proclaimed “fancy pants” restaurant and he had on a flannel shirt. I know, he likes flannel. I have grown to accept that. He said he probably should have worn something different. I told him people are judged by their character not their clothes. I think I was wrong.

I gave it some thought and paid closer attention to people around me. We have what we call our “winter rat”, it’s an old car I usually drive in the winter so the salt can eat what is left of this car rather than our new truck. People treat me different when I drive the old clunker then when I drive the new truck? Isn’t that strange? What is the world does that have to do with anything?

As far as weight, you are the only one to decide that and it has to do with your comfort and your health. What difference does it really make what other people think, especially strangers?

sadly, people don’t care too much about your character, it’s what you have on, where you live, what kind of car do you drive. it’s not strange at all and pretty accurate from where I stand.

as far as the weight, i’m putting comfort first, my clothes need to fit. can’t take it anymore.

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For most of my life I was super-thin – probably too thin. Since having my daughter and growing older I’m not thin anymore. A year ago I found myself overweight – it had creeped on over 6 years. I started tracking what I was eating and lost 30lbs – I wanted to lose 40. I then got lazy with the tracking and gained 13 back. I’m tracking again and plan to lose 20. This system works for me – I make healthy choices and I feel better. The hard part can be going out to eat – 1 meal out can be an entire day of calories. The best thing to do is immediately split the meal in half and ask to have half wrapped up – before you even start eating. Or split something with a friend.

kim i’m tracking my calories too, something i never thought i would do, but seeing what you are eating documented on paper makes a HUGE difference. you will think twice about eating a meal that’s over 1,000 calories. you learn to eat differently and look for healthier foods.

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