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| Tue, 11-06-2007 - 5:27pm |
I come back and the board has been slightly revamped. At least in color and fonts. It's GREEN!!! I guess everything is going green nowdays, eh?
Okay, so I thought I'd say hi and talk about a few things.
1. I wanna lose 20 lbs by Dec. 14. (just kidding - well, I want to, but I'm not going to do that)
2. I just got this book, and it's talking about patterns. Or why we choose not to lose weight. I know, it sounds horrible, but I know, for myself, I have chosen NOT to lose weight for one reason or another, and I think it's so deep in my brain now, I am having a hard time losing.
3. How many of you have been trying to lose weight for more than 5 years? Shouldn't we be done yet? What's stopping us from losing?
So, if I get thru this book on how to BREAK the patterns (of not wanting to lose weight, for whatever reasons), I'll be sure to let you

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I can't say I've been trying to lose weight continuously for more than 5 years, but it has been more than 5 years overall.
I hear ya on that one. I've been going up and down with 20lbs for the past how many years. I lose, I gain. I lose, I gain. Somewhat like you, I was thin growing up. Well, average. But I was active, so I could eat what I wanted, without ever worrying about it. Then of course, it just creeped on when I hit my mid-20's. I'm sure it got worse when I hit 30. And now, I'm trying to just get it off. lol.
So, I just realized the other boards I visit (oh the shame! Me? visit other boards??? hehehe), and they're not green.
Are we jsut special?
I've seen other green boards too. This isn't the only one.
I love that our board is green it's my favorite color. So I'm thrilled.
I totally understand the pattern thing. It's a comfort thing, there must be a reason we stay the way we are, the words "I want to lose weight" and then the excuses come as to why we can't, oh I'm busy at work, I have to do this after work, I am too broke to do this, Its too expensive, it's this its that. Its really all about comfort in staying where we are, but why??? We aren't happy being overweight, but there is something keeping us stuck.
Smile,
Deirdre
:) I like the green too, even if it's not my favorite color. It's soothing. I hope they make all the different venues different colors. At least then I could do a quick view of what window I have open. lol.
I just went to the beta site....but man, it took forever to load on my computer. bummer.
as for our patterns. I told my therapist, i think i kept on the weight to "hide". But why hide? who knows. Still trying to figure that one out. lol
I may be totally wrong with this, but is iVillage associated with NBC?
Cher- I'm with you on the 'been losing for a few years now'- but personally I know I don't try as hard as I could. I know a lot of that has to do with 'regular life' and not finding the time to workout. However I'm here and I'm aware which I think is better than nothing at all, right? Perhaps if I had more to lose I would be much more committed, but the 10-20lb fluctuations I have don't
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Makes total sense. But the book would probably ask....why HAVEN'T you hit your goal? Why AREN'T you more motivated? WHAT is holding you back from putting forth that effort?
My answer was always, "I LOVE to sleep and I'm LAZY!!!" lol. But, I'm beginning ot think it's more.
DH's co-worker does a marathon or 1/2 marathon for his daughter. I believe she has cystic fibrosis. So, we "run" for her. We raise money and do a 5k, 10k, 1/2, or full marathon. I was thinking of signing up for the 5k and RUNNING it this year (last year, it was VERY last minute, so we walked). It would get me out and doing something. :) But then, I only have 2 months to train. yikes.
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