http://maliemac941.buddyslim.com Diet, weight loss, fitness blog from BuddysSlim.com Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:39:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi all I've been doing some stress eating...ironically because of a great opportunity that's come up at work...to substitute teach a great opportunity for sure but also rather stress induing..the night before I began I just ate and then started crying my eyes out for about 5 minutes just out of ... http://maliemac941.buddyslim.com/2008/02/20/why-do-i-make-excuses/ Hi all This is not one of my favorite days and instead of moping about it  I went to the gym after work which I hadn't done for a week.  20 minutes on the elipitical and 20 min weight training.  That felt good!    One step at a time, one day ... http://maliemac941.buddyslim.com/2008/02/14/didnt-mope-went-to-the-gym/ Hi all: I've been off the blog for the past month sidetraked by life in more ways than one.  Once again I've responded to life and its ups and downs by eating and eating and eating.  Like past attempts at weight loss when I get off track I disappear because of ... http://maliemac941.buddyslim.com/2008/02/13/trying-again/ Still having trouble not filling the void with food especially between 4-9 pm.  I know that I am eating becasue of something, feelings most likely and why I can't just sit with them instead of eating over them is something I am continually trying to figure out.    I am reading ... http://maliemac941.buddyslim.com/2008/01/17/facing-the-void-not-filling-it/ Hi all Twice in one day...oy, vey what a day.  It started off well despite the fact that i had to have my car towed last night and was carless today.  I'm off work this week and so was cleaning my apt. doing laundry and making chicken soup from scratch...and it ... http://maliemac941.buddyslim.com/2008/01/14/my-i-deserve-this-mentality-led-to-trouble/ Its hard to blog when I can't seem to gain momentum on any type of plan...part of me thinks I shouldn't even blog here because of my struggling...its the same way I feel when I went to WW meetings and stalled...I would start comparing myself to those still losing and ... http://maliemac941.buddyslim.com/2008/01/14/hard-to-blog-these-days/ I am having trouble comitting to a weight loss method...been like a ping pong ball for the past two weeks...and would like to know what other methods or programs people are using and what they like about them. Part of me thinks that unless I can get my head in the ... http://maliemac941.buddyslim.com/2008/01/11/advice-on-commiting-to-a-method/ Seems like remarks to people who are overweight are the last bastion of prejudice.  Well meaning people have said that my back issues were all weight related and my OBGYN asked if I was exercising at all with a rather hopeless tone in her voice today that really got to ... http://maliemac941.buddyslim.com/2008/01/09/the-last-prejudice/ It hit home yesterday as I sat in a doctor's office because of back spasms and had to say my weight out loud how ashamed I am of myself because of my weight.  I've been having back problems in the past couple of years and have always attributed them to ... http://maliemac941.buddyslim.com/2008/01/06/shame-and-self-pity/ Yesterday was not a good day eating wise...and whenever that happens I feel a sense of defeat and I have to remind myself that my eating mistakes are just that mistakes and they are not me...but it always takes me a while to remember that.  What helped me do that ... http://maliemac941.buddyslim.com/2008/01/04/exercise-helps/