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Baby Steps Are Little Leaps
I do not feel depressed today. This is the second time I have been able to write that this week and mean it. I understand that this may only be temporary reprieve since my External Stressor has been absent. I understand that all of the little changes I have been making may not entirely add up to beating depression by themselves if the External Stressor is missing from the experiment. But what it does show is that once I can eliminate the External Stressor completely I have no excuses. The ... read more
I am not on a diet
Diets don't work. If they did then millions of women around the world would not be constantly on them, repeatedly. Diets are a way to sell books, charge membership fees and a leg trap that keep women constantly feeling bad about themselves as they strive to achieve the perfect weight and body shape. I have only once gone on an actual diet. I amazed myself by diligently following the meal plan without cheating. I lost weight. In fact I lost quite a lot of weight and did, in fact, fit into ... read more
Movement
The word movement came to me as my theme for 2009 when I was musing about some of my goals and I realised that they all involve moving from where I am right now. Simple as it is, one can only get to somewhere else by moving.
In my life this gets right down to the basics of actually moving where I sit, sleep and live. I try not to be depressed about the fact ... read more
Pound for pound
That's lb for £. Yes, look to the left sidebar and you will see two new widgets... One is the pounds off progress bar, and the other is the pounds on widget. That'll be pounds off me and pounds onto the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society bank balance. I need all the motivation I can get, and the whales and dolphins need all the support they can get. It's a marriage made in blubber. You can sponsor me for as little as £1, or as much as you like - and if you are a UK tax payer ... read more