I know ... I was packing and getting ready for Hawaii!!! Today ... wondering how cold it can possibly get here in Atlanta, NOT packing for Hawaii :) I found my old post from a year ago. Very interesting to see what was on my mind, and realizing that I am pretty much in the same place. That diet sprint for 8 or 9 weeks was great, too bad I didn't keep the momentum! Interestingly enough, this sprint and that last print, day 3 was a nightmare. Funny how that works out.
Finally took the time to finish the book I have been reading, Confessions of a Carb Queen by Susan Blech overall very glad I read it and would recommend. The psychology of failure and forgiveness is certainly very interesting. It is very easy to be hard on yourself when you feel like you haven't succeeded, it is not as easy to be kind and forgive yourself and move forward. Definitely a bit cathartic to be inside of the author's head as she struggles.
As for myself, I had a great day. Made a wonderful low(ish) sodium dish ( inspired by the book) and did very well at the gym. Thanks to my iPod Touch and an episode of Glee, the 25 mins on the elliptical few by. Unfortunately I was running late to a meeting, otherwise I believe I could have stayed in the gym longer. Now that I am a month into this thing, I am going to need to increase the exercise. This weekend I will make my way to the pool at the LA Fitness. I assure you the fat lady in the pool with the swim dress, blue and pink swim cap, goggles, and little waterproof mp3 player on my head will be a spectacle! The good news is that I totally don't give a shit. One thing is for certain...life is too short to care what other people think. That said, I still have to change into my gym clothes in the restroom rather than the open locker room!!!
Tomorrow I will run my GoWearFit report, weigh-in, and post the data for the world to see!
Until then ... nighty night. Time for my nightly date with Craig Ferguson.
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
Reading for inspiration
Last night I decided to peruse Amazon.com for diet related memoir type books. Honestly I have never read a memoir on someone’s experience with morbid obesity. The book I found and started reading last night has been interesting. The book, Confessions of a Carb Queen by Susan Blech is the one I have started on first. It is a very honest account of what it is like to be very large ... daily struggles on topics that are personal and taboo … hitting bottom … and rising up and respecting one’s self.
There are areas that I can totally relate … especially the day to day life, social interactions, and the games we play with ourselves. Other things I do not relate to as much …but I am sure that many do. The author is a binge eater … to the degree of hard to believe. Eating many many large meals a day, one after the other, that I cannot really relate to fully. I can certainly eat my way out of a half-gallon of ice cream in a few hours, but not quite in the way that treats food like a drug. Her account is very much of being in a “food induced coma”.
One point of interest … she was not always overweight. As an adult she was actually a “gym rat” and was very into bodybuilding. Another point where we deviate. I personally have NEVER been at a “normal” weight … not since the age of 7 or 8. I am guessing it is a different feeling to know what it is like to be thin … and wanting to re-discover yourself rather than to have always been heavy … and wanting to discover yourself entirely. I fall into the second category.
I’m halfway through. The writing is difficult as the author is not a writer (nor am I for that matter) but I am enjoying the read … and cannot wait to finish this evening. I will say it is brutally honest. I bought the Kindle version of the book. I am a huge dork and cannot bring myself to buy paper books anymore! Check it out if that sounds like something that you are interested in. You will likely see yourself in there somewhere. It is almost like sharing your most intimate secrets and fears with someone. I’ve never had that luxury. Of course now I am talking to myself on this blog, so that is close!
Next on my reading list : Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir by Jenna Fulda.
Anyone have any other suggestions?
Allison
There are areas that I can totally relate … especially the day to day life, social interactions, and the games we play with ourselves. Other things I do not relate to as much …but I am sure that many do. The author is a binge eater … to the degree of hard to believe. Eating many many large meals a day, one after the other, that I cannot really relate to fully. I can certainly eat my way out of a half-gallon of ice cream in a few hours, but not quite in the way that treats food like a drug. Her account is very much of being in a “food induced coma”.
One point of interest … she was not always overweight. As an adult she was actually a “gym rat” and was very into bodybuilding. Another point where we deviate. I personally have NEVER been at a “normal” weight … not since the age of 7 or 8. I am guessing it is a different feeling to know what it is like to be thin … and wanting to re-discover yourself rather than to have always been heavy … and wanting to discover yourself entirely. I fall into the second category.
I’m halfway through. The writing is difficult as the author is not a writer (nor am I for that matter) but I am enjoying the read … and cannot wait to finish this evening. I will say it is brutally honest. I bought the Kindle version of the book. I am a huge dork and cannot bring myself to buy paper books anymore! Check it out if that sounds like something that you are interested in. You will likely see yourself in there somewhere. It is almost like sharing your most intimate secrets and fears with someone. I’ve never had that luxury. Of course now I am talking to myself on this blog, so that is close!
Next on my reading list : Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir by Jenna Fulda.
Anyone have any other suggestions?
Allison
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