kitanzi | A minor milestone

Diets are still boring to everyone who isn't on one - but I'll take my minor triumphs where I can get them, I guess!

I really don't feel like I'm getting anywhere very fast, especially with having a very hard time getting strictly back on diet after the trip to England, but I did get a bit of a boost the other day.

ladyat has lost quite a bit of weight herself, and passed on an assortment of jeans and pants that she had undergrown. I found this weekend that I can fit into all of them quite comfortably except for the very smallest, which will fit but pinches. Considering that's a size 14, and I started this whole diet when I literally burst a seam on a size 18, I am feeling rather pleased at the moment.

Guess I am a bit shallow on this, but my creeping weight - and volume! - is something I've been working on for months and concerned about for years. There are a lot of benefits in how healthy I feel as well, but I have to admit there's a certain satisfaction in zipping up those smaller jeans.

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There is no reason to feel shallow at all! I have struggled with weight most of my life. I've been as thin as a model and once bought a pair of size 9 pants when I was in high school (and had no hips). (I was 128 pounds and 5'11 but a) didn't stay that thin for long and b) had no hips and small bones so it wasn't anorexia or bulimia).
I've also been a size 28. I've spent years coming to terms with loving myself no matter what my weight (although I admit that one reason I'm back on weight watchers is that I'm skirting the dangerous edge of hating the way I look). I've come to terms with the idea that I have a problem with food the way some people have a problem with alcohol or any other addiction. I'm not in a 12 step program but hey, I know I eat for stress, sometimes for boredom, and definitely for consolation.

SO - is it shallow to rejoice in having the comittment to stick to a plan to take care of yourself and get healthier? I sure hope not!

Gotta run but wanted to say "YAY! for you!" WIsh me luck back on Weight Watchers. (btw - I don't care what "religion" you use to lose weight! ;-) (grin)

Fair enough - I definitely find I eat for entertainment too, which is a bad idea. Thanks, and I hope that works well for you!

Actually - I think eating for entertainment is a fine thing! If you are eating because you enjoy
the taste, smell, look of food, and there is some correlation between eating and needing to eat I think that's entertainment but appropriate. Foods just too sensuous to ignore. :-) It's when the entertainment is to fill a gap left by boredom or to sublimate frustration/stress etc - then that's a problem. (at least that's my take on it! ;-)

I really loved the Geneen Roth books on eating. I did some of her exercises and found them *very* interesting.

HUGS! We have to be gentle to ourselves

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