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Weight Loss: To Weigh or Not To Weigh

To weigh or not to weigh, that is the question. I know that every expert will tell you not to weigh yourself more than once a week. They will tell you not to be as concerned with your weight, but more so to be concerned with health and fitness. Personally, I cannot do that. Don’t get me wrong. I am very concerned about my health and being fit, but I am an obsessive weight taker as well. I make myself crazy with it at times. I find that if I do not keep up with my latest statistics I will … Continue reading →

Weight a Minute: I’m Still Fat

I hate to tell you this, because I know you love me and you only have the highest regard for me, but . . . I’m still fat. Those of you who have been reading about my weight loss journey for the past year know that I’ve had a lot of breakthroughs. I “get” the reasons why we should eat protein. I “get” the importance of exercise, of water, of cutting back on sweets and carbonation, of increasing our fruit and vegetable intake, of being gentler with ourselves in our self-talk and criticism. But even with all this valuable information … Continue reading →

Weight a Minute! No Secret Ingredient

Caution: This blog contains movie spoilers. But it’s all for a good cause. Last week, I blogged about “Kung Fu Panda” and the lessons I learned from Po, the cute, overweight star of the show. I wanted to save the most important lesson for last and give it a blog all of its own, and here it is. Toward the end of the movie, when Po finally gets his paws on the Dragon Scroll, he opens it to discover that there’s nothing written on it. He’s discouraged and feels let down until his father lets him in on something else … Continue reading →

Weight a Minute! Dressing for My Body Type

Being a large woman, and living with the mindset that I’m going to lose all my weight someday, I’ve never wanted to spend money on clothes. In the first place, it’s disheartening to shop for clothes that are labeled several sizes higher than what you really want to be, and in the second place, who wants to spend money on fat clothes? So for the last few years, I’ve spent very little on myself, having a few nicer outfits for church and business, and the rest of my wardrobe consisting of T-shirts and knit pants. Hey, I’m a mommy – … Continue reading →

Weight a Minute! Obsessing Over the Scale

I have a love/hate relationship with my bathroom scale. Okay, let’s be completely honest – I have a resignation/hate relationship with my scale. I have gained back eleven of the pounds I lost a few months ago, and there are days when I’d just as soon throw my scale out the window than step on it. Although, depending on my self-esteem on any given day, I admit that standing on the scale is pretty good punishment for it. Take that, you scale! However, despite the fact that the numbers are higher than I would like, several people over the last … Continue reading →

Distracting Obsessions

Have you ever read a quote and been so struck by the truthfulness of it, you immediately felt guilty and yet uplifted at the same time? That is how I felt when I read the following quote from Neal A. Maxwell: “Once the telestial sins are left behind and henceforth avoided, the focus falls ever more on the sins of omission. These omissions signify a lack of qualifying fully for the celestial kingdom. Only greater consecration can correct these omissions, which have consequences just as real as do the sins of commission. Many of us thus have sufficient faith to … Continue reading →

Seeing Results and Staying Motivated

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A friend asked me a very important question that I’d like to address: “What are some ways I can keep myself motivated when I’m not seeing results?” I’ve mentioned this many times before but I think it bears repeating over and over again. We are way too wrapped up in the small bit of information provided by our bathroom scales! Too many of us depend solely upon the opinion of the bathroom scale for our self-esteem. It is high time we cut that cord. The bathroom scale only gives us our weight. That is just one tiny piece of the … Continue reading →