Diet Renegade

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I Just Ate 24 Mini Donuts – Reflections for a Better Year Ahead

Dec 31

Posted by Gina in Attitude, Compulsive Overeating, Emotional Eating, Food Obsession | No Comments

I usually don’t like, and therefore don’t make, New Year’s resolutions.

However, after eating 24 mini donuts today (yes, you really did read that correctly), I figured maybe this year was the year to start.

I honestly don’t know how I got to this point. Binge eating, compulsive overeating, emotional eating, junk food addiction – I suppose I’ve let it all take over my life. Why? I unfortunately don’t know.

But that my friends is my New Year’s Resolution for 2010.

I am going to get to the bottom of all my food issues. I know I really need to dig deep and hold nothing back if I’m ever going to lead a normal, healthy life.

I plan on documenting everything on this blog – the good, the bad, and the oh so very ugly. It will be hard and embarassing of course. But I am worth it.

Happy New Year everyone – I wish you a year of happiness above all!

What are your New Year’s resolutions this year?

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Yay, I’ve Lost 30 Pounds!

Jan 25

Posted by Gina in Motivation, Reasons to Celebrate | 3 Comments

I’m proud to report that I’ve finally lost 30 pounds.

This one has been a really hard one to obtain.  I’ve teetered so close to it, up and down, up and down, for about a month now, so it feels extra special to have hit this goal today.

30 pounds has always been that milestone that was a very symbolic goal for me to pass.

In the past, I was usually able to lose 15 pounds or 20 pounds, but after that I’d lose my resolve, gain it all back, and have to start from scratch.

But not this time! Now that I’ve lost 30 pounds my motivation is stronger than ever and I feel so confident that I can push on and get to 40, 50, 60…and more.

At this point I have my two main goals…

1. To lose 50 more pounds by my wedding

2. To lose 100 more pounds as my final goal

But since both of these goals are enormous and intimidating, I break them up into small parts.

First off all I’m not even thinking about my final goal – that’s just too daunting right now.

I am intently focused however on my wedding weight goal.  I’m pretty obsessed with it actually and that obsession helps make 50 more pounds seem not as bad as it could be.

But then to make it even easier on myself, I break it up into 10 pound increments.

So really my next goal is not to lose another 100 pounds, or even 50, its just 10 more pounds.

And I know I’ll be an even happier camper when I’ve lost 40 pounds.

Cheers to that!

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65 Reasons Why I Want to Lose Weight

Dec 14

Posted by Gina in Compulsive Overeating, Emotional Eating, Feeling Beautiful, Food Obsession, Motivation | 2 Comments

I just stumbled across this list that I wrote up months ago.  At one of my Weight Watchers meetings one of the members said that when she first joined she wrote a big list of all the reasons why she wanted to lose weight – which ultimately helped motivate her into losing 50 pounds.

So I decided to write a list of my own.

Its actually quite cathartic to find this and read over it again.  Its sad and invigorating all at the same time.  Its sad to me because I’ve listed here so many things that should be normal to every woman and yet I still don’t experience them.  But reading this list is also invigorating because it re-establishes my intense motivation to reach my goals.

I’d definitely suggest every person that wants to lose weight write their own list.

Here’s my original list of reasons why I want to lose weight and end my addiction to unhealthy food:

My new happiness and pleasure will be in what I gain from just giving up my food addiction…

feeling great about myself
loving my body
easier weight loss
dancing
fun exercise
feeling fit and in shape
looking great
fitting into really cute and sexy clothes
getting dressed up
playing with the dogs
wearing a bikini
being comfortable in a plane
feeling good in public
wearing shorts in the summer
wearing sleeveless shirts in the summer
feeling healthy and well nourished
not getting diabetes
not getting heart disease
not getting joint pain
curing my pcos (polycystic ovarian syndrome)
not being depressed all of the time
finding new friends
finding new interests
looking and feeling beautiful on my wedding day
feeling good naked
not feeling ashamed of myself
enjoying life more
having my future husband be able to pick me up
dressing up in anything I want
wearing thigh-high boots
going down a zipline on our honeymoon
riding a horse
going skating
going kayaking or canoeing
going for long hikes or walks
buying new clothes in any store
having my thoughts free
not feeling guilty all the time
not feeling depressed
not feeling ashamed
not having to hide anything
stop sweating for no reason
enjoying life
not feeling ashamed to be around others
feeling beautiful
feeling good to travel anywhere in the world
not having my issues be worn on my body
respecting myself
being a better person
being a better wife
being confident
giving away my big clothes
not feeling so alone
feeling worthy
embracing my personal development
having confidence in my abilities
being able to wear skirts or dresses
being toned and shapely
becoming my real self again
laughing and smiling more
having healthy clear smooth skin
feeling a sense of accomplishment
feeling proud of myself
finally freeing myself from this pain
having my family be proud of me

And the only thing I have to give up to get all of this…

my unhealthy eating habits

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