Comments on: Weight Loss Success Story: Ongoing and Done http://amerrylife.com/2009/12/08/success-story-ongoing-and-done/ Wed, 23 May 2012 23:11:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nancy B. Kennedy http://amerrylife.com/2009/12/08/success-story-ongoing-and-done/#comment-15405 Nancy B. Kennedy Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:42:46 +0000 http://amerrylife.com/?p=2811#comment-15405 I love success stories! That's what my blog is all about. Ingrid is right... it's a mind shift. Without it, weight loss is so much more difficult, if not impossible. .-= Nancy B. Kennedy´s last blog ..<a href="http://thirtyways.blogspot.com/2009/12/fred-schenck-avoiding-whites.html" rel="nofollow">Fred Schenck: "Avoid the whites"</a> =-. I love success stories! That’s what my blog is all about. Ingrid is right… it’s a mind shift. Without it, weight loss is so much more difficult, if not impossible.
.-= Nancy B. Kennedy´s last blog ..Fred Schenck: "Avoid the whites" =-.

]]> By: Pat Barone http://amerrylife.com/2009/12/08/success-story-ongoing-and-done/#comment-15377 Pat Barone Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:27:12 +0000 http://amerrylife.com/?p=2811#comment-15377 Things will definitely change as you lose weight in terms of what people say, think, feel and how they react to you. Sometimes fear of this can actually keep us from losing weight. It's a subconscious fear for many. When we lose weight, in many ways we come out of hiding. My advice is to prepare ahead of time so you know how you'll handle any situation. As I lost weight, I had many people say things like "I can't wait til you gain it back" and "When are you going to eat normally again?" and "When's this diet end?" I had to learn to handle those cutting remarks in a way that honored what I was doing (I wasn't dieting - I had changed inside) and didn't come back to sabotage me later. But, know what? The lessons need to be learned anyway, whether we're losing weight or not! Pat Barone, CPCC, PCC "America's Weight Loss Catalyst" www.stoprentingweightloss.com Things will definitely change as you lose weight in terms of what people say, think, feel and how they react to you. Sometimes fear of this can actually keep us from losing weight. It’s a subconscious fear for many. When we lose weight, in many ways we come out of hiding. My advice is to prepare ahead of time so you know how you’ll handle any situation.

As I lost weight, I had many people say things like “I can’t wait til you gain it back” and “When are you going to eat normally again?” and “When’s this diet end?” I had to learn to handle those cutting remarks in a way that honored what I was doing (I wasn’t dieting – I had changed inside) and didn’t come back to sabotage me later.

But, know what? The lessons need to be learned anyway, whether we’re losing weight or not!

Pat Barone, CPCC, PCC
“America’s Weight Loss Catalyst”
http://www.stoprentingweightloss.com

]]> By: KCLAnderson (Karen) http://amerrylife.com/2009/12/08/success-story-ongoing-and-done/#comment-15364 KCLAnderson (Karen) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:00:47 +0000 http://amerrylife.com/?p=2811#comment-15364 Great post and interviews. I, too, remember realizing that I was getting more positive attention as I lost weight. Part of me wondered if it had to do with the fact that I looked better, or if it was because I felt better about myself and so put out a different vibe. .-= KCLAnderson (Karen)´s last blog ..<a href="http://kclanderson.com/?p=346" rel="nofollow">Defining Moments</a> =-. Great post and interviews. I, too, remember realizing that I was getting more positive attention as I lost weight. Part of me wondered if it had to do with the fact that I looked better, or if it was because I felt better about myself and so put out a different vibe.
.-= KCLAnderson (Karen)´s last blog ..Defining Moments =-.

]]> By: Ingrid http://amerrylife.com/2009/12/08/success-story-ongoing-and-done/#comment-15362 Ingrid Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:57:27 +0000 http://amerrylife.com/?p=2811#comment-15362 Thanks! Glad you liked the post and thanks for checking out my blog. .-= Ingrid´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.cashmereclutch.com/2009/12/from-fat-to-fabulous-%E2%80%93-women-and-weight-loss/" rel="nofollow">From Fat to Fabulous – Women and Weight Loss</a> =-. Thanks! Glad you liked the post and thanks for checking out my blog.
.-= Ingrid´s last blog ..From Fat to Fabulous – Women and Weight Loss =-.

]]> By: Ingrid http://amerrylife.com/2009/12/08/success-story-ongoing-and-done/#comment-15361 Ingrid Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:56:15 +0000 http://amerrylife.com/?p=2811#comment-15361 Hi Merri, I work in marketing. I've recently started my own company in the hopes of finding a better work/life balance along with lots of challenges! So far I'm loving it. I can do excercise during the day, and I get to eat all the healthy food in my house and not have to brown bag it to work or buy super fatty work food. .-= Ingrid´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.cashmereclutch.com/2009/12/from-fat-to-fabulous-%E2%80%93-women-and-weight-loss/" rel="nofollow">From Fat to Fabulous – Women and Weight Loss</a> =-. Hi Merri,
I work in marketing. I’ve recently started my own company in the hopes of finding a better work/life balance along with lots of challenges! So far I’m loving it. I can do excercise during the day, and I get to eat all the healthy food in my house and not have to brown bag it to work or buy super fatty work food.
.-= Ingrid´s last blog ..From Fat to Fabulous – Women and Weight Loss =-.

]]> By: Ingrid http://amerrylife.com/2009/12/08/success-story-ongoing-and-done/#comment-15360 Ingrid Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:52:23 +0000 http://amerrylife.com/?p=2811#comment-15360 Hi Pat, Not thinking about losing weight helps a lot. Let your body guide you for how you feel and if you need to cut back a bit or eat more. Yes, I still prefer to have a more active job. Ideally I'd work in an environment that allowed me to apply all my education (master's degree) and still be active. Unfortunately, jobs in North America tend to be "thinker" or "doer" jobs, and there isn't much of a combination available. And corporate environments are really an assault on our health - phsyical, emotional, etc. etc. I guess I'll just have to create a "doer" and "thinker" job for myself! .-= Ingrid´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.cashmereclutch.com/2009/12/from-fat-to-fabulous-%E2%80%93-women-and-weight-loss/" rel="nofollow">From Fat to Fabulous – Women and Weight Loss</a> =-. Hi Pat,

Not thinking about losing weight helps a lot. Let your body guide you for how you feel and if you need to cut back a bit or eat more.

Yes, I still prefer to have a more active job. Ideally I’d work in an environment that allowed me to apply all my education (master’s degree) and still be active. Unfortunately, jobs in North America tend to be “thinker” or “doer” jobs, and there isn’t much of a combination available. And corporate environments are really an assault on our health – phsyical, emotional, etc. etc.

I guess I’ll just have to create a “doer” and “thinker” job for myself!
.-= Ingrid´s last blog ..From Fat to Fabulous – Women and Weight Loss =-.

]]> By: Ingrid http://amerrylife.com/2009/12/08/success-story-ongoing-and-done/#comment-15359 Ingrid Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:47:55 +0000 http://amerrylife.com/?p=2811#comment-15359 Thanks! It was a great project to work on with Mary and really interesting to see in words how life has changed. Thanks! It was a great project to work on with Mary and really interesting to see in words how life has changed.

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