Chronicles of a Late Bloomer

An omen.

Dad is the one with diabetes. He was diagnosed about 10 years ago, and has since been promoted from mild sensitizing drugs to multiple insulin shots daily. He’s maybe 30-40 pounds overweight on his worst days.
BUT.
In his natural environment, my Dad does okay with eating well. He really likes vegetables (!!!) and so generally he’ll [...]

You could have knocked me over with a feather last night when my dad announced that he and my mom have started on the Weight Watchers program. Mom talks a lot about needing to lose weight, but I have only known her to do something about it maybe 2 times in my entire life. She [...]

In recent years, Binge Eating Disorder has begun to get more and more attention. A few months ago, I was listening to an NPR report about a recent medical study. The study had set out to measure rates of “standard” eating disorders (Anorexia and Bulimia) and instead found that a huge number of adults exhibit [...]

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After an hour [of walking], thought-journeys into the past and future have become less compulsive, and less tinged with regret and anxiety. As I reach the little notch that will bring me to the top of the cliff, I realize that my eyes have abandoned their aggressive “reading,” and have begun to do what [...]

Any or all of these may turn into their own entries in the future, but here are some thoughts that go through my head at the gym:
The Treadmill Threshold: That magical moment when my legs turn from lead to wings.
The Time Factor: How long it really takes to go to the gym, and how realistic [...]

For me, the battle is not in pushing hard at the gym, or making and achieving fitness goals. No. The battle is in the Getting There. I’m happy to report that I did go on my date with Jimmy last night, thankyouverymuch. Once there, I decided to adopt a “start slow” attitude rather than jump [...]

In addition to packing my lunch and dinner for the day, I also packed a gym bag with shoes, socks, and sports bra. You may remember that I broke my tailbone during Christmas holiday, and was unable to start an exercise regimen at the same time as changing my eating habits. That’s okay, though, because [...]

I packed lunch and dinner for myself today. It’s the first time I’ve done so in over a month. Maybe two. That was the secret to my good eating at the beginning of the year — taking the time to nurture and care for myself in all kinds of ways, including by preparing and packing [...]

I feel fat.

Probably because I am.