The last two weeks have been hard for me psychologically, specifically getting past the mental barriers of long acquaintance; getting myself to the point where I could believe that I could break past old norms. Every time I approached 190 pounds, a part deep inside pushed back. My mental thermostat was turning on the furnace [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Standing in Places of Terror
Posted in fitness, the mind, tagged cholesterol, diet, dieting, fitness, health, law of attraction, losing weight, nutrition, perspective, success, weight loss on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Energy Density: It’s Not Just for Physicists
Posted in fitness, food, tagged cholesterol, diet, dieting, fitness, health, law of attraction, losing weight, nutrition, perspective, success, weight loss on May 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m not counting calories. My brain’s not really wired for operating like that day in and day out. I can do stuff like that for a day, or two. After three days have gone by… forget it. (Please don’t read anything into that. If you’re counting calories, my hat is off to you. That’s an [...]
Changes in the Air
Posted in fitness, the mind, tagged cholesterol, diet, dieting, fitness, health, law of attraction, losing weight, perspective, success, weight loss on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With the arrival of spring, there has been a shift in our daily habits. We’re outdoors more because the sun is warm and the grass is green. We’ve set up seven new square foot gardens, refreshed the bird garden, and started coaxing the grass out of its hibernation.
In moving past my “terror barrier”, I’ve [...]
Hitting My First “Terror Barrier”
Posted in fitness, the body, the mind, tagged cholesterol, diet, dieting, fitness, health, law of attraction, losing weight, perspective, success, weight loss on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last week I hit a major milestone. I’m now as light as I was about 12 years ago when I watched my weight skyrocket into the solid 200’s. For some reason that time period remained with me quite vividly. I then went on in subsequent years to peak out in the 260 pound range in [...]
Forget Starvation, Start Eating!
Posted in fitness, the body, tagged cholesterol, fitness, law of attraction, losing weight, perspective, success, weight loss on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OK, something not quite as brain-heavy: Food! Yum!
I’ve been getting off-line comments about “starving” oneself. This puzzles me a bit, so I generally ask for clarification, i.e. “What do you mean by ’starving’ yourself?”
When I personally think of starvation, I think of a guy I knew when I was in Australia. He was [...]