tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101250385794157862.post3850675082289689142..comments2023-08-27T06:52:54.670-05:00Comments on Minx, Redux: Existentialism on a Grand ScaleErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04126016879635761099noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101250385794157862.post-33980350394405397352007-11-19T09:12:00.000-06:002007-11-19T09:12:00.000-06:00I don't believe in willpower. I think we have mom...I don't believe in willpower. I think we have moments of willpower and perhaps we can learn something when we refuse food in certain situations.<BR/><BR/>Look, you're being entirely too hard on yourself. You've had a lot of big changes in your life. Everyone still is figuring out what they want in life but you're able to see that you can make changes. The question is what kind of changes. Should I move, change jobs, join the Peace Corps and those sort of big ticket changes. Add that you have the perfection gene (like the rest of us) and you feel stuck. Sometimes being stuck is good. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps integrity is eating a slice of bread because someone brought some homemade sunflower wheat bread and it smelled good and you have a slice. Perhaps a lack of integrity is eating a whole loaf of Sunbeam because you're stressed out -- it's not so much a lack of integrity but a lack of inner calmness or a lack of other coping strategies. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad the BL contest at work is coming to an end. The question is will anyone learn anything from it that will keep the weight off?Lori G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02167055316077502640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101250385794157862.post-44695369417915045572007-11-18T14:20:00.000-06:002007-11-18T14:20:00.000-06:00I'm sorry that your challenge didn't go better. I ...I'm sorry that your challenge didn't go better. I don't know if challenges like this really work.<BR/><BR/>Even after all of the weight I've lost, I still haven't actually fixed my problem of emotional eating. Instead, I just starve myself, replacing one vice with another. Until you get to what lies beneath, the weight is pretty meaningless.Jarretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144317773603998522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101250385794157862.post-60224726715524035422007-11-18T08:03:00.000-06:002007-11-18T08:03:00.000-06:00I think that eating what is right for you and your...I think that eating what is right for you and your body and being comfortable with what you choose to eat, in other words forgetting the "good" and "bad" food labels, requires the most character of all. And I think you are starting to move in that direction.Mrs. Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420005350135872676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101250385794157862.post-28144349590679216282007-11-18T00:13:00.000-06:002007-11-18T00:13:00.000-06:00I really think that you would be successful if you...I really think that you would be successful if you were to write a novel based on your experiences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101250385794157862.post-64563123505496887202007-11-17T23:10:00.000-06:002007-11-17T23:10:00.000-06:00When I set myself on my Bangkok challenge, I total...When I set myself on my Bangkok challenge, I totally screwed my weight loss up, that's why I killed it a few weeks later because I need to focus on other things, like eating balanced meals and feeling good about my body and working my steps and since I've started this OA thing. I've learned alot of crappy things about myself, but I've also learned some good things...the best thing being is that how I've acted in the past doesn't matter, how I act right now matters. Am I being the person I want to be right now...well no, right now I'm being lazy, but you get my point.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09835555617154726184noreply@blogger.com