So here goes....

I am a female in my late thirties happily married to a great guy and very content with my life in general
all except one thing it is a physical thing or shall I say my physical being , my temple , my shell where my soul dwells whatever.

I am unhappy about my weight which is not shocking or anything special at all really. You can turn on the tv open a magazine look at any diet/health section in a book store and see that there is an industry built on people like me who are unhappy about there shape. I know I don't have a special nitch or disorder that's for sure.

The thing is , really where I am at at this point as a woman in my late thirties who is happily married and loved , I am through with diets. Sorry no doing nobody is gonna make me.

I will not be counting points, carbs, fat grams or calories I am through. All of that impossible counting weighing hoarding of points forgoing of bread and starches in general, it is all BS!!!

And yes I know on a diet you will lose weight if you have stick to itness. But can you really eat only the same set list of food forever I mean really you are never gonna eat a slice of birthday cake or a slice of cheese forever really? Really??? That is where the problems lie with diets.

Don't get me wrong you should eat foods that are good for you that have norishment. Nobody will have luck on a diet of Taco Bell or Mc donalds ( fast food never did it for me anyway and trust me gormet dinners can make you gain weight too!)


I have recently read a couple of books that have clicked for me no actually they has resonated for me. One of them I read twice actually. Intuitive Eating and Fit from Within ( sorry don't have the authors names handy , the books are in the other room and don't want to wake hubby).

Anyway Intuitive Eating is written by two dieticians and basically the book explores how diets set you up for failure. Not when your on them of course ( well sort of in a way) but once you lose that magical number of weight where you feel you can go back to your old eating patterns or when you completely lose it and have to have that forbidden food that you can't stop thinking about. That is when it hits the fan for most people ( not everyone but I just sayin).

The whole concept is how about no forbidden food, how about trying to eat like normal naturally thin people who are not dieting and no when to say when. It's about finding your contentment in your meals and not eating til you feel like a stuffed pig.

I am sure a lot of you out there are think um duh lady! Yeah well this Duh Lady has finally got it.

This is the path I am going to embark on from now on cuz I don't have another diet in me. It is kind of like when I quit smoking , which was cold turkey and basically I woke up one day and enough was quite enough.

Now both books stress eating healthy and getting exercise lets be clear on that. But the focus is not on scales, sizes, pounds dropped how many reps you put in etc. and how quickly you do it. I almost think it is just getting more comfortable with your self , how you feel physically and spiritually and how to gain control of yourself and not freak the hell out. How refreshing is that!

Anywho both books really stress journaling and writing about how you feel when you eat and about what you eat and how the time you ate was like. They don't want you to journal to keep a good or bad list of foods or do any possible counting of anything, but more on the lines of I had chicken soup today it was something I was really craving and it was perfect for this weather today and it really hit the spot, you get the jist .

So that in a long detailed nutshell is why I am here blogging. I guess this is my journal/mission statement. I have every intention of using this as a journal to get my ya yas out  or my blah blahs out if you will.

It may be boring but hey I am writing for me, if ya wanna read it you can, if not someone else probably has a post that is right up your alley.

Im Out