Comments on: Going the distance. http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/going-the-distance/ Also good with wine. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:35:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: CarrieP http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/going-the-distance/#comment-1980 CarrieP Tue, 20 May 2008 00:01:10 +0000 http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-1980 Okay, first of all, I loved your navel-gazing post because I think we're all floating around in the fatosphere thinking that everyone else is doing intuitive eating perfectly while we are just struggling through. The fact is, intuitive eating is a process not a destination and it takes attention and energy every single day to keep choosing and providing what our bodies want. Some days will be easier than others, but the point is to keep trying. The other thing I wanted to say about your post is that your food choices are YOUR food choices. If you want to eat less peanut butter, do that. If you want to wait a little bit before you eat, do that. Nobody else should be able to tell you how or what or when or how much to eat. With that said, if you know that restriction is a slippery slope for you, you may want to work with a nutritionist or a therapist as a way to check in and make sure you don't slip back into old dieting habits. The point is to pay attention to what your body wants. Good luck! Okay, first of all, I loved your navel-gazing post because I think we’re all floating around in the fatosphere thinking that everyone else is doing intuitive eating perfectly while we are just struggling through. The fact is, intuitive eating is a process not a destination and it takes attention and energy every single day to keep choosing and providing what our bodies want. Some days will be easier than others, but the point is to keep trying.

The other thing I wanted to say about your post is that your food choices are YOUR food choices. If you want to eat less peanut butter, do that. If you want to wait a little bit before you eat, do that. Nobody else should be able to tell you how or what or when or how much to eat. With that said, if you know that restriction is a slippery slope for you, you may want to work with a nutritionist or a therapist as a way to check in and make sure you don’t slip back into old dieting habits. The point is to pay attention to what your body wants.

Good luck!

]]> By: spacedcowgirl http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/going-the-distance/#comment-1979 spacedcowgirl Mon, 19 May 2008 03:31:50 +0000 http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-1979 <blockquote>I don’t think you should take down your navel-gazing post at all! It’s reassuring you wrote it, because I think it is easy to get super obsessive about Intuitive Eating, too.</blockquote> Wow... this is good food for thought, as is the rest of your comment. No pun intended.

I don’t think you should take down your navel-gazing post at all! It’s reassuring you wrote it, because I think it is easy to get super obsessive about Intuitive Eating, too.

Wow… this is good food for thought, as is the rest of your comment. No pun intended.

]]> By: NotDieting.com http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/going-the-distance/#comment-1978 NotDieting.com Mon, 19 May 2008 01:36:27 +0000 http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-1978 I don't think you should take down your navel-gazing post at all! It's reassuring you wrote it, because I think it is easy to get super obsessive about Intuitive Eating, too. I am not dieting, but have purposely not read any Intuitive Eating books because I know I will take it too far. Am I full? Am I too full? Do I really want this? Do I secretly want that? It's okay to be too full sometimes. It's okay to eat something and wish you ate something different. Life is not perfect, and neither is listening to your hunger. Or so I tell myself... I don’t think you should take down your navel-gazing post at all! It’s reassuring you wrote it, because I think it is easy to get super obsessive about Intuitive Eating, too. I am not dieting, but have purposely not read any Intuitive Eating books because I know I will take it too far. Am I full? Am I too full? Do I really want this? Do I secretly want that?

It’s okay to be too full sometimes. It’s okay to eat something and wish you ate something different. Life is not perfect, and neither is listening to your hunger. Or so I tell myself…

]]> By: d http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/going-the-distance/#comment-1975 d Sat, 17 May 2008 02:49:05 +0000 http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-1975 just wanted to say thank you for posting the navel-grazing post. THIS IS EXACTLY EXXAACCCTTTLLLYYYY what i am going through! i spent half of today crying in bed because im struggling with the same difficulties. keep truckin' your my inspiration! we are in this together (and we even weigh the same...i can NOT get below 130 for my life :( ) stay strong! just wanted to say thank you for posting the navel-grazing post. THIS IS EXACTLY EXXAACCCTTTLLLYYYY what i am going through! i spent half of today crying in bed because im struggling with the same difficulties.

keep truckin’ your my inspiration! we are in this together (and we even weigh the same…i can NOT get below 130 for my life :( )

stay strong!

]]> By: lower case “r” runner « I Look Good and I Do What I Want http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/going-the-distance/#comment-1974 lower case “r” runner « I Look Good and I Do What I Want Thu, 15 May 2008 16:01:43 +0000 http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-1974 [...] Ten-Miler. I never posted my times or pace, because, well, they are abysmally slow. I know I am a lower case “r” runner and really, I’m usually okay with that [...] [...] Ten-Miler. I never posted my times or pace, because, well, they are abysmally slow. I know I am a lower case “r” runner and really, I’m usually okay with that [...]

]]> By: ilookgoodblog http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/going-the-distance/#comment-1973 ilookgoodblog Thu, 15 May 2008 13:57:57 +0000 http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-1973 zmama75, I don't know where you live, but the thing that made running "stick" for me was finding a group to run with. I started out with Get Fit Atlanta (they were mostly a little too hardcore for my taste) and then switched over to Galloway. There are Galloway programs in <a href="http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training_groups/list_cities.html" rel="nofollow">TONS of cities</a>, and they are extremely welcoming to new, slow runners. Besides the camaraderie, knowing that I'd have to meet up with my group on Saturday mornings for a long run was a definite motivator to get me out of bed on the weekdays and do my alone-runs. Its a great way to start out, too, because there are loads of knowledgeable people to help you learn stuff. zmama75, I don’t know where you live, but the thing that made running “stick” for me was finding a group to run with. I started out with Get Fit Atlanta (they were mostly a little too hardcore for my taste) and then switched over to Galloway. There are Galloway programs in TONS of cities, and they are extremely welcoming to new, slow runners.

Besides the camaraderie, knowing that I’d have to meet up with my group on Saturday mornings for a long run was a definite motivator to get me out of bed on the weekdays and do my alone-runs. Its a great way to start out, too, because there are loads of knowledgeable people to help you learn stuff.

]]> By: zmama75 http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/going-the-distance/#comment-1969 zmama75 Thu, 15 May 2008 06:09:10 +0000 http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-1969 I have fantasized about getting in to running. Almost completed the C25K program a few years ago. But it's never stuck. Haven't yet figured out if it's a timing thing or I'm just not meant to be a runner. I have fantasized about getting in to running. Almost completed the C25K program a few years ago. But it’s never stuck. Haven’t yet figured out if it’s a timing thing or I’m just not meant to be a runner.

]]> By: ilookgoodblog http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/going-the-distance/#comment-1968 ilookgoodblog Thu, 15 May 2008 02:26:01 +0000 http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-1968 Oh, I am a runner too. A lower-case "r" runner, though. I dream of 11 to 12 minute miles on long runs, people. But, I enjoy it. I really, really love being even a lower-case "r" runner. I think six to seven miles is my favorite distance, when I have a proper training base, because I spend the first two or so miles warming up, and then just cruuuuise through to the end. I end up feeling lighter than air, like I could keep running and running (even though I really couldn't). I have runs are that are terrible, that are just like getting beat. But the good runs are oh so good. So good. I remember days two years ago, beautiful sun-dappled runs on a quiet paved path, the grass still dewy and the sound of my rhythmic foot falls just pulling me along. I've never been in danger of overtraining. So maybe I can't speak intelligently of where you are coming from. But I have never loved the treadmill. Like you, I used to be embarassed to run outside where people can SEE my fat ASS does she really think she's a RUNNER? So I run when its dark, in the mornings, mostly. Good for you for taking it outside. I don't think I could stick to running if I was banging out the miles solely on a treadmill. Oh, I am a runner too. A lower-case “r” runner, though. I dream of 11 to 12 minute miles on long runs, people.

But, I enjoy it. I really, really love being even a lower-case “r” runner. I think six to seven miles is my favorite distance, when I have a proper training base, because I spend the first two or so miles warming up, and then just cruuuuise through to the end. I end up feeling lighter than air, like I could keep running and running (even though I really couldn’t).

I have runs are that are terrible, that are just like getting beat. But the good runs are oh so good. So good. I remember days two years ago, beautiful sun-dappled runs on a quiet paved path, the grass still dewy and the sound of my rhythmic foot falls just pulling me along.

I’ve never been in danger of overtraining. So maybe I can’t speak intelligently of where you are coming from. But I have never loved the treadmill. Like you, I used to be embarassed to run outside where people can SEE my fat ASS does she really think she’s a RUNNER? So I run when its dark, in the mornings, mostly. Good for you for taking it outside. I don’t think I could stick to running if I was banging out the miles solely on a treadmill.

]]> By: spacedcowgirl http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/going-the-distance/#comment-1967 spacedcowgirl Thu, 15 May 2008 00:38:35 +0000 http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-1967 Update, not that anyone necessarily cares: I did skip my training run today. It was the right choice, too. Here's to listening to and taking care of your body, as exemplified by this post. (And thanks again for the post, because reading about the joy you are taking in your running these days definitely played a part in my decision.) Update, not that anyone necessarily cares: I did skip my training run today. It was the right choice, too. Here’s to listening to and taking care of your body, as exemplified by this post. (And thanks again for the post, because reading about the joy you are taking in your running these days definitely played a part in my decision.)

]]> By: Telle http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/going-the-distance/#comment-1964 Telle Wed, 14 May 2008 14:29:54 +0000 http://goodwithcheese.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-1964 Hmm.. this is inspiring me to try running again. I've just gotten into doing yoga the past couple of weeks and it's made me feel so strong and energized. And now that the weather's getting nice, I think heading out for a nice walk/run through the cemetery sounds like a fine idea. Hmm.. this is inspiring me to try running again. I’ve just gotten into doing yoga the past couple of weeks and it’s made me feel so strong and energized. And now that the weather’s getting nice, I think heading out for a nice walk/run through the cemetery sounds like a fine idea.

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