Comments on: Rethinking.

By: Ebri

Ebri — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:10:01 +0000

Please come back! I’ve never written a comment on any blog before, but I miss you . . .

By: hayley

hayley — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:10:30 +0000

hi cheese,

How are you doing? I hope that you’re out having fun too busy and happy to write, but if not I hope you know that you don’t have to be the perfect model for anti dieting, that your presence in the ’sphere is always always a good thing.

love h.x

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:49:39 +0000

Miss you. Hope things are well!

By: slightly disorganized

slightly disorganized — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:35:30 +0000

hey darlin.

Just wonderin where you are.

By: Marste

Marste — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:38:19 +0000

Hey, just checking in. Everything ok?

By: JenK

JenK — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:03:10 +0000

As an aside…I too am dealing with memories of when I weighed less and it was easier to do X, Y, or Z.

Of course, that was also when I was in better shape. And *also* before I had asthma.

Now, I’m not in that good as shape. But I’ve also found a serious difference when I use my inhaler before exercising and when forget to use it before exercising. So I’m working on retraining my brain to interpret “wheezing while exercising” to mean “did you use your inhaler?” not “too fat”. Because “Did you use your inhaler?” will help me A LOT MORE in the long run.

Btw, it’s spring in the Northern hemisphere, and a lot of folks are dealing with allergies. Got any?

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:21:17 +0000

This post makes me feel a lot better following a bit of a self-image meltdown (at work no less!). I just found your blog a few days ago and I’m looking forward to reading more! I’m struggling to think about MY health and MY feelings rather than how other people are going to see me if my body were a 4/6 instead of an 8/10, and a conversation I had today with someone who falls sharply in the latter category really pushed me off balance. It’s great to have your words to help get me back on track.

By: cc

cc — Mon, 26 May 2008 13:45:45 +0000

you rock

it’s all about the mindset, i think. running because it’s FUN (something i never, ever thought i would say) is not the same thing as running when every step is a punishment for being a fat, ugly person.

but when you’re out there on a cool sunny day and you’re not pushing yourself too hard and it’s just calm and rhythmic…? nothin’ wrong with that at all.

By: debroby

debroby — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:41:46 +0000

Sounds to me like you spent 5 years with a healthy life style. And that’s what you want to get back to.

Not “dieting”. Not “exercising for weight.”

Just living a fit life.

At the end of every successful diet THAT is the place we all should end.

Nobody tells people that. And you are.

Nobody says: when you lose the weight (or gain the weight) and learn to exercise and feel great and strong and bendy and capable.. THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARD. THIS is where you want to live the rest of your life.

Brava to you for saying it.

Now let’s all hope we can actually live it.

By: NotDieting.com

NotDieting.com — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:02:34 +0000

You mention that 5 year period where your weight was in the mid-130s a lot. It is easy to reflect back on that “nostalgic” time, but maybe it wasn’t as HAES as you think. Or maybe it was. Either way, you have a new weight and a new attitude. Embrace the new and let go of the old. You are fabulous and inspiring.

I haven’t run in years and years, because I felt like it was “dieting” behavior also. Since I started reading your blog, I’ve been on a few fun runs and really enjoyed myself!