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• The Forecast Can Bite Me
  on Mar 11, 2009 in Mental Health career depression dieting job life meaning obesity purpose self-indulgent angst talking heads weight loss
  The current forecast here accurately depicts how the last two days have felt in my world, as well as depresses me because of its lack of promising little sunshines to come. Sunshine makes me instantly feel at least two levels happier. So gimme sunshi...
• Facing the Facts About Change
  on Mar 10, 2009 in Exercise Inspiration Weight Loss change fitness gym membership health jogging running self-development self-improvement walking
  Yesterday, I changed. I actually began an exercise routine I have been talk, talk, talking about for ages. Change may be a process, a lifelong journey, a slow transformation---but we can choose to change every day. One day at a time, in any number o...
• Structure, Deconstructed: Do You Need Structure to Lose Weight?
  on Mar 9, 2009 in Weight Loss abstinence diet dieting exercise fitness food plan jogging moderation obesity running structure temperance walking weight loss
  The sane voices crying out in the wilderness often advocate moderation in all things (except perhaps crack-fueled orgies). I hear them, and I try. One "relaxed" day a week on the diet. Or a cheat meal. Or a cheat treat. Only it's not called cheating,...
• Building Blocks
  on Mar 4, 2009 in Misc Money Weight Loss appearance career debt dieting fitness health job money obesity social life weight loss
  I haven’t made significant progress with my weight loss in the last little while (ahem! 2 months?). I haven’t regained the 15 pounds I lost from my all-time highest weight in early November, but dammit I haven’t pushed forward eithe...
• Quitting Weight Watchers and Trusting Myself
  on Feb 25, 2009 in Weight Loss diet dieting food plan independence insecurity weight loss Weight Watchers
  I quit Weight Watchers a few weeks ago. The whole affair was extremely anticlimactic. One Sunday not too long ago I woke up, realized I hadn’t been to a meeting in weeks and didn’t plan on attending any in the future. Almost simultaneousl...
• Don’t Become a Blogland Spectator
  on Feb 23, 2009 in Misc Weight Loss blogging blogs commitment dieting life obesity philosophy spectator weblogs weight loss
  Whether inhabiting the role of an after-hours clubbing brat or of a Phi Beta Kappa student at a top university, I’ve often felt like a spectator in life. In my late teens and early 20s I observed, I took mental notes, and when things got the sc...
• Quote: Resisting Shortcuts
  on Feb 22, 2009 in Inspiration advice chinese food dieting fortune cookie shortcuts weight loss wisdom
  And no, the irony of this little wisdom snapshot coming from Panda Express (Chinese fast food) does not escape me. It actually cracks me up ;). If you liked this, please share it or subscribe to my feed! More »...
• Rationalization
  on Feb 21, 2009 in Mental Health albert ellis behavior Dialectical Behavior Therapy how to refuse to make yourself miserable mental health psychology rational emotive therapy REBT RET weight loss
  I’ve been yearning to lose weight for longer than most of the fetuses currently trolling the internet have been alive. Something clicked in my head quite recently at the random age of 31 years old: I now understand and truly believe that I can cont...
• It’s Go Time
  on Feb 11, 2009 in Moving It dieting exercise fitness health jogging obesity walking weight loss workout
  At the close of the workday, although I occasionally may be mentally depleted, I'm also often keyed up and filled with nervous, jangly energy. Sometimes that sensation decides to turn itself into serious anxiety and I let it make me a little crazy. I
• It’s Okay to Look Like You’re Trying
  on Feb 9, 2009 in Everything Else General Weight Loss appearance career diet dieting dress for success exercise fat fitness jogging makeup mental health obesity rebellion walking weight loss
  Dressing for success has been, well, a success---at least in terms of short-term results and compliments---and I'm proud of myself for sticking with it. Today I got to thinking, If I can make a change like this, there's no reason that I can'
• Quote: Your Only Opponent
  on Feb 8, 2009 in Inspiration exercise fitness motivation murakami quotes running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself weight loss what i talk about when i talk about running
  "In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be." I think this same philosophy holds true in many other pursuits as well.
• My Weight Loss Background in Brief
  on Feb 7, 2009 in Everything Else General Weight Loss background blogging diet dieting obesity paranoia weblogs
  For about two days I worked on starting a new blog that would be entirely anonymous. Then I decided I wasn’t being true to myself and that Turtle Progress is my online home! So I’m back. I did write up a brief background of my weight issues as a...
• Procrastination’s Toll on Your Finances
  on Jan 27, 2009 in Personal Finance canceling cancellation debt gym membership money savings
  Is there a regular but unnecessary charge you've neglected canceling up until now because it felt like too much effort or you were nervous about it? Make a plan today to confront this bill and you will feel instantly lighter and more empowered---I gu
• Do I Need Two Blogs?
  on Jan 26, 2009 in Everything Else Moving It blogging debt design diet dieting personal finance weblogs weight loss
  Do you currently maintain multiple blogs (example: one for your family/friends and one that is anonymous/personal)? What are the pros and cons? Related posts:This Time It’s PersonalHow to Become Part of the Weight-Loss Blogger CommunityUm, So.
• Link Soup: January 22, 2009
  on Jan 22, 2009 in Recommended Links adjusted reality beck diet diet dieting great fitness experiment links maintenance obesity weblogs weight loss
  This short but sweet edition of Link Soup touches on weight maintenance, the dark side of losing lots of weight, and the Beck diet plan! Related posts:Link Soup: December 10, 2008Link Soup: December 3, 200816 Weight Loss Advantages...
• Link Soup: January 22, 2009
  on Jan 22, 2009 in Recommended Links adjusted reality beck diet diet dieting great fitness experiment links maintenance obesity weblogs weight loss
  This short but sweet edition of Link Soup touches on weight maintenance, the dark side of losing lots of weight, and the Beck diet plan! Related posts:Link Soup: December 10, 2008Link Soup: December 3, 200816 Weight Loss Advantages...
• Declaring Bankruptcy: Not Just Some Easy Way Out
  on Jan 21, 2009 in Everything Else Mind and Emotions anxiety bankruptcy credit cards debt depression finances mental health overeating overspending personal finance skinny debt diet stephanie quilao wellness
  Declaring bankruptcy is a bit like having weight-loss surgery: Some people will always think you took the easy way out. Because the actual "in-patient" time is brief, they assume that the whole process was a piece of cake and that you will go da
• Declaring Bankruptcy: Not Just Some Easy Way Out
  on Jan 21, 2009 in Everything Else Mind and Emotions anxiety bankruptcy credit cards debt depression finances mental health overeating overspending personal finance skinny debt diet stephanie quilao wellness
  Declaring bankruptcy is a bit like having weight-loss surgery: Some people will always think you took the easy way out. Because the actual "in-patient" time is brief, they assume that the whole process was a piece of cake and that you will go da
• Do Something (Badly, If Need Be)
  on Jan 20, 2009 in General Weight Loss Mind and Emotions Recommended Links diet dieting exercise fitness goals motivation planning procrastination weight loss
  It's time to face the fact that all of the perks of being a planner ultimately become subverted when they are taken to the extreme; in other words, I have planned myself into permanent butt-groove on my couch lately. Related posts:Weigh-in: In the.
• Do Something (Badly, If Need Be)
  on Jan 20, 2009 in General Weight Loss Mind and Emotions Recommended Links diet dieting exercise fitness goals motivation planning procrastination weight loss
  It's time to face the fact that all of the perks of being a planner ultimately become subverted when they are taken to the extreme; in other words, I have planned myself into permanent butt-groove on my couch lately. Related posts:Weigh-in: In the.