Comments on: Life and Life Cafe http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/2008/07/17/life-and-life-cafe/ Losing Weight and Feeling Great One Salad at a Time Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:06:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: winningfriendswithsalad http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/2008/07/17/life-and-life-cafe/#comment-1103 winningfriendswithsalad Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:27:42 +0000 http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/?p=891#comment-1103 C - List of things to do on the fridge - I'll try that! Justy - Love the walking/jogging/running idea...thanks for the support! CourtneyS - I looked for her stuff when I went to the bookstore! They didn't have the one I wanted but I'm totally going to order it on Amazon! Thanks for the tip! claire - Such a frustrating feeling isn't it? The run was really good for both my body and my mind. Maggie - I wear a heart rate monitor that tracks my HR and calorie burn. april - Right now, I am at the top of the normal range for my height. Not overweight, but on the edge. My nutritionist Keri says that 130-135 is a good weight for my height. And even though I'm quasi-happy with my weight - I can do better. I can be better. My habits are 80% good and 20% awful. If I can get a hold of my emotional eating, then I don't think losing the weight will be hard at all. Ashley - still learning, so true. Lauren - Thanks dude. Can't wait to get together again! Lindsey - Definitely not alone. Please keep me posted on your triumphs and trials. :) Jess - Thank you for reading and commenting! I hope you'll continue to comment - your support really means alot to me! Jaclyn - Last night WAS great. Can't wait to do it again! VeggieGirl - Thanks!! You're the best! wow - Just trying my best. Arielle - Love that, 'or there wouldn't be chocolate. Thanks for the support! Lisa - Thanks so much for your sweet comment and welcome to WFWS! I do try to keep it honest here - my ups are so much sweeter when you know how sour the downs were! I really hope you keep reading and commenting! Keep me posted on how you're coping with the injury! UVAJess - hehe, thanks...you rock! Runeatrepeat - thank you so much! Bridget - That's the only thing you can do, you know? Just try, try again! - Kate C - List of things to do on the fridge - I’ll try that!

Justy - Love the walking/jogging/running idea…thanks for the support!

CourtneyS - I looked for her stuff when I went to the bookstore! They didn’t have the one I wanted but I’m totally going to order it on Amazon! Thanks for the tip!

claire - Such a frustrating feeling isn’t it? The run was really good for both my body and my mind.

Maggie - I wear a heart rate monitor that tracks my HR and calorie burn.

april - Right now, I am at the top of the normal range for my height. Not overweight, but on the edge. My nutritionist Keri says that 130-135 is a good weight for my height. And even though I’m quasi-happy with my weight - I can do better. I can be better. My habits are 80% good and 20% awful. If I can get a hold of my emotional eating, then I don’t think losing the weight will be hard at all.

Ashley - still learning, so true.

Lauren - Thanks dude. Can’t wait to get together again!

Lindsey - Definitely not alone. Please keep me posted on your triumphs and trials. :)

Jess - Thank you for reading and commenting! I hope you’ll continue to comment - your support really means alot to me!

Jaclyn - Last night WAS great. Can’t wait to do it again!

VeggieGirl - Thanks!! You’re the best!

wow - Just trying my best.

Arielle - Love that, ‘or there wouldn’t be chocolate. Thanks for the support!

Lisa - Thanks so much for your sweet comment and welcome to WFWS! I do try to keep it honest here - my ups are so much sweeter when you know how sour the downs were! I really hope you keep reading and commenting! Keep me posted on how you’re coping with the injury!

UVAJess - hehe, thanks…you rock!

Runeatrepeat - thank you so much!

Bridget - That’s the only thing you can do, you know? Just try, try again!

- Kate

]]> By: Bridget http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/2008/07/17/life-and-life-cafe/#comment-1102 Bridget Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:41:45 +0000 http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/?p=891#comment-1102 Kate, i've been there too...what I'm amazed with in this post is how quickly you seemed to bounce back. You went to dinner with friends, ordered something healthy, went for a run, and it sounds like you woke up today ready to face a brand new day. Kate, i’ve been there too…what I’m amazed with in this post is how quickly you seemed to bounce back. You went to dinner with friends, ordered something healthy, went for a run, and it sounds like you woke up today ready to face a brand new day.

]]> By: Runeatrepeat http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/2008/07/17/life-and-life-cafe/#comment-1101 Runeatrepeat Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:24:13 +0000 http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/?p=891#comment-1101 Kate, I have so been here. I have major issues with emotional eating and eating when I am alone or bored. I mean, let's be honest - who binges in front of other people? It's hard to stop yourself when you are a mission to eat yourself sick. I don't have any good advice because I have the same problem, but I appreciate your honesty. I lay it all out there on my blog too. Kate, I have so been here. I have major issues with emotional eating and eating when I am alone or bored. I mean, let’s be honest - who binges in front of other people? It’s hard to stop yourself when you are a mission to eat yourself sick.
I don’t have any good advice because I have the same problem, but I appreciate your honesty. I lay it all out there on my blog too.

]]> By: UVAJess http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/2008/07/17/life-and-life-cafe/#comment-1100 UVAJess Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:14:14 +0000 http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/?p=891#comment-1100 Just because you binge (and DON'T purge) doesnt mean you are going to be 500 lbs!! I definitely have my moments and I am 5'4" and 107 lbs. It's just how you deal with them; you need to know how to stop and how to compensate in other ares of your diet where you are lacking. I recently ate a SIXTY serving bag of M & M's in 7 days (My only binge food is chocolate FYI) Kate is just honest enough to share her experience with it.....which is why she rocks! PS I changed my name since I saw a new Jess :) Just because you binge (and DON’T purge) doesnt mean you are going to be 500 lbs!! I definitely have my moments and I am 5′4″ and 107 lbs. It’s just how you deal with them; you need to know how to stop and how to compensate in other ares of your diet where you are lacking. I recently ate a SIXTY serving bag of M & M’s in 7 days (My only binge food is chocolate FYI) Kate is just honest enough to share her experience with it…..which is why she rocks!

PS I changed my name since I saw a new Jess :)

]]> By: Lisa from CA http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/2008/07/17/life-and-life-cafe/#comment-1099 Lisa from CA Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:11:37 +0000 http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/?p=891#comment-1099 Hi Kate! I was looking through the other blogs and found your site, and like everyone said, it's such a common issue! I find myself reaching for that extra handful of chocolate chips at night, even if I obviously don't need it, and it's purely from boredom or an attempt to accomplish something else that I am not able to identify at the time. Anyway, I wanted to echo what everyone has been saying about your candid attitude on this blog. I really appreciate it! I'm maintaining a healthy lifestyle (or at least as healthy as I can make it) but recently suffered some set-backs because of an injury. It's hard to stay positive when you know physical activity is one of the main components of a healthy life and a sudden restraint is put on it. Sorry, long comment! I just wanted to say, that reading another person's personal journey that isn't always about success is really encouraging, in the sense that it's proof that we're all going through something. So, thanks!! And I'll keep on readin'! -lisa Hi Kate!

I was looking through the other blogs and found your site, and like everyone said, it’s such a common issue! I find myself reaching for that extra handful of chocolate chips at night, even if I obviously don’t need it, and it’s purely from boredom or an attempt to accomplish something else that I am not able to identify at the time.

Anyway, I wanted to echo what everyone has been saying about your candid attitude on this blog. I really appreciate it! I’m maintaining a healthy lifestyle (or at least as healthy as I can make it) but recently suffered some set-backs because of an injury. It’s hard to stay positive when you know physical activity is one of the main components of a healthy life and a sudden restraint is put on it.

Sorry, long comment! I just wanted to say, that reading another person’s personal journey that isn’t always about success is really encouraging, in the sense that it’s proof that we’re all going through something. So, thanks!! And I’ll keep on readin’!

-lisa

]]> By: arielle http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/2008/07/17/life-and-life-cafe/#comment-1098 arielle Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:05:28 +0000 http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/?p=891#comment-1098 I do the same thing, obviously, which is why I started my blog. I used to snack and snack and snack just because I was bored. I'm by no means perfect or even close to perfect now, but I try to remember to tell myself that eating a snack takes ten minutes, and then I'll just be bored AGAIN. Instead, I need to find something to do. So, whenever I get the urge to snack and I'm really not hungry, I try to go on a walk or pick up a magazine or do a yoga or pilates DVD. And if I can't do that, then I at least try to eat vegetables. Hope that helps!! I think you have to give yourself a little bit of room for emotional eating - everyone eats for reasons other than hunger from time to time, or there wouldn't be chocolate. So cut yourself some slack, you're doing great. I do the same thing, obviously, which is why I started my blog. I used to snack and snack and snack just because I was bored. I’m by no means perfect or even close to perfect now, but I try to remember to tell myself that eating a snack takes ten minutes, and then I’ll just be bored AGAIN. Instead, I need to find something to do. So, whenever I get the urge to snack and I’m really not hungry, I try to go on a walk or pick up a magazine or do a yoga or pilates DVD. And if I can’t do that, then I at least try to eat vegetables.

Hope that helps!! I think you have to give yourself a little bit of room for emotional eating - everyone eats for reasons other than hunger from time to time, or there wouldn’t be chocolate. So cut yourself some slack, you’re doing great.

]]> By: wow http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/2008/07/17/life-and-life-cafe/#comment-1097 wow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:02:35 +0000 http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/?p=891#comment-1097 it's a wonder you're not 500 lbs the way you binge all the time you're right you're not much of a healthy living example it’s a wonder you’re not 500 lbs the way you binge all the time

you’re right you’re not much of a healthy living example

]]> By: VeggieGirl http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/2008/07/17/life-and-life-cafe/#comment-1096 VeggieGirl Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:53:00 +0000 http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/?p=891#comment-1096 Such a gorgeous garden dining spot!! So sorry about the setback, Kate :0( Just stay strong!! I know it'll get better!! Such a gorgeous garden dining spot!!

So sorry about the setback, Kate :0( Just stay strong!! I know it’ll get better!!

]]> By: Jaclyn http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/2008/07/17/life-and-life-cafe/#comment-1095 Jaclyn Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:41:04 +0000 http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/?p=891#comment-1095 Hi Kate (& Lauren!) Last night was so much fun! Like I said last night, we have all been there before (ahem, Haagen Dazs mint chip ice cream) and I think a big part of what draws your readers back is that you are so honest and it's helpful to see we're not the only ones out there doing this. It's also great to see how completely supportive everyone is! Hi Kate (& Lauren!)

Last night was so much fun!

Like I said last night, we have all been there before (ahem, Haagen Dazs mint chip ice cream) and I think a big part of what draws your readers back is that you are so honest and it’s helpful to see we’re not the only ones out there doing this. It’s also great to see how completely supportive everyone is!

]]> By: Jess http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/2008/07/17/life-and-life-cafe/#comment-1094 Jess Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:08:00 +0000 http://winningfriendswithsalad.com/?p=891#comment-1094 Kate, I've been reading for a while but never commented. You're not alone! I've been there and done that many many times. It's so hard to listen to those voices telling you to step away from the eating and "take a walk". When you are in the middle of those emotions it's hard to listen... Keep up the positive attitude! You should congratulate yourself for completing your run after your afternoon and beginning today as a "new day". Your honesty and attitude is so refreshing to read. :) Kate,

I’ve been reading for a while but never commented. You’re not alone! I’ve been there and done that many many times. It’s so hard to listen to those voices telling you to step away from the eating and “take a walk”. When you are in the middle of those emotions it’s hard to listen…

Keep up the positive attitude! You should congratulate yourself for completing your run after your afternoon and beginning today as a “new day”. Your honesty and attitude is so refreshing to read. :)

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