On this page the following entries were made in the “Dialogue” category.
I entered the café—a very small, cozy place, that I used to go to regularly last year. A few people were there already, minding their own businesses, and I approached the counter to order, when suddenly it hit me. The feeling of shame. The feeling of shame at being seen by strangers eating a croissant in a public place.
Continue reading “The Shame of Being Seen Eating” »
Something that crossed my mind, not so long ago, as I was idly discussing sports matter with my boyfriend (he likes playing squash, I do too, things are perfect with this): it may just be me, but I have a feeling that when it comes to weight loss, men and women often don’t have the same approach at all.
Continue reading “Different Perceptions?” »
There’s this ad currently running on French TV channels, for Amora’s “light products”. It features a kid eating some kind of big burger and about to put ketchup on it, when his mother gets out some Amora super-duper light-fat ketchup and, arguing that there’s twice less fat in it… whips twice more of the awful thing on the burger. The ad ends by showing us that all the family is obese, save for the slim boy. Slim because of Amora’s light sauces, of course.
Continue reading “Twice Less Fat, But Twice The Amount” »
Alright. I’m not a saint, I’m not eating perfectly well every single day, I do have my moments of weaknesses when I still give in (much to my dismay) to cravings. However, generally speaking, it’s a fact that my lifestyle has improved tremendously compared to what it used to be when I wasn’t taking care of my health at all… and one very good thing is that the consequences of this don’t “only” appear in the weight loss itself. All in all, this is pretty much encouraging on many accounts!
Continue reading “Positive Changes Already” »
Even though weight loss as well as maintenance tend to be very hard battles, at least at times… even though being heavy can so easily turn into a bane of constant health problems here and there… can we say that, in a way, we overweight people may be luckier than the always-thin people regarding health matters - provided, of course, that we don’t close our eyes on the signals?
Continue reading “Some Kind Of “Luck”” »
Is this something common in each of us, or something that seems to happen to me because I’m a very cyclic person, and usually walk my way through various interests one after the other only, and never all at the same time? It gets hard to tell, as it probably could be mistaken for disappointment and discouragement, but somewhat I think it is not the case.
Continue reading “Staying focused” »
Quite often on other blogs and websites, I’ve read how much it’s important for weight loss to carefully keep a log of one’s daily food intake. Well, I’ve now understood by myself why it is.
Continue reading “The Blindfold Of The Silent Pen” »
There have been a few moments when I wondered if, in a way, starting this blog was a valid idea: not because I don’t have anything to say or am too shy to say it, but because I know I am certainly not the one with the worst hardships behind me when it comes to weightloss. Thus, does this allow me to state my opinions all the same? Or should I just, as some say, “suck it up” and not open my virtual mouth, for “not being able to understand”?
Continue reading “All In The Same Boat” »
Being overweight is unfortunately a situation that isn’t as easy to solve as it can seem from an external point of view. “You just have to eat better” or “you just have to undergo a diet” sound very appealing and very evident, yet I keep on thinking (and many others do think the same, from what I could read in various books, blogs and websites) that to really start on seriously losing weight, something in you needs to “click”.
Continue reading “Wake-Up Call” »
For some time, I had been pondering starting to write in a blog like this one. I simply wasn’t sure whether it would be worth it or not. Finally, after much thinking, I decided that it was. It would be a place where I could express my thoughts and experiences on my journey to being fit, healthy and not forever “the fat, flabby little womanâ€.
Continue reading “So It Begins” »
