Management – Month 5 summary

(LighterLife Management – Month 5)
So this is my life pre-Geneen. I think all October I’ve been pretending that I’m ok, that life is normal, that I’m just like anybody else. Whether it’s been because I’m so NERVOUS about the workshop (I’m flying today!!) or whether I’m just so nervous IN GENERAL about having to face [...]

A new kind of terror – coming out

(LighterLife – Management Month 5)
Do you have to tell? I was introduced to a lovely guy some 6 months ago when I was just entering Week 5 of Route to Management, so he’s only seen me at my ‘normal’: back to drinking and eating real food, and pretty much within one size!
I didn’t realise this [...]

Intervention complete

(LighterLife Management – Month 5)
I almost didn’t watch it. I nearly almost couldn’t. If I had had wine or chocolate or anything yummy but unhealthy in the house, I would’ve quite probably have downed it in order to keep watching.
What, you ask. Freaky Eaters: Addicted to… chocolate, which is a reality program about ‘extreme’ eaters. [...]

Negotiating with yourself

(LighterLife Management – Month 5)
Should I stay (home, isolated but safe, in control) or should I go (out, exposing myself to the ‘elements’ and temptations)?? That IS often the question. And because I still tend to slide on the direction of trying to please other people, I often go out and take my chances, sometimes [...]