Cutting back like normal people

(LighterLife Management – Month 8)
I’m trying something ‘normal’ people do: CUTTING BACK.
One day back in December, or could have been November, I woke up one morning and noticed that my just washed favourite pair of jeans felt way too tight around the waste, producing a bulge that is both uncomfortable and unsightly – the donut.
AND. [...]

Surviving the surf’n'turf

(LighterLife Management – Month 3)
It all boils down to CHOICE. Bear with me in getting to the point.
The anticipation
I hit the waves for the first time last weekend. With some people I knew and a few that I didn’t. Stayed in a caravan for 3 nights, and pretty much did everything together. The surfing. And [...]

Management – Month 1 summary

(LighterLife Management – Month 1)
JUNE. The dreaded 1st month of real life after Route to Management. The busiest month I can remember. Like ever!! I’m giggling to myself because until June came along I thought a week in between entries was a loooong time :D
Both the projects I’ve been working on this year escalated in [...]

Some lack-of-exercise observations

(LighterLife Route to Management – Week6 Day6)
My lack of interest toward exercise continues. It almost feels like some kind of a game in its own right sometimes. Will I? Won’t I? When will I? All that.
Last time I went to the gym was Easter weekend. When my mum was visiting. And that was the only [...]

Coping strategies: an appointment with exercise?

(LighterLife Route to Management – Week2, Day5)
I feel stupid. I was washing my hair and this question popped into my head: why don’t I schedule exercise into my calendar like I do with ANY OTHER APPOINTMENT IN MY LIFE?
And you know what? There is no reason. Why AM I not doing it? And why I’m [...]

Abstinence is taking its toll

I have been constantly thinking about ending abstinence. My crooked thinking (or is it crooked? still working my way around this one) has moved on from merely talking to me about WEIGHT to ‘only exercise, not abstinence, will make your thighs slimmer and your stomach firmer‘. AND ‘the muscle you’ll get will replace any remaining [...]

Anger and where it needs to go

What are productive ways to vent anger? Is screaming into the air considered one? There’s not always a boxing sack or a gym available in the moment and the holding the anger in is something I intend to avoid.
Today I have been so angry that I actually thought about FOOD. And that made me even [...]

I eat, therefore I’m worthy

It has just dawned on me that I have grown up believing that I am more valuable as a person if I come across all jovial and easygoing. Specifically? If I just eat anything. And never cringe at any foods, taking pride in letting people know that ME, I eat anything. AREN’T I GREAT!
Of course [...]

I hate running

Running. For as long as I can remember, I have hated running. I hate the thought of it, and I hate the doing of it. I recall doing some jogging when I was 14-15 years old, as part of my track training. But I didn’t like it then, and I never went jogging without a [...]

Get a life, start with hobbies

Well there’s a thought – hobbies! Something I’ve been lacking for a long time, and something that is a regular on my mental ‘get a life’ tick list. I’ll get into the need to get RID OF THE CHECK LISTS in another entry…
Hobbies. I occasionally have one. That is, I occasionally start one. Let’s see, [...]