I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted. If you know me, you know that one of my main problems is saying yes to work (where I am highly more confident and competent) and indirectly saying no to me. This is a habit I am working on breaking but it requires me to start finding a balance between an area of my life that I feel comfortable and the areas outside my comfort zone. I’m getting there. While I haven’t been very good on my diet or exercise plan while abroad, I did go skiing for the weekend. It was a fantastic experience where I remembered what it was like to be active, feel alive, happy, and healthy. I had a great time.

 In other news I’m starting up this blog again in hopes to help me understand why I want to lose the weight, keep myself focused on the positive effects of maintaining a healthy, active lifestyle and restart my affirmations. After falling into bad habits again, i’m not crucifying myself. But I am reading more web sites with women just like me who have struggled for years with their self identity and subsequent weight as a reflection of this. You can read some of their stories here:

 http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/02/08/weightloss.lynn.bering/index.html

http://www.freewebs.com/lynnsjourney/

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/02/08/weightloss.lynn.bering/index.html

Keep the ideas coming. I am at least off caffeine which is a great burden to be off of. I keep thinking that all of these diet drinks are bad for me.. and lo and behold they are!