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Weight Loss

I ordered a FitBit

October 13, 2009 by hollie Exercise and Fitness

This purchase actually happened yesterday before The Moderately Great Weight Loss Plan. I just want to say that now, in case someone is tempted to jump on me for Doing Something New. Someday I’ll get lambasted for Doing That Annoying Capitalization Thing, and I’ll blame it all on Winnie The Pooh. Who had a problem [...]

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The Moderately Great Weight Loss Plan (heh)

October 12, 2009 by hollie Weight Loss

After my Kale Realization of 2009, it was time to face reality: I want to lose weight, and I’ve wanted to lose weight for the last year, and I haven’t gotten very far. In fact, I’m getting larger (ironically all thanks to my love of a vegetable). So what’s a girl to do? I sent [...]

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Kale chips are making me fat

October 12, 2009 by hollie Raw Foods

In the last 7 weeks I’ve gained 7 pounds. Yes, we can do the math, but let’s just say it out loud, shall we? That’s A POUND A WEEK. Every time I step on the scale I wonder what the heck is going on. Since we moved to Seattle I’ve definitely been eating more junk [...]

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Cholesterol and celiac tests are in

July 24, 2009 by hollie My Health

I got a call from my doctor’s office. The bloodwork came back, and the celiac test was negative. “So you can eat wheat with abandon!”, the nurse said. Hmmmmmm. Okay. I’m sure we’ll come back to this at some point, won’t we?
My cholesterol is what really concerned me.
Here’s the current test:
Total: 188
HDL: 42
LDL: 105
TRI: 206 [...]

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Charlotte’s post about the Diet Wars, and the elephant in the room

July 22, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

I just discovered a blog that I’m enjoying a lot, and added to my sidebar under “Fitness”. It’s called The Great Fitness Experiment, and it’s written by one Charlotte Hilton Andersen. She writes about fitness and nutrition, with a side dish of hilarity, and I’ve found myself going through her archives and reading back through [...]

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Tossing out the scale; keeping my bike

July 2, 2009 by hollie Exercise and Fitness

This is me this morning after my half hour on the stationary bike. I’m exhausted. I’m so out of shape it’s surprising I can get up the stairs to bed.
Mmmmm, bed. The question at this point isn’t WILL I take a nap, it’s WHERE WILL I? The kids are in daycare today, which means I [...]

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Elimination Diet | Day #3 | STILL ALIVE

June 24, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

I can’t believe I made it to Day 3!
This is me after a shower this morning, with Beth sitting in my lap, eating an apple. We’ve both been eating a lot of apples lately. They’re sweet and crunchy and they’re easy to eat quickly (wash and go!).
General Status:
I still feel crappy. Very worn out. It’s [...]

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Weight-related health issues I didn’t write about before, but should have

May 21, 2009 by hollie Weight Loss

I got several email messages regarding this post I made a couple weeks ago, about losing weight. I’d mentioned I had health problems related to weight, but I didn’t explain what they were, or why I was deciding to shed some pounds, and some folks wanted to know why. After a recent doctor’s visit and [...]

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Update on weight issues, emotional eating, and plans.

May 11, 2009 by hollie Panic and Anxiety Issues

Quick summary for new people: I was overweight, so I decided to try Weight Watchers. That quickly led to me to the realization that diets were a bad idea (for me, although I know many would argue they’re bad for anyone), and that I was dealing with some issues around compulsive eating. I decided to [...]

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I promise, the blog isn’t dead…..

May 10, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

All the personal work I’ve been doing, in regard to understanding emotional eating, has me turned inward. It’s been a difficult few weeks. I haven’t been able to put the process into words very well, so I haven’t been writing about it.
So pardon this dry spell, while I continue to be, as I tell Greg, [...]

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