Shrinking Natalie

I found this interesting post on the Runner's World website:

"Try High-Tech Meditation For Weight Loss

We allrecognize that we don't always eat because we're hungry; sometimes weeat for "emotional reasons," for lack of a more precise term. In thisstudy, Italian researchers used "new technologies" like mp3 players andvirtu...

I got my butt out of bed at 4:50am today to go for a hard and fast 2 mile run. Here is the conversation I had about 1.5 miles in....

Mind: Alright, now do a hard sprint to that street sign, then I will let you easy jog the rest of the way home.

Awhile ago I promised to do a "looking back" entry about my weight loss journey. Today is the perfect day because at weigh-in tonight I should become a lifetime member of Weight Watchers (6 weeks on maintenance!).

So, if I had a Delorean that could hop through space & time, what five things would I tell myself on May 21st, 2008 - the day before I joined Weight Watchers:

"Don't do anything on a diet that you won't do for the rest of your life."

Thanks to PLACKER on the Weight Watcher's 20-Something Board for this quote. I think this sums up the attitude you need to have in order to complete a weight loss journey and maintain that loss longterm. This is why fad and trick diets (like Atkins) don't work. And I know I can't go...

I recently picked up a copy of "Self" magazine, and read a section called "15 Minutes to Your Best Self." One of the exercises in this section was a reflection piece related to the new year, and I wanted to share it on here:

I'm proud of....(things in 2008)

• Deciding to get heatlhier, and following through with it.

Maybe its because I did not ring the New Year in with style. Maybe its because the holidays were stressful. Or maybe its just because I have been at it for 8 months now, but I am seriously lacking in the motivation department lately.

I know everyone on a weight loss journey feels like this at one point or another. I want to scream "I just want to be done already!" at the top of my lungs. Other than earning a coll...

• Preparation: Planning your meals ahead of time
• Motivation: Staying focused and staying on plan, as we like to say

1. From my boss: "You look fantastic, I am proud of what you have done!"
   
2. From a co-worker: "Wow! You are lo...

• I am smaller (kind of obvious, but one of the best changes), particularly in my legs and tummy which I guess is from all the running. I have lost 2 pant sizes, 1 shirt size (darn boobies just won't shrink!), and 5 points on m...