Archive for June, 2008
Toxins
More to Being Healthy
One way in which I may or may not differ from other dieters out there is that I’m of a mind that there’s more to being healthy than just being skinny.
You can be thin and svelte or skinny and scrawny, but that doesn’t mean you’re any healthier than the woman trying to [...]
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Food
Sweet Tooth and Picky Eater
So one of the big problems I’m going to have on this diet is food.
See, I’ve got a sweet tooth, and I’ve been a VERY picky eater, my whole life.
And most of the foods I’ve been patting myself on the back about liking – corn, potatoes, peas, carrots – well, it [...]
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Why All The Secrecy?
Shame About Being Fat
The answer’s at least partially obvious. Shame.
I’m ashamed that I let myself get this far gone.
I’m ashamed that I’ve tried dieting before and failed.
I don’t want to tell people that I’m dieting because then I feel that my success or failure is judged by them. I feel like I’m the center of [...]
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My Dieting History
Youth
I was a tiny baby, although not a frail one. My nickname was “Spider” because, as it was described to me, I was nothing but arms and legs.
I grew up out in the country with my older brother, and spent pretty much my entire youth running wild through cow fields and forests.
Growing up, my average [...]
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Who Is the Dieting Ninja?
It may seem more than a little odd that directly after telling you the whole point of this blog is to keep my identity a secret, I start out with a post on my identity.
What’s funny is that though you will never know my name, you will probably know more about me than most people. [...]
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