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Old 11-09-2008, 11:04 PM   #1  
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I admit it, I'm being an unrepentant attention whore here. I thought I could just slip back in but it seems a big announcement in shiny letters works better for me, makes it feel more real.

I love this place, and inexplicably slipped away over a year ago. I got busy with other things, a few life stresses, and activity tapered off. My habits were well-ingrained, and I maintained just fine for about six months. But without the support here and having also dropped hard-copy calorie counting (I did it in my head instead for a while) I slipped back into those much older habits.

These include:
  • eating when not hungry
  • not stopping when full
  • not counting calories
  • eating too many things that aren't healthful
  • not listening to my body
  • allowing myself to feel shame, guilt, despair, anxiety, and helplessness over the above

I miss being tolerant of my body. I miss being the nurturing steward of my body. I miss feeling calm when I choose to eat a giant piece of cake or some tortilla chips, because I know I'm just counting them in my daily total and hey, even if this day is a little high it will even out.

I also miss you lot.

The crucial link that I dropped wasn't just this site or calorie counting. The crucial link was that I love being supportive. I love (trying) to reassure others who feel just as lost as I used to before I first came here. I love feeling helpful and useful. It's kind of selfish, I know, and we can all see by my little graph below here that I'm not the goddess of weight loss.

But at least I am the goddess of me, and of my body, and I'm so very looking forward to working with all of you again!

Postscript: Ooh, I'm going to have to adjust that graph upwards tomorrow. I'm pretty sure I'm about 12 pounds higher than that now! >.<
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Old 11-09-2008, 11:26 PM   #2  
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Old 11-09-2008, 11:37 PM   #3  
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hi, im new too i guess welcome to us all
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Old 11-09-2008, 11:39 PM   #4  
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Old 11-10-2008, 01:28 AM   #5  
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It's so good to see you back! Reading your post alone has already helped me!

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Old 11-10-2008, 03:19 AM   #6  
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Old 11-10-2008, 08:17 AM   #7  
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Welcome back! Looking forward to supporting you, too.
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Old 11-10-2008, 08:51 AM   #8  
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hehe best post ever LOL I love to announce things in big shiney letter too Welcome back, and those 12 lbs. will disappear in no time. I'm not really much of a motivator since I've managed to lose 12 pounds in about... oh... a YEAR!!! I'm trying to be positive and think at least it's giong in the right direction yes???
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Old 11-10-2008, 12:21 PM   #9  
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Old 11-10-2008, 12:30 PM   #10  
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back! I have also returned after a long absence.
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Old 11-10-2008, 01:35 PM   #11  
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back! You must have left right before I started lurking. Isn't this site so helpful in keeping on track?
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Old 11-10-2008, 02:22 PM   #12  
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Welcome back! Looks like it's the season for returnees! Glad you came back before all your hard work was undone.
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Old 11-10-2008, 02:47 PM   #13  
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Yeah - me too!

Part of me is also an attention whore, the other part just hates to be noticed.

What to do, what to do.

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Old 11-10-2008, 03:47 PM   #14  
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