Vanity sizing

Have you ever heard of vanity sizing?  It's also known as size inflation.  I hadn't until recently.  Apparently, in order to sell more clothes, the garment industry started assigning smaller sizes to articles of clothing.  This means that what's a size 14 today used to be about a size 20 in the past. 

Back on track!!!!!!!!

If you've been reading my recent posts, you know that I've been struggling for several weeks.  When I struggle, it means I'm having binging episodes or trying to fight the urge to binge, but usually it's the former. 

My birthday week!

My 55th birthday was this week and on my actual birthday, Vilma Luck struck and ruined my day.

Still struggling, but hanging in there

I explained in my prior post(s) that whenever I'm on track, the motivation I feel that allows me to succeed is palpable.  When I'm motivated, it's so easy to stay on track that I wonder why I couldn't do it when I was younger.  When I feel like this, the idea of eating bad foods or having a downright binging episode doesn't even enter my mind for a second no matter what happens in my life.

She's baaccckkk!!!!

In August, my trainer, Flaminia ("Fla"), left for about two weeks to attend The Burning Man Festival in the desert near Reno, Nevada.  She didn't have cell phone reception in the desert so we didn't communicate at all during that time.  Fla left me a strict workout schedule which I followed during her absence.  My weight didn't budge.

Thank you, DMV!

About 15 years ago, I walked into a California Department of Motor Vehicles ("DMV") office to have my driver's license renewed.  In California, licenses are good for five years.  I can't remember specifically how much I weighed at the time, but I'd guess it was around 230 lbs. 

Struggling again (binging)

People often ask me how I conquered binging.  The reality is I haven't figured out how to stop binging, although I've learned to control it better - but only just a little bit and only sometimes.  I still struggle from time to time when life gets me down...