Comments on: Law of diminishing returns

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 23:09:33 +0000

well isn’t this something. i am just starting my battle to lose weight…and i just ran up on your blog a week or so ago and you are almost at the end of yours..well i want to say that you are a very inspiring person who has done a hell of a job…because i am just starting and i do not know how i am going to do it…but i will.. i have been reading your blog from the start to get some ideas on what to do..and its helping…but anyway..way to go…on the weightloss and your book.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:43:57 +0000

Isn’t it amazing that no matter how far we come in our weight battles, we always focus on the negative. That is, how much farther we have to go instead of how much we’ve already achieved.

With everyone I’ve ever known who’s lost a lot of weight, they always seem to “think fat.” I think it just becomes our self-image after a while.

Pastaqueen, you’ve done an amazing job. Be proud of yourself. And if it’s seems harder now, that’s because you’re so much closer to where you need to be.

Stay positive. You’re doing great.

By: Samiam

Samiam — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:02:04 +0000

The sad sucky truth is we never lose any of our fat cells, they just shrink!

By: b

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:49:27 +0000

minor correction, you can only shrink the fat cells you have, you can’t lose them copmletely(which is a bummer!).

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:36:57 +0000

Yes, after losing 65 lbs, I feel like my brain and my body are suffering “dieter’s fatigue.” I just want it to be OVER WITH. Getting that last 10-15 lbs off is slower than molasses in January….boring, frustrating, but necessary. I am just bloody-minded about getting to “my” goal this time (75 lbs lost) and staying there for the rest of my natural born days!

I’ve been getting lazier about my exercise with the freezing weather, so I’ve just joined a “team” of co-workers to engage in a 4 mo. health improvement challenge, based on increasing exercise. Prayers to the Goddess that this will do the trick to finish the weight loss portion of the program….

By: jodi

jodi — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:54:11 +0000

yea, i have to agree – losing the first 5-10 pounds is awesome because that’s when people begin to notice and your clothes are bigger… i’ve never been one to lose 2 pounds a week so at least i’m used to losing very slowly… and i also try and not think about how much harder i have to work at this, compared to when i was 25, because i know i’m much healhier now… besides, i really feel that our bodies will let us know when its time to stop losing – accepting a higher weight than our ideal number is the hardest part…

have a great weekend… :o)

By: K

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:14:36 +0000

I think the important thing is not to drop the ball, even when you reach the point where you’re comfortable (whether that’s goal or not).

I have totally dropped the ball on exercise, mostly because I didn’t realise how dependent I was on the gym and running group to keep me moving… until circumstances (lack of job and sick husband) conspired to prevent me going.

When I move, I don’t feel fat. When I don’t move, I don’t like my body very much at all…

By: Shrinkingmom

Shrinkingmom — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:23:14 +0000

I know exactly what you mean! I just wrote about this very thing on my blog! The first 54 pounds were easy . . . but now? I realized I have to eat less to lose the last 22 and that somehow seems unfair!

By: Lori W.

Lori W. — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:34:45 +0000

My swim teacher was telling me this, that as I lost weight, I’d have to swim or work out harder and longer for the same results. I think I’m still in that period where it may not come off as easy as it did in the beginning but if I worked at it, it will still come off in a reasonable time.

But I’ve also come to the conclusion that if I want to keep it off, I have to do it anyway. I have to say the thing that worries me the most if I were to have an accident or be unable to MOVE. That’s one other reason for taking swimming lessons.

Thanks for your comment on my blog…I’m holding off on the trainer as my swim class starts next week. Yikes!

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:03:40 +0000

Maybe during those last few pounds, when your body’s in good enough health to really maximize your potential as an athlete, or a body sculptor, or whatever you want to be, the real rewards will come from someplace deeper than vanity.

I honestly don’t know, because I’m one of the neophytes for this year and I never got to that place where I felt like I was thin enough to be in some sort of home stretch. It’s just that I watch the fit people in my gym working out and I always notice how incredibly focused and relaxed and in the moment they seem. Maybe that’s what it’s going to take for those last 30 pounds.

In any case, we’ll all be here rooting for you. You’re amazing, and it was a fabulous post as always.