Comments on: If you’re happy and you know it, lose some weight

By: Natasha

Natasha — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:08:19 +0000

Wow, this has really hit home for me. Happiness is definitely the key to my weight loss (and a good night sleep). You have also inspired me to start to blog about my own weight loss challenges. (I’m not that good with this type of technical stuff). Thanks for doing this!!

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:18:05 +0000

“I’m in the macaroni military” couldn’t view the video but read the BIO!!

By: Deanna - The Unnatural Mother

Deanna - The Unnatural Mother — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:11:21 +0000

Well said, I agree 100%

By: Quix

Quix — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:28:01 +0000

Congrats on the loss (how often do you get to say that, heh). It always feels nice to lose without much effort, it makes all those days off pounding my head against the wall trying to get the scale to go down feel like they have something against which to be balanced… :)

By: RNegade

RNegade — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:11:07 +0000

Hmmm. A touchy subject. For me it is about sleep and lack thereof. I’ve had chronic insomnia for over 10 years, and when I can string together a few 5 hour/night of sleep, I lose weight quite easily. Unfortunately, that situation is very rare, and I mostly live on 3 hrs sleep per night, sometimes less. Yes. I said that: 3 hrs per night. People act like sleeplessness is a choice I’ve made, that if I just tried hard enough, or got centered enough, or tried melatonin (or X, Y or Z) or WHATEVER, then I could sleep more. Grrrr… There is no cure, no magic formula, no “just do this…and voila, sleep!” Oh yeah, sleeping pills work about as well, long term, as diet pills. Also, people assume that insomnia is caused by depression. Again, in my case and many others: nope. Not depressed. Okay, rant over. Guess this post struck a nerve.

By: 363nomore

363nomore — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:43:10 +0000

Hi there:)

I just wanted to say I love your blog and am here to support you! I love the fact you lost weight and had pizza:) ha ha! That made me happy.

One of the cool things I have come across was Geneene Roth’s new book, Women, Food, and God. I wasn’t going to read it because of the God part, but my friend kicked me in the patoot and said “Oh forcryingoutloud read the damn thing, you might learn something.” And so I did.

I laughed and cried through the entire book.

Just wanted to share.

I will be back to read and be inspired for sure.

Take care.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:53:10 +0000

I totally agree with this. When I dropped 90 lbs back in 2004, I was in an extremely happy time of my life. I was in college, having fun, I met the guy I would marry, and the world was my oyster. I’ve been significantly LESS happy (work/career-related unhappiness) since 2006 and my weight has fluctuated up and down so now on my GOOD weeks, I maintain, and on my BAD weeks, I gain. I’m all but convinced that I won’t successfully lose the weight I have left until I’m a “healthy weight” until I find a new job and career path. Granted, this may just be an excuse to slack off with exercise, eat what I want and throw myself daily pity parties, but I AM sincerely unfulfilled in my current job and I yearn (yes, yearn) for something new and different where I will be something more than someone’s “assistant.” (Btw: I am working towards two masters degrees and I am planning to segue into something new, hopefully very soon, but for the time being I sit here unhappy, getting fatter and fatter).

By: lg

lg — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:24:21 +0000

I agree with you and there was a story on one of the network news sites about a woman who lost several hundred pounds because she became happier (found friends on the internet) and without trying lost weight because she stopped gorging. When I am stressed or worried I eat for comfort and distraction. But now I don’t wait for stress to resolve because there will always be some (I admit my stress is not much except to me, to others it must seem petty) instead I start excercising more (I do the minimum excercise usually) and usually it helps with the stress, eating and weight gain.

By: Kendra

Kendra — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:05:02 +0000

I think that you hit on a really good point. Happiness probably does cause weight loss. I’ve noticed that one major difference between my past and very quickly failed attempts to lose weight and this time which is so far successful is how generally happy I am. It’s becoming a cycle too, the more progress I make, the happier I am and it’s all motivation to keep going. When I was depressed I just couldn’t do it.

By: scone

scone — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:46:35 +0000

It makes sense. Happiness implies happy biochemistry in the brain and the endocrine system, along with less stress to the adrenals and thyroid. And the endocrine system has a huge effect on weight. Also, even if you’re eating pizza, you probably aren’t stress eating, which piles on the calories over time.