tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post4424411659460360351..comments2023-10-23T20:14:05.916-05:00Comments on Ruth's Rambles...: Need for Change (Part 1)Hi from Ruth!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04696686601621200587noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-79188132810243598932010-01-29T16:41:30.921-06:002010-01-29T16:41:30.921-06:00i agree with dearheart! i can't keepup, bu ti ...i agree with dearheart! i can't keepup, bu ti 'm loveing reading when i can. :) ths is a great list! :)darcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729565512380024608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-739708270532661102010-01-29T15:33:17.970-06:002010-01-29T15:33:17.970-06:00Sounds like you are off to a good start with the h...Sounds like you are off to a good start with the healthy thing. I had big plans for 2010 in this regard, eat less junk, lost those pesky 10 pounds or so that I have gained since Ethiopia, exercise more - by exercise more, I mean exercise at all, but alas, with some of my new stresses, I am allowing myself time to well, eat and be lazy (as lazy as one can be with seven children!) but maybe reading of your progress will inspire me to give it a shot.Sharlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986104124394505985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-13031741749426608642010-01-28T22:53:50.252-06:002010-01-28T22:53:50.252-06:00Hey Kristina -
Thanks for the book recommendation...Hey Kristina - <br />Thanks for the book recommendation - I'll look it up online and take a look. <br />Re: being a posting machine - I'm still somewhat new to this (six months) so it may be a novelty, I'm not sure. Plus, I love writing, and I'm an insomniac...so I spend regular time at night drafting things.<br />Well, let's keep trying on the health stuff together!<br /><br />Ruth.Hi from Ruth!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04696686601621200587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-92057603711540568732010-01-28T22:19:30.658-06:002010-01-28T22:19:30.658-06:00Okay, wow, Ruth. You are a posting machine - I ca...Okay, wow, Ruth. You are a posting machine - I can't keep up with you! (; <br />Regarding this post, lots of good stuff! I especially liked the tidbits about agave nectar and Japanese green tea. I too, am perpetually trying to lose weight and eat better (sadly, in that order). One book that has been a help to me, at least for planning purposes (insert shoulder shrug here 'cuz I'm still working at it) is: The Beck Diet Solution by Judith S. Beck, PhD. She really helps to address the pitfalls re: "a failure to plan is a plan to fail" scenario. <br />Anyhoo, good luck!dearhearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882095651280387809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-43252110180322383792010-01-28T21:29:32.439-06:002010-01-28T21:29:32.439-06:00Thanks for the comment Hilary. I can relate to th...Thanks for the comment Hilary. I can relate to the no-exercise thing growing up - it was determinedly not part of our lives.<br />Good for you on joining the Y - I've been wondering what it's like there, now that renovations are done.<br /><br />You look terrific to me! But I fully appreciate the desire to do something for yourself and to not want to be sitting back on the sidelines watching.<br /><br />So...maybe we'll end up motivating each other!<br /><br />RuthHi from Ruth!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04696686601621200587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-68539780608513590222010-01-28T21:18:18.004-06:002010-01-28T21:18:18.004-06:00Ruth,
I love your post! I have struggled with ...Ruth,<br /> I love your post! I have struggled with my weight my whole life. I recently joined the YMCA and am trying to go regularly. I grow up in a family where exercise was never ever done. So it's a bit foreign to me. I have had issues about my body for years, but in recent years have changed my mindset. I am of the opinion that if you don't like me for what I look like, than I didn't need you in my life. I still believe that, but I think that, that has been my excuse for too many years, to not do anything about it. And seeing that Sheldon and I are adopting, (at some point) I want to be able to play with my kids and not have to sit back and just watch, because I'm not fit enough. I also want to do it for me. I have always been heavy. But I forget that I am and walk past a mirror or see myself in photos etc., and am surprised at how big I am.<br /><br /> So I said all that to say that I am trying to loose weight also. -HilaryHilary Dueckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695574575181358161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-23212356904404627842010-01-28T13:39:50.044-06:002010-01-28T13:39:50.044-06:00Wow - thank you, Joy & Shannon. What lovely, ...Wow - thank you, Joy & Shannon. What lovely, supportive comments - and I love that you're thinking of these kinds of things too. I'll look forward to having these conversations with you and to picking your brains, too.<br /><br />Yeah, Joy, the whole cooler-in-the-car thing is a big one for us, too, and will appear on my part 2 list, I'm sure. Organization is not my strength but it's not much excuse for not getting things ready a little in advance of when we need to leave the house.<br /><br />OK, I'm going to stew on Part 2 of my list while Matthew has his 'quiet' time.<br /><br />Thanks again.<br /><br />RuthHi from Ruth!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04696686601621200587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-40679806134529686362010-01-28T11:52:41.610-06:002010-01-28T11:52:41.610-06:00Hi Ruth ,
Love the long post !
Actually I have l...Hi Ruth , <br />Love the long post ! <br />Actually I have loved all this weeks, just the comments I had did not seam to be able to condense down in size. SO I have been having chats with you although they have stayed in my mind. <br /><br />I am ready to join this "changes" party with you.<br />I have a good 30 pounds to lose and for the last couple of years have accepted that way I am , but am ready for the change this time.<br /><br />I have been feeling really different about it. It is actually exciting vs something I have to do,<br /><br />It is also the reality that I will get a referral one day, <br />The pictures will stay in my life for ever, I also feel a ton a pressure to be healthy, being single it all falls back to me.<br /><br />SO glad you started a new conversation.<br /><br />Look forward to sharing this part of the journey as well as the adoption stuff.<br /><br />I actually look forward to your hard list, as I am also going to look at what I am not doing so well as at tonight.shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639574878234992281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-36382717295077774102010-01-28T10:56:26.953-06:002010-01-28T10:56:26.953-06:00Good list! I keep talking about going organic/huma...Good list! I keep talking about going organic/humane with my meat, and just haven't actually taken the step yet. Another thing we've talked about is trying to think ahead when we go out to run errands, etc., because we often end up getting fast food since we are so HUNGRY before going home...need to pack a small cooler of home-made sandwiches and things to help with that (since we do have good stuff in the house). Maybe your posts will be a bit of a motivator for me, too! Still trying to decide how to tackle both the eating and the exercise stuff...so hard.Joyhttp://joyandgeoffsplace.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com