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I’ve got to admit, I’ve been in a funk.  Normally, the fall and winter are my favorite times of year but this year I’ve been sick so often that I just haven’t gotten into my normal good vibe feelings.  Eli’s health problems have been on my mind a lot lately as we approach the summer and his next colonoscopy (although, knock on wood, he seems to be doing very well).  And I haven’t spent as much time outside as I usually do this time of year, partially because it makes me sad to be in the back yard without Obie (our golden retriever who passed away in January).

Sorry, I didn’t mean for this to be a downer post, but I guess it’s a reflection of where I am at the moment.  Because of this funk and work stress and being sick so often, my eating has just been awful. Work has been like this from time to time lately: I keep restarting and then backsliding either because I’m sick, stressed or traveling.  This added weight isn’t good for my mood, my appearance, my health or my running so I have to get serious about getting it off.

I just finished reading “The End of Overeating” by David Kessler, MD.  It was written in 2009, but I picked it up at the local library.  It really resonated with me and I wanted to share a few excerpts from it:

I liked his approach which really focused on how our altered food availability (mega portions, highly processed foods with an emphasis on addictive fat, salt and sugar, and easily accessible) can trigger unhealthy food relationships in a large portion of the population (of course, not everyone reacts the same way to these environmental changes).  And my challenge is to figure out how to take that information and to use it to change my own reactions, cravings and behaviors. Starting Monday (I know, I know) I’ll be starting either South Beach, Atkins, Paleo, or some mash-up of those three that I design and actually WRITE DOWN the rules to.  I know from my own experimentation, that I am most successful on a diet that I don’t have to track my food and that eliminates simple carbs (which seem to just make me hungrier!).  I’ll have to decide about cheese, beans, fruit, etc.

After running the Asheville Half Marathon on Sunday, I drove eight hours home and my legs were so sore from all those hills that I haven’t run since (although I plan to do a short run later today).  I did manage to do the first workout from the book The New Rules of Lifting for Women which I’m pretty happy about. My goals for the upcoming week: 

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