tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post4713383061259000075..comments2023-09-09T06:12:36.477-04:00Comments on the wild and wily ways of a brunette bombshell: WEEKLY WELLNESS// we're eating our veggies this week. meg feehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16588092985523441189noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-7974147840265495752012-10-27T13:22:31.795-04:002012-10-27T13:22:31.795-04:00Sweet Meg, sometimes I find it hard to comment on ...Sweet Meg, sometimes I find it hard to comment on your posts. Not because I don't like to, but because you use your words so well, and a mere comments doesn't seem to do it justice.<br /><br />I do appreciate your words though, a lot!! And through the years I have followed your blog, your perspective has helped me to keep a level headed mind more than once!<br /><br /><br />Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and feelings with us, and may you stay as brave, kind hearted and level headed as you are :)<br /><br />Best of wishes from NorwayJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18271654411556565442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-74120217783575159402012-10-26T01:23:21.146-04:002012-10-26T01:23:21.146-04:00thank you so much for sharing this. your words spe...thank you so much for sharing this. your words speak so much to where my heart has been...Elisehttp://beingfound.posterous.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-32643986601716243232012-10-25T23:32:29.198-04:002012-10-25T23:32:29.198-04:00Thank you, thank you, thank you for writing the wo...Thank you, thank you, thank you for writing the words that I know are in me but won't come out. I could list all the millions of ways I can relate to you but instead I will just say this: me too, Meg, me too. How great and beautiful to know that with work and knowledge, it can get better. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-18908691125028816832012-10-25T14:20:45.387-04:002012-10-25T14:20:45.387-04:00You have the most sensible view of food I've e...You have the most sensible view of food I've ever encountered. I think of you often when I'm deciding what to have for a meal or snack. What will fill me up...what's REAL...what's truly healthy. Bradyhttp://relovingit.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-13594592187555192822012-10-25T11:00:50.465-04:002012-10-25T11:00:50.465-04:00I am so thankful for your vulnerability and transp...I am so thankful for your vulnerability and transparency! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-90454495939477240962012-10-25T02:02:39.375-04:002012-10-25T02:02:39.375-04:00Loving weekly wellness! Laura got me started! Some...Loving weekly wellness! Laura got me started! Some of the challenges are harder than I thought, especially trying to unplug! EM {Pushups with Polish}https://www.blogger.com/profile/05077422694404667285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-66116049695180681332012-10-24T20:39:23.624-04:002012-10-24T20:39:23.624-04:00I'll keep coming back to read this post when I...I'll keep coming back to read this post when I need some reassurance. Thank you for being the therapist I don't have in the format I never thought I'd have it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-8332123231717410092012-10-24T15:39:00.730-04:002012-10-24T15:39:00.730-04:00This was brilliant. I have always had issues/anxi...This was brilliant. I have always had issues/anxieties around eating. I don't even know if there is a term for this, but the thing that kind of concerns me now about my own eating habits sounds a little similar to non-purging bulimia. I don't over-excercise. I don't excercise at all, actually. But I will pig out, and then not eat very much. and then repeat the cycle.<br /><br />I don't eat regular meals.<br /><br />I eat too much processed food and sugar.<br /><br />I'm 5'6 and weigh about 160 lbs, with not a lot of muscle.<br /><br />I don't even know where to begin...<br /><br />but I feel fear of food. the cost of it. the time it makes to prepare it. the clean-up.<br /><br />where it is stored in the body...<br /><br />I'm a size 12.<br /><br />But I also think I'm kind of beautiful...<br /><br />what do you even call that?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-6605179607258489892012-10-24T14:20:44.692-04:002012-10-24T14:20:44.692-04:00I've often felt as if my body is betraying me....I've often felt as if my body is betraying me. And that's the problem, it's not my body's betrayal to be anything but perfect, but instead my own betrayal to not accept anything less than perfect.<br />Long time reader, first time commenter! This post really resonated with me- I was sitting at my work desk thinking about my small breakfast, feeling a little smug. Then I read. And I immediately ran down to the cafe for a real breakfast. Thanks for reminding me.April Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336073454927408851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-80919062844955692102012-10-24T14:06:21.234-04:002012-10-24T14:06:21.234-04:00This is what I needed to hear as someone dealing w...This is what I needed to hear as someone dealing with the weight war. I have tried WW and many other fads, and you're absolutely right about what they do to you. I found nothing to be a better substitute for when I just honestly cared about my health--walking, eating until I had enough and not until I was sick.<br /><br />These posts are so helpful for me because, as Jessica mentioned, it helps me to overcome my own shame. I wish there were more women like you out there, that our culture would share this message rather than the detrimental ones. Nevertheless, thank you again for sharing this with us all. <br /><br />And if you ever decide to write a memoir, please let us know. I will be among the first to purchase it! Diananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-54864901422527961542012-10-24T13:40:57.495-04:002012-10-24T13:40:57.495-04:00thank you.thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-9645631654090642292012-10-24T12:23:48.251-04:002012-10-24T12:23:48.251-04:00The way you describe how your body and you were at...The way you describe how your body and you were at war, and how your body had to relearn trust... it's just amazing to read what I didn't know how to articulate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-71682925447439502172012-10-24T12:19:14.745-04:002012-10-24T12:19:14.745-04:00This is lovely. Your wellness posts (not just this...This is lovely. Your wellness posts (not just this challenge, but in general) are my favorites, too. Over the past 3 years, I've done a lot of internal work on this subject, and I'm not ashamed to say that, while I have a long way to go, I am proud of my own progress. <br /><br />Do you want to know what happened 3 years ago to jump start my thinking? I gave birth to a daughter. A beautiful, happy, lovely, talented baby girl. And when I think about her thinking about her lovely self and perfect, healthy body with the same poisonous language I use(d) when I think about my own, it makes me physically ill. I'll do my best to make sure it doesn't happen. I will FIGHT it, and the place to start is with me.<br /><br />paddyandkris.blogspot.comKrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480068865270168098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-81603469816512310242012-10-24T10:13:58.431-04:002012-10-24T10:13:58.431-04:00meg, it doesn't surprise me that your posts on...meg, it doesn't surprise me that your posts on food, health, and your own personal journey are among the most read - they are always the ones i look forward to most (although i enjoy it all, i must say).<br /><br />i love reading (and sometimes re-reading) these posts because for me, it's a step in overcoming my own shame around my body, my under-eating, my over-eating, my own experience through the muck.<br /><br />it's when i'm mired in the hardest parts that i come back and read posts like this one again. so i can show myself real proof that i'm not alone. i'm not the only one who's been there (who sometimes IS there), and i'm not the only one who's still fighting the slow battle back to confidence and health, away from calorie counting and being defined by the size of my stomach.<br /><br />the last week, i slipped. a relapse, if you will. starting last night, i've been digging myself out of the whole i jumped in, and this post was just what i needed this morning. recovery is a grain of sand - i've lifted myself up again and realized i'm still going, still working, still maintaining some level of recovery that two years ago i didn't believe was possible.<br /><br />thank you for sharing your experience. reading it is a monumental piece for me in working through the shame i still have of my own, at times.<br /><br />thank you.jessica renaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00243953749255901106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-52359618849596142072012-10-24T08:26:37.699-04:002012-10-24T08:26:37.699-04:00I really loved how you described your body here &a...I really loved how you described your body here & what it did when you didn't give it enough food. Also calories scientifically are a unit of energy/measurement, so why not give our bodies the energy it needs to breathe & sustain us comfortably? Throw out the numbers & just listen to our bodies, I really liked that point of instruction here. And our bodies tell us subtly or not so subtly (diabetes, high blood pressure etc) when we need to fix something in the way we are living.. Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01838085714956465786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-19339788461984709962012-10-24T08:14:17.055-04:002012-10-24T08:14:17.055-04:00unlearning what a calorie is...yeah, that was the ...unlearning what a calorie is...yeah, that was the toughest part.hannah debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459280053686126258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-40071012305411942342012-10-24T07:42:52.975-04:002012-10-24T07:42:52.975-04:00Hi Meg, I really must passss on your advice to my ...Hi Meg, I really must passss on your advice to my husbund. He is 6 foot tall, has high blood pressure and has the worst eating habits (although he loves to lecturre everyone else on theirs) Anyway good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-82244669969180235462012-10-24T07:00:23.955-04:002012-10-24T07:00:23.955-04:00I used a popular calorie-tracking website to lose ...I used a popular calorie-tracking website to lose weight a few days ago. I was OBSESSED with keeping track of my food. On a date night, we'd go out to eat dinner and I'd have to go home before we went to the movie so I could track my meal before I forgot something I ate. I lost weight, of course - it's impossible not to on 1200 calories a day. Giving up my reliance on that website and learning to trust my body to let me know when it's satisfied was a huge breakthrough, but it hasn't let me down. In total, I lost about 40 pounds, gained back about 5, and have been hovering within a pound or two of my "healthy" weight for more than four years now. Thank you so much for sharing your story! Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005036475888458542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-27080670043823753032012-10-24T04:53:39.005-04:002012-10-24T04:53:39.005-04:00What you went through with weight watchers is pret...What you went through with weight watchers is pretty much a mirror of what I went through. But I went through it very recently so I still have quite alot of anger about it. Which seems stupid, I'm angry at weight watchers. I'd never really known what I weight until February this year when I'd all of a sudden woken up 2 dress sizes bigger (or at least that's what it felt like to me at the time) and I stepped on those weight watchers scales. The weight started dropping off, the compliments came in thick and fast, and I found this amazing rush and pride in starving myself - because you're right, that's what I was doing with my points allowance. And I got to a healthy weight, but not once was I ever asked "would you like to stop here?" so I thought "I should keep going", and before I know it, I'm diagnosed with an eating disorder, after being the girl who has never stepped on a scale until she was 21. Reading your post gives me so much strength right now. You write with such elegance and knowledge. There is so much (bad) information out there. Thank goodness for women like you who are brave enough to share their stories, and their strength. xxxLittleAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294433933908402625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-46122081245251218142012-10-24T04:45:33.415-04:002012-10-24T04:45:33.415-04:00I'm roughly the same height as you are and I h...I'm roughly the same height as you are and I had the same experience on weight watchers. I cannot believe I used to work out, hard, and then not eat because refusing the "extra" points I "earned" by working out was considered a victory. I also think all of the low fat and fake chemical sugar products encouraged by the diet (show me some one who hasn't gone a box deep in the "1 point carrot cakes" and I'll show you a liar) had a lot more to do with messing up my body than just the low calories. Anyway, I like your weekly wellness post, it reminded me what matters. Yesterday I ate a lot of chocolate cookies near lunch time, but then I put broccoli in my whole wheat pasta for dinner... and I think that is what life is all about. :)<br />Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146623803665577963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-11911097282056047382012-10-24T01:40:48.164-04:002012-10-24T01:40:48.164-04:00This is such a great post. A person very dear to m...This is such a great post. A person very dear to me has struggled with an eating disorder for many years, and it meant a great deal to read your perspective. Thank you for being honest and courageous enough to write it. xalice {sweet dreamer}https://www.blogger.com/profile/12616490761356841540noreply@blogger.com