Hanne?

Hanne?

Yep, that's the one.

I used to run into her at the Y, back when she was based in Baltimore. Also, cookieswap. She's a fascinating person.

Neat! Small world and all that. Also, her Amazon bio says she's a fierce defender of the Oxford comma, so go her!

It almost felt like a political statement to not worry about my weight in my twenties, and it feels kind of weird to be actively trying to lose weight now, but, to be frank, I still have cute clothes that are too small for me that I would like to fit into. That's really my motivation. I get oddly angry at people who say things like they notice I am trying to eat healthy - I am not trying to eat healthy! I will accept any health benefit that may show up, of course, but that is not something I am working towards and I resent the assumption that it is.

Yeah, I mostly want to lose so I can fit in more cute clothes I have and so I can run better. Because it's easier to run when I'm not lugging around quite so much weight. It's hard though, because I dont WANT to have to think about it. I want to just eat whatever I'm in the mood for and not think about it! But im really bad at stopping when I'm full.

It's Friday afternoon and I don't have to work tomorrow or Sunday and I'm practically GIDDY. I have GOT to find a job that doesn't make me work every other Saturday (and 1 Sunday in 6). Two days off in a row is everything.

Changing your diet will result in more weight loss than adding exercise,

I feel like a weird outlier (and I actually don't know if it would be true for me today), but back in the day when I did Weight Watchers (and therefore tracked my weight every week), I lost more weight in the weeks that I exercised than in the weeks I didn't. Assuming I followed the food plan the same in the exercise and non-exercise weeks, that's...a weird outlier.

but being sedentary is worse for your lifespan than being fat:

Being active and fat is something I can TOTALLY do.

I'm in the middle of The Unapologetic Fat Girl's Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts. So far it's been pretty good.

I got that out of the library and didn't have time to read it. I'm glad to hear it's good -- I'll have to get it back out.

I do a fair amount of walking - I live in the city and don't have a car, so it's walk or stay put. Every working day begins with climbing a steep hill to get to the bus stop; it may help. My foot doctor was impressed with my calluses, since he doesn't often see people who do a lot of walking (most of his patients are older).

Me, I don't lose weight without exercising. Except the first time I went on a strict low-carb diet, then I dropped 30 pounds without exercising more, but it's never been that easy again. I think you get one chance at that and then your body says, "oho, I know this trick!" and adjusts.