Cathy W.

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Sick - Sugar or Soup? - The ultimate test of my sugar-free (junk-free too) is today.  I'm sick.  In the past, I've self-medicated myself when I get sick.  I'll spare you the details but when I get sick wi...

Addiction and Sugar - I like words.  I do a considerable amount of writing and love it.  I like to look up everyday words for their definition and how it resonates with me.  I'm on Day 3 of NO SUGAR.  O...

Cheddar Cheese Chicken - I'm not Martha Stewart or Rachael Ray but I made something for dinner last night that was delicious.  I'm sharing it here with you as it was great, passed the taste test of my extr...

Prepare for New Year's Resolutions. Huh? - I was talking to a friend over the weekend and she told me she was already thinking about losing a few pounds.  Great.  Then she told me she was going to start on New Year's.  Huh?...

Healthy food choices - All of us know the foods that aren't healthy.  A lot is written about them.  The foods (or fake foods) that pack on the calories, thus pounds, and then we're hungry a few minutes l...

The Courage To Be Myself - It takes courage to be ourselves.  The messages I received early in my childhood, of course the dreaded teenage years and beyond were that it wasn't okay to be myself.  Today, thro...

Mindless Eating - I've posted about this topic on my blog but wanted to share about it here too because it is SO important.  I have a personal policy - don't do anything when I am eating.  If I ...

The Journey of Losing Weight/Maintenance - I go through periods where I'm a scale slave.  When I was losing weight, weighing myself once a day was very important for me staying on track.  Now that I'm nine years post-op, ...

5 WLS Sayings To Start My Day - I love quotes and inspiration things that I see.  I have a long document that just lists things that I've seen that hit me that I want to remember.  I have these by my mirror as I ...

Success Songs - I love songs that really motivate me and have a special meaning with great lyrics meaningful to me.  I create CDs of songs that are motivational and have lyrics that are empowering...

How Full is Your Full? - Last night at dinner, I found myself asking my sons if they were full.  I started wondering about what message I was sending to them or teaching was I providing to them.  What am...

Just Say NO (to Grazing) - I've been focusing lately on emotional eating and grazing.  For me, grazing is nothing more than emotional eating.  It is that instant shot of sugar, just like someone with a dru...

There's no time like NOW to get Back On Track! - Today, I made a couple of food choices that probably weren't the greatest.  From there, I made another choice that was even less than the couple of poor choices I'd made before.  W...

Head Hunger? Hang on - it will pass! - Even though I am 9 years post-op, I still struggle with head hunger.  My stomach was surgically altered, not my head.  I know that head hunger is really an uncomfortable emotion ...

I am More Than my weight and clothing size - I was working this morning, I had the television on in the background.  I was working away, really not paying attention and something caught my attention in a big, big way.  It w...

Kashi - Free sample offer expires today - I came across a free offer that I wanted to share here!  If you go to www.kashi.com, they have a free offer that expires today.  They have three different items you can select from...

Procrastination is dumb - I've never thought of myself as a procrastinator but in some ways, I am.  When I stop and think about it, procrastination is really dumb.  The thing(s) I procrastinate over drain m...

Great book on non-emotional eating - I am always on the look out for a good book.  I prefer self-improvement books that help me live my best life and always a fave are the topic of emotional eating.  A few months back...

List of Little Things and Changes Can Make a Diffe - Hi OH Friends, In my quest to get FIRMLY back on track, I've thought of a few things to try.  I wanted to share them with you so here are some of them below.  I'd love to hear s...

Childhood Obesity - Near and Dear to My Heart - In the August newsletter, we have a survey on childhood obesity.  Taking the survey has made me think back to my own childhood. I was never morbidly obese as a child.  I was chu...

50 Tips to Help You Succeed at "Normal" Eating - This was posted by another OH member and I LOVE, LOVE it.  I went on Amazon and purchased her books!!  I wanted to share it everywhere I hang out online so I'm sharing it on my O...

Growing my own veggies! - We planted some vegetables a couple of months ago.  I wasn't sure of my sons' interest or level of involvement so we stuck our toes (so to speak) into gardening.  Rather than plant...

Rate Your Hunger - Last night at dinner, I asked my kids if they were full.  I started wondering about what message I was sending to them or teaching was I providing to them.  What am I really aski...

Rewind the time - I wish I could rewind time.  A couple of things have coincided to make me wish I could rewind time. My sons' birthdays are coming up within the next week.  Although they are thr...

Slow and Steady Wins - We didn’t gain weight overnight and we won’t lose it that way either.  How many times have we went on some fad diet, lost weight rapidly only to regain it plus a few ...