Full filled: Introduction--New Member

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I joined the Yahoo group about a week ago and have been checking in once in a

while this week. I have been listening to the podcasts for a little over a year,

and have, during that time, made some very healthy changes in my eating habits,

and have dropped about 15 lbs. I'd like to lose another 25, but, more than

seeing numbers on the scale go down, I want to be more mobile, feel better, live

longer, have more fun, and have THOSE desires be in the driver's seat of my

life. I'd like to stop my mindless, compulsive behavior around food, and build a

new relationship where food is sometimes a deliberate pleasure and most often a

necessary incidental but always just the right fuel that I need to feel good.

I am a mother and grandmother, in my 5th decade, an elementary school teacher, a

reader, writer, swimmer, hiker, sailor, and music-lover. I'd like to focus more

on these things, and less--a LOT less--on what I eat. I have made great

progress over the last year and a half, but I want to ramp it up!

So there are my away-from, and towards motivations--at least what I have

identified for now.

I pre-ordered the book, and spent last week reading and re-reading the first

chapter. Also, listened again to the prologue and first two podcasts. This

multimedia approach will be helpful, I hope. I arranged with a friend to check

in with each other every day. He has not discovered IOWL yet, but is taking his

own approach. Today, I read the beginning of the 2nd chapter. I have been doing

a little reading and/or listening every day, to keep my intentions in front of

me. Today, I am also writing to introduce myself.

Hello again!

[Guest guest]

Welcome !! Best of luck to you and all of us! We can do it!

Judy

>

> Hello,

> I joined the Yahoo group about a week ago and have been checking in once in a

while this week. I have been listening to the podcasts for a little over a year,

and have, during that time, made some very healthy changes in my eating habits,

and have dropped about 15 lbs. I'd like to lose another 25, but, more than

seeing numbers on the scale go down, I want to be more mobile, feel better, live

longer, have more fun, and have THOSE desires be in the driver's seat of my

life. I'd like to stop my mindless, compulsive behavior around food, and build a

new relationship where food is sometimes a deliberate pleasure and most often a

necessary incidental but always just the right fuel that I need to feel good.

>

> I am a mother and grandmother, in my 5th decade, an elementary school teacher,

a reader, writer, swimmer, hiker, sailor, and music-lover. I'd like to focus

more on these things, and less--a LOT less--on what I eat. I have made great

progress over the last year and a half, but I want to ramp it up!

>

> So there are my away-from, and towards motivations--at least what I have

identified for now.

>

> I pre-ordered the book, and spent last week reading and re-reading the first

chapter. Also, listened again to the prologue and first two podcasts. This

multimedia approach will be helpful, I hope. I arranged with a friend to check

in with each other every day. He has not discovered IOWL yet, but is taking his

own approach. Today, I read the beginning of the 2nd chapter. I have been doing

a little reading and/or listening every day, to keep my intentions in front of

me. Today, I am also writing to introduce myself.

>

> Hello again!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Welcome, !

Eldred

> Hello,

> I joined the Yahoo group about a week ago and have been checking in once in a

while this week. I have been listening to the podcasts for a little over a year,

and have, during that time, made some very healthy changes in my eating habits,

and have dropped about 15 lbs.  I'd like to lose another 25, but, more than

seeing numbers on the scale go down, I want to be more mobile, feel better, live

longer, have more fun, and have THOSE desires be in the driver's seat of my

life. I'd like to stop my mindless, compulsive behavior around food, and build a

new relationship where food is sometimes a deliberate pleasure and most often a

necessary incidental but always just the right fuel that I need to feel good.

>

> I am a mother and grandmother, in my 5th decade, an elementary school teacher,

a reader, writer, swimmer, hiker, sailor, and music-lover. I'd like to focus

more on these things, and less--a LOT less--on what I eat.  I have made great

progress over the last year and a half, but  I want to ramp it up!

>

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You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading

the last one.

[Guest guest]

Hello, . You sound to be. very active, and interested in life. I am a

47 year old middle school teacher with children (no grandchildren yet). Welcome

to the group. May you find the inner changes you look for.

Psawyer

jerseygirl571 wrote:

>Hello,

>I joined the Yahoo group about a week ago and have been checking in once in a

while this week. I have been listening to the podcasts for a little over a year,

and have, during that time, made some very healthy changes in my eating habits,

and have dropped about 15 lbs. I'd like to lose another 25, but, more than

seeing numbers on the scale go down, I want to be more mobile, feel better, live

longer, have more fun, and have THOSE desires be in the driver's seat of my

life. I'd like to stop my mindless, compulsive behavior around food, and build a

new relationship where food is sometimes a deliberate pleasure and most often a

necessary incidental but always just the right fuel that I need to feel good.

>

>I am a mother and grandmother, in my 5th decade, an elementary school teacher,

a reader, writer, swimmer, hiker, sailor, and music-lover. I'd like to focus

more on these things, and less--a LOT less--on what I eat. I have made great

progress over the last year and a half, but I want to ramp it up!

>

>So there are my away-from, and towards motivations--at least what I have

identified for now.

>

>I pre-ordered the book, and spent last week reading and re-reading the first

chapter. Also, listened again to the prologue and first two podcasts. This

multimedia approach will be helpful, I hope. I arranged with a friend to check

in with each other every day. He has not discovered IOWL yet, but is taking his

own approach. Today, I read the beginning of the 2nd chapter. I have been doing

a little reading and/or listening every day, to keep my intentions in front of

me. Today, I am also writing to introduce myself.

>

>Hello again!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Welcome - Thanks for joining the group!

b.

> > Hello,

> > I joined the Yahoo group about a week ago and have been checking in once in

a while this week. I have been listening to the podcasts for a little over a

year, and have, during that time, made some very healthy changes in my eating

habits, and have dropped about 15 lbs.  I'd like to lose another 25, but, more

than seeing numbers on the scale go down, I want to be more mobile, feel better,

live longer, have more fun, and have THOSE desires be in the driver's seat of my

life. I'd like to stop my mindless, compulsive behavior around food, and build a

new relationship where food is sometimes a deliberate pleasure and most often a

necessary incidental but always just the right fuel that I need to feel good.

> >

> > I am a mother and grandmother, in my 5th decade, an elementary school

teacher, a reader, writer, swimmer, hiker, sailor, and music-lover. I'd like to

focus more on these things, and less--a LOT less--on what I eat.  I have made

great progress over the last year and a half, but  I want to ramp it up!

> >

>

>

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> You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading

> the last one.

>