Cara's Weightloss Journal

I found a very interesting article yesterday. It was in the February issue of Reader’s Digest. It was an interview with Gary Taubes who wrote the book Why We Get Fat—and What to Do About It last winter.

The article started by confessing that Taubes has been called “a dangerous cherry picker of data—someone who searches through decades of studies to weave together the bits he likes.” But in the past five years, top researchers, after recent compelling studies on obesity and weight loss, are now starting to take his arguments very seriously.

What Taubes has been saying lately is, basically that the theories of “calories in-calories out” and low-fat diets are just about completely backwards from what science has been proving for decades about how to lose weight.

Here’s are a few things he says…

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I’m not sure what happened, but I think I somehow got some wires crossed when I switched my blog from Blogger to WordPress last week. I didn’t notice it until today, but it had not been sending out my blog posts as emails (or RSS) for those of you who subscribe to my blog via email (or RSS).

I think it’s fixed, now. At least I hope it is. I’m hoping you’re reading this blog post from your email (or RSS reader) okay. Please leave me a comment on one of the blog posts below if you got it so I can know it is working.

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I got the coolest idea from a friend at work today. I can’t believe I never thought of this before.

I am going to start praying for you…     Each of you.

I know–really know–how hard trying to lose weight and get healthy is. I’ve been trying for the past 4 1/2 years to reach my goal weight and still haven’t been able to do it. I’ve been through SO many ups and downs and have put myself through the wringer many a times. So I know what we’re all up against.

So what better way to get through this, than to get through this together. And for my part, I’ll start by praying for each one of you each week. I’ll pray that you are able to resist temptations, stay under control, keep committed, never give up (which, by the way, is my personal motto), and to make it to your goal of success–whatever that might be.

I’ll start by praying for each one of you who are in my Google Friends Connect in the right hand column of this blog. As of today, there are 330 of you. So I’ll be specifically praying for all 330 of you by name. Then I’ll finish my prayer by praying for whoever else is reading my blog, that you will too achieve the goals you seek.

Losing weight and getting is so hard, I hope this helps.

Do you notice anything different??

Something looks different, but you can’t tell what it is?

Nah?

No, you’re right, you’re too smart for me. I can’t pull the wool over your eyes. You figured me out. I changed (finally) the design of my site and finally (FINALLY) switched to WordPress.

I did this for a couple of reasons. One, it’s MUCH easier to use and customize than Blogger (no offense Blogger, you’ve been a great friend to me for the past 3.5 years). But more importantly, I’m hoping that with this new change, it’ll motivate me to blog more often.

It’s kinda like buying a new house or car. You get all excited to drive the new car all over the place. Or you get inspired to decorate the new house and spend much more time in it.

That’s what I’m hoping will happen here on my new blog. Because if I’ve learned one thing since I first started blogging about my weight loss journey in December of 2008, it’s that blogging about my journey helps me stay on the right path.

And boy do I need a lot of help staying on the right path. More on that later…

For now, what do you think? Be brutal. I can take it. Ya hate it? Ya love it? Too much? Too froufrou? Tell me, tell me…

I have really been so reluctant to post anything new on my weight loss blog lately.

Mostly I keep thinking that I’ve got nothing to post. But at the same time, I’m wrestling with so many things and then I can’t figure out why I wouldn’t want to blog, to get it all out there and get help through all of this.

So, here I am again. Blogging about my pathetic attempts at weight loss.

Since the last time I blogged, I’ve gained almost 10 pounds.

What … the … heck … is … wrong … with … me?!?!

Remember that wonderful book I was telling you about not too long ago? And the class that goes along with the book? Well, it seemed to be helping me. I mean, it was all making so much sense. I was finally starting to get a grasp on the whole concept of God helping me to lose weight. But then I stopped reading the book and I missed the last two meetings of the class.

Yup. That’s me. Get all fired up about something, then lose interest in it and wonder why nothing ever changes.

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