December 30, 2009

I grew up in a traditional Jewish home where I was always told to finish my plate and where food was always in abundance. I’m not sure if that is a Jewish thing or just a thing. Everyone always wanted to feed me despite my chubbiness at different ages. My Grandmother would always make chocolate pudding when she knew I was coming. My Mother always kept Baskin Robbins Mint Chocolate Chip and Entenmanns cookies in our house growing up.

Unfortunately, the idea of finishing everything on my plate was a mantra that stuck with me over the years and I need to work on eating only until I am full. Then there is the whole definition of full, stomach versus brain. Do I feel sad? Am I happy? Both mean eating too much at times. It is so hard to break habits that were ingrained in us at a young age. All we can do is try…. Please write me and let me know your methods for not overeating at mealtimes.

December 26, 2009

Well it is December 26th and my first blog ever. Happy belated Hanukah and Merry Christmas to everyone. I am a 36 year old female living in the tri-state area and almost at the halfway point in my weight loss journey. I will be blogging about my thoughts and feelings on the challenging road ahead. Please join in me in my successes as well as failures as I try to reach my goal weight.