Nothing Works Like Public Humiliation?
Jul. 14th, 2008 03:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spidraI am in awful physical health. I wasn't in great health before my surgeries, but the way the recovery from the second surgery went put me in a tailspin from which I have not yet pulled out. I've had all sorts of evening epiphanies about starting to eat low carb again (which has worked best for me in the past and is more likely to keep me off the track to diabetes), doing all my physical therapy exercises, taking walks to work up to more general fitness....but the morning always brings something else.
I thought about setting up a structured program and doing it publicly. If I think about these things just to myself, there's little accountability. If I make a big announcement on the internet that I'm going to do something, there's more pressure to stick to it. Of course, I wonder if I have enough readers to even put enough pressure on me!
It's not a new idea even though it felt new to me. A short Google showed me quite a number of people who've built businesses, gotten book and movie deals, etc. out of putting their weight loss process on the internet. I don't flatter myself that I've got anything wildly new to say on the subject (other than perhaps the difficulty of recovering fitness while limited by a disability). It's really more of a tool to help myself. But if a pound drops in the forest, can anyone hear it?
Well, I'll give it some thought. This is another evening epiphany. An evening considering going to Health Recovery Center in Minnesota, fat farms in Arizona and yoga retreats in Ireland. And realizing that I don't have the money and that I could SAVE the money if I were just disciplined enough to do it at home!
I thought about setting up a structured program and doing it publicly. If I think about these things just to myself, there's little accountability. If I make a big announcement on the internet that I'm going to do something, there's more pressure to stick to it. Of course, I wonder if I have enough readers to even put enough pressure on me!
It's not a new idea even though it felt new to me. A short Google showed me quite a number of people who've built businesses, gotten book and movie deals, etc. out of putting their weight loss process on the internet. I don't flatter myself that I've got anything wildly new to say on the subject (other than perhaps the difficulty of recovering fitness while limited by a disability). It's really more of a tool to help myself. But if a pound drops in the forest, can anyone hear it?
Well, I'll give it some thought. This is another evening epiphany. An evening considering going to Health Recovery Center in Minnesota, fat farms in Arizona and yoga retreats in Ireland. And realizing that I don't have the money and that I could SAVE the money if I were just disciplined enough to do it at home!
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Date: 2008-07-14 05:39 pm (UTC)I've thought about doing a photo version of that myself. If you're up to it, what could stand out in the process is a sketchbook version of it.
Regular diaries? Common. Photo diaries? Obvious. A sketchbook - I've never seen one, nor even heard of it...
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Date: 2008-07-14 09:48 pm (UTC)Oh, hey, did I send you a copy of the script I wrote?
I'll send another copy, just in case.
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Date: 2008-07-15 12:32 am (UTC)Let's catch up.
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Date: 2008-07-15 12:36 am (UTC)I've been on Weight Watchers since May to get rid of the baby weight, and have lost 15 lbs. I track **everything** I eat, and I think that is the reason it has been more/less successful thus far.
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Date: 2008-07-16 10:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-21 01:20 am (UTC)I will try you this week :-)
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Date: 2008-07-21 01:42 am (UTC)