Are you sure you're not me?

I love reading diet blogs [1]. I love to know that I'm not alone on this weigh loss journey, I love to know that there are others who're making it and other's who're struggling and all of us are in this together. I love to read how different people are doing it, the things they do and don't do, how they cope when things don't go so well.

Most of all, I love when I read something that speaks right to me, when someone expresses beautifully something that I've been feeling but can't always put into words. I had one of these "are you sure you're not me?" moments last week, with Yvonne @ 67.6 fluid ounces [2]. Now it's Cat @ Scale Tipping ...

I was raised in a household of the dreaded "Food Guilt". We weren't allowed to touch the ever-present candy or junk that littered the house. So we (my overweight brother and I) got in the habit of sneaking it. Boy, what a habit that is to have. It was a constant source of anxiety in my youth and still leaves me with similar habits today.

Thank you Cat and thank you all diet/exercise/self improvement bloggers. It feels easier to do this together.



[1] also I love the new blogger without ads, because now I can type diet without worrying that some snake oil salespeople will try and flog their evil rubbish on my blog

[2] 67.6 fl oz is 2 litres in real money. glad i worked that out, it's been bugging me