Delita here - Finished ch. 10
Uncategorized September 11th, 2008Is everyone else already through this one? I have to say I’m enjoying the book but you guys are really sending me into the Lion’s Den. I’ve found at least a half dozen other books that I really want to read now. Barnes & Noble may become my new pasttime. LOL
Here are a couple quotes that jumped out at me:
pg. 93 Who cares why I overate? … I didn’t care what caused me to be overweight. I just wanted to know how to fix it.
pg. 108 It all came down to what I would do about it, not what I thought about it.
pg. 109 and that’s what we were good at, being stuffed; being hungry had no place in my life.
pg. 109 the triggers apparently mattered.
pg. 110 eating was how I passed time.
All those came pretty close together but really jumped out at me. I’ve noticed that most of the fat campers have apparently given up - kind of like real life. To seriously believe you can do this definitely goes against the flow of despair, like swimming up stream.
You realize I’ve never been in a book club before so not sure how to do this….
Next??
Delita
September 11th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Yes, those quotes are all things that I can relate to. Especially “eating was how I passed time.” Man, do I do that. And also the whole “just fix it” mentality. I would love for someone to be able to fix this for me, and I would love to get out of having to do the hard work associated with making real change.
I think our book club will grow if we keep it going, but as for right now, I think there are only three of us, you, Eryn and I, reading this one, and Eryn appears to have abandoned us for Twilight! haha
So as far as “not sure how to do this….” we’re a work in progress with no hard and fast rules. What you’re doing is great : )
And I think I finally fixed the posting issue, so the next post should not go to approval limbo but appear immediately.
When you narrow down your ideas for the next book, start a post!
September 12th, 2008 at 10:00 am
No, no!! I’m here!! I’m between Twilight books right now since I’m number 48 in a waiting list of 52 last time I looked for the second book!! AUGHH!! I should just go buy them and be done with it!
The whole “just fix it” thing I totally relate too. However, I think knowing why you do things has a bearing on how to fix it. There is a reason I eat a bag of chips - not just one. There is a reason that I do really well on my diet/exercise for a few days and then sabotage the whole thing in a few hours (let’s face it - MINUTES) of eating everythign in my pantry. If I could get to the bottom of those reasons, perhaps I could “fix it”.
I also got the impression that a lot of the campers just gave up. One wonders why when you are immersed in a camp like that and have all those tools at your fingertips. Perhaps because they were young. As adults, we are all “I want to go to fat camp” because we know that it would be beneficial. As a teenager (or younger) would I have thought that? Especially if I were being “forced” by my parents to go. And then said parents came on Parent’s Weekend and bought me anything I wanted to eat. I would be wondering what the point is.
I enjoyed “Moose” but I did have some problems with her thought processes and some of the things she said. I can’t put my finger on anything in particular, just a feeling I got. But whatever… it’s her story, not mine
I’m looking forward to the next book though — as long as I don’t get the next Twilight book first 
LOL!