http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/canadianchunky a journey into the psyche of weight gain Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:53:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks for the great comments on my last blog.  It is nice I have so much support here. On a happier note, today I was honoured at a conference by the Ontario government.  Roughly 10 years ago when I was a training coordinator there, I created a conference for the clerical ... http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/canadianchunky/2008/11/20/thanks/ Last week was a tough one.  We started the new quad (as we are a year round school we have 4 quads rather than two semesters) on November 10th.   I learned one of my students was killed (execution style) in Alberta on Novmember 9th.  (I do teach some difficult students).  ... http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/canadianchunky/2008/11/18/a-quick-update/ I have started taking leptin after reading an article about it.  Seems that all of those artificial sweeteners have screwed with the leptin levels in our brains.  Leptin signals us when it is time to stop eating. The first month of taking it balances the levels.  Apparently the second month ... http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/canadianchunky/2008/11/09/leptin/ Well it seems that my chats have sparked a mutiny!  Some came back, and I caught an awful cold!  Could it be chocolate has been saving me from all of this?? On vacation this week and heading to CT on Friday.  I think I will be well enough to drive down, ... http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/canadianchunky/2008/10/29/so-where-have-i-been/ What a week this has been!  I was so surprised when my staff presented me with a thank you card and a $30 starbucks card at the weekly school assembly.  Later they said they know I take a beating from the admin for them and as I always show them ... http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/canadianchunky/2008/10/18/winning-and-losing-this-week/ I am actually finding this fatt dialogue worthwhile.  At this point I think I have more than one challenge to overcome.  I have concluded that at times I eat to reward myself.  That is, "I am a good person so I deserve some chocolate".  In part I think it stems ... http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/canadianchunky/2008/10/14/still-with-the-talking/ Well we made it through Thanksgiving dinner. I bought an Opera cake www.alacuisine.org/alacuisine/2004/10/opera_cake_1.html (sorry if that makes you hungry) which is sooo delicious BUT I sent Mom home with about 1/4 of the cake.  I put another 1/4 in the freezer and have the remaining bits for me in the ... http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/canadianchunky/2008/10/13/the-dialogue-continues/ I know, I have been AWOL for a while.  Really, my life has been so stressful and my waitte has followed.  Up to 201!  Makes that 197.5 I couldn't shake look good!  I feel awful and I have been wondering (between breaths) what to do about it. By coincidence (is there ... http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/canadianchunky/2008/10/12/happy-cdn-thanksgiving/ Yes, it seems that chocolate is abandoning me.  It is giving me indigestion - well some does; enough brands do.  What to do?  What to do?  Perhaps this will get me eating properly? Other than that, the students are doing well.  In fact it is so quiet in the classrooms that ... http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/canadianchunky/2008/09/12/chocolate-doesnt-love-me-anymore/ Thank you for your comments.  Obviously I had some superbug as I still have a touch of a sore throat and a bit of a cough from that darn cold.  And now DH has it.  Poor DH, he is stuck in CT.  Not that being in CT is a bad ... http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/canadianchunky/2008/09/09/ode-to-a-size-12/