Comments on: Size 22 and New Year’s Resolutions

By: R-nonymous

R-nonymous — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:28:25 +0000

Hey, I remember that photo! Good luck in 2009. I have every confidence in you!!

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:02:38 +0000

Your loving beauty is in perfect proportion with your dress size…
Nothing and i mean nothing will ever dim the light in you.
You are a beautiful chirpy bird, a splash of sunlight ,breath of clean fresh air. Your friends know this, your family knows this, and I am SURE that YOU will know this soon.
PLEASE, do not diet. Do not exhaust yourself with self abusive exercise torture. Just please …LOVE yourself. All that you are and what you will be.

By: Janiece

Janiece — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:24:59 +0000

Kate if you think it will help, you should set up a “Shawn’s Medicine” type post to let us know how many times you’ve exercised per week, so we can (gently) kick you in the behind if you get…behind.

For some folks it helps, some folks not.

By: Anne C.

Anne C. — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:33:25 +0000

I’m with Tom. Just writing this post shows huge courage. You have my admiration. Please think of us supporting you when you’re feeling low. Every new moment is a chance to turn things around, even when you’ve erred and eaten too much cheesecake. We are rooting for you!

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:55:05 +0000

You know… I have some of the best blogger friends in the world. Thanks so much for all your awesome words.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:34:31 +0000

I can do nothing but admire the courage it took to merely write this post. Wow!

I hope when you look back at this post in 6 months or a year you will be able to say “I’ve come a long way.”

Good luck! (big hugs)

By: kim

kim — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:41:10 +0000

Hearing you on the healthier thing. I am also a 22 although at barely 5′1″ it REALLY shows on my frame. While I carry my weight better that some, it does not negate the fact that I am also a fat girl. I worked hard to lose weight in the past, and did so dropping down to a size 18 which i had not seen since the early 90’s. But in spending my time caring for others, I have let myself go again. I do not want to be a bad example for my children, and I want to see them grow…SO I am with you on the making some changes..which will start for me after my birthday. A girl has to be able to have her cake and eat it too..at least for one day.

By: Jeri

Jeri — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:27:49 +0000

Kate, I hear and understand you – especially on the LB sizing thing. WTF? (I think I’m in a 5 or 6 or something??) It’s actually been a deterrent to shopping there for me because I have to figure it out each time – and I may wear a 6 average and a 5 curvy and a what the heck I’ll go down the mall somewhere else. Their only advantage for me is that I, too, am tall at 5′10″ and LB is one of the few stores that carries tall sizes rather than stupidly short stuff.

That rant aside, I also hear you on the getting healthier piece. I’m not sure what I want to do about it – but it’s important to me too. I just don’t want another year’s broken resolution under my belt, literally and figuratively. :P I wish you well with your quest!

By: tony

tony — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:25:16 +0000

Good luck.

By: Vince

Vince — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:28:22 +0000

I, too, need to lose weight, and have begun an exercise routine (my problem is my butt in a chair, given what I do for a living) so I empathize and root for you. If you have spare time, root for me as well.

Oh, I spelled “exercise” wrong in the above paragraph the first time and types it, and the Firefox spell-checker suggested “oversize” as an option.

Karma, it has spoken.