tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post7521735846539714439..comments2023-05-13T06:16:44.531-07:00Comments on Conda's Creative Center - Tips, Hints & Secrets: Why resolutions don't work.Conda Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-47994721266095794332008-01-11T12:05:00.000-08:002008-01-11T12:05:00.000-08:00Take heart, Muse. Studies have shown that those wh...Take heart, Muse. Studies have shown that those who have a goal (or intention) to losing weight may not lose, but overall don't gain, or if they do, gain far less than those without the intention. Trying counts.Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-64200967535503696842008-01-11T06:22:00.000-08:002008-01-11T06:22:00.000-08:00Every year the weight thing is on my list. The la...Every year the weight thing is on my list. The last on my list, but it haunts me.<BR/><BR/>This year it's on my list again. However, my list is much longer and detailed. Perhaps it will be accomplished, in the midst of all the other things, as I will have no time to eat!The Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16974717192873929184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-88535160885609238982008-01-06T11:48:00.000-08:002008-01-06T11:48:00.000-08:00Good points, Jim. Ah, but you're not a descendant ...Good points, Jim. Ah, but you're not a descendant of those good ol' Puritans (lucky you) with their "have you come to God" guilt and work ethic (all work, all the time). Here in America, one extra pound is cause for panic--especially among women. Or as my mother used to say, "You can never be too thin or too rich." She died weighing less than 80 pounds.<BR/><BR/>Americans are nuts.Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-2218288297754270962008-01-05T05:01:00.000-08:002008-01-05T05:01:00.000-08:00I've always thought the big problem with a New Yea...I've always thought the big problem with a New Year's resolution is the fact that people think, "Oh, it's the new year, I should think up a resolution," and really their heart isn't in it. If you resolve to do something then just do it and be done with it. If it was more like NaNoRiMo where there are other people working towards the same end and supporting each other then fine but usually we resolve to do things that only involve us and they're things we're not especially passionate about. <BR/><BR/>My weight has been fluctuating between 12st 9lb and 13st 3lb for years but over Xmas I hit 13st 4lb. Bad me. Did I suddenly get in a flurry and resolve to go on a crash diet? Did I heck. A good walk will lose me that extra pound and the rest will go when it has a mind to now all the goodies (maybe that should be baddies) have been consumed.<BR/><BR/>The other thing about giving up on resolutions is that there are usually no consequences; things just revert to what they were before. Oh, there may be a sense of failure but failure's not that different to guilt, it's something you learn to live with quite quickly.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com