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"Those of you who&amp;#39;ve kept up with my weight-loss journey (I was the Body By Glamour blogger for over a year, starting in January 2008) followed my ups and downs as I worked to deal with the weight I was simply desperate to lose.\nIn the end, I had more ups than downs and lost about 75 pounds. Once I did, I was able to maintain that weight loss for about a year. Lately, however, I&amp;#39;ve noticed a return to some of the bad habits that brought me to my top weight: My priorities have shifted again, and somehow, I seem to have put myself near the bottom of a list I of things I need to take care of. I&amp;#39;m working too late, not sleeping enough, half-assing my workouts, eating frozen yogurt all the time (even though I know that eating sugar only triggers me to want more sugar)--and worst of all, because I don&amp;#39;t feel good about my body lately, I see myself starting to isolate from people again too. I&amp;#39;m just plain embarrassed. And so uncomfortable in my clothes. (Seriously, if I could sit at my desk with my skirt unzipped today, I would!)\nOf course, I&amp;#39;m not surprised that all of these aspects of self-care have started to fall apart together: I totally believe in string theory--pull on one thread and it all unravels. Which means I also believe that taking one right action can have a domino effect. In the article I wrote for Glamour, I talked a lot about how, in the beginning, before I decided to change what I was eating, the only thing I changed about my lifestyle was that I started to exercise. This had huge ripple effects on the rest of my life: I started to feel better about my body, so I wanted to make better food choices, and eventually got to bed earlier so I could get up--and really push myself--at the gym the next morning.\nI know I can do this because I&amp;#39;ve done it before. I need to get back to basics because I can&amp;#39;t let a slip tumble me back down to the bottom of a mountain I worked so hard to climb. (I really don&amp;#39;t want to sabotage myself that way.)\nSo my commitment today--to myself and to all of you--is just to take one step back up that hill: I&amp;#39;m going to work out after work today. Even it means I don&amp;#39;t cross everything off my to-do list at work today. Even if I&amp;#39;m &amp;quot;too tired&amp;quot; and even if I really don&amp;#39;t want to face the gym mirrors today. I can&amp;#39;t worry about what I ate yesterday or what the scale said last night--all I have it\ntoday\n.\nHave any of you ever been in the same boat that I&amp;#39;m in now: struggling to come back from a slip? How did you deal? Do you have any advice for me?\nMore about weight loss:\nExactly What To Eat To Lose Weight\nHow To Lose The Last 10 Pounds\n8 Snacks To Eat For Weight Loss"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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