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At 12:07pm on August 30, 2008, Lisa said…: Oh Christiiiiiiinnnnneeeee...
Will Old Man Zozobra be wearing our fat pants this year?
It's time for us to give up the possibility that we will fit into them again. Burn, baby, burn!
L

At 10:56pm on June 17, 2008, Lisa said…: C-- Fine. You went and got all excited about it, so I had to write a blog post for you. Let's see what your editors have to say when they realize it isn't even about food.

At 12:01am on June 8, 2008, Christine Barber said…: Lisa,
I have been in a really similar situation for the past two weeks, which is why I have been getting back to people as quickly as I normally would or blogging much (Sorry!). I fess up to all of this in my blog I just wrote titled "Truth Be Told." I was facing really hard food options coupled with emotional junk and I made the decision to eat ice cream and drink Coca-Cola. I, too, wondered how I could have handled it better. I told the people I was staying with about my efforts at eating healthy and my addiction to certain foods, but to no avail. I guess we could have both brought our own food with us? But then we would have had to explain what the heck we were eating and why.
But at least it made me feel so centered (finally) tonight to be able to come clean about it on my blog. Like I have a new slate.
by the way, you will always be a superhuman jock to me!

At 12:02pm on June 3, 2008, Lisa said…: Hi C--
Just wanted to let you know that I blew it big time this weekend.
I was on a group trip where I had little control over the schedule or what we ate, and we ended up eating Convention Center catered meals for 3,000 most of the time. On the first day I dealt with the unhealthy fare by refusing to eat it, but by the second day I was so hungry and tired I just gave up and ate things I ordinarily would not eat. Yesterday alone I drank 4 cans of Diet Coke and ate two gigantic brownies. The 80% plan tanked in this environment and I think I gained 1 or 2 pounds. I am trying to think of what I might have done differently. I don't know yet. What do we eat when there are literally zero healthy options available?
Anyway I thought I was starting to sound like some superhuman jock, so I wanted to tell you that I blew it. If it's any consolation, I was thinking about you & what I was going to have to say to you as I ate the bad stuff.

At 3:31pm on May 5, 2008, Dana said…: Christine,
I read your column in last Wednesday's newspaper and have decided to keep up with you and your goal, and to try and participate along with you as I'm a Weight Watchers drop out myself.

I'll be cheering from the sidelines for you!
Dana from Big D

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Favorite Food:

Chocolate ice cream (melted to soup consistency) with butterscotch topping; asparagus

Strangest Food You've Tried:

Cicadas; termites; guinea pig

About Me:

THINGS I'VE TRIED TO LOSE WEIGHT (It's a sad, sad list):
• Diets (Atkins, The Zone, etc.); 12-step programs; doctor-prescribed shakes; hypnosis; addiction, behavior and talk therapy; acupuncture; energy healing; mediation; over exercising; medication; prayer; bulimia; anorexia; laxatives

Other Info:

STARTING DATE: April 30, 2008 (Last updated 7/2/08)
HEIGHT: 5’9”
STARTING WEIGHT: 290.2 pounds
CURRENT WEIGHT: 277.4 lbs.
WEIGHT LOST TO DATE: 12.8 lbs.
GOAL WEIGHT: 150 pounds
CURRENT BODY MASS INDEX: 41.9
STARTING BODY MASS INDEX: 43.4

The Rules of the Game

On my honor I will try to follow this list of weight-loss rules to the best of my ability (which isn't saying much):
1. Try to stay within 1,500 calories a day.
2. No soda — even diet.
3. Drink water or unsweetened tea.
4. Eat breakfast every day.
5. Exercise at least 30 minutes most days.
6. Have plenty of fruits and veggies every day.
7. Try to eat only whole grains.
8. Have some protein with every meal.
9. No high-fructose corn syrup.
10. No trans fats.
11. To sweeten, use honey, agave syrup or sugar in moderation.
12. Eat sensible (I hate that word) portions.
13. ~~Make 100 of your daily calories chocolate.~~ ~~Because I will die without chocolate~~.
[Content deleted; See blog post "Death by Chocolate for more about this subject]
14. Once in a blue moon, allow yourself to have French fries, etc. When a diet is strict, I will break it. In my heart, I am a rebel.

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I hate to have to say goodbye

I don't know how to start this blog post, except to say that it will be my last.
The New Mexican has decided that my blog and column must come to an end.
I feel a little off kilter by the news because I had so much left that I wanted to do.
I was going to experiment with poisoning to see if it caused an aversion to foods (Seriously. I was going to use ipecac syrup to see if it stopped my chocolate cravings.). I was going to look deep into what motivates us to lose weight. I was going to v… Continue

Posted on February 24, 2009 at 5:30pm — 12 Comments

Sugar and spice and everything high-fructose corn syrup

I don't know if you noticed, but in my recent column, I mentioned high-fructose corn syrup in passing as a possible contributing cause of the obesity epidemic.
I didn't know it at the time, but I seem to have wandered into a pockmarked battleground.
On the one side of the war is the Corn Refiners Association, which promotes the industry, and on the other side are the HFCS non-believers.
I had a warning shot fired at me in my last column’s comments section by the Audrae Erickson, president of the… Continue

Posted on February 6, 2009 at 6:32am — 3 Comments

Holy Diet Batman

A while back, I did a column about so-called Biblical diets, like "What Would Jesus Eat" and "The Maker's Diet." Both books are light on religion on heavy on eating like it's 1 A.D. They paint a picture of a beautiful bucolic life ripe with olives, fish and nuts that every so often is interrupted by King Herod — or Abraham — wanting to kill children. Happy times.
Most of the Biblical diet books steal from the Kashrut (Jewish dietary law). So, Jews take heart, you were right. At least about your… Continue

Posted on January 28, 2009 at 1:32pm — 5 Comments

Community education

Lisa brought up an interesting point in a comment about my last blog where I said what I've really been searching for is a non-judgmental weight loss community. She asked — rightly so — "What are we?" It seems I've got that lovely weight-loss community I've been searching for right here with you guys, only I've never truly appreciated it as such. I think I've been approaching this blog as work, and not for what I started it as — a way to connect. So, first of all, thank you all for being part of… Continue

Posted on January 21, 2009 at 2:06pm — 6 Comments

It's the New Year — Time for Another Weight Watchers Flyer

Of the many, many weight loss programs I tried, Weight Watchers has the definitely been the most persistent. Even though it’s been several years and five addresses later, they keep tracking me down via the U.S. Postal Service. They’re like an ex who can’t take a hint — a little stalker-y and wanting me back.
The most recent mail they sent is all about their new Momentum program, which looks a lot like the old program.
The main issue I have with Weight Watchers is the whole points system. I have… Continue

Posted on January 11, 2009 at 12:27am — 1 Comment

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