Refuse To Regain

"After the happy ending" - A Guest Blog by "DietGirl" Shauna Reid

Refuse To Regain is honored to be a part of Shauna Reid's virtual book tour! She blogs at DietGirl and "The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl" was just released in the U.S. ---------------------------- "After The Happy Ending" My first year of maintenance was easy. I think I cruised through on euphoria alone. Every day in my new body was an adventure - I rejoiced in my new clothes, new fitness and new ability to fit inside bathtubs. Later that year I... Read more →

Guest Blog: Want to Keep It Off? It's All About the Focus. By Alyson Mead

When I first came to meditation, around 13 years ago, I thought I was a pretty focused person. During the day, I held down a job as a book editor, wrote at night, and juggled freelance assignments for various magazines and web sites in between. Yay me. But as I began to meditate, and read about what happens to the mind when we endlessly multitask, this "skill" didn’t seem so cool anymore. At first, meditation just seemed like a good... Read more →

Guest Blog by "Pasta Queen," Jennette Fulda: 4 Tips For Maintaining Your Weight While Suffering From Chronic Pain

Fred Astaire was a great dancer, but as it's commonly said, his partner Ginger Rogers had to do everything he did backwards and in high heels. I've never seen a movie with this dancing duo, but I feel empathy for Ginger Rogers. Four years ago I weighed almost 400 pounds, but lost over half my weight in two years. For the past couple years I've been maintaining 90% of that loss, a difficult task in itself, much like Fred Astaire's... Read more →