1. Dawny May 28, 2018 at 5:46 am

   Oh Laurie girl….. sorry to hear your struggling with woes of under appreciated, or maybe that’s the wrong feeling. Just lack of support feedback & participation. It’s surely not a good feeling to have. I value & appreciate you, the podcast, your fb photos and life going ons but I’m only one
   Maybe life is just crazy busy for everyone?
   I’ve told you many times that what you get from the podcast and from talking and pondering is the most important. But if it leaves your heart feeling empty because your not getting feedback of enrichment or purpose that you strive for, yes dear friend…. as sad as it would make me, it may be time again to hang up the Compulsive overeating diaries hat. Because sadness and/or disappointment is NO good.

   You’re such a great soul Laurie. And I’m thankful to call you friend.

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   1. Laurie@CompulsiveOvereatingDiary Post authorMay 28, 2018 at 1:47 pm

      Thanks Dawny xo. I’m certainly weighing my options. For now, I’m in no hurry either way, but know that I so appreciate all of your support and I’m glad to call you friend too.

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2. KellyG June 14, 2018 at 9:25 am

   Hi Laurie! I am listening to episode 162 and wanted you to know how much I appreciate you. I am physically comforted when I hear you talk. Everything you say resonates with me. Your words are so meaningful and insightful, I seriously think you should consider becoming a life coach. You have a sincere, gentle and loving way of putting things into perspective and I love how you apply this to your own life as well. We as Americans are so hard on ourselves! To hear the loving way you speak to yourself and others is so refreshing. We would all be happier if we could learn to do this. We were conditioned to judge ourselves and others so harshly and it is hard to climb out of that hole. If you were a coach and I lived closer I would without a doubt be your first customer!!! And I love hearing the nature sounds in the background, especially the birds!!……Love you, Kelly

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   1. Laurie@CompulsiveOvereatingDiary Post authorJune 14, 2018 at 10:04 am

      Dearest Kelly, your kind comments made me cry. It is so touching to hear your words and to have proof you were actually with me on that lonely day on the mountain! I’m so glad you enjoy the nature sounds and that you find value in my pondering. I’ve been busy with other things in my life and just today was thinking I needed a sign about the show. Thanks for being there for me every bit as much as I’ve been there for you. I hope to be in hiking shape in a few days or by next week. My feet have still be giving me some challenges. Your words also gave me a boost to bravely ask for something I’ve been wanting to do for awhile. It might not happen (not to be mysterious), but either way, thanks for the support and inspiring me to put myself on the bravery report today. xoxoxox

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      1. KellyG June 15, 2018 at 2:24 am

         I’m so glad my words touched you and I sincerely meant every one of them. You have a natural gift. I love the intuitive way you put things in their true perspective. You’re positive views on life are so uplifting and contagious. With the realistic, practical, loving things you say and with your soothing voice I can’t help but to picture you helping others to see that in themselves. Whatever you do with the rest of your life I hope you know that you have made my life better just by being you and sharing your inner self and ponderings. I am truly with you on that mountain!

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         1. Dawny June 15, 2018 at 5:29 am

            Every thing kelly said.

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            1. Laurie@CompulsiveOvereatingDiary Post authorJune 15, 2018 at 12:54 pm

               Xoxo
3. Carrie Anderson June 16, 2018 at 8:06 pm

   Hi Laurie, I thought it was time I introduced myself after chatting with you briefly on Facebook the other day, (I still am in awe of your beautiful garden!)
   I started listening to your podcast not too long ago, and really enjoyed it. I am a lifelong yo yo dieter and binger, and listening to your podcast really helped me through some bad days. I listened to episodes 1 – 44 I think, and then skipped ahead because I couldn’t help myself, haha, and listened to the last 4 episodes plus a few others. Now I have all these questions! Why did you quit for so long…when did you switch to intuitive eating, Did you ever make that initial weight loss goal? When did Mark start joining in? Lol I don’t expect you to answer all those questions, I will certainly go back and listen to the rest of the podcasts. I just wanted to thank you. As a person who cannot express her thoughts out loud very well, I admire what you do and hope you will continue, if that is what you desire also. Thank you so much again, best wishes to you!
   Carrie

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   1. Laurie@CompulsiveOvereatingDiary Post authorJune 16, 2018 at 8:45 pm

      Hi Carrie, welcome! LOL, I get all of the time warp questions. Thanks too for your nice comments about Mark’s gardening prowess.
      Hmmm, lets see. 1. Originally, I did a TON of shows. 100 in the first year. I quit in about 18 months with show number 120 because I felt it was time to move on. By then, I was firmly into intuitive eating and felt I had not too much to say about my eating issues anymore. I still posted a show now and again to update listeners on what I was doing, or to answer questions that still came along from new BCs. Then a little over a year ago, I asked on FB and here and via show if the BCs felt they would benefit from me coming back into production. I felt at that time, I had some new things I’d learned about overcoming negativity, and also about being at peace with ones body as I’d maintained this weight all of that time. 2, Mark has always been the announcer on all of my podcasts. And I think the first thing he did with this one was announce Stefanie’s Secret Topic of the Day. Then He chimed in on my scale replacement, and was so popular with the listeners that he continued to help out as announcer and with other features. I don’t remember the exact time, but I’m pretty sure in the first 6 months of the show he began participating. 3. I never met my original weight loss goal, as I stopped dieting. It was a hard shift in mindset for me, but I realized that for me, the behaviors and compulsions under my diet/bingeing were worse than my current weight. When I began Intuitive Eating, I hoped in the end I would stabilize lower than I did. 4. I think I began dabbling in IE within about the first 3-4 months of the show and by day 100 had decided that was my path. It did cost me listeners. I was MUCH more popular as someone on a diet than as a person who gave up diets and didn’t magically lose weight. However, many BCs resonated with the thoughts under eating issues and becoming more authentic whether they were on a particular eating plan or not. So the show morphed into more about living life out from under the weight of weight obsession – if that makes sense. Lately, the participation has waned again, and I have been more and more busy with my voice acting pursuits – so I’ve been letting the show settle into whatever it will become in future. I still like walking around and thinking out loud, but I must admit, the most fun I have is in interacting with the people, like yourself, who step up and share their stories. So thanks again for reaching out here AND on FB. Both Mark and I very much appreciate it. xoxo

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      1. Carrie Anderson June 17, 2018 at 7:28 am

         Laurie, thank you so much for answering all my questions! That was so very nice of you! I’m so happy that you are doing well with your eating issues. I have been trying to incorporate a bit of intuitive eating along with my dieting, but haven’t yet let go of the dieting mentality yet, though I know I should. I have committed myself to a year long maintaining program, and will lose money if I gain more than 4 lbs, so I am stuck struggling to keep this weight off, and am driving myself crazy, lol. I am in month 5, and have kept the weight off, but it’s so hard. I know it would be healthier to eat intuitively and accept some weight gain and stop the up and down weight game. I’ll get there at some point.
         Anyways, thank you again! I hope your foot issues heal soon, and will enjoy your new episodes whenever you feel inspired to do them, and will also enjoy going back in time and listening to your journey to where you are now!
         Namaste,
         Carrie

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         1. Laurie@CompulsiveOvereatingDiary Post authorJune 17, 2018 at 11:08 am

            Ahh Thanks Carrie. Congrats on following through with your goals! I think that whatever path we choose, we have some challenges in order to learn from them. It isn’t perfect going down the IE path – just like Weight Watchers wasn’t perfect for me, nor Body for Life, nor Low Carb, nor 100% plant based. In fact, for me, the diet plan didn’t make a difference to my life. For me, giving up formal diet plans and focusing on what was under my obsession and learning baby step, by baby step, how to make changes to those issues is what changed my life for realsies. For some BCs, a particular way or method of eating makes all the difference to how they feel emotionally and physically. What I’m trying to say is, remember the choice is always yours. Even if keeping this weight off is a bit of a struggle now, tell yourself “I’m choosing to be true to my goal and I’m proud of myself”. These affirmations always help with feeling deprived. It shows your purpose and heart. And, like I tell myself, often. Every moment is a chance for choice. If I choose a new path, if I choose a new goal, if I choose a new outlook, it is my freedom and my creative right to do so. I hope my feet give me some peace again pretty soon too. I very much miss my mountain, but on the bright side, I’m getting to focus on my core and on yoga – always a good thing for voice acting!
            Namaste,Laurie xoxo

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            1. Carrie Anderson June 17, 2018 at 4:10 pm

               Thank you for all the good advice Laurie. It makes sense and I will definately keep it in mind! Something else I was surprised about when I skipped ahead to current times was how you and Mark are both involved in yoga. I would say that yoga is what helped me lose weight in the first place. I have never stuck to any exercise plan ever until I discovered my love for yoga. I love to hike and ride bike, but living in northern MN makes it impossible to do it year around, and eventually I just decided I would never worry about regular exercise because I couldn’t stick with it. My oldest daughter talked me into taking her yoga class , and I loved it from the first class, and I can take it all year long, yay! It is wonderful, and for me, pulls me back into a healthier frame of mind after any bad eating days.
               Anyways, Good luck with your feet, your voice
               acting, and everything you endeavor to do.
               Take care,
               Carrie
4. David Glowen July 11, 2018 at 2:37 pm

   I have sent you a separate email explaining my “technical issues” listening to PODCASTS.

   Every time I get an email about COD, my heart jumps and I’m excited to hear from you and the BCs.

   To survive my life I need COD, I’m sorry if that is melodramatic. Every time you publish another podcast, every time you read comments from BC, every time I hear about new BC’s and every time we hear a call from a BC, it lifts me, I know I’m not alone, I see the light of hope. Every BC (of which both you and Mark are) feels like a hand up to me.

   Sometimes I don’t respond because I’m in my own very dark place, and some times, my emotions are just too strong.

   I appreciate all you and Mark do to bring this community together.

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   1. Laurie@CompulsiveOvereatingDiary Post authorJuly 14, 2018 at 10:13 am

      Hugs Dave! We’ve all been there, myself included. Sometimes you just need time to rest and reflect. Thanks for letting us all know how all of the BCs positively impact you. I think sometimes we are so inward facing (part of the compulsive mindset) that we forget how we can impact others and often, easily in a good way. I’m trying to make an effort to smile at people more, as I’ve noticed we as a society are phone focused or often scowling. Lots of things to worry about. Lots of things we can’t control. But working on self-love and acceptance is something we can do, and I think each of us BCs who DO make an effort to send some positivity out into the world makes a change in all of our lives. Pretty cosmic Zen, no? LOL. But really dude, you have added so much here and we love you and appreciate you. xoxoxo PS. Whatever you decided about your tournament, take it as feedback and respecting where you are. Sometimes it is worth it to me to be brave no matter what. Sometimes the bravest thing is to listen to your own heart and pay attention!

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5. David Glowen July 11, 2018 at 2:45 pm

   I heard a quote that has really helped me “Are you OK with being not OK”

   It is ok to feel exposed, it is ok to have negative feelings, it is ok to be down.

   I found myself attempting to run from my painful emotions, my fears, my anxieties, but then I heard the above quote. and stopped running and felt my emotions/fear/anxieties, and tried to process the root cause of them.

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   1. Laurie@CompulsiveOvereatingDiary Post authorJuly 14, 2018 at 10:15 am

      Cool quote! If you record it or call the bravery hotline with it, I’ll put it in an episode in the After Thoughts segment. I think your words and thoughts about the quote would be more powerful if you shared them, than if I read them. If not, I appreciated reading these words myself. xoxoxox

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