Comments on: The time I was almost on a Reality show and the most I will ever share on my blog… (probably) http://www.carissajaded.com/2010/01/the-time-i-was-almost-on-a-reality-show-and-the-most-i-will-ever-share-on-my-blog-probably/ Musings made from under a traveling black cloud Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Just me http://www.carissajaded.com/2010/01/the-time-i-was-almost-on-a-reality-show-and-the-most-i-will-ever-share-on-my-blog-probably/comment-page-1/#comment-4192 Just me Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:56:53 +0000 http://www.carissajaded.com/?p=1761#comment-4192 Thank you! Yeah right before I gained all my extra weight, I went through a phase where I was going to eat "just when I'm hungry" and exercise daily. One day 3 months into it I woke up and realized I hadn't eaten since yesterday and was exercising twice a day.....an hour to 2 hours each time. *SMH....I envy people who are moderate and not always at one end of the spectrum or other!!! Keep up the good work! :) Thank you! Yeah right before I gained all my extra weight, I went through a phase where I was going to eat “just when I'm hungry” and exercise daily. One day 3 months into it I woke up and realized I hadn't eaten since yesterday and was exercising twice a day…..an hour to 2 hours each time. *SMH….I envy people who are moderate and not always at one end of the spectrum or other!!! Keep up the good work! :)

]]> By: CarissaJaded http://www.carissajaded.com/2010/01/the-time-i-was-almost-on-a-reality-show-and-the-most-i-will-ever-share-on-my-blog-probably/comment-page-1/#comment-4185 CarissaJaded Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:50:22 +0000 http://www.carissajaded.com/?p=1761#comment-4185 Honestly, I don't know if it's a battle I'll ever be done with.. and there are days/ weeks when even now it is still almost an obsession. At first I cut out all bread and most sugar from my diet.. and had just lost a job so I got to the gym at least twice a day.. Now I'm not so strict and I think I've found a happy medium. I give myself at least one day a week where I will eat whatever I want... and I try to work out every day.. but Dude, even that's hard to do some days. I think now I just want to stay in control of the situation... but even thats a struggle! Good luck! Honestly, I don't know if it's a battle I'll ever be done with.. and there are days/ weeks when even now it is still almost an obsession. At first I cut out all bread and most sugar from my diet.. and had just lost a job so I got to the gym at least twice a day.. Now I'm not so strict and I think I've found a happy medium. I give myself at least one day a week where I will eat whatever I want… and I try to work out every day.. but Dude, even that's hard to do some days. I think now I just want to stay in control of the situation… but even thats a struggle! Good luck!

]]> By: Just me http://www.carissajaded.com/2010/01/the-time-i-was-almost-on-a-reality-show-and-the-most-i-will-ever-share-on-my-blog-probably/comment-page-1/#comment-4184 Just me Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:40:23 +0000 http://www.carissajaded.com/?p=1761#comment-4184 So HOW did you do it?????<br><br>Just kidding. I was never underweight, but I had very disordered eating. Taking diet pills, overexercising, starving myself, tried to make myself purge, then end up stuffing myself, etc, etc. So I decided what the hell (plus I was on an antidepressant that made me super hungry), and decided for the first time since I was a single digit age, I'd enjoy eating whatever I wanted. Now I'm 250 and also 5'3". Thank you for giving me hope that there is an achievable place somewhere in the middle. So HOW did you do it?????

Just kidding. I was never underweight, but I had very disordered eating. Taking diet pills, overexercising, starving myself, tried to make myself purge, then end up stuffing myself, etc, etc. So I decided what the hell (plus I was on an antidepressant that made me super hungry), and decided for the first time since I was a single digit age, I'd enjoy eating whatever I wanted. Now I'm 250 and also 5'3″. Thank you for giving me hope that there is an achievable place somewhere in the middle.

]]> By: HS Reunion? Maybe. Or let’s bring Elementary School back to the future. | Carissa Jaded http://www.carissajaded.com/2010/01/the-time-i-was-almost-on-a-reality-show-and-the-most-i-will-ever-share-on-my-blog-probably/comment-page-1/#comment-3382 HS Reunion? Maybe. Or let’s bring Elementary School back to the future. | Carissa Jaded Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:03:57 +0000 http://www.carissajaded.com/?p=1761#comment-3382 [...] years, and I have no shame at showing up single at an event like this. (although if John Cusack or Ketchup wanted to go with me, I’d be bout it bout it.)  I am aware that my goals are probably [...] [...] years, and I have no shame at showing up single at an event like this. (although if John Cusack or Ketchup wanted to go with me, I’d be bout it bout it.)  I am aware that my goals are probably [...]

]]> By: It ain’t dancin if you don’t pick your feet up, unless you’re gettin down. | Carissa Jaded http://www.carissajaded.com/2010/01/the-time-i-was-almost-on-a-reality-show-and-the-most-i-will-ever-share-on-my-blog-probably/comment-page-1/#comment-2391 It ain’t dancin if you don’t pick your feet up, unless you’re gettin down. | Carissa Jaded Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:05:54 +0000 http://www.carissajaded.com/?p=1761#comment-2391 [...] got word from the awesomeness that is Candice that the magazine that she writes for wants to run my weight loss story, which made me nearly pee my pants from excitement. I won tickets to go see Timbaland, whom I [...] [...] got word from the awesomeness that is Candice that the magazine that she writes for wants to run my weight loss story, which made me nearly pee my pants from excitement. I won tickets to go see Timbaland, whom I [...]

]]> By: Chris Langlinais http://www.carissajaded.com/2010/01/the-time-i-was-almost-on-a-reality-show-and-the-most-i-will-ever-share-on-my-blog-probably/comment-page-1/#comment-3972 Chris Langlinais Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:32:41 +0000 http://www.carissajaded.com/?p=1761#comment-3972 You are my new hero! My wife and I have gone through the audition nightmare twice now. The first time was in the middle of summer and we waited for almost five hours. By the time we got inside, it was nearly 100 degrees outside. Then, of course, we waited for another two hours inside before our group interview. The second time, it was freezing cold and windy outside, and we waited for about four hours, plus another three inside Dave & Buster's. That night I saw myself on the news. I was so disgusted! Both times I felt such a connection with the interviewer that I was 100% sure I was getting a callback which, of course, never came. I realized after the second time that it is the interviewer's job to connect with people so they can get what they need out of them. I'm sure the majority of the people there felt the same way I did when they left. So now I do what most people do, and sit in front of the TV with junk food watching all the "right" people lose <i>my</i> weight. After my <a href="http://stresstoimpress.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/one-wedding-and-a-narrowly-missed-funeral-part-1/" rel="nofollow">health scare</a> this past year, I decided to hop on the "Healthy Life Choices" bandwagon, but after a subsequent bout with pneumonia, fell off harshly. Since then, I've told myself repeatedly that I am going to start again, but being the extreme procrastinator that I am, keep putting it off. I didn't want to associate it with any New Year's resolution, because that is so cliche, and I just never seem to keep them anyway. I understand why people make them, but with the failure of 95% of them, it all seems so trivial. (On a side note, my birthday, January 17, is National Ditch Your New Year's Resolution Day!) But alas! You have inspired me. I currently weigh 413 pounds (yikes!) and I am vowing to be at most 300 pounds by my 10-year high school reunion next summer. And that will just be the beginning. Sorry for the long comment. I have a tendency to ramble. Also, you've just made my blogroll! Congrats. You are my new hero! My wife and I have gone through the audition nightmare twice now. The first time was in the middle of summer and we waited for almost five hours. By the time we got inside, it was nearly 100 degrees outside. Then, of course, we waited for another two hours inside before our group interview. The second time, it was freezing cold and windy outside, and we waited for about four hours, plus another three inside Dave & Buster's. That night I saw myself on the news. I was so disgusted! Both times I felt such a connection with the interviewer that I was 100% sure I was getting a callback which, of course, never came. I realized after the second time that it is the interviewer's job to connect with people so they can get what they need out of them. I'm sure the majority of the people there felt the same way I did when they left. So now I do what most people do, and sit in front of the TV with junk food watching all the “right” people lose my weight. After my health scare this past year, I decided to hop on the “Healthy Life Choices” bandwagon, but after a subsequent bout with pneumonia, fell off harshly. Since then, I've told myself repeatedly that I am going to start again, but being the extreme procrastinator that I am, keep putting it off. I didn't want to associate it with any New Year's resolution, because that is so cliche, and I just never seem to keep them anyway. I understand why people make them, but with the failure of 95% of them, it all seems so trivial. (On a side note, my birthday, January 17, is National Ditch Your New Year's Resolution Day!) But alas! You have inspired me. I currently weigh 413 pounds (yikes!) and I am vowing to be at most 300 pounds by my 10-year high school reunion next summer. And that will just be the beginning. Sorry for the long comment. I have a tendency to ramble. Also, you've just made my blogroll! Congrats.

]]> By: Chris Langlinais http://www.carissajaded.com/2010/01/the-time-i-was-almost-on-a-reality-show-and-the-most-i-will-ever-share-on-my-blog-probably/comment-page-1/#comment-2349 Chris Langlinais Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:32:41 +0000 http://www.carissajaded.com/?p=1761#comment-2349 You are my new hero! My wife and I have gone through the audition nightmare twice now. The first time was in the middle of summer and we waited for almost five hours. By the time we got inside, it was nearly 100 degrees outside. Then, of course, we waited for another two hours inside before our group interview. The second time, it was freezing cold and windy outside, and we waited for about four hours, plus another three inside Dave & Buster's. That night I saw myself on the news. I was so disgusted! Both times I felt such a connection with the interviewer that I was 100% sure I was getting a callback which, of course, never came. I realized after the second time that it is the interviewer's job to connect with people so they can get what they need out of them. I'm sure the majority of the people there felt the same way I did when they left. So now I do what most people do, and sit in front of the TV with junk food watching all the "right" people lose <i>my</i> weight. After my <a href="http://stresstoimpress.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/one-wedding-and-a-narrowly-missed-funeral-part-1/" rel="nofollow">health scare</a> this past year, I decided to hop on the "Healthy Life Choices" bandwagon, but after a subsequent bout with pneumonia, fell off harshly. Since then, I've told myself repeatedly that I am going to start again, but being the extreme procrastinator that I am, keep putting it off. I didn't want to associate it with any New Year's resolution, because that is so cliche, and I just never seem to keep them anyway. I understand why people make them, but with the failure of 95% of them, it all seems so trivial. (On a side note, my birthday, January 17, is National Ditch Your New Year's Resolution Day!) But alas! You have inspired me. I currently weigh 413 pounds (yikes!) and I am vowing to be at most 300 pounds by my 10-year high school reunion next summer. And that will just be the beginning. Sorry for the long comment. I have a tendency to ramble. Also, you've just made my blogroll! Congrats. You are my new hero! My wife and I have gone through the audition nightmare twice now. The first time was in the middle of summer and we waited for almost five hours. By the time we got inside, it was nearly 100 degrees outside. Then, of course, we waited for another two hours inside before our group interview. The second time, it was freezing cold and windy outside, and we waited for about four hours, plus another three inside Dave & Buster's. That night I saw myself on the news. I was so disgusted! Both times I felt such a connection with the interviewer that I was 100% sure I was getting a callback which, of course, never came. I realized after the second time that it is the interviewer's job to connect with people so they can get what they need out of them. I'm sure the majority of the people there felt the same way I did when they left. So now I do what most people do, and sit in front of the TV with junk food watching all the “right” people lose my weight. After my health scare this past year, I decided to hop on the “Healthy Life Choices” bandwagon, but after a subsequent bout with pneumonia, fell off harshly. Since then, I've told myself repeatedly that I am going to start again, but being the extreme procrastinator that I am, keep putting it off. I didn't want to associate it with any New Year's resolution, because that is so cliche, and I just never seem to keep them anyway. I understand why people make them, but with the failure of 95% of them, it all seems so trivial. (On a side note, my birthday, January 17, is National Ditch Your New Year's Resolution Day!) But alas! You have inspired me. I currently weigh 413 pounds (yikes!) and I am vowing to be at most 300 pounds by my 10-year high school reunion next summer. And that will just be the beginning. Sorry for the long comment. I have a tendency to ramble. Also, you've just made my blogroll! Congrats.

]]> By: Vegetable Assassin http://www.carissajaded.com/2010/01/the-time-i-was-almost-on-a-reality-show-and-the-most-i-will-ever-share-on-my-blog-probably/comment-page-1/#comment-2303 Vegetable Assassin Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:54:53 +0000 http://www.carissajaded.com/?p=1761#comment-2303 Wow, that was the most interesting thing I've read in ages. I had no idea those shows were so ruthless with the pretend drama, when i'm sure there's plenty real drama from all the anxious people around. I'm glad you didn't do the show. I 'm glad you figured it out for yourself and achieved a great thing on your own. That must've been extremely difficult much of the time but you did it. I lost about 30lbs a few years ago and it was terrible. Walking 3 miles a day fast, swimming, eating 1200 calories a day. Satisfying in the end but hard. Really hard. I can't even imagine losing 100lbs and how difficult it must be to stay focused and upbeat the whole time. It's really awesome. Just like you. :) Wow, that was the most interesting thing I've read in ages. I had no idea those shows were so ruthless with the pretend drama, when i'm sure there's plenty real drama from all the anxious people around. I'm glad you didn't do the show. I 'm glad you figured it out for yourself and achieved a great thing on your own. That must've been extremely difficult much of the time but you did it. I lost about 30lbs a few years ago and it was terrible. Walking 3 miles a day fast, swimming, eating 1200 calories a day. Satisfying in the end but hard. Really hard. I can't even imagine losing 100lbs and how difficult it must be to stay focused and upbeat the whole time. It's really awesome. Just like you. :)

]]> By: Ambar http://www.carissajaded.com/2010/01/the-time-i-was-almost-on-a-reality-show-and-the-most-i-will-ever-share-on-my-blog-probably/comment-page-1/#comment-2300 Ambar Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:33:38 +0000 http://www.carissajaded.com/?p=1761#comment-2300 So cool that you can talk about it now. And wth is up with reality tv??? GH I hate it case obviously none of it is "REAL". So cool that you can talk about it now. And wth is up with reality tv??? GH I hate it case obviously none of it is “REAL”.

]]> By: Daffy http://www.carissajaded.com/2010/01/the-time-i-was-almost-on-a-reality-show-and-the-most-i-will-ever-share-on-my-blog-probably/comment-page-1/#comment-2289 Daffy Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:10:47 +0000 http://www.carissajaded.com/?p=1761#comment-2289 Awesome! You amaze me in such admirable ways!!!! Awesome! You amaze me in such admirable ways!!!!

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