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		<title>What It&#8217;s Like to Lose 100 Pounds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Borgstede]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I was at the post office. Handing my I.D. to the clerk, she examined it, looked at me, and looked at the photo again. &#8220;Wow, you look really different!&#8221; I get that response often so wasn&#8217;t too surprised. I&#8217;ve considered ordering a new driver&#8217;s license since I&#8217;m slightly worried I&#8217;ll get stopped at the airport for not being the actual Sara M. Borgstede. (I&#8217;m really me, I promise.) &#8220;Thanks! I&#8217;ve lost a lot of weight,&#8221; was my response. How did you DO it? The next question I hear is usually, &#8220;How did you do it?!&#8221; I have a variety of possible responses: Short answer #1: I&#8217;m still doing it. Short answer #2: Therapy, prayer, exercise, life-style change. Slightly long answer #1: Therapy, more therapy, sweat, tears, food and calorie obsession, slow progress and back sliding then progress, prayer and railing at God and more prayer and trust, triathlon, exercise I hated, exercise I loved, support from my husband, time alone with my thoughts, emails with a dear friend who &#8220;gets it.&#8221; Weight issues are so public yet so private. We wear our addiction for the whole world to see in the form of unwanted pounds. I see the longing in the eyes of people who ask me this question. I know the desire I felt when I asked that question myself when I was at my heaviest. What was the secret that would get me out of the prison of food and weight obsession in which I was trapped? My struggle with my weight was the heaviest of coats I wore no matter the weather, the burden I carried and from which I never got a vacation. On my blog, The Holy Mess, I share in the 100 lbs lost series the outside tools I used to lose weight &#8212; which diet plan, which exercise methods and which foods I ate. None of those really matter all that much, though. I had tried and used those methods at least 50 times before, when I lost the weight and then regained every pound. Nothing on the outside will fix what is broken on the inside. Changing my thinking, my core beliefs about who I am, and my deepest realizations about the way God loves and accepts me, are what turned my life around. I&#8217;ve done it and it&#8217;s absolutely possible you can do it too! &#160; The 5 Keys to My Weight Loss The main keys to my 100 pound weight loss: Therapy. Not just with any therapist, but with one who knew about eating issues. All the diets and programs in the world didn&#8217;t work for me until I got my head on straight. An Accountability Program. For me that was Weight Watchers. For you it might be something different, but I had to have something to keep me on the rails. I started Weight Watchers online program about 6 months after I was going to therapy regularly. Faith. I&#8217;ve been a Christian all my life, believing in Jesus as my Savior. Through this journey I needed to rely on God in new ways. I also had to have faith that losing weight and overcoming my eating issues was really possible. At times it was just a tiny speck of light, but I held on to it. Support. Binge eating tends to be a solitary activity. Losing weight needs to be done with support. I couldn&#8217;t do it alone. I am here for you! Other people in your life will be too when you reach out for it. Exercise &#8212; later. Eventually exercise became a huge component to my weight loss journey, but I didn&#8217;t start with it. &#160; Do you struggle with your weight and fitness? Leave a comment below and join in the discussion. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Caitlyn Jenner: What You&#8217;re REALLY Thinking&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.wirlproject.com/caitlyn-jenner-what-youre-really-thinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wirlproject.com/caitlyn-jenner-what-youre-really-thinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 08:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Brennan]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I said it, Caitlyn Jenner. The former Bruce Jenner has finally physically transitioned and let &#8220;her&#8221; out of the closet making her debut on Vanity Fair magazine earlier this week. Good for him! or her? Right? Or not? Hmmm? Let&#8217;s be real&#8230;we ALL have something to say about this&#8230;EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. OF. US. Even if you say you &#8220;don&#8217;t care&#8221;, there must be a reason why you don&#8217;t care, because EVERYONE else seems to. So, let&#8217;s &#8220;talk&#8221;. I&#8217;ve complied a few Caitlyn Jenner quotes from around the web. Let&#8217;s have this conversation in true WIRL fashion and talk about what we&#8217;re REALLY thinking. You may agree with comment 1, but strongly disagree with comment 5&#8230;let us know how you feel! Remember, no hate language is allowed according to WIRL Code, but, open, honest, genuine thoughts and feelings are, so be thoughtful of your words and WIRL from the heart.  Here&#8217;s how this will work: Read the following 5 comments and watch the video clip that (light heartedly) sheds some light on this subject. Then, in the comment box below, tell us what you think. Pretend this platform is your best friend and say what you would say to that person. Got it? Okay, here we go! Quote 1: “I’m sorry, it’s hard to be ‘proud’ of someone who has had the financial means to achieve unrealistic goals for girls like us”. &#8211; Lilith Gütler (TheGuardian.com) Quote 2: “This is something that has been part of her life — the secret of her life — and now she’s free. God bless you, honey. God bless you.” - Whoopie Goldberg (TheWrap.com) Quote 3: &#8220;Caitlyn, when you were a man, we could talk about your athleticism, business acumen, but now you&#8217;re a woman, and your looks are really the only thing we care about.&#8221; &#8211; Jon Stewart (Mic.com) Quote 4: &#8220;Elective surgery isn&#8217;t courage or bravery&#8230;&#8221; - Kristin @KristinH1998 (Twitter.com) Quote 5: &#8220;I’m totally supportive of people staying true to themselves and finding true happiness in whatever way they can. There are just more things that we as a nation and as a planet should be talking about and working on.&#8221; - Connor Cruise (Hollywoodlife.com) Video Clip: Jon Stewart (Mic.com) The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,Daily Show Video Archive &#160; &#160; So, how do you feel? Which comment or segment of the video caught your attention? Let us know below! Be real and tell us how you REALLY feel&#8230; &#160; *Image source: Vanity Fair]]></description>
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		<title>Expat Mommitment. Because Expat Moms Need Support Too.</title>
		<link>http://www.wirlproject.com/expat-mommitment-because-expat-moms-need-support-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2015 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Orana Velarde]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All moms need support sometimes, specially when we´re feeling down or lonely or overburdened with the toddlers and their devilish ways. Sometimes all we want is a hug, a walk and talk, a cup of coffee and some laughs, or maybe just a sleep in. But in some cases we are far from our families, we don´t have our own moms that can help out and take the kids for a few hours or an old friend with kids of her own that we can hang out with without having to go through the dreaded small talk or trying to not come out as simply insane. &#160; Some of us are expat moms. Living the expat dream, teaching our kids about different cultures and how the world can be so much more than just your neighborhood or your city. Trying to keep it together without familiar help. Yes I know that as an expats we have the opportunity to hire help for the house and for the kids, but sometimes we have trust issues and feel that no one will do it the way we do. And so we drain ourselves to do it all. &#160; But sometimes we break, and feel like we do it all wrong, and fight with the kids and the husband, and feel lonely and lose all control. Sometimes we feel depressed, or have anxiety or panic attacks, expat moms aren´t exempt from these, we really aren´t. There´s even a kind of depression called “Expat Depression” and it is real. I am not going to argue with that. Us expat moms are almost admired back home. We are so brave and adventurous, leaving the comfort of home to take our kids on a World expedition. We are seen as an inspiration for those moms that feel like they are stuck in their situation and need a change. We are the strength and backbone of our Third Culture kids. We are wonder-women! I really want to believe all that. Because after all, we are gifting our kids the world and that is some greatness right there. Us expat moms are also under constant judgement, just like any other mom. Do our kids go to International School? Do we let them play with the local kids? Do we feed them western food or local food? Do we teach them the local language? Do they have an English Speaking nanny? Do they have a driver? Do you homeschool them? Do you teach them the local culture? Read More!]]></description>
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