I have noticed on TV that weight loss is EVERYWHERE!! I know this comes in phases, and that before I was born there were periods of fitness and weight loss focus in our country. But these stories are like none I've ever heard of. I watched a story of a guy who lost over 200lbs, had skin removal surgery, and is now feeling better than ever. Yay! and everyone cheered....
I don't know why, I don't know how, but these certain people are chosen. And their given an incredible opportunity. To change their life with all the best help, financial assistance and doctors that can do anything. Then- they're given a platform on which to make a statement about how and why they did this thing- made this change. I keep thinking, this isn't fair!
I have literally worked my butt off for almost 1 year now, I've lost 150lbs by eating healthy and exercising.
This weekend I weighed in at 251.6lbs
You know, I need help too, but there's no one there that will step in and pay the bill for all the surgery and counseling and food and gym fee's and every other cost associated with changing from Morbid Obesity to Healthy BMI. Most of us just Deal with it. We have to Fight- tooth and nail- for every ounce of weight we'll lose. But honestly, every day that we're stuck in the body of something You don't wanna see is like an eternity in pain.
It makes me toss and turn, sometimes.
I wish someone would give me the chance. I've done 90% of the work without the assistance (besides motivation and support) that these "Contestants" get.
I wanna feel good about myself too.
Don't I deserve that?
God,
I know that there is nothing more important than the understanding that Your Son, Jesus died for my sins so that I might live again. I thank you for the strength, courage and endurance you've placed in me. I couldn't do this alone. I ask you for help, Father. I need something to ease my mind- my soul. When I look in the mirror all I see is what I have done wrong. Change that, Lord. Continue to change me.
Amen.
67lbs to go!
The psychological part is the one people rarely talk about. 112 pounds later, I'm still dealing with the mental and emotional ramifications myself. There is weight to be lost there, too.
ReplyDeleteHere are a couple of quotes that have helped me.
"…he realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure. 'I’m an adventurer, looking for treasure,' he said to himself."
--THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho
"…I ask you right here please to agree with me that a scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. But you and I, we must make an agreement to defy them. We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, *I survived*."
--Little Bee, from LITTLE BEE by Chris Cleave