Living in the Moment
…most people we know aren’t going to tell us we look like the Michelin Man. Your friends and family know you, and when they look at you, they see you. It’s time we started doing that ourselves.
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Fat Is Not a Ninja
Picture this: there you are, sitting on your couch watching CSI, bag of potato chips in hand when BAM! All of your weight suddenly hits you in the belly, your pants split open, and your shirt clings to you like a tight wetsuit. Your double chins hang once again from your face, and you look like the person you left behind one year ago.
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Today I Love My Body
As I watched, though; I started to ask myself how I feel about my body now, and I didn’t immediately squash it. Part of this lifestyle change we’re making has a lot to do with changing our thought processes, so I let myself go there. I entitled myself to have an opinion…
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Time To Say Goodbye
How do you say goodbye to something that has been a part of your life for 34 years? People, as a general rule, have attachments to both good things and bad. We like familiarity; we cling to things that don’t change, almost like a buffer against the new and the scary. So again, how do you say goodbye to something that has always been there?
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Breaking the Cycle
Everyone has seen one. It’s that show or a news article about someone who weighs 700+ lbs. They try to get them medical help, but the person can’t leave their house. Walls are physically demolished, and the patient is transported by heavy moving equipment to a special vehicle which takes them to a hospital or treatment facility. The average person, or even the heavy person, asks themselves…
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When the Novelty Wears Off
The same is true of making the decision to lose weight. At first, we’re excited. It’s new, it’s promising. It gives us hope and purpose. We work out and feel fabulous. We eat healthy and have more energy. The scale drops a couple of pounds and we’re ecstatic.
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What’s In a Name?
As you have read in our stories and most likely experienced in your own journeys, so many times we’ve given up on trying to change. We hit a wall, something stressful happens, or we start making excuses again. Ultimately, we slink back into our comfort zone. We’ve lived this so many times!
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Christy’s Marathon
My name is Christy. I’m a wife, mother, writer, gamer, geek, and believer. I’m also fat. So many people are overweight these days, it hardly seems like a revelation, and yet for me—and for whoever sits at home trapped in [...]
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No Quit: Darrell’s Story
Once upon a time, I was a small kid. I know because I’ve seen the pictures, but there is no real memory of it. Around the age of 8 I started to gain weight. I don’t really know what started it… bad diet, no exercise, genetics; I’m sure they all played their role. From that moment on, I was always big. A big kid, a big teenager, a big adult. I can never remember a time in my life when I didn’t have a large belly.
