Obesity Support Group
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"What do we do when our will to live is met face to face with our desire to eat?"
That is a quote I heard last night while watching a t.v. program about obesity. That one sentence hit me like a ton a bricks. There's such truth to that statement...our struggle really is one of life vs. food. It's just that simple, and it's just that hard. Lately, for me, I've been noticing more than usual how my body feels and how it's reacting to the extra weight. Pain, exhaustion, stiffness, etc. I haven't necessarily gained any more weight over the past few months, but my body is trying to tell me that it needs help. This is the only body I have, and it deserves to be taken care of. I wouldn't neglect another human being the way I neglect my body, and it's time for a change. We have got to love ourselves, regardless of how we may look in the mirror. We have to take care of ourselves & be thankful that we have this life to live and make the most of it, the best way we can. I pray that we're all able to overcome our struggles and I'm thankful for the support we are able to offer one another. Love yourself and be good to yourself...you deserve it.
That is a quote I heard last night while watching a t.v. program about obesity. That one sentence hit me like a ton a bricks. There's such truth to that statement...our struggle really is one of life vs. food. It's just that simple, and it's just that hard. Lately, for me, I've been noticing more than usual how my body feels and how it's reacting to the extra weight. Pain, exhaustion, stiffness, etc. I haven't necessarily gained any more weight over the past few months, but my body is trying to tell me that it needs help. This is the only body I have, and it deserves to be taken care of. I wouldn't neglect another human being the way I neglect my body, and it's time for a change. We have got to love ourselves, regardless of how we may look in the mirror. We have to take care of ourselves & be thankful that we have this life to live and make the most of it, the best way we can. I pray that we're all able to overcome our struggles and I'm thankful for the support we are able to offer one another. Love yourself and be good to yourself...you deserve it.
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Thank you for this post. You are so right. My body has been screaming at me lately and its time I do something about it.
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I too have been getting those signals from my body and I thank you for your inspirational post. I really needed it.
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I think I watched the same show and am inspired to care more about myself. Luck to us all, thanks for the post...
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Great post, Amy. I am going to put a sign in my kitchen that says live vs. eat. It will keep me in line. Definite food for thought, no pun intended lol!
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What a beautiful post, Amy, Thanks.It's so true. We need to treat ourselves with the same care we treat others.
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Hi Amy: I think I was watching the same thing last night!!! I agree, it is about time we take care of ourselves. If we don't then who will right? The man in the show also was describing how hard things were for him because he said if you were an alcoholic you couldn't have just one drink a day, but a food addict has to live but having just one cookie for instance was like a drug for him. He is right!!! Hugs Denise
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Amy you are so very right.In the last year i have lost 2 very special people in my life.One had diabetes and the other one heart failure.They were both in there early 40's.From that i have learn to respeat life.It was one problem after another.Since then i have found out that i am a diabete. Now it live or die. And i choose to live.I have change my eating habits & lost 64bles.So if i can anybody can.I will not go down like my friends did.Everytime i feel sorry for myself i think of my friends.40 and DEAD.I just can comprend 40 and DEAD.
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