DIET DIET DIET
Dec 14 '00
Diets do they work? Not in my experience! I am a compulsive overeater and have been dealing with weight problems all of my life.
My mother told me I was a fat baby and the cutest little fat kid. Yes she used the word FAT. Yes it hurt even when I was young because I had four beautiful thin sisters. Ma told me that she did not get overweight until she started having babies so she did not understand why I had this problem.
Could it have been using food as a reward when I was hungry hurt, sad, glad or whatever emotion I was feeling. I always fed it with food. Cake, candy, chips you know all the good stuff!!
I have lost about four thousand pounds and regained it back at one time or another. I have been to Diet Workshop, Overeaters Anonymous Weight Watchers. You name I’ve tried it.
What worked??
Diet workshop did not work at all. I always felt really bad there and the person teaching the class made be feel bad so I quit that. I lost 30 pound there and gained it back and then some.
Jenny Craig was a good program but you have to buy and eat their food. This can become very expensive. I liked the classes and the counselor I had. It was just too costly for my budget.
Soooo I tried Overeaters Anonymous. Now you had to work harder here because you were also dealing with feelings. The meetings gave support but they were “cliquey”. If you were a newcomer it was ok but you had get in with a group or you were left out. Again I lost weight but gained it back.
Weight Watchers. This was the best food program of all of them and I could lose weight on my own but there was a lot of competition. The leader was very thin and I could not imagine her being fat. She only dealt with the thin people and she was not helpful to those who were having a hard time so again I gave up.
I did lose weight on all of these programs so I know I can do it. I think what is missing is motivation. How do I get that?? It has to come from inside me. It called self-esteem. I am working on that but I have also realized that being “fat” is not the worst thing in the world. I would rather be this way then be one of the people that make fun of people like me. I’ve also come to the realization that some people are born this way. I am just made this way it is in my Genes. What I have to do is work on acceptance and be happy with who I am. And I have done a lot of work on that and as I grow older I know how much I weigh is not the most important thing in my life.
My conclusion is that any of these weight programs can work if you work them but it has to be something you really want. The most important thing is to be THE BEST YOU YOU CAN.
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Member: Linda Parsons
Location: QUINCY MA
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