Self Imposed Limits
I don’t like limits. Limits aren’t fun. Limits box me in and often times I hurt myself trying to get out. During my obese days, I didn’t have any limits on the food choices I made. If I wanted an...
View ArticleMy Very First 5K
What do you think when you see a person jogging down the side of the road? I hope you think: Good for them I wish I could do that Wow, they are fast I wonder how far they go? You know what I thought...
View ArticleLegacies of Health
I’ve been thinking about the legacies we will leave behind when we have passed from this world. There is an elderly couple in our church who had 5 children. Those 5 children gave them 25 grandchildren....
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Resting Too Much!
Being overweight wasn’t just hard on me, but it was also hard on my family. I was often tired, and lacked energy for participating in activities that most people do without thinking. Going shopping...
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The Obesity Stigma Persists Even After You Lose Weight
After I lost weight, I not only lost about 25 inches off my waist and 150 pounds off my frame, but I also lost a best friend and gained a bunch of self confidence. Many things in my life changed after...
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Diana Nyad and the Value of Never Giving Up
All I could say was, “Wow,” when I read the news that Diana Nyad had successfully completed the 110-mile swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida. Then when I watched her interview on the CBS website and...
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Secret Eating Can Be Detrimental to Your Weight Loss Success
Secrets are fun for birthdays, Christmas, and special occasions but secrets are not fun when it comes to weight loss. Not fun, and not good for you. Secret eating is a behavior that some people engage...
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Is It Harder Now to Visually Identify Overweight People?
A few years ago I read about a study that described the difficulty parents had in identifying whether their children were overweight or not. I was a little surprised that a lot of parents struggled...
View ArticleTrapped Inside Myself
Do you ever feel trapped in a body you don’t recognize anymore? I did. As the pounds came on, and the layers of fat multiplied, I began to feel trapped inside myself. It happened slowly. The first...
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The Hayride
At 300 pounds I didn’t really fit into social situations very well. I spilled over chairs. Got stuck in restaurant booths, and sat on the sidelines of life. As active members of our church John and I...
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