One day I woke up FAT! I mean really FAT.<\/strong><\/big> Now back to the future \u2026 THE morning of ALL mornings!<\/strong> Get the picture? I did!<\/strong> So, right then and there (after I painstakingly picked out the lightest weigh-in outfit I could find)<\/em>, I dragged myself to one of those weight loss centers where people obsess about food and the scale. (You know the place I\u2019m talking about, yes?<\/em>) I was depressed, defeated and deprived before I even weighed-in (sound familiar?)<\/em>; and then, when I did weigh in \u2026 Whoa Nelly! Tears came to my eyes. It was, indeed, my highest number ever.<\/p>\n I joined the group for the lecture. As the tears made their way down my cheek, I thought, \u201cI\u2019m never going to make it.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> That\u2019s when I heard the voice, which I later came to realize was the voice of Our Lady of Weight Loss. She said, \u201cIf you think you\u2019re never going to make it, you never will.\u201d <\/em><\/strong>Now, I suppose we all pretty much know that our actions follow our thoughts, but when Our Lady spoke those words to me, it felt as though I had been hit over the head with a Zen celery stick. I was AWAKENED!<\/strong> I was able to move towards my compelling future.<\/strong> When we decide to go on a \u2018diet,\u2019 we essentially push off from the side of the \u2018pool of discontent.\u2019 We gather a vast amount of energy from not liking ourselves, being disgusted, and ashamed of how we look. We don\u2019t like ourselves. No, we sure don\u2019t.<\/p>\n Sometimes this energy takes us half way to our goal weight. Sometimes all the way \u2026 10, 20, 30, 100, 200 pounds lost. Then what?<\/p>\n Unlike the Olympic swimmer who has a plan; who is moving toward her big win; who sees herself as a champion and knows with every cell and fiber of her being that she is the victor, we only know ourselves to be losers. We are basing this attempt on past attempts to lose, which have failed.<\/p>\n It is easy to get lost if you don\u2019t know where you are going.<\/strong> It\u2019s not about the food; it’s not about the fat – It is about YOUR LIFE!!! <\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/big><\/p>\n EVOLVE,<\/big> don\u2019t just improve! <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Spread the word \u2026 NOT the icing,<\/p>\n Janice Taylor Our Lady of Weight Loss<\/a> Follow Janice Taylor on Twitter: www.twitter.com\/OurLady<\/a>
\nTo be clear, it wasn\u2019t the first time that I\u2019d woken up FAT. In fact, I was born FAT. I was the only baby in the hospital nursery to gain weight (babies traditionally lose an ounce or two their first week on the planet \u2013 but not me<\/em>)! An ominous sign! And by the time second grade rolled around, I weighed-in at 112 pounds. YIKES! It was Yo-Yo City from there on in.<\/p>\n
\nOn this history making morning, when I woke up fat, I was discombobulated (more than usual). So, after my shower, instead of grabbing the towel and then my glasses, I grabbed my glasses and passed a full-length mirror on the way to the towel.<\/p>\n
\nI was shocked to see that my fat roll had grown its own fat roll. The unexpected truth was undeniably right smack dab in front of me. I could no longer ignore the fact that the fat monster had once again taken over. I had to stop HIM in his tracks!<\/p>\n
\nI shifted from deep despair to happy in a millisecond! <\/strong>I was excited! Our Lady of Weight Loss had snap-crackle-popped my mind into a new place. I had a deep and powerful understanding that I no longer needed to be depressed, hate myself or be mean to myself over extra fat cells \u2013 or over a number on the scale. I let it go. And when I let it go \u2026 when I stopped being mean to myself \u2026 when I practiced forgiveness, I was able to move on!<\/p>\n
\nHave you ever watched an Olympic swimmer push off the side of the pool? It is quite amazing, isn\u2019t it? The thrust, the power, their determination is enormous. Often the strength of this one solitary push can propel the Olympian right straight into the middle of the Olympic sized pool.<\/p>\n
\nIf you want to be victorious at the game of Permanent Fat Removal, then you need to have a compelling future. You need to know where you are going; what you want; what removing those pounds means. The diet and exercise plans do not live alone. This is a holistic event. <\/p>\n
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