Starbucks Giveaway

Jessi • October 9, 2008 at 6:49 pm

I’d buy an Americano, and then donate the rest of the card to a friend :-)

I read your book from start to finish last night. Over and over I thought, are you my twin or WHAT? I was 350 lbs my senior year of college. I was always heavy as a kid (165 in the 3rd grade) and my family was always supper skinny. By slowly exercising and cutting out the crappy food (never followed a diet!!) I made it down to 180 by my 26th birthday. My day of reconing came when I was breaking the bones in my feet trying to walk from the dorms to class. I also lost weight on a long slow decline, with no major gains. I’m now almost 35, so that’s 9 years of maintaining my new lifestyle. I had so many of the same experiences you did, that I was constantly saying to myself, “Yup….I know…” I even WORKED at Lane Bryant, although when I first stated I was too large to wear any of their clothes. Eventually I had to leave because their size 14 was too large, and my sales went down: customers thought I couldn’t relate to them, and snubed me. I swear I needed to wear a “before picture” button to convince them that I did in fact know what they were living with in our stupid world.

I just want to let other people know, you can do it without diet books, doctors, surgery, etc. It’s slow, and it takes work, but many people have done it and so can you. Be patient and try to appreciate each and every small gain in strength and self confidence. If place your focus there, one day you’ll realize those pants are WAY too big for you. It takes time for your mind and body to become friends. Let it happen slowly and it will become permanent.

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