
If She Tells You !
She Needs to Lose Weight !
Are there people not taking your weight loss goals seriously? It’s hard enough to stick to a weight loss program without other people insisting you don’t have a problem.
I wasted way too much time convincing another woman that I needed to lose weight the other day. This girl looked like a model. She was young, tall, and beautiful with an amazing figure. She was also really nice.
We were at a friend’s house and there was a huge carb spread. There were muffins, doughnuts, chips, bread — you name it. The one thing that wasn’t there was chocolate.
“Oh good, there’s no chocolate,” I said, “Now I won’t be tempted.”
Chocolate is my weakness. I love chocolate more than anything on earth. And even though I am trying to lose weight, I know that the mere sight of chocolate destroys my willpower.
She looked up at me. “Have some doughnuts instead,” she said.
“I can’t,” I replied, “I’m trying to lose weight.”
“One won’t hurt,” she said.
“Yes, it will.” When I am on a 1200 calorie diet, one 240 calorie doughnut is going to put me
over my limit.
She looked me over. “You don’t need to lose weight,” she insisted, “you look fine.”
Obviously, she was lying to be nice. That’s what nice people do. They don’t want you to feel bad.
“No I really need to,” I insisted, “my clothes don’t fit anymore. My BMI is way too high.”
“Nobody pays attention to the BMI,” she insisted. I was now starting to get annoyed. I have to pay attention to those things. Because the BMI chart says I’m dangerously close to being obese.
“I have to pay attention,” I said.
“Yes, but you look fine,” she said.
Now I was getting frustrated. Why wasn’t she getting the hint?
I literally walked in front of her. “Look at this,” I said showing her my side profile. Anyone could see the flab and nonexistent waist.
Yet she still insisted I looked fine.
No, I am not fine. My doctor reminds me of it, every visit. They’ve told me I’m overweight. At my highest weight, a cardiologist told me I was obese. Research shows that obesity is linked to diabetes and heart disease, especially in older people.
My pre-diabetic blood sugar shows I’m overweight. My higher cholesterol shows I’m overweight. My tight clothes tell me I’m overweight. I know I am overweight.
There comes a point when you have to believe a woman’s truth
Because I’ve lost weight in the past, I know for a fact when I eat a healthy diet with lots of fruits and vegetables, my health improves. I shed pounds and my bloodwork returns to a healthy range. And skipping the cake and doughnuts helps. Why wouldn’t this woman believe me?
It’s a horrible feeling to not look your best, especially when it comes to something like weight loss. It’s an awful feeling knowing that you’re risking all kinds of health problems when you gain thirty pounds. And on a petite woman, weight gain shows up more dramatically.
I know for a fact when I am overweight, I can’t make it up a flight of stairs without my heart rate going up way high. It affects my breathing. A simple loss of ten or twenty pounds would correct that in a minute.
I know this because when I lost weight before, I could handle stairs easily. When you’re heavier, your heart has to work harder.
When you’re heavier, your thighs rub together — and that’s very uncomfortable. Your clothes don’t fit right, and you have to try on ten dresses just to find one that doesn’t make you look fat.
When I was thinner, I could try on 10 dresses, and the majority would look good. My only
problem was deciding which dress I liked the best. I loved having that problem. I hope I have that problem again someday.
I don’t want to be pre-diabetic anymore. Yes, losing weight can reverse diabetes. I have a friend who lost a lot of weight and the Doctor took her off insulin. Imagine that — no more medicine for diabeties.