Tuesday, April 17, 2012
K is for Kidding, L is for Lying and M is for Myself
So I know I'm kind of doing my own take on the Alphabet challenge for April and I wasn't able to write everyday this past weekend, so today I'm going to do K, L and M. They go perfectly together especially for what I did today. I joined Weight Watchers again today. I did their program last year and lost about 25 pounds, I have kept about 20 of it off but you see I can't lie to myself anymore, I am morbidly obese. Like for real. I normally NEVER talk about my actual weight! Even when I was going in for surgery I made sure that my weight wasn't openly discussed. So here it goes.... I weighed 277.8 this morning at my first weigh-in. I figure if I'm going to do this, if I'm going to really do this, then I have to do things differently so I might as well announce it to the world. My husband used to smoke almost 2 packs of cigarettes a day and through the Grace of God he was able to quit cold turkey, so if he can do it, why can't lose weight? I know all things to do! I've done every program they have out there! But yet here I sit, still so ashamed of this "addiction", this thing I cannot control! I ended up in the ER over the weekend for a very bad migraine and my husband was standing right next to me when the nurse asked my weight. I was MORTIFIED! I know my husband loves me, but I think God has put blinders on him to make him not see my weight. I had to say my weight out loud, there it was for the first time, the first time "it" was ever said in front of him. I was humiliated, I couldn't look at him. He said nothing. He still hasn't said anything. I'm still afraid to ask him about it, it had to be a shock for him to hear those numbers. I'm 5'3" and he's 6'5" and I weight more than he does. I'm going to use this as a turing point for me, I am entering a transistion phase right now, with God's grace I will change! No more kidding myself, no more lying to myself!
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I would be mortified if they asked me in front of anyone too!
ReplyDeleteI just recently started Weight Watchers (again), and so far am doing well on it. Good luck!
I'm so proud of you, Julie! That had to be incredibly hard--both the outing with your hubby and the outing with us. But you've taken the first step toward freedom and it begins with being real and honest.
ReplyDeleteOf course, being a counselor, I always wonder if perhaps you might want to focus some energy on healing any emotional wounds you might have. Very often (not always) compulsions (like over-eating, alcoholism, even nervous habits) come from unresolved hurts from our past. Just a thought to consider--it might actually help those pounds to come off quicker, if you're shedding some emotional baggage as well. I'll be praying for you! :)