31st July 2013
Laugh until your belly hurts & then just laugh a bit
more!
Weight loss is such an emotive subject isn’t it, and
yesterday in more ways than one reinforced that belief for me, can you imagine
walking up to a complete stranger in the street and saying, “look at the state
of you, sort it out!” What you thinking
right now?
Personally I hope you’d be a bit shocked at the suggestion
and wouldn’t even contemplate it, yet how many of you look in the mirror and
say or think it about yourself? How many
of you give yourself a really hard time over your appearance and your
body?
Whose fault is it that you’re overweight?
Should we actually be laying blame anywhere, should we be
judging ourselves and others on weight problems?
Sometimes being overweight can be an external sign that not
everything is great in that person’s life at this time. Sometimes being overweight can be as simple
as that person likes food a little too much, or that they lack the food education
to know which choices to make. It may be
that they’re financially strapped at the moment and the cheaper foods aren’t
the healthiest foods. Should anyone be
judged because of any of those reasons?
I don’t think so!
There are lots of reasons a person gains weight, heck you
could even blame W H Smith for offering you a bar of chocolate every time you
go in their to buy a magazine! It’s
easier to say yes to something than it is to say no, especially when that
something is going to give you instant gratification, after all we’re pleasure
seeking creatures!
It’s not easy to change the habits of a lifetime, if you’ve
spent most of your life being critical of your appearance, then suddenly loving
and embracing the skin your in isn’t as easy as it should be. I believe we judge our own appearance much
more than others, yesterday I wore a knee length skirt and had bare legs to
work, something I never do, one reason being because I used to be very self
conscious of my legs and got into the habit of not wearing them, yet my helper
told me, she thought that length suited me more than my longer skirts. I did of course get the “Oh you’ve got legs”
comment from about a quarter of my members, now a few years ago that would’ve
been the reason I didn’t start wearing the knee lengths, or the reason I wouldn’t
have put one on again because I wouldn’t have wanted so much attention drawing
to it, however yesterday I was okay about it.
Have my legs changed? No of
course them haven’t, my mindset has, I’ve realised they’re just legs, okay
they’re not supermodel legs I’m a good foot too short for that but they’re my
legs and the suit the rest of my body!
The meeting discussion yesterday was so emotional, for me
it’s was what Weight Watchers is all about, that group support, everyone
contributing, sharing each others successes and setbacks, boosting each others
morale. I’m so very lucky to have such
wonderful people in my meetings, I would never get to know this many amazing
people if I wasn’t a Weight Watcher leader, and what’s even better is I get to
tell them how gorgeous they are and also to try to get them to see it too.
So just for today lose the judgment, whether it’s towards
yourself or others, someone’s appearance doesn’t really tell you all you need
to know about that person
You absolutely can change your appearance if you wish to but
you don’t need to in order to be a better person, our actions and behaviours are
what make us. If you want to lose weight
Eat Gorgeous, BeYouTiful and realise you are already a very special person
because a bit of self love goes a very long way. xx
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