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My life has been a continual battle with weight.
I gain, I lose, I eat, I cry, I diet, I buy clothes.
My life on this rollercoaster started at 16. I began the journey which has lead me to today. Women, especially, deal with a society that gives us conflicting messages. "Aren't you hungry?" and magazine covers with women who weigh less than I did when I was ten years old. I have three sons, and no daughters, yet, if I had a daughter I would tell her to stay off of the rollercoaster. To learn to value what she has to say more than how she looks. For in this simple truth, is the answer. Most people who begin to diet are not that overweight. If these individuals would cut a cookie here, walk a little there, the problem is really no problem. It's us, as a society, who creates the problem. We convince each other, and our selves that we should be just a little thinner. So we diet, we lose. We gain more. We diet, we lose, we gain more. We are suddenly no longer a little heavy, we are obese. And the cycle continues. Stop dieting, start being active in your life today. Don't wait for that magic dress size, or number on a scale. Be who you want, now. Because if you never weigh 115 pounds, you will never have lived. How crazy of an idea is that? Good luck. I hope somewhere, someone hears this message, and throws all their "dietary aids" away. Walk, live, make choices, and believe in yourself and your higher power. You are special. Today. As you are.
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