Hellooooo Kitty (MelissaD)
Love yourself!
Nov 19, 2006
No matter where you are in your journey, I wish you nothing but the best. You deserve the peace of mind that comes with getting that weight off your body. You also deserve to become the person you know you are but who is trapped inside that shell.
With that said, please remember that weight-loss surgery provides you a tool to lose weight and keep it off. It is not a magic potion that will change your every problem. I always tell people, losing weight is the easy part in this - it's dealing with the psychological and emotional issues that is the challenge.
Let's be honest: We don't become morbidly obese because we've handled such issues well. So, remember that your biggest challenge will always be learning how to face, address and deal with the trouble areas of your life.
You need to remember that you deserve to love yourself - no matter what your weight is. I feel once you have that self-acceptance, the rest of the work comes a lot easier.
I sincerely believe to be truly successful on this journey, you first have to accept yourself as-is. If you don't, you are setting yourself up for failure. Seriously, how can you succeed if you are constantly hating yourself? You can hate the situation you are in but PLEASE stop hating yourself.
If you don't, you're going to get stuck and never reach your goal weight. Or, you will reach it and bounce right back up in weight. Why? Because, if you hate yourself, you are not going to give yourself the good health and happiness that being a normal weight provides.
So please stop the hatred. Take a deep breath. Then start working on how you can be kind and loving and understanding toward YOU.
All my love and support...
xoxo
Kitty
With that said, please remember that weight-loss surgery provides you a tool to lose weight and keep it off. It is not a magic potion that will change your every problem. I always tell people, losing weight is the easy part in this - it's dealing with the psychological and emotional issues that is the challenge.
Let's be honest: We don't become morbidly obese because we've handled such issues well. So, remember that your biggest challenge will always be learning how to face, address and deal with the trouble areas of your life.
You need to remember that you deserve to love yourself - no matter what your weight is. I feel once you have that self-acceptance, the rest of the work comes a lot easier.
I sincerely believe to be truly successful on this journey, you first have to accept yourself as-is. If you don't, you are setting yourself up for failure. Seriously, how can you succeed if you are constantly hating yourself? You can hate the situation you are in but PLEASE stop hating yourself.
If you don't, you're going to get stuck and never reach your goal weight. Or, you will reach it and bounce right back up in weight. Why? Because, if you hate yourself, you are not going to give yourself the good health and happiness that being a normal weight provides.
So please stop the hatred. Take a deep breath. Then start working on how you can be kind and loving and understanding toward YOU.
All my love and support...
xoxo
Kitty
