If you look deep down inside….
Hey Buddys!!! Hope everyone’s Wednesday is a good one. The sun is nice and bright here in Michigan, the flower gardens all planted and I’m ready for summer and vacations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So if you look deep down inside can you find out why you became overweight? They say people overweight become this way because of lifes experiences and situations.
I’ve realized along time ago food was comfort for me. Then cigerettes, then drugs, then alcohol.
Finally at 49, all of my vices are gone, even the horrible cravings for food :) Except the darn night snacking. :( HELP!!!
Maybe if you really search for what has been bothering you…and why you have been gaining weight, you’ll find the answer…..deal with that, and start fresh with your Weight Loss Journey!!!
My story is sh0rt, I was adopted (never thought it bothered me) but all in all someone didn’t want me….I had a horrible abusive childhood. Hung out with the wrong crowd, did the drugs, married an abusive husband….etc…..
Self medication was my game, today healthy eating is the only solution for my life. I really hope everyone out there can find that place…the place that will let things go, or allow you to deal with them and go full force towards your new healthy lifestyle!!!
IF I CAN DO THIS, I KNOW YOU ALL CAN DO IT TOO!!!
(((((((((((((((JANE))))))))))))) Didn’t know you were adopted.
What a great blog!!!! Yes, I gained weight and became fat because I control how fat or skinny I get. Food, like you said is very comforting.
I know now being raped and molested as a child played a huge role in who I am today but didn’t know it effected me this much. I’m always afraid of people leaving me - like I’m not good enough. Hence - my father lives in Ausralia. He wasn’t here for me, but he’s there for my other brothers and sister. Yes, the war played a huge role in separation.
So I try to find comfort in men; when that didn’t work and trying to make them love me didn’t work I turned to food.
Well, we are both in better places now babe. Still fighting night time eating too!
LOVE IT!
I agree, girl. It does take soul searching to beat it!
Food never was a comfort for me until I had my babies. I suffered from severe post partum and ate my way through it. Now I just have tolearn to control the emotional eating. I am glad you are in a good place. I hope to get there and STAY there one day.
Congrats to you Jane. The fact that you have taken over the controls, and admit to the problems, means you will win this battle.
Never give up…….you’ve come to far gal.
I never knew you ever used drugs!!!! I spent a lot of time in my teens and 20’s with recovering addicts as my mom is in recovery. She’s been sober since October 1987. My parents separated and divorced when I was 8 weeks old so I lived with my mom and grandma.
It was always confusing to see my dad with his new wife, and new daughter and how he seemed to love them, and his daughter always had new things, and seemed to have all the love i didn’t have from him. it always seemed to me that she was far more valuable than i could ever be to him and thus the world. I have dealt with all of these crazy feelings of abandonment for as long as i can remember. i knew drinking was not the way to go, and i was always scared of drugs so food seemed safe and it was easy to get.
I see that i have passed this same habit of comforting myself with food onto my kids. They both adore food. i am trying to show them that there are other ways but the patterns are so ingrained already.
I think it’s great that you are on your way to becoming the best jane that you can be!!! It’s a blessing to know you!!
Awww, Jane. You are so like me. I know my biggest one was I used food to numb myself. We are all survivors, and what an awesome way to live now!