SorceressJ
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This.. is the most inspiringly positive yet no-BS weight-issue thread I have ever seen around these parts. Before I add to it, I would like each and every one of you to please accept my heartfelt compliments thereto.
I have struggled with weight and esteem issues for most of my life. I turned 44 not quite a month ago. I am chunky but not morbidly obese; I stand about 5'7" and a half in my stocking feet and (I am without a house scale at this time so I'm WAGging this part based on years of realistic self-knowledge and how my clothes are fitting just lately..) am running about 210 at the moment. I have been this tall since about age 12 or so (I was the tall girl in school. I passed 5 ft. and 100 lbs at age 8). I ran about 140 - 150 in high school and thought I was fat then (and that is actually what I would like to get back down to now. I have little if any interest in the weight tables in Dr.'s offices that say I should weigh less than this. I know what's good for ME), although I have a nice smile, pretty eyes and good bone structure and am told that I am very attractive (just the way I am, even).
I am one of the few people I know who has not been raped or molested, neither as a young girl nor an adult. No domestic/spousal issues, either.
I just like to eat. Food rocks. 
I was used to flying under life's radar and thinking myself mostly unremarkable (wherein is a portion of my own mistake), as well as thinking it was perfectly acceptable to eat whatever the hell I wanted without repercussions, or ingredient label-reading, or caring where my food comes from or how it is made. In other words, it just didn't matter (wrong!). My mother didn't care, either, only she had no positive perception of herself at all, didn't make any effort on her own behalf nor at family and professional suggestion, and was dead before she was 70, of multiple health problems, weighing in the neighborhood of 300 lbs.
I have no intention of following in those footsteps. None, zero, zip.
In the last year or so, concerns not just about my own health but about food in general have made themselves prominent in my sphere. I saw a movie called "Food Inc." and became painfully conscious about every bite of processed anything that I had ever consumed. Now, the focus in my household is undergoing a serious transformation, to a place which has not yet been fully achieved (but is being worked on and paid attention to daily); where there is no junk food, lunch meat, or processed anything, and all meats and vegetables which are consumed therein have been purchased from local organic growers and providers. No radical diet plans, deprivation or calorie-counting; just common sense, vastly healthier and more natural choices, portion control, Yoga, working outside in our garden, lots of water, and {{{attitude - it really is everything}}}.
..I wish this had shown up over at the Biggest Loser thread. That would have been AWEsome, except of course this thread is not just to address weight-loss per se, but perception of self. Still, I think we are of a mostly common mind and heart about all this; we all want to live and be healthy and happy, which is the very least that we all deserve. To that effect, I send each of you blessings of limitless light and love, and my best wishes for your good health, long life, and perfect happiness..
EDITED for a typo or two..
< Message edited by SorceressJ -- 4/7/2011 2:12:53 PM >
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RE: Will this thread explode? - 
It certainly isn't an easy task. 
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