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“I [started out] among the skeptics who felt food addiction was a copout. But after meeting Prager and reading his book, my view has shifted.” — JENNIFER LaRUE HUGET, Eat, Drink and Be Healthy columnist, Washington Post
“A compelling description of the process of addiction.” — JOSEPH FRASCELLA, National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Above: a contemporary photo; Below: the "before" picture.
I had a fat and troubled childhood that lasted almost 35 years, and my body reached 365 pounds. I could lose weight, but I always gained it back and more. Then, on the advice of others, I started accepting standard addiction treatment, and now I'm approaching 20 years in a normal-sized body. In that time, public acceptance of food addiction has barely moved, and insurance support for treatment has regressed.
Both of those need to change, and my story tells why. I'm no diet guru, and this isn't a diet book, but if I escaped more than a decade above 300 pounds, lots of others can find relief too.
It's a good read with a happy ending, and it could change your life.
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Every day, every day, every day I write...
I just want to give a shout out to Sean Anderson of Ponca City, Okla., who is writing at losingweighteveryday.blogspot.com, which details his journey from 505 pounds down to 230 "or whatever feels right." (I love that last part!)
I don't know the number he's at right now, but judging by photos, he's well within the normal range, and speaking for myself, that's all I ever desired — to be out of the freak range.
Part of the reason I wanted to note Sean's blog is that he could have named the blog writingonmyblogeveryday.com, for that appears to be what he's doing. He's on day 675, and though I didn't go all the way to the beginning, it appears he writes every day. Every. Day.
If you don't blog, you don't understand how difficult that is, though I'd put it right up there with carrying out the lifestyle and behavior changes required for long-term weight loss and maintenance, each day at a time.
Whether you blog or not, you can compare this feat to whatever matters of personal discipline you perform every day. This isn't sleeping, or peeing, which are unavoidable bodily functions. This is writing, or walking, or meditating, or calling your mother — things you decide to do every day, because you want to — and then stick to it! It's not easy.
So go click on his blog, if only as a nod for his consistency, and perhaps you'll stay to enjoy the prose.
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