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Lean On My Shoulder / Jilted in Jersey
« on: September 15, 2010, 10:31:59 AM »
:'(Subject: Help?
Dear Doug,
Where to start. I stumbled on your book when I Googled recipes for Jicama. I watched a few of your videos, ordered the book immediately and read it this AM!
I was not a FAT kid-always slim throughout childhood, teenage years and early adulthood. I lost most of the weight after the brith of each of my three sons fairly easily, without any more effort than a simple walk every day. I too, am a writer and an artist AND a TAXI driver, with many sedentary hours. I LOVE gardening-vegetables and herbs which I cook with in all foods. I do not eat or serve my family processed foods or have a lot of junk and RARELY-fast foods!
After the birth of my fourth and fifthe children (two girls), however, EVERYTHING CHANGED! I had gestational diabetes with the fourth only and gained 55 lbs I never really lost. On Weightwatchers w the 5th child, I gained only 35 lbs, loosing very little. So I went in about 12 years from weighing 98-104lbs to 160,170,180 to 219 where I am now. At 5'2", well it is FAT! I have tried exercising, diets etc, only to loose the same 10lbs. All of the sacrificing and time spent does not seem worth a few pounds over the course of many months of discipline. I always give up and feel ashamed.
My husband/best friend of 31 years left me, disgusted over my appearance-he moved in with a young, thin Brazilian woman who has no children, no cellulite and whose sole hobby is him. I have never cried so much in my entire life and believe him when he says it was my own fault.
The bottom line is, I need to get healthy (I have Type 2 Diabetes that is untreated as yet). My best friend says I should loose weight as the best revenge, but honestly, I couldn't do it with his constant criticism, and revenge is not really for me. ( I am a very busy person with a commissioned portrait business, and three kids and a grandson still at home. I have recently been nominated as an Honorary Rotary Member because of my service hosting Gift of Life Children. And to combat feeling crappy, my daughters and I signed up to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and a local Soup Kitchen.
Do you think this change in eating-eliminating sugars will work for me? Do you have any suggestions? I am desperate for support and encouragement....man does that sound wimpy...but it is true.
Please, if you have some ideas, I would love to hear them. Should I join WWatchers but use you cooking methods?
Sincerely,
Jilted in Jersey
Dear Doug,
Where to start. I stumbled on your book when I Googled recipes for Jicama. I watched a few of your videos, ordered the book immediately and read it this AM!
I was not a FAT kid-always slim throughout childhood, teenage years and early adulthood. I lost most of the weight after the brith of each of my three sons fairly easily, without any more effort than a simple walk every day. I too, am a writer and an artist AND a TAXI driver, with many sedentary hours. I LOVE gardening-vegetables and herbs which I cook with in all foods. I do not eat or serve my family processed foods or have a lot of junk and RARELY-fast foods!
After the birth of my fourth and fifthe children (two girls), however, EVERYTHING CHANGED! I had gestational diabetes with the fourth only and gained 55 lbs I never really lost. On Weightwatchers w the 5th child, I gained only 35 lbs, loosing very little. So I went in about 12 years from weighing 98-104lbs to 160,170,180 to 219 where I am now. At 5'2", well it is FAT! I have tried exercising, diets etc, only to loose the same 10lbs. All of the sacrificing and time spent does not seem worth a few pounds over the course of many months of discipline. I always give up and feel ashamed.
My husband/best friend of 31 years left me, disgusted over my appearance-he moved in with a young, thin Brazilian woman who has no children, no cellulite and whose sole hobby is him. I have never cried so much in my entire life and believe him when he says it was my own fault.
The bottom line is, I need to get healthy (I have Type 2 Diabetes that is untreated as yet). My best friend says I should loose weight as the best revenge, but honestly, I couldn't do it with his constant criticism, and revenge is not really for me. ( I am a very busy person with a commissioned portrait business, and three kids and a grandson still at home. I have recently been nominated as an Honorary Rotary Member because of my service hosting Gift of Life Children. And to combat feeling crappy, my daughters and I signed up to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and a local Soup Kitchen.
Do you think this change in eating-eliminating sugars will work for me? Do you have any suggestions? I am desperate for support and encouragement....man does that sound wimpy...but it is true.
Please, if you have some ideas, I would love to hear them. Should I join WWatchers but use you cooking methods?
Sincerely,
Jilted in Jersey