Dear Cary and Doug,
I recently read the article about Fat to Skinny in Sarnia & Lambton County This Week. Here is why I need to
lose weight:
In my line of work, people turn to me for lifestyle advice for managing their chronic illnesses, particularly Type 2 Diabetes. Yet at age 28, I am 60-100 pounds heavier than my "ideal" weight. I love food in general, even very healthy foods, but I am especially in love with sugary, fatty foods.the same foods I work to help other people limit in their lives! It is embarrassingly obvious that I am unable to take my own advice, and I sometimes wonder why people bother to come back after seeing me at their first visit.
I am also at a stage in my life where my husband and I would love to start a family. We talk about it often. However, knowing about the health risks involved for the baby when a woman of my weight is pregnant, I feel that it would be greedy of me to become pregnant. I would be putting my want to be a mother ahead of my (un-conceived) child's health. I do not wish to purposely put my own child in the way of harm, so I am opposed to allowing myself to become pregnant before I have achieved a somewhat healthier body weight. If past experience with my weight is any indication though, there is a chance I may never be able to allow myself to become pregnant and be a mother.
The newspaper article I read about Fat to Skinny truly intrigued me. I would love to take the advice of somebody who has loved sugar as much as I do, and to conquer my sugar addiction once and for all. Helping me replace the unhealthy foods I love with satisfying, healthier ones would help me set a great example for the countless people I work with. It would also allow me to start a family so I can be the loving mother I know I am capable of being.
Sincerely,
Jennifer age 28
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