“You shouldn’t wear that,” said my college boyfriend. And with those words, all my excitement and anticipation were gone.
I hadn’t seen him for most of the summer and I was so looking forward to seeing him again. I had bought some new “hot pants” to model for him – like short shorts for those of you who don’t remember or know what “hot pants” are.
Yes, I had gained some weight my freshman year, but I still thought I looked good. I worked in the kitchen at my college and there was always chocolate chip cookie dough available starting at 6:30 a.m. Couldn’t resist it.
It wasn’t long after that that I went home for a break and asked my physician father for some “diet pills.” Not only that, but I started running with a plastic sweat suit on to lose weight faster…
Have you ever had an experience like this? You were modeling something for someone and they made a discouraging remark about you or your body?
Or you looked in a mirror in an outfit and made some cutting or mean remark to yourself about the way you look?
Once again, you decided for the millionth time, “I’m going to try That new diet!” Or, “I’m joining Weight Watchers (again).”
You are not alone. I’ve been there.
I’ve gained and lost multiple times over my lifetime being on various plans and diets. None worked for any long period of time.
Getting weighed at Weight Watchers was mortifying. Back then, the person weighing you would say the number out loud, so the person next to you could hear. At the time, I was working as a floater for a day school and some of the time I worked in the kitchen. There were giant industrial-sized boxes of cookies in the pantry and don’t you know I would grab the broken pieces to snack on. Of course, the calories in the broken pieces did not count. In my brain. The WW person would say, “Well, you are up a pound and a half. Keep with it.”
My sweet tooth had been cultivated very early in my life. We always had cookies and ice cream in the house. With my parent’s divorce and my mother’s alcoholism, those treats made me feel better.
Maybe you have had similar situations. You learned very early how sweets (or chips, etc.) could make you feel better.
That was me. I still have my moments when I want to eat to feel better. But finding out I was prediabetic was what finally made me decide I had to do something I could live with permanently. A lifestyle change.
Maybe you haven’t been diagnosed as prediabetic, but you know you want to make a permanent change to your relationship with food. You know you would feel better in your skin if you could lose the weight that’s bothering you so much.
I did. I was able to change the way I was eating and reverse the prediabetes. If you are prediabetic or diabetic, the way I teach my clients will absolutely help bring your blood sugar down. If you are diabetic, you would need to check with your practitioner first. But I know my way is healthy and sustainable.
Are you curious to know more? Tired of feeling bad about your body? Ready to be kind to yourself? Contact me here and let me know what you want to do and we’ll chat about it.
Don’t let old habits and thoughts about yourself and your body keep you stuck. I changed mine and you can too!
Jane Springer is a certified Life, Wellness and Style Coach who assists women in taking care of themselves, in body, mind and spirit. She coaches women who want to lose weight, avoid diabetes, and feel great. She also helps them thrive after divorce. She also helps them to clear their closets of old clothes and outdated attitudes, so they can shine and feel confident.