My thoughts

Hi Sandra,

I'm fairly new to the message boards and haven't write much, but I had to say thank you for sharing!

I have been giving these same issues a lot of thought the past 2 days.  I keep thinking "WHEN am I going to be able to live my life instead of living in the painful past"  It seems like everyone around me has it all together.  I guess it just takes time and patience.  Thanks again for sharing! Tonya

Wow. Thank you for putting so much of yourself out there. As you can see by the responses,. . . you touched a chord.  It's interesting. As I reflect on my up and down weight/loss gain cycle over the past thirty-something years, I have to say that I am honestly comforted at some level with my "padding." I tried to convince myself that I "preferred" being overweight and that has been true to some extent. Gosh, when I'm thin/ner, I have to manage more parts of me. Thank you Sandra and all for making my own complicated journey possible. The "lurker" who is reluctant to come out, but will soon? c_bergle, Cindy

Wow Sandie.....what a beautiful message. You are so right!

I am finally learning to like, almost love myself now....it sure was a long time coming!!  I loves you too!!   Hugs, connie d

Sandy,

You always say things that make so much sense.  I have been down in the dumps about a lot of things lately, and after reading your post, I feel that a lot of it is because I feel like I don't deserve this.  We all go through that - all the diets that we suffered through and didn't accomplish anything with - the self-destructive way of coping with issues both past and present (self-destructive = eating until we could have died because of it) - we don't think we deserve to be thin.  Well, because of your post - I am making a statement -  I DESERVE TO BE THIN! I AM A BEAUTIFUL PERSON! I LOVE ME! And I love you, Sandy, and all the rest of my OH friends here.  Thanks for such encouragement and for being such an inspiration to me!