STRONG REMINDER - CAN'T CHEAT OURSELVES

LADY D *
on 3/11/06 3:03 am - SUMMERVILLE, SC

I WILL STATE FROM THE BEGINNING, THAT THERE ARE DAYS I JUST DON'T FOLLOW THE PROGRAM ... GRAMS & OUNCES & SUPPLEMENTS & EAT THIS & DON'T EAT THAT ... BUT, MS DEB'S SITUATION IS A STRONG REMINDER THAT WE CANNOT CHEAT OURSELVES BECAUSE IT WILL EVENTUALLY JEOPARDIZE OUR OWN HEALTH. OK, SO WE GET TIRED OF DRINKING ALLLLLL DAY LONG ... WELL, KIDNEY STONES ARE JUST ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE WILL FACE IF WE DON'T FLUSH THE TOXINS & BYPRODUCTS OUT OUR SYSTEMS DAILY. WE DON'T LIKE THE TASTE OF PROTEIN PRODUCTS ... YOUR BODY IS MADE UP OF PROTEIN SO IF WE DON'T GET ENOUGH, OUR BODY WILL ACTUALLY CANABALIZE ITSELF, FIRST TAKING PROTEIN FROM THE NON-ESSENTIALS LIKE HAIR & NAILS ... THEN FROM SKIN & MUSCLE ... THEN FROM OUR OWN ORGANS ... THAT'S WHY OLDER PEOPLE JUST WASTE AWAY IN FRONT OF US. I'M WATCHING MY OWN MOTHER GO THROUGH THIS; SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE DOESN'T HAVE A MUSCLE LEFT. SO, I'M TRYING TO GET HER & DADDY TO USE PROTEIN PRODUCTS TO REVERSE THIS DESTRUCTION. WE DON'T LIKE TAKING BIG CALCIUM PILLS ... WELL, DO YOU WANT YOUR TEETH TO FALL OUT OR YOUR BONES TO BECOME BRITTLE? &, OH MY GOSH ... DO I REALLY HAVE TO TAKE ALLLLLLLL THOSE SUPPLEMENTS ... DO YOU WANT TO LIVE? WE DON'T GET NEARLY ENOUGH NUTRIENTS FROM THE LITTLE BIT OF FOOD WE EAT. &, WE ABSORB LESS THAN WE DID BEFORE THE SURGERY (A LOT LESS!!!), SO IF WE DON'T TAKE WHAT WE SHOULD, WE ARE KILLING OURSELVES BIT BY BIT DAILY. I READ AN ARTICAL ONLINE THAT WE GAVE UP THE "RIGHT" TO CHOOSE WHETHER WE WILL OR WON'T DO THESE THINGS WHEN WE JUMPED UP ON THAT TABLE & SPENT UPWARDS OF $50,000.00 OF SOMEONE ELSES MONEY TO HAVE SOMEONE USE THEIR TALENTS TO PERFORM THIS SURGERY TO HELP US ... WE GAVE UP THE RIGHT, PERIOD. WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES & EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED US ALONG THE WAY TO DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY DAY IN & DAY OUT NO MATTER HOW SICK & TIRED WE GET OF THE PROCESS. IF WE JUST CHANGE OUR ATTITUDE, WE WON'T GET SICK & TIRED OF THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE WILL SEE IT AS A GODSEND, A BLESSING, OUR LAST CHANCE, A MEDICAL MIRACLE, OUR SAVING GRACE SO TO SPEAK. SO, LADIES & GENTS (ME, INCLUDED) LET'S DO EVERYTHING EVERY DAY THAT WE CAN TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES, ADJUSTING OUR ATTITUDES ALONG THE WAY SO THAT WE DON'T BECOME OUR OWN WORST ENEMIES & REALLY DO HARM TO OURSELVES. THIS IS THE EASIEST WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT, BUT IT IS THE HARDEST LIFESTYLE CHANGE ... TAKE THE TIME TO ENCOURAGE & SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER! IT IS OUR GREATEST STRENGTH! GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU

DAWN & NICK