WLS Athlete?

My best friend teased me that only I could see the deeper meaning in an animated movie such as "Kung Fu Panda." As I posted earlier, it was deeply touching to me all of the messages about emotional eating and living to someone else's standards instead of living your own dreams. I LOVE that movie. I can hardly wait until it is out on DVD.

Well, here I go again. Have you ever considered yourself a WLS Athlete? After watching the Olympics Opening Ceremony last night, I see strong similarities.

Wow, did you see the Olympics Opening Ceremony last night? We had a family night and watched it together. I was mesmerized by the magnificence of it all. The precision, choreography and the dedication of all the participants was beyond anything I've ever seen. As I watched it, I thought of all the hours upon hours of practice and rehearsing it took to give us the show of a lifetime. What a thrill it must have been for those people in the show to have been part of it. Not only was it a show of a lifetime but the experience of a lifetime.

As I look at so many weight loss surgery patients, OH members and my phenomenal clients, I see the same dedication and commitment. We don't have a world-wide audience like the athletes had last night. We have a more important audience in ourselves and living our life.

As impressed as I was and will always remember that performance, I am equally impressed with myself as a wls patient and other OH members and my wls clients. We are living the show of our lives every day.

Cathy