Travel journalist Rebecca McCormick steps up to the plate, accepting the 2008 BestLife Challenge pitched by Bob Greene and Oprah Winfrey as her safe bridge to a healthy lifestyle.
Nobody likes to admit defeat. Nobody likes to admit life has become unmanageable. I didn't really consider - until today - that I have used food to medicate myself in much the same way I used to use alcohol. Bummer.
"If you are chronically overweight, I know that your manner of living can be characterized as inert, harried and chaotic. You do not exercise; you are not a member of a gym; or if you are, you haven't actually graced the door of one in ages, and quite predictably, your main leisure time activity is watching television. Even your internal and emotional reactions are keeping your weight-sustaining lifestyle alive. Yes, you have set up your world and chosen your lifestyle in a way that supports staying overweight. You have chosen to live in a way in which no other result could occur."
Ouch, ouch, ouch. Yes, that was me until 12 days ago. But with the help of folks like Bob Greene and Phil McGraw, I'm learning to structure a different lifestyle - one day at a time.
And if I could describe this place of renewed hope, it would sound like this.
Once I finally admitted I couldn't drink alcohol like "normal" people, I quit. That was nearly six years ago. Food is different, though. You can't just quit eating.
Now that I've taken my head out of the sand, welcome to my effort to live The Best Life, beginning January 15, 2008. (DH is my "darling husband." Other family members are featured here.)
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