I gained weight this week, so now I have to work doubly hard to lose it. And I was ambushed. The facilitator asked if I would talk with this woman who was having some issues about losing after the program and I agreed. So when I went up to meet with her, I found it was the whole group. But I chose to be brutally honest and I was a little surprised by their questions.
I told them how much I had lost, I told them that I didn't cheat, I didn't binge, I didn't constantly think about food all the time, but I got one question that threw me for a loop. One person asked me if I had ever binged, gone off the diet and just went wild. I told her no, and she said why - so aren't you embarrassed about being over weight? HUH? How does my staying strictly on the diet translate to me not being embarrassed about being overweight. Actually I think she used the word shame. I would have thought it would be the other way around.
Other questions that they asked were how long had I been overweight, what made me decide to lose the weight and how did I gain the weight in the first place. I mean really they are all in the same place I am, don't they know why they chose to lose the weight. I am sure everyones catalyst is different, and asking how long I had been overweight? I am not sure what the information would do for them. And they kept asking if after I went on real food did I find that my stomach had shrunk, I mean come on really? And how did I gain the weight in the first place?
I know they were looking to see if there was something in me that they could translate to themselves I am sure. See she did it and she was...I can do it too.
I see it, I understand it, I blog it.
I told them how much I had lost, I told them that I didn't cheat, I didn't binge, I didn't constantly think about food all the time, but I got one question that threw me for a loop. One person asked me if I had ever binged, gone off the diet and just went wild. I told her no, and she said why - so aren't you embarrassed about being over weight? HUH? How does my staying strictly on the diet translate to me not being embarrassed about being overweight. Actually I think she used the word shame. I would have thought it would be the other way around.
Other questions that they asked were how long had I been overweight, what made me decide to lose the weight and how did I gain the weight in the first place. I mean really they are all in the same place I am, don't they know why they chose to lose the weight. I am sure everyones catalyst is different, and asking how long I had been overweight? I am not sure what the information would do for them. And they kept asking if after I went on real food did I find that my stomach had shrunk, I mean come on really? And how did I gain the weight in the first place?
I know they were looking to see if there was something in me that they could translate to themselves I am sure. See she did it and she was...I can do it too.
I see it, I understand it, I blog it.
In the immortal words of Robert Heinlein, you also "grok it".
ReplyDeleteI think they were desperate & were hoping you have a "magic pill" that will make them lose weight - you have done GREAT! You have NOT binged & have only had very modest treats.
I may have to start calling you "St. Tanya" (or not).
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