"At some point, it becomes about the weight. When you can't live the rest of your life with ease, the weight itself needs to be addressed. Not so that you can become super-model thin. Not so that you can look like an image in your mind that has nothing to do with your body, your age, your life. You need to address the weight because without addressing it, you don't actually live. You schlep yourself from place to place, out of breath. Sitting is painful. Flying is torturous. Going to the movies is challenging. You become so burdened with the problems you've created that your life becomes small and your focus becomes narrow. Life becomes about your limitations. How ashamed you are of yourself. You close down your senses, you leave the world of sounds of color, of laughter in favor of a reality you've created yourself. If you keep using food as a drug, if your life becomes about your weight, you miss everything that is not related to your weight problem. You die without ever having lived."
This is the most amazing book I have ever read, with the most incredible insights into what it's really like to be an overeater, and why and how we get there. Thank you, Geneen Roth.
...Bitch.
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What is the name of the book by G. Roth?
ReplyDeleteHere are a few things I've read lately that have inspired me:
Concentrate on something more meaningful than your mouth.
Cyril Connolly The Unquiet Grave “The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life.”
If the thought that gets you most excited in life is whether or not you will lose enough weight not to be embarrassed on your next family vacation, then you need to recalibrate your life.
I read it too. Thought some of the same stuff. :) I popped over here to see if you have a way for people to donate to your Living a Better Story story...working with homeless kids to provide education. Very cool. Do you have a way for people to donate? Because I will. Probably others too. Let me know. melamay1010athotmail.com.
ReplyDeleteFunny but I read Geneen Roth's book and didn't like it. Because of the title I thought there was going to be a focus on reliance on God to help us take better care of our bodies. Instead it was a rehash of her other books and almost nothing about God, just a passing vague reference to something spiritual. But if you got some insight from it, that's great. What she wrote about dying without ever living does resonanate with me though. I think that idea applies to a lot of people who are stuck, afraid to live and scared to die.
ReplyDeleteLori, I couldn't find you on facebook. Here is a link to me: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1426330539
ReplyDeleteThanks for reaching out! I'm praying for you. Praying that God will strengthen you and show you His best.
Kara Akins