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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Imagine reaching your goal weight and seeing an old friend for the first time since you began your journey. Picture them congratulating you on your transformation. If you struggle making healthy choices today, think about how good it would feel to receive such a positive reaction for your healthy efforts.

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I guess it would depend on who the friend was. If it was an overweight friend, I would have mixed feelings. If it was a close friend who had been supportive I would be delighted and very proud. If it was a person who I 'rubs me the wrong way,' I'd be wondering what their real agenda was.


I just want to be comfortable in my own skin. And that is harder than it looks.

Chris
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BLUEKITTYGP12 8/26/2012 2:57AM

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VIMVIGOR 8/26/2012 12:48AM

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EATVEGAN 8/26/2012 12:37AM

    I'm proud of the work I'm doing, but sometimes, from some people, I have trouble taking a compliment. I like to hear sincere, you're doing great, kind of things, But if people rave too much I start thinking, was I all that bad before? Yeah, I admit it, I'm kind of messed up. Guess I'll have to work on that, too. emoticon
Janet

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SANDRALEET 8/25/2012 6:20PM

    We hove to like our self and then we are comfortable in our skin. emoticon

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MYSTERY-LADY1 8/25/2012 5:55PM

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KAREN42BOYS 8/25/2012 11:45AM

    Great thinking this through. I've actually lost enough weight to have experienced a lot of the affirmation. It's pretty cool.

And having overweight friends notice can be inspirational for them also -- an if you can do it, i can do it moment for them sometimes. What is weird is when overweight friends are losing weight at the same time, but they're doing crash and burn diets and then they gain back. That's a sad feeling.

The best praise I got was "hey, this is the real you, isn't it?" That friend could tell parts of me were covered up by my weight.

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MISSG180 8/25/2012 11:38AM

    I didn't like that visualisation exercise because it relies so much on external rewards. I yoyoed all these times because so much of my focus was on what others thought of me. I feel so much more in control now that my focus is on how I feel.

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MINISANDY 8/25/2012 11:21AM

    Great visualization....I'd take the comment as a compliment to all my hard work and commitment and forget about any hidden agenda. Your success deserves to be celebrated!

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