(1) What This Blog Is All About...

"My weight has been a protection. With every pound, with every number on the scale, comes a story, a hurt, a painful memory. I fear people think less of me because of my weight. The heavier I am, the more they think less and less of me. I weigh 330 pounds as of February 1st 2009. I wear a size 24 for jeans and I differ between an xxl-xxxl. How I long to buy something off the rack. Not to have folds. Not to be out of breath. Not to depend on something. (I like things that are constant, thus, the reason why I like food so much and use it as my drug). Not to want, but to have."

This is a quote from my 19 yr old cousin, Myranda (http://myrandasweightlossstory.blogspot.com/), who is struggling with her weight. It breaks my heart to read her words and hear her heartache. She's searching for a way, any way to successfully lose weight and keep it off. She longs for a permanent solution to weight loss that doesn't involve strict dieting, calorie counting, food that tastes like cardboard, hating and belittling herself, starving and then binging, etc.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could eat anything we wanted and still be thin? Just like all the "naturally thin" people we know...and we all know them. We envy them, wish we could be like them, wonder why them, why not us? They are mysteries to any of us who struggle with our weight. Eating anything they want and staying thin, never worring about calories or fat content. They don't think about what they can or cannot eat or what other people think of them because of their weight.
Why can't we eat anything we want and still be thin? I say we can. Through 18+ years of fighting self conscious body issues, I've found a way to successfully lose weight without dieting, eating anything I want. I've been "naturally thin" now for almost 5 years. Not only did I lose the weight but I don't have the weight problem anymore. I know that I can be at my perfect weight for the rest of my life without effort. I eat like a naturally thin person which means I don't have to "watch my weight". I live like a person who has never had a weight problem.
This blog is a way for me to help Myranda, and anyone else who wants to lose weight and keep it off for the rest of their lives. Not only am I writing this to help you, the reader, but I'm also helping myself. I am currently bouncing back from a pregnancy in which I gained 60 lbs due to four months of bed rest and a LOT of overeating!! I still have about 20 lbs more to lose so I'll be right there with you. I'm not worried about the extra weight. I know it will come off and I'll be back to normal soon. I'll post pics (horror of horrors) so you can see that I've been there, I know, I understand. I'll explain how I've learned to deal with overeating, and emotional eating, and how I've learned to eat and live like a naturally thin person. If you decide to follow this method, eventually your body will catch up and you will also be naturally thin for the rest of your life without any effort or struggle.