's Daily Message

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's Daily Message

Sunday

August 06, 2006

THE STORY OF TWO SOUTHERN WOMEN

" Dear ,

My name is B. from South Carolina, and I have a young friend

that has lost 110 pounds in the last year and a half. Her health has

improved greatly! She has suffered with asthma for 17 years, and

this is what started the excess weight gain. Although she knows that

obesity runs in the family several generations, she is determined to

overcome these odds. She has done all this by working out 2-3 hours

a day, 6 days a week. Her mother, who lost weight, is her coach. We

are so proud of ! She not only has a neck now, but a waist as

well! Would you call her? We know it would be an exciting bonus in

her journey to health and weight loss. "

Now what do you think I did? Of course I called her! `s mother,

Betty, answered the phone, and what a cute lady she was! Betty told

me a while back she gained quite a bit of weight and joined the

local YMCA. There she has dropped 126 pounds! She decided to be an

inspiration to her daughter. Betty also told me she and are

both performers, playing instruments and singing together. " You come

down to visit us, and we`ll sing for you! " I told Betty I was very

proud of her, and she could sing to me anytime!

A few minutes later, she put on the phone so I could

congratulate her, too. `s voice was filled with so much joy!

She told me she had about 100 more pounds to lose and that she was

going all the way.

A little into our conversation, began to cry. " I feel so

awful, . My children are all overweight. I know it`s my fault

they are this way. " I told her she was being a very good role model

to her kids, and Grandma Betty was a great role model, too. I told

her to keep going strong and keep going to the Y. promised she

would.

Is there a Y near you? Yes, this is a YMCA plug, thank you! If there

is, you should go check it out. They may offer some classes that you

could be interested in. Tell them I sent you!

Get some rest today!

Love,