's motd Wednesday February 9, 2011

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"JUST THE WAY

YOU ARE"

Wednesday, 09 February 2011

A young lady named wrote

me a very long E-mail the other day. She talked about

her life's struggles at trying to lose weight over the

years. Only thing is, she was never successful at

reaching her goal. She described all of the diets

she'd been on in the past and told me what a tough

time she'd had sticking to any of them.

Because of her weight,

had learned to live with the idea of never falling in

love and having a significant other in her life. But

wait, one day, it happened! One of her friends from

work set her up on a blind date. was

skeptical at first but still went on the date, met

this guy and, oh! Cupid's arrow did

indeed strike them both. was in love!

The two of them were truly a match made in Heaven.

They got along perfectly, right from the start. They

shared a lot of the same interests and thoroughly

enjoyed each other's company. After so many years of

being alone, was finally in love. And this

new guy in her life loved her right back, every bit as

much.

After they'd been dating for a couple of months,

finally got up the courage to talk to him

about her weight. She shared her struggles and talked

about her countless attempts at losing weight. But

when she was done, he told her, ", I

love you just the way you are."

admitted that she was a bit taken aback.

She didn't like herself so much, "just the way she

was" so...how could he? She'd tried for so

many years to lose weight but was never able to lose

the weight she needed. She knew that she'd like

herself more if she lost weight. But was

also a little afraid of losing her new boyfriend if

she lost the weight, too.

I called to have a

little talk with her. She was shocked to hear from me

and asked if I were "really ." (Hey,

like somebody else out there has a voice like mine?

LOL!)

I told that love has no boundaries. Sure,

there are some people on this earth who judge you by

what you weigh. But there are others who fall in love

with the person and not the numbers on a

scale. I told her how happy I was that she'd met

someone and was now truly in love. But I let her know

that her boyfriend would probably be very happy to see

her taking better care of herself by losing the

weight.

After she promised to have a chat with him, I asked

an important question. I asked if her

boyfriend, himself was also overweight. When she

told me he was, I suggested that the two of them get

on a weight-loss program together so they could get

healthier...together. See, I've discovered

that when two people are in love and both overweight,

trying to lose weight separately, rather

than together, it usually doesn't work.

There's a couple that just began

attending Slimmons about three weeks ago. They both

have weight to lose. I gave them this very same

lecture about losing the weight together. And you

know what? The two of them are now losing

weight as a team and I can't tell you how much happier

they are. You can see the good news in their bodies,

how they feel about themselves...and about each

other!

I hope and her boyfriend take my advice.

What better way to honor Valentine's Day, coming up

next week than seeing these two lovebirds losing the

weight as a couple? Ahhh, love. They'll

lose weight together and be able to love each other

for a much longer time, just the way they are. Healthier!

Love,