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thanks butterfly....
Appreciate the thoughts and advice! And that verse is one I am clinging to at the moment.
posted by
Cindy7
on August 15, 2006 at 10:04 AM
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If your weight is bothering you, you must lose it for YOU... and YOU, alone. When you do it for yourself, it will build confidence & self-esteem. I lost a dress size by getting the book "Sugar-Busters" and changing out all the white bread, tortillas etc.. for the brown rice, whole wheat buns/breads and whole wheat tortillas. Buy only cereals with the lower sugar content. You would be surprised at how much sugar there is in the foods we buy. The Sugar-Busters Cookbook is the one I bought and it has some recipes that I have used. Some I didn't like, but the main thing is to keep your sugar down so your insulin is on an even keel (which is what makes your body store fat when it spikes up and down). Eat several times a day and cut out the sodas. I drink a lot more tea and flavored water. If you are a Christian, get involved in your church, if you aren't already, and stay close to the "positive people". Negative peope/environments will bring you down. "I can do all things, through Christ, who strengthens ME." Good luck.
posted by
Butterfly-1950
on August 9, 2006 at 10:36 AM
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Oh, Cindy!
And you aren't even terribly overweight! (Not that being twice your ideal weight is a reason for someone to treat you badly either, but it would be too petty to mistreat someone for an extra 20-30 pounds or whatever...)
Stress is definately a factor...and alcohol isn't a good way to deal with it. (Chocolate either...but I have noticed chocolate calms the savage beast that makes me want to kill people sometimes...)
I wish I could offer words of advice for the marriage, but I've been through 4 divorces myself and don't know how to do anything but leave it they won't at least TRY to make the marriage work.
posted by
DarrkeThoughts
on August 2, 2006 at 7:45 AM
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I don't have a blended faimly but I have experienced marriage
problems and I think I know how you feel. I don't have any answers I'm afraid ... I'm still here too.
But yes it would be affecting your weight. I don't think he will love you more if you lose weight, and if he does, he is not worth it (he might find you more attractive, but that is human nature).
I wish you all the best.
posted by
astraldreamer
on August 1, 2006 at 3:33 PM
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That makes things so difficult on so many levels and with so many aspects
We went through some of what you did with our blended family.
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on August 1, 2006 at 1:03 PM
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