Christmas and Emotional Eating
In 2001 I weighed 357 pounds, and in the seven years since then I have lost — and kept off — more than 100 pounds. People who share my struggle with morbid obesity know that this is a life-changing amount of weight to lose. I no longer worry about whether I can find clothes to fit, whether there will be a chair that is big enough when I go somewhere new, whether there will be an empty seat next to me on the plane. I can do cardio exercise and I walk for hours on end. Changing from a body size that is huge to one that is merely big means that most of the time I feel pretty normal these days; back when I was at my largest, I always felt like people were staring at me — the truth is, they were. Read more