was profound.
Kirstie Alley was on again. When Oprah came back this season and did her shows about "falling off the wagon" and about how she was "still talking about the same issue" ... Kirstie emailed her and told her she did the same.
Kirstie Alley was the Jenny Craig spokesperson ... wow, talk about a public fight with weight and image and to have hit your "goal" ... there she sat with Oprah, having put it all back on PLUS 10 more pounds.
Incredible.
Oprah also interviewed a man named Michael who was in the Guiness Book of World Records as the most dramatic dieter ... or something along those lines ... this man was 1100lbs, and with the help of Richard Simmons (giggle) he lost hundreds and hundreds of pounds over 19 months, to hit his goal of 198lbs. He was on the show today, after he gained it ALL back ... plus some too, he had to be fork-lifted from his home ... he is back down to 300+lbs now.
They all have the same story, my story, your story, it's all the same.
If it is 5lbs, or 500 ... we are all on the search for something better. I don't know a single person that can look in the mirror and be truly satisfied with what they see. There is not a person I have ever known that is not on a journey to better themselves physically, in one way or another.
It dawned on me today, EVERYONE has this issue. Everyone.
I want this to be about health, about being a model for my children, about not always pining for something better, this is something I will never get over, I know this now, this is about learning to deal with it, in a healthy and positive way.
Everyone deals with it in one way or another.
EVERYONE.
Blows my mind really. I am not alone, I have never been alone. My journey may look different than yours, but we each have one, a story, a time when we have felt less than, a time when we have wanted more for ourselves.
I am thankful for that show today, it was amazing. How brave for those people to showcase themselves so publicly after they feel like they have failed.
I understand that failure and feeling unworthy.
I am worthy.
Journey onward ...
1 comment:
I so had this same thought the other day - and I didn't watch Oprah. but I realized I'm healthy...and if I'm not the size that i thought was "it", then that's ok. I want to be healthy and focus on that and focus on inner beauty...at the young age of 5 1/2 my girls want their hair straight because they realize they are different - or they think their glasses make them look just a little bit silly so they don't want to wear them. I don't put these notions in their head - but it starts SO early. I want to be an example to them of health and stamina and wise choices and contentment with who God made me!
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