Dear Dawn:
Well, I must admit to you that I am often the one girl with the loud mouth who figures that if she makes enough noise, is funny enough, outgoing enough, and gives a captivating enough performance of herself that she will successfully convince everyone to see that she is not indeed fat. Fat well beyond what her 5 foot 9 inches of height and bone frame can efficiently handle; so fat that her body is beginning to show aches and pains, and signs of aging that should not be present until she is at least approaching 60. My hips hurt, my knees ache and I feel as if more than 1 flight of stairs is an intense workout. I wake up at night sometimes with my heart racing because of stress at work, and I think to myself "Oh my God! If this gets worse, is this really how I would want my life to end? With my husband waking up next to me in the morning to find me dead from a heart attack due to stress and this extra person, this extra layer of fat I carry around with me? What a waste of a good life that would be." I never thought I would say it, but I need help! And, what's more than that: my husband loves me for who I am, but has no real idea of how this is effecting my health. He has no idea because I hide it from him so very well.
Dawn, I have decided to make a change TODAY. I am starting by walking the one mile with you, by taking a healthy shopping trip, and by making a promise to myself: I CAN be a healthy person, even if it takes one step at a time.
PS... The walk this morning was just what I needed to kickstart everything! This time, Dawn, I cannot fail.
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