The Real Skinny on Losing It by Michelle McKinney Hammond

Author:Michelle McKinney Hammond
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HEALTH & FITNESS / Diets, RELIGION / Inspirational, HEALTH & FITNESS / Weight Loss
ISBN: 9781414346939
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2011-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

15

What’s Really Eating You?

You guessed it—I fell off the horse again. That’s right. After all that romance with Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, Seattle Sutton, and my own newly designed portion controls, somehow my stomach expanded and I was happy to once again accommodate all its yearnings. I had to get to the bottom of why this happened once and for all, for my health’s sake as well as for yours.

I am fascinated by people who lose weight when they are in distress. I am not among that number. I recall when my friend Annette was having trouble at her job, she dropped twenty pounds just like that. (I think I found her lost pounds, but that’s beside the point.) She said that she “just forgot to eat” and was so stressed out and worried that she involuntarily turned into the gaunt woman who now stood before me. I preferred to blame it on the streets of New York and the subway systems with escalators that never worked. If I lived in New York and couldn’t catch a cab, I’d be skinny too, I rationalized. Then, there was my girlfriend Cindy, who tragically lost her husband. Again, she, too, turned into a cuter version of Twiggy. I scratched my head. The opposite occurred when I was in distress or stressed. I became an incessant nibbler, and I ate full meals that had lots of cream and carbs. There is a reason they call this stuff “comfort food.” I am here to tell you that on a day when I have been pushed past the limit and over the edge, potatoes and some gravy with mushrooms swimming in it is like drugs to me. The first bite has the same effect on me that I’ve seen drug addicts have in the movies after they take a hit. It is followed by a huge sigh of gratitude and a settling into bliss. Depending on how long my crisis or angst lasted, I was sure to consume massive quantities of macaroni and cheese, Stouffer’s Spinach Soufflé, followed by their sautéed Harvest Apples, followed by Brie and marmalade baked in a pastry . . . can you see where this is going besides my waistline? Uh-huh, I thought you knew!

My mental panic did not help as I realized what I was doing to myself. It was as if I had gotten on a roller-coaster ride, and the operator had vacated his post, leaving me screaming as the car descended downward at breakneck speed. How to get off the ride while it careened out of control was not a present option, or so it seemed. It was at this point that I realized something had to be done.

My life is highly stressful. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Well . . . if my butt was any indication, I might have to take that statement back. But anyhow, back to the point—take a deep breath and repeat after me: It is not what I put into my mouth, but rather what comes out of it that can cause me more damage than I know.

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