WEIGHT LOSS: WHAT ARE YOU REALLY LOSING?

People have different reasons why they lose weight. Some people become tired of being overweight and simply make the changes necessary to accomplish their goal of weight loss. Others lose weight because there is either a significant health issue/s attached and losing weight is imperative or they are tired of looking at themselves in the mirror. 

There are various reasons why people lose weight. Another reason why people may lose weight is to become comfortable within their own skin per se. Some people have become so overweight they have problems breathing, sleeping problems, skin problems, moving from one place to another, or simply uncomfortable in their way of living.

 Unfortunately, you have those who lose weight outside their means of control; for example due to cancer (cancer family) or some form of thyroid problem, stress can cause a person to lose a significant amount of weight. The issue with thyroid can also cause you to gain weight. Let’s go back to your child hood moment of having dinner cooked and its not to say your parents way of cooking was wrong, but the discipline of in-taking foods then and now are primary reasons why there are huge weight issues.

 However, what if there was another reason why it is imperative for people to lose weight? A reason that has never been discussed other than weight loss will make you ‘feel’ better. But what if losing weight is correlated with losing a lot of emotional baggage that a person has carried for years. These emotional baggage have caused people to become weighed down in the oppression of depression and deep hurts. 

The weight that has been carried by different individuals is a greater issue emotionally because there may be times where you eat from the drive of an unknown subconscious underlying issue. What if the significance of losing this weight plays an extreme role of truly fulfilling your desired happiness that lies within your control?

 What if the weight that you carry is due from all the hurt and pain, the rejection, the fears, the craving of wanting to be with someone but morally as well as ethically you know you cannot because it’s wrong and now you resort to eating? You don't eat because you are hungry, but for self-satisfaction; often times you become your own sweet little white lie you tell yourself that you are okay but are driven by the pain to eat. 

You tell yourself you are okay but are driven by the hurts to eat. You say you’re okay, however, whatever is going on subconsciously is driving you to take in what isn’t good for you at that moment. Driven to soothe the pain and hurt in some form or another. Driven to soothe the loneliness and aches of not having someone truly there for you. 

There are many people who are driven to drink alcohol, smoke and use drugs mostly because there is an underlying issue of a developed hurt that begun somewhere. You oftentimes have reasons to suppress these underlying issues and for the most part try to suffocate the ‘feeling’ of what was done and how it was done, but it’s never to any avail because it’s rooted and grounded. 

The psyche tells you that you're okay as long as you make these sweet confessions every day, but how often do people stop and really ask themselves, “Why do you drink? Why are you so angry? Why are you really eating? Why do you need to feel that intimacy? Why do you get high? Why do you really justify behaviors that only bring you harm? Why do you justify behaviors that compromise who you are?" 

In closing; losing weight isn’t just a matter of inches turned into pounds. Losing weight is a matter of losing all the emotional baggage, heartaches/abuse (emotional, physical & psychological), seasonal relationships/divorce, negative words that were spoken to your soul; this is accumulated weight gain that need to be addressed and lost. This is the significant weight loss that is necessary to keep you from dying and the opportunity to drive you to use as leverage; to press into the pain and move forward. 

Press into those disappointments and move forward. Press into the negative words and move forward. This weight does not have to weigh upon your present but it can be leverage to catapult you into your future. Let’s lose the weight and build from there a healthier outlook for yourselves. Lose the naysayers and just do it.