Freewrite Day 422 Not Yet

When are you ready to lose weight? I know the answer for most overweight and obese people:

Not Yet

I get a lot of this sentiment. It’s hard to listen to and I try not to get discouraged,

How come you are not ready to lose weight?

I Can’t

Yes I know. I was like that too for fifty years. It takes a big jolt in your life to be able to put your health first. It seems like it will be such a hard effort and will not pay off anyway. It’s best to keep eating the French Fries and bury the pain.

French Fries are one of the foods I talk about when trying to help people get started.

French Fries are:

• the most frequently consumed vegetable in America
• eaten an average of five times a week
• made from the most toxic vegetable on the Dirty Dozen list
• cooked in the most harmful way possible to cook anything
• completely empty of nutrition.

My nickname was often French Fry when I was growing up because of my last name. We moved a lot and I waited for people to started calling me this name after I started at a new school. It somehow related to me being fat.

I was definitely a heavy consumer of French Fries for most of my life. When I was sick and overweight, I was getting them daily at drive throughs so I would not have to get my fat self out of the car.

I cut them out completely during the year I lost my weight. I did not do that intentionally, but I was eating other delicious food and not eating out, so they kind of slipped away from me.

A couple of years later, I arrived at a place late at night where there was only a fast food place open. I was really hungry from traveling and so decided to go in there and get the best choice I could just so I would have something to eat.

The smell of the place should have sent me running, but I persisted. I got some type of chicken wrap and ordered it as a “meal.” Therefore I also got a soda and fries for not very much more money.

The soda was kind of good since it was not a diet version. I sucked it back and got a sugar rush. The wrap was disgusting and I could not eat more than a couple of bites. I ate about ten of the French Fries and wanted to throw up. All I could taste in them was grease and chemicals.

The French Fries were no different then they had ever been. It was me who had changed. I went to sleep hungry and got to the grocery store the next morning.

• a can of beans
• a lime
• a bouquet of cilantro
• cut cabbage from the salad bar
• a pack of tortillas
• a small tub of sour cream

And then I was saved.

NOTE: Now in SE Asia, I will eat French Fries if I see them. This happens at least a couple of times a year. The potatoes are not from the us so they are not filled with poison.

My post is for the #freewrite daily challenge by @mariannewest. Freewrite is a great way to post on steemit when you do not think you have the time, or talent, or anything to say. It’s a great way to start regular posting on steemit. I know you can do this too! Here is Marianne’s freewrite prompt post for today. Give it a try and surprise yourself.

Are you worried about gaining weight over the holidays?

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December 2011 is the month when my weight loss efforts really took off. Please follow my blog for weight loss information, or contact me directly if you would like some individual help.