Seeing Myself for the First Time
From: Erin
So, lately people have been making a big deal about how I look different and I tell them, I haven’t noticed anything recently. I got my hair chopped on Tuesday night and my sister wanted to see it, so I did the old take your picture in the mirror thing with my phone. When I look at a picture of myself now and compare it to the hundred of them that I have hanging in my apartment of when I first started the program, I see what everyone else sees.
I have felt the benefits of this (HMR) program for awhile now, I can run up stairs in a hurry without dying, I want to go exercise, I don’t crash at night like I used to. But I can honestly say that today was the first time in a long time that I saw a picture of myself and didn’t want to rip it up and destroy it. I look at myself on the outside and don’t hate me. I just realized today what the eyes see and what the mind perceives. In my mind, I still see the fat girl with the puffy face and lack of motivation to change. After 10 months of hard work, today was the first day I saw a “skinny” girl.
Thank you for all your support to help me get here. I can honestly say without you, I wouldn’t have made it, I need the push, the accountability, and the praises.
These blogs were written by CHI Health Patients and their providers.
Ally
Well put, sir, well put. I'll cenaitrly make note of that.