Thin and Healthy or Thin and setting yourself up for disease?

Hi, I'm Kimmytoo. (Hyst 2 years ago today) I just stopped in to say a couple things about weight loss. I'm working on losing 40 lbs after a long bout with depression had me living in the refridgerator. Well, things have changed a lot for me and I'd like to give a brief few reasons why, recommending them to you gals, with love, too.

On my website I have a motto, it's an oldie but a goodie, "KNOWLEDGE EQUALS POWER." I encourage you to seek out knowledge about the health of mind, body and spirit from health experts, which doesn't necessarily mean your doctor (unless he's an orthomolecular/naturopathic doctor) or your diet guru.

Outlook is #1 when it comes to losing weight and also getting healthy, seeing yourself as part of a grander sceme and important to it and loved is vital. I recommend reading "Love Medicine & Miracles" by Bernie Siegel, The Power of Intention by Wayne Dyer, Ageless Body Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra, Healing the Hardware of the Soul by Daniel Amen, and Releasing the Giant Within by Tony Robbins. If those books don't instill great great things into your mind and heart I don't know what will.

Second, you simply MUST learn what true health is and how to get it. Not from diet guru's but from good old-fashioned Nutritionists. You probably have one in your home town. Go see a few, tell them what your health problems are and what your health goals are and DO AS THEY SAY. I frequent a few weight loss groups on the web and am saddened to find most women do not have the faintest idea of what it is to be healthy. They take various perscription and over-the-counter weight loss drugs, use dangerous imitation sweeteners and eat badly because it sheds pounds. They believe if they are thin they are healthy. I remind them that there are many many thin people out there who are ill or diseased and ask them, "Do you want to be thin and healthy or thin and setting yourself up for disease?"

Me? I speak from experience, lots of it. I was thin all my life, not rail thin but a "healthy" thin. I felt ok most of the time but I wasn't. I had been growing a tumor inside my cervix for many years. Paps came back clear because the tumor was WITHIN the cervix and the cancerous cells were not on the surface to be picked up by the swab. I did not know that the hemorrhaging and hospital stays I'd been suffering with those last 6 months were the effects of a cancer tumor until AFTER my hysterectomy. But before those 6 months started I was fine, thin and I believed, healthy. Then BAM!!! I was knocked for a loop and spent the next 6 months dying slowly.

I started out the first few months after my surgery good, was trying to learn about true health and making steps to follow my knowledge, but once again I allowed life to whip me around, allowed my thoughts to become dark and internally hurtful, and once again I am fighting cancer. Now however I've a wealth of knowledge about how to get better. I fully believe I can and WILL. I know the mind and emotions play a HUGE part in the health of the body, that is why I recommended the books above, even if you feel great and have no illness, read them.

I am compelled to come in here and share my story with all of you because I don't want any of you to make the same mistakes in thinking and action that I did and end up thin, but not healthy. Weight loss is great and all, but health is paramount.

I have lost 14 pounds in three weeks simply by cutting bad food choices from my diet, no more meat (maybe once a week I'll have chicken or fish) no more sugar, no more processed foods, no more dairy. I have increased my veggie and fruit and nut intake 100-fold and my thoughts focus on good things and no longer dwell on hurt feelings and resentments. I feel much much better than I did just a few months ago and I hope and pray that all you ladies here will heed this advise and always remember that there are a lot of thin and unhealthy people out there, so take steps to be thin and healthy instead.

With much love,
Kimmytoo
I welcome emails

PS, Read those books!

Good luck with your program. I can lose weight. Especially, it was easier when I was young. The problem is keeping it off after all the psyching of the mind has been done and daily exercising becomes a grind.

Yes, I agree, so many people think if you're thin you're healthy. It's a very good step in the right direction, but, it's not the whole picture! Like the Atkins diet! Oh my gosh. That man has probably done more to destroy peoples health than any one else I can think of. Yes you will lose lots of weight on his diet but at such a high cost to your health. Did you know when he died he was obese and had heart disease.

Did you know that sugar wipes out your immune system. One candy bar will leave you suseptible to disease for eight hours.

And why eat fat if you don't want it on your body? Not to mention in your arteries.

But I had no idea that imitation seeteners were harmful! If that's true I'm going to be very sad!

You mentioned your web site. Can we visit it? I'm so glad you're doing better and thanks for sharing! I'd like to here more of what you know.

Jacquelyn

Sure you can visit my health site, that's why I made it But I don't think I'm allowed to post the url here so drop me an email and I'll send it to you. And thanks for replying to my post, it's nice to know others are looking to be smart about their health.

I thought that as there was no autopsy, the state of Dr. Atkin's arteries wasn't disclosed. Is there an article which shows other evidence. Thank you.

I can't remember whether I read it in Discover magazine, Science news or popular science. I'd have to go through them to find it. I'll put that on my to do list. It didn't say what his arteries were like. It just said he had heart disease. And he was over 300 pounds at the time of his death.

I know I could never stick with a diet. I never diet. I find you can eat as much as you want and never put on fat. It's what you eat not how much that matters. I was raised in a dirt poor family. The only things we had enough of was meat. My stepfather hunted. All I have to do is think about being hungry or missing a meal and I'm heading for the refrigerator. I don't ever want to be hungry again. My sister is the same way except she eat the regular American diet and she is obese and has lots of medical problems.

Perhaps the following would interest you: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/atkinsmed1.html

Yes, that was very interseting. And it makes sense.

The article I read didn't say he died of heart disase. Just that he had it. And the water retention makes sense too (could be possible). I don't know how tall he was but alot of people aren't over weight at 258 pounds.

Sounds like he might have been dealt it bum rap. I still hate his diet and the effects it has on your health. The diet does work as far as losing weight goes. But it can leave you very unhealthy.

hi! Kimmytoo
You are right in what you are saying, I find that cooking meals from scratch, and piling on the veggies works better for me. Yes, I'm tired from working, and dealing with young children but I owe it to them to give them a healthy lifestyle, and not to rely too much on junk food and convenience food.
I make more of an effort to take them to the park, swimming etc.They are kids and kids need to play and run off steam, and the fresh air does us all good too.
The media has a big role in this unhealthy obssession in that slim is beautiful, and nothing else will be acceptable.
If these ladies were good role models, they'd be seen eating healthy balanced diets, and seen walking in the parks, going to and from the gym, etc, not endorsing weird and whacky diets etc.

Kimmytoo, your web site is awesome. I was quite impressed. Here on lots of threads there's been links to different sites from jokes to abnormal uteruses. I think you should ask a hostess if you could share your url with everyone. I think alot of the sisters would appreciate it.

Jacquelyn