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I watched one of The Biggest Loser contestants struggle through cardio last night.
All he had to make was a five minute run. That’s it. Nothing more and nothing less.
Doesn’t sound like much until you factor in his obesity. It would be like someone strapping a few hundred pound plates on me and telling me to run for five minutes.
But it was the fear that kept derailing him.
He was worried his knees or his ankles would give way.
And when Jillian asked him what the problem was, he admitted that he just couldn’t see himself as a normal size person.
And if I could get to that boy, I would tell him this. “You have to act like a normal size person long before you see yourself as one.”
I went to buy some shoes today, which meant I had to get an outfit to go with them. Right?!
I had a black pair of pants and a black shirt.
And I headed straight to the black boots I was after.
And this wonderfully sassy lady looks at me and says, “Honey. No. You’ve got to get yourself some color. Why are you getting all that black? Are you in mourning or something?”
And I wanted to say, “Hello. Fat girl buying clothes! Black is slimming you know.”
Only, I’m not fat! I just never dropped that habit.
Then I went to Wal-Mart to buy some pantyhose. And before I knew it, the plus size ones were in my hand. (I haven’t bought any in a LOOONG time!)
But when I heard that young man say he just couldn’t see himself any other way, I knew what he meant.
Because even now, I have a hard time seeing it myself.
In the beginning, I put picture of others around my mirror. I just couldn’t see myself thin.
But one by one the pictures came down as my esteem came up.
I crossed over long ago.
I put the plus size hose down, and I listened to the sassy lady and bought a splash of color. Hot pink to be exact.
And I will E-mail that contestant later today and tell him:
“Just keep acting thin. Whether you feel it, believe it or see it. It all works out in the end.
Besides…it’s really fun putting those plus size clothes back down.
And if you only reach for what you can see, you’re going to miss a lot of things. Some of the best stuff in this world is just out of sight, waiting to be found.
Keep reaching. Even if you think it’s not there, don’t quit reaching.”

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