A woman came to me for her first fitness training session yesterday; we’ve known each other for a couple of years in the context of a theater group but this is the first time we’ve talked one on one.
She’s been struggling with her weight since the age of 12. She’s a big woman, tall, beautiful, bold, intimidating until you get to know her softer side.
“I’ve been in Overeater’s Anonymous for 18 years,’ she explains, and then laughs, “I know everything there is to know about healthy eating and weight loss, but knowledge doesn’t seem to make a damn bit of difference.”
She’s struggling with obesity, with emotional eating, with finding the motivation to exercise. I ask her what it would mean for her to lose weight and she replies,
She’s been struggling with her weight since the age of 12. She’s a big woman, tall, beautiful, bold, intimidating until you get to know her softer side.
“I’ve been in Overeater’s Anonymous for 18 years,’ she explains, and then laughs, “I know everything there is to know about healthy eating and weight loss, but knowledge doesn’t seem to make a damn bit of difference.”
She’s struggling with obesity, with emotional eating, with finding the motivation to exercise. I ask her what it would mean for her to lose weight and she replies,
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