I did it. I acknowledged the elephant I have been dragging around room to room, year to year, breath to breath. I told my friends I'm fat and I asked them for help. Life, sometimes, calls for special circumstance vulnerability. What in the world did I have to lose...besides weight? Would they suddenly be aware that I'm fat, that I'm a slob, that I'm lazy, that I'm bad and not want to be friends with me? Somewhere deep in there, the same woman who just called herself a fat, lazy, bad slob believed maybe she was a bit more than that.
Enter friends. I put out this plea and look what I got back. Vulnerable, ashamed, scared...and suddenly I'm aloft, pounds lighter already, spirit lighter, heart bigger, faith restored. Inspired. These people like me. Some even love me. All want me to reach my goals. All have pledged to help me get there.
So here we go. See my letter here. See their letters here, too.
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