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"I'm Big-Boned"

 

“I’m big-boned.”

I used to say this.  I don’t know when or where I learned this phrase, but I know I didn’t use it when I was kid.  I never heard a medical professional describe me as big-boned.  But as I became unhappy with my weight and appearance, this phrase became something that I kept repeating.

In truth, I’m not big-boned.  Maybe you are.  But that’s not the point.

Our skeletal mass accounts for 12-15% of our total body mass.  Being big-boned adds an extra 5 to 10 pounds. (that's all)

Not only that, but think about it...  Being big-boned shows up in an x-ray, not a traditional photo.

You can keep describing yourself as big-boned.  You CAN keep pointing to something that you cannot change and use it to console yourself about your health.  OR you can start focusing on the things that you can control- your diet, your lifestyle, your mental & emotional health.

I described myself as big-boned more times than I can recall, but not anymore.  You also have the power and the ability to make this phrase part of your old vocabulary.  You can have a new self who no longer has any need for this phrase.  You’re not stuck. 



 Reposting the initial TTTT Post (In case you missed it last week.)...

"Tell The Truth Tuesday"

If you’ve known me for less than 10 years, you might not know- I used to be fat.  Not subjectively “fat”.  Not fat, relative to how I look now.  I was medically obese.  If you looked at the ideal weight range for my height and multiplied that number times 2, that would give you the highest number that I saw on the scale. I was over 200 pounds and I quit using the scale after that. 

Maybe you knew me then, maybe you didn’t.  The truth is, I didn’t know myself.

I had no clue that I was fat. 

I would have admitted that I had weight to lose, but I was oblivious to the reality that I was extremely unhealthy.  I was on the path to countless medical problems and chronic diseases and I didn’t know it.

I had brainwashed myself.

I believed lies.

I used the people around me to normalize my behaviors
and dismiss my convictions about my lifestyle.

I started correcting my relationship with food about 10 years ago and am still growing in this area.  It’s been a LONG road.  I’m grateful for all the ways that God has shown me how to get healthy and has taken me beyond just my diet.  Planting seeds here and there.  Repeating suggestions from multiple sources.  God has patiently given me my next baby step- again, and again, and again. 

It started with food and then it trickled into every area of my life.  I began to see where I was expecting food, people, hobbies, and even pets to meet needs that they were never intended to meet.  I had modern day idols competing for God’s rightful place.  I started correcting my relationship with food, and then I used the same skill set in the other areas of my life.  

It started with food and then it trickled into every area of my life- just like sin.  

The original act of rebellion occurred when Eve gave in to deception and ate something that was never intended to be consumed as food.  Then, sin trickled into every area of life.  Satan used lies and food to alter the entire trajectory of humanity and our relationship with God.  It was the very first play in his playbook, and it is still working. 

I think it is no coincidence, that in my life, God used the same to play to undo the work of Satan.  God started with food and then He moved on to every area of my life showing me where I was believing lies and using my environment to normalize toxic behaviors.

This series of posts is about replacing lies with truth.  It’s about loosening the grip of deception on the hearts and minds of people who are sitting where I was 10 years ago.  It’s about encouraging others to stop believing lies, seek truth, and take action to become a better version of yourself. 

Every Tuesday, I am going to post one lie that I used to believe and the truth that I wish someone would have told me.  The lie and the truth will be on Facebook.  I will include a link to a short blog post with more about my personal experience, and encouragement for yours.  The TTTT lies will be about diet and lifestyle, because for me and Eve, that’s where it all started.

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