A Welcome Message from Beverly Eden, SANITY Support VIP Guest Blogger for Weight Watching Wednesday
I have always believed that everything happens for a reason. I know that sounds like just another cliché’, but it’s one about which I feel very passionately. I also believe that God allows us to go through trials in our lives not only to mold and teach us, but for us to be able to help one another.
Many people think of support as something you get. It is also something that you give. I have never had cancer and I pray that I never will. I can sympathize with people who are going through it, but I don’t know exactly how they feel. I do; however; know what it is like to struggle with weight problems and all of the issues that go with it. Having lost 150 pounds after weight loss surgery (WLS), I can offer support to people who struggle with those same issues.
Allison has also had weight loss surgery, she’s lost 120 pounds (check out her before and after photos, wow! And, did any of you know Allison was one of the first plus-size models with the Wilhelmina Agency in the early 80‘s? I remember seeing her Levi Strauss ad and the Pendleton Knitwear ad as well!)
But it’s important to know that on the SANITY Support blog, Weight Watching Wednesday is NOT only for those who have had or are considering WLS. Please join our blog community if you want to find SANITY in the insane situations that often characterize the lives of people who struggle with any weight-related issues. We’ll discuss yo-yo dieting, the fast food habit, emotional eating, fad diets, and a host of issues.
In Allison’s Setting Boundaries book series, the Six Step SANITY acronym is a key component. The “A“ stands for, ASSEMBLE a Support group. Studies show that next to journaling, a strong support group is the key to achieving and maintaining sustained weight loss. One way that I choose to give back to the WLS community is by blogging here and talking to everyone I meet about the benefits of losing weight. Another way I both give and receive help is by being a part of support groups. Having others who totally understand what I am going through makes my journey so much easier!
I also believe that reading and discussing good books pertaining to life situations are also wonderful ways of coping.
The newest book in Allison’s popular series from Harvest House Publishing is Setting Boundaries with Difficult People, and there’s no doubt in my mind that many of us who struggle with weight-related issues have more than a few difficult people in our lives (including ourselves at times!) I’d love to start a discussion group here about this new book. (In fact, I’ll close this post with a call-to-action I hope you’ll respond to and share with your friends.)
Allison just completed the fourth book in the Setting Boundaries series and I can’t wait to get my hands on it! Setting Boundaries with Food will release in the summer of 2012 but I’ve got exciting news to share…on the SANITY Support blog we’ll be getting sneak peaks at the manuscript over the next several months! Plus, we’ll be able to participate in some pre-publishing aspects AND get early access to the book before the public. But that’s not all…we’re going to have opportunities to win free copies of Setting Boundaries with Food AND free copies of the first three books in the series; Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children, Setting Boundaries with Aging Parents and Setting Boundaries with Difficult People!
All that said, I’m excited and blessed to have the opportunity to be the official VIP Guest Blogger on Weight Watching Wednesday on the new SANITY Support blog!
If you’ve read Setting Boundaries with Difficult People or any of Allison’s books, please share your thoughts and feelings about the series and especially about the Six Steps to SANITY. Perhaps you could visit some of the pages on the new SettingBoundariesBooks.com website and watch a few of the You Tube video clips. The SANITY Support blog doesn’t launch until December 31, but make sure to subscribe to the RSS feed in the right column and stop by often.
Our first “official” Weight Watching Wednesday blog will post on January 4, 2012! See you then.
Until the comments start flowing and we get to chatting…God bless!
Beverly
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