3. Being overweight doesn't make someone a bad person.
4. Understand that we cannot judge someone by their size.
Well said!
Since I've had the privilege of being up close and personal through this process, I will say that it has been incredible and wonderful to watch the changes that have taken place in her life as a result of the weight loss.
Appearance isn't the only change.
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Since I've had the privilege of being up close and personal through this process, I will say that it has been incredible and wonderful to watch the changes that have taken place in her life as a result of the weight loss.
Appearance isn't the only change.
LadyRev! You have been a wonderful friend to HO!!! From one Christian woman to another - !!!
3. Being overweight doesn't make someone a bad person.
4. Understand that we cannot judge someone by their size.
Right on!
I would love to add if I may here that...
Just because someone is overweight, that does not mean they are a glutton or that food is their master.... Many times one's metabolism is just slower and some one elses may work over time. I have seen people who actually look like they are in good condition physically but they are major gluttons... They eat food like it's going out of style but they won't be picked on because their body doesn't gain the weight... They eat like crazy but get by with it!
HO ... you are right, we cannot judge someone by their size!!!!
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What some don't understand I think is all the hard work one must go through before the surgery, in some cases people have to lose some before the surgery. And after there is the problem of excess skin. It is very hard work, before and after.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
Heavenly One , I admire your steadfastness. I lost weight in the 70's from almost 200 lbs down to 128. Kept it off for many years. Gradually the weight has been put back on plus a few additional lbs. Now I have knee , back and achilles tendon problems. I am trying to get the off by changing my food preparation. Exercise is the main drawback for me.
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What some don't understand I think is all the hard work one must go through before the surgery, in some cases people have to lose some before the surgery. And after there is the problem of excess skin. It is very hard work, before and after.
Heavenly One , I admire your steadfastness. I lost weight in the 70's from almost 200 lbs down to 128. Kept it off for many years. Gradually the weight has been put back on plus a few additional lbs. Now I have knee , back and achilles tendon problems. I am trying to get the off by changing my food preparation. Exercise is the main drawback for me.
...like you have ever had this problem...squirt.
Well I gained weight when I was pregnant. Does that count?..............
And I got weighed at the doctor's office today.....I am officially over 100 lbs......
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV