motd Monday April 16, 2012

[Guest guest]

THE IN CROWD

Monday, 16 April 2012

Oh, they were always the coolest kids in

school. Everybody wanted to be part of their little

clique. I mean, after all, they were the hippest

students on campus, remember? And, as it turns out,

you weren't welcome in their little group. Nope, you

just never fit into...The In Crowd!

When I was in school and

overweight, I wasn't asked to join my classmates on

their little weekend escapades.

Hey, I know what it feels like. When I was in high

school and overweight, I wasn't picked for a lot of

things or asked to join my classmates on their little

weekend escapades. And how did I deal with it? Well,

the way a lot of us did. I created my own little "in

crowd." That is, between myself and...food.

Hey, who needed those other kids on Friday nights,

anyway? I could find just as much pleasure getting

myself a shrimp or oyster po-boy from Central Grocery

in the French Quarter. (Can you believe they're still

there after all these years?)

But while I may have been happy with my po-boy, fries

and bottle of Barq's root beer, I sure wasn't happy

about what all of that overeating was doing to my

body. And the more weight I gained, the more left out

of the In Crowd I found myself.

Has your weight made you so

solitary that you don't even make an effort to mix

with others?

How about you? Has food taken the place of social

interaction between you and the people you work with?

Or has your weight made you so solitary that you don't

even make an effort to mix with others? Well, let me

tell you, not only is that an unhealthy relationship

you have with the food. But you're creating an

isolated and unhealthy social relationship between

yourself and others at the same time.

Are memories of being left out of the In Crowd a

reason you made food one of your best friends? Hey,

I'm not only asking you that question but I'll ask it

of myself. And, (as you can see from my personal

story), my answer would have to be yes!

See, back in school, I felt so left out that I made

food my BFF. But

after so many years of turning to food, I turned my body into 268

pounds of unhappiness. That happen to you? Or...are

you headed in the same direction today? If you are...stop

it!

Don't cut yourself off from others because you feel

like you don't "fit in." I'm telling you, it's mostly

in your head anyway. Did you ever stop to think you

don't feel like part of the In Crowd because you've

put up a wall up around yourself and won't let other

people IN-to

your world?

I'm not asking you to try

and win some kind of popularity contest.

Look, I'm not asking you to try and win some kind of

popularity contest. But when it comes to how people

treat you, remember, it's a

two-way street. You get back from a

potential relationship or friendship...what you

put into it!

Wanna be in with the In Crowd? Well, start by being

more sociable. Start showing off what a truly nice

person you are. And, believe me, it won't be long

before...The In-Crowd wants

to be IN...with

you!

Love,