Re: IOWL 176-Letter to Fat

[Guest guest]

, that's lovely. Here's to finding something even better....

(I totally understand the " not anything I would ever let my friends read "

feeling. Good for you, for overcoming that!)

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To: insideoutweightloss

Sent: Wed, July 6, 2011 6:14:33 AM

Subject: IOWL 176-Letter to Fat

For some reason podcast 176 seemed to just click with me. It has inspired me to

write a letter. I thought I would share because that makes it more real than

keeping it as a note on my ipod. So here goes....a little nervous....not

anything I would ever let my friends read....but I figure you all would

understand....

Dear Fat & Binge Behavior,

I have spent over half of my life with you. Every day, every night. You have

helped me deal with the sadness and loneliness in my life. The worthlessness

and numbness. You have kept me out of trouble. You have shaped my life. You

have been a constant friend and companion. Obviously, you have served a very

important role in my life. For this I want to thank you. I would not be who I

am without you.

Thank you for 15 years of dedicated service. You have been loyal. But I have

decided to go in a different direction with my life. I have a child to raise

and nurture, a business to grow, and a life to live. So now, you are free to

go.

Sincerely,

[Guest guest]

thanks. i'm bingeing a lot again lately.. went five days without a binge

(because i was out of town) and i am bingeing non-stop since i've been back.

im really just annoyed at this point. annoyed angry sad and frustrated.

Avie

> **

>

>

> , that's lovely. Here's to finding something even better....

>

>

>

> (I totally understand the " not anything I would ever let my friends read "

> feeling. Good for you, for overcoming that!)

>

> ________________________________

>

> To: insideoutweightloss

> Sent: Wed, July 6, 2011 6:14:33 AM

> Subject: IOWL 176-Letter to Fat

>

>

> For some reason podcast 176 seemed to just click with me. It has inspired

> me to

>

> write a letter. I thought I would share because that makes it more real

> than

> keeping it as a note on my ipod. So here goes....a little nervous....not

> anything I would ever let my friends read....but I figure you all would

> understand....

>

> Dear Fat & Binge Behavior,

> I have spent over half of my life with you. Every day, every night. You

> have

> helped me deal with the sadness and loneliness in my life. The

> worthlessness

> and numbness. You have kept me out of trouble. You have shaped my life. You

>

> have been a constant friend and companion. Obviously, you have served a

> very

> important role in my life. For this I want to thank you. I would not be who

> I

> am without you.

>

> Thank you for 15 years of dedicated service. You have been loyal. But I

> have

> decided to go in a different direction with my life. I have a child to

> raise

> and nurture, a business to grow, and a life to live. So now, you are free

> to

> go.

>

> Sincerely,

>

>

[Guest guest]

Wow! Love that letter. It sounds like everything I might say; I'm not up to

podcast 176 yet, but I am considering Trauma Release download.

>

> For some reason podcast 176 seemed to just click with me. It has inspired me

to

> write a letter. I thought I would share because that makes it more real than

> keeping it as a note on my ipod. So here goes....a little nervous....not

> anything I would ever let my friends read....but I figure you all would

> understand....

>

> Dear Fat & Binge Behavior,

> I have spent over half of my life with you. Every day, every night. You have

> helped me deal with the sadness and loneliness in my life. The worthlessness

> and numbness. You have kept me out of trouble. You have shaped my life. You

> have been a constant friend and companion. Obviously, you have served a very

> important role in my life. For this I want to thank you. I would not be who

I

> am without you.

>

>

> Thank you for 15 years of dedicated service. You have been loyal. But I have

> decided to go in a different direction with my life. I have a child to raise

> and nurture, a business to grow, and a life to live. So now, you are free to

> go.

>

>

> Sincerely,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I love this letter... and think that I am also going to write a letter as well..

thank you for the inspiration!

Angeal~

> >

> > For some reason podcast 176 seemed to just click with me. It has inspired

me to

> > write a letter. I thought I would share because that makes it more real

than

> > keeping it as a note on my ipod. So here goes....a little nervous....not

> > anything I would ever let my friends read....but I figure you all would

> > understand....

> >

> > Dear Fat & Binge Behavior,

> > I have spent over half of my life with you. Every day, every night. You

have

> > helped me deal with the sadness and loneliness in my life. The

worthlessness

> > and numbness. You have kept me out of trouble. You have shaped my life.

You

> > have been a constant friend and companion. Obviously, you have served a

very

> > important role in my life. For this I want to thank you. I would not be

who I

> > am without you.

> >

> >

> > Thank you for 15 years of dedicated service. You have been loyal. But I

have

> > decided to go in a different direction with my life. I have a child to

raise

> > and nurture, a business to grow, and a life to live. So now, you are free

to

> > go.

> >

> >

> > Sincerely,

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

>

> I love this letter... and think that I am also going to write a letter as

well.. thank you for the inspiration!

>

> Angeal~

>

So when you write such a letter, what do you DO with it? I'm just curious how

that works...

Eldred

[Guest guest]

I originally wrote this letter in the notepad of my iphone. I make an effort to

read this when I am going into a situation that I am most likely to binge or buy

stuff to binge on (having the food around is half the battle) So for me, I am a

really healthy eater until about 3:30pm. I know that if I am going into a

store, and I am hungry there is pretty much a 95% chance that I will be leaving

with a large bag of doritos and if that happens, there will be 100% chance that

those doritos will be gone by the end of the night (and no I will not share with

the kids!) So before I enter the store, I stop and take a quick read of my

letter. I think it really help me a lot! And it also stops the crazy binging

need.

I also read the letter sometimes as a reminder to love myself. I guess I need a

reminder sometimes. Since my letter, I have been doing really really well. I

had probably been binging every other day, and since writing this letter I have

only binged twice! Yeah!!

For me, it was also great to get it out of my head and onto paper (well, screen)

so that it can stop swimming around in my head and be serious, concrete words on

a page.

Have a wonderful day!!!

mm

________________________________

To: insideoutweightloss

Sent: Mon, July 18, 2011 11:30:25 AM

Subject: Re: IOWL 176-Letter to Fat

>

> I love this letter... and think that I am also going to write a letter as

>well.. thank you for the inspiration!

>

> Angeal~

>

So when you write such a letter, what do you DO with it? I'm just curious how

that works...

Eldred

[Guest guest]

Hello people, i think the letter to fat is a great idea, i once wrote a 'Dear

Fat' letter and was thinking of actually writing it as part of a book project i

am hoping to embark on. Thank you for the idea to put it on the phone and read

it, that's really encouraging especilly seeing it has limited the amount of

bingeing that occurs.

 

Thanks

 

Unami

To: insideoutweightloss

Sent: Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 7:13

Subject: Re: Re: IOWL 176-Letter to Fat

 

I originally wrote this letter in the notepad of my iphone. I make an effort to

read this when I am going into a situation that I am most likely to binge or buy

stuff to binge on (having the food around is half the battle) So for me, I am a

really healthy eater until about 3:30pm. I know that if I am going into a

store, and I am hungry there is pretty much a 95% chance that I will be leaving

with a large bag of doritos and if that happens, there will be 100% chance that

those doritos will be gone by the end of the night (and no I will not share with

the kids!) So before I enter the store, I stop and take a quick read of my

letter. I think it really help me a lot! And it also stops the crazy binging

need.

I also read the letter sometimes as a reminder to love myself. I guess I need a

reminder sometimes. Since my letter, I have been doing really really well. I

had probably been binging every other day, and since writing this letter I have

only binged twice! Yeah!!

For me, it was also great to get it out of my head and onto paper (well, screen)

so that it can stop swimming around in my head and be serious, concrete words on

a page.

Have a wonderful day!!!

mm

________________________________

To: insideoutweightloss

Sent: Mon, July 18, 2011 11:30:25 AM

Subject: Re: IOWL 176-Letter to Fat

>

> I love this letter... and think that I am also going to write a letter as

>well.. thank you for the inspiration!

>

> Angeal~

>

So when you write such a letter, what do you DO with it? I'm just curious how

that works...

Eldred

[Guest guest]

,

Thank you for sharing this with us. The idea of having this with us at all

times, like someone else mentioned is great. Here is my letter to fat:

Dear fat and binging behavior,

First of all, thank you. You have always been there for me. I could

always rely on you. Your intentions have been to take care of me. With that

being said, I have found a different way to take care of myself. I would love

for you to join me in this journey. All of the effort and energy we spent on

binging can now be put into loving myself.

Here's to a fun, kind, and easy journey to becoming a naturally slender person.

Love,

>

> For some reason podcast 176 seemed to just click with me. It has inspired me

to

> write a letter. I thought I would share because that makes it more real than

> keeping it as a note on my ipod. So here goes....a little nervous....not

> anything I would ever let my friends read....but I figure you all would

> understand....

>

> Dear Fat & Binge Behavior,

> I have spent over half of my life with you. Every day, every night. You have

> helped me deal with the sadness and loneliness in my life. The worthlessness

> and numbness. You have kept me out of trouble. You have shaped my life. You

> have been a constant friend and companion. Obviously, you have served a very

> important role in my life. For this I want to thank you. I would not be who

I

> am without you.

>

>

> Thank you for 15 years of dedicated service. You have been loyal. But I have

> decided to go in a different direction with my life. I have a child to raise

> and nurture, a business to grow, and a life to live. So now, you are free to

> go.

>

>

> Sincerely,

>

>

>