Share YOUR Scale Relationship (SERIES) and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

Today is National ’Wear TEAL Day’ for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month! I hope each and every woman will participate!!

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I just want to remind everyone to be proactive when you are at the physician. There are just too many times that women or men will tell their doctor, “something just isn’t right,” but it will go unnoticed or mistreated. Later, cancer ends up rearing its ugly head. Take a stance. If you know something is not right, look for a new doctor until you get some answers!

Today I am wearing teal for my mom and for Karen. Karen was in her 40′s and a wife and mother of two, who passed away this past Sunday because doctor’s ignored her symptoms, labeling her a “complaining patient.” They caught her ovarian cancer when it was too late. I pray for Karen and her family.

Today I am sharing a scale relationship story from a girl who is also watching her mom fight the cancer fight. Thanks for sharing Kelly!

Hi everyone! My name is Kelly and I am the girl behind Foodie Fiasco. It’s an honor to be writing here today for Erin’s wonderful movement to ditch the scale! Let’s do this!!!

Growing up, I had almost always been overweight. I was the “fat kid” and was very uncomfortable in my skin because of it. At age 12, I was 5′ 3″, 169 lbs., and a size 8/10. It was awful.

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So I decided to lose the weight, and I was desperate. Kids are tough, especially on appearances, and I was tired of being an outsider. I thought being thin would solve my problems. So when I started losing weight, it was all or nothing. It was almost a game, to see how little I could eat and how fast I could lose.

I weighed myself a few times a day. I would weigh when I got up, eat (a very tiny) breakfast, and then weigh myself again to see if I gained weight. And since I just ate, and the scale would say I was up a bit, I would panic and not want to eat again. It was a vicious cycle that went on for quite some time.

So when I came within a few pounds of my goal weight, I let up a bit. It took me about 3 months to go from 169 lbs. to somewhere in the mid 120′s.  The final pounds came off slowly, but I really didn’t care too much. The scale was hidden and I stayed off it for the most part. I still counted calories religiously, and my eating habits were still far from normal.

About the time I hit my goal weight of 117 lbs. is when I discovered the community of food bloggers. I realized there was a group of people who had been in a situation like mine, but were happy now. It was enlightening.

Unfortunately, also around this time, my mom was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. (She is still in chemo.) This was a difficult time too, but in a different way than before. This was real. This was not a problem I had created for myself. And you know what? I realized being thin didn’t make my problems go away.

So I decided to dive head first into this blogging community. These are friendly, knowledgeable people who may know what healthy foods to feed my mom. I am cooking all the time. I am not eating meat. I am meeting all these wonderful people (especially the one who is letting me ramble endless on her blog. Thanks, Erin!) And I get to write about something I love, food! I know food is not the enemy, and I owe quite a bit of that knowledge to all you wonderful people. Who needs that scale anyway?

Thanks for sharing your story Kelly! I’m glad you were able to realize that YOU are more than just a number!!

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