Every extra pound tells a story.

Much of my weight gain came from a misguided attempt to soothe myself with food in the wake of surgery, chemo, and radiation; you can’t blame a cancer survivor for clinging to the Ben & Jerry’s lifeboat. I well knew that estrogen-rich abdominal fat has been linked in some studies to increased risk of breast cancer, but I’d compartmentalized the problem as something to take care of one day when I was “ready,” as if awaiting a sudden sprinkling of low-cal pixie dust, after which everything would be made right.

Every extra pound tells a story. It’s a story of anger, frustration, old wounds, and carelessness. It’s a story of misguided portions, too-hasty celebrations, bad planning, misplaced optimism. It’s a story of denial.

from The Incredible Shrinking Critic
by Jami Bernard

Tags: Health, Weight Loss
Posted in Jami Bernard

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