Author Archives: overweightanxiousanddone

I’m an addict. I lie about my addiction to others and I make promise after promise that I will stop. I want to stop so desperately that each time I come down from a high, I say it will be my last. But, I can’t and it isn’t. I have the tools I need andContinue reading “On Being an Addict”

I hate being alone. I don’t feel safe. What if I pass out from the dizziness and no one is here? What if the headache really is a blood clot this time and no one is here to call an ambulance? What if the soreness in my neck and jaw and numbness down my armsContinue reading “What If?”

It’s a vicious cycle. It’s a cliche saying, yes, but it’s also true. It’s vicious in that it is dangerously aggressive.  It is cyclical in that it is regularly repeated.  The vicious cycle is a sequence of events that creates a new problem that exacerbates an existing problem.  It is indeed violent, savage, and brutal.Continue reading “The Cycle”

“Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low?” Lauren Daigle Much like the way I’ve joined and rejoined different weight loss programs over the years, I’ve started this blog several times before getting here. I’m a yo-yo dieter and a yo-yo blogger. I bounce up and down between so manyContinue reading “My Journey”

My body hurts. Everywhere.  As I sit here, my legs throb and ache and the pain shoots into my feet making them burn and tingle.  I want to stand up and walk but the pain in my knees, calves, hips, and hamstrings makes the thought unbearable.  But I can’t sit here anymore.  My feet areContinue reading “I Fight On”