Weight Loss

The picture kind-of says it all doesn't it? Weight loss is not the easiest thing to deal with, as for me I am over 480lbs and need to lose this weight. I have gotten engaged last year, and my wedding is going be Aug 10th, 2008. Now I know I wont lose everything I need to lose, but I hope to lose about 10lbs a month. Wish me luck..One thing I believe is that weight lose is not about doing just one thing different, but its doing several things to fix a body that is out of control. What I mean is that when I was thinking about Hypnosis, one of the things they asked me in the interview, was "How has your weight served you"? after thinking about it it has served some purpose, it made me bigger, and less of a target for those who are looking for a fight. (As a kid in school, I had many of these fights with the other kids in school. All of them just wanted to mess with the fat kid)..Now that I am a adult this doesn't come very often, after I am big enough that nobody wants to chance it with me, beside most of us have out-grown that phase of our life. However the scars of the earlier years remain, other scars I got was from being forced to eat certain foods when I didn't want too hence making me gag, and today nobody is forcing me to eat anything, but even today I wont certain foods. The sad thing is the foods I don't eat eat are the foods that are suppose to help weight loss, instead I eat Hamburgers and Hot dogs. Very hard to lose weight with that kind of in-take..After listening to the experts its all about exercising more and eating less, another source says you might not be aware of your physical appearances, which makes sense because how often do you look in the mirror and look at your whole body? I know for me when I look in the mirror, I am seeing just my head and shoulders, and when I do see my whole body in all its glory I am disgusted with what I see, and to comfort myself I tell myself I am going to get serious about weight loss, and I order a pizza. As Susan Powter once said its time to "Stop the insanity".we all need to stop lying to ourselves, start appreciating who we are to our family, loved ones, and who we are to our God..Its been said before "Our lives are a gift from God, what we become is our gift to God".Its time get real and take a multi-step approach to weight loss, do your dieting, do your exercising, and love yourself to do something to save your life, it would be your gift to your family, loved ones, and your gift back to God..Don't get discouraged when you don't lose as much as you want, or when you think you should, remember you didn't get over weight over night, so wont lose the weight overnight either..I am going to put my life of display through this media form, please send me your stories, and your encouragement, and if you have lost more than 100lbs I really want your story. Please share it with me, and the world....................................Keith