Self-Esteem
Comes In All Sizes: How
to be Happy and Healthy at Your Natural Weight
by
Carol A. Johnson
This revised and updated
version of Carol Johnson's popular book reinforces the
"live your life now" attitude. Upbeat and
motivating, Self-Esteem Comes In All Sizes
explains in detail how (and why) to turn your thinking
from negative to positive when it comes to body size.
....."One of our facilitators
advises people who are new to the 'largely positive'
philosophy to take baby steps. No, you won't wake up
tomorrow morning and suddenly throw away your scales,
toss out all your 'waiting-to-get-thin clothes,'
enroll in a tap-dancing class, and confront everyone
who has ever been critical about your weight. You can
decide to do one thing each day to advance your cause,
which is to feel good about yourself in the body you
have right now and to live your life the way you
think you would if you were thin.
....."Get
up each morning and write down one thing you will do
that day toward achieving your 'largely positive'
attitude. It can be a health-related step like taking
a walk or writing a letter to a comedian who made a
nasty fat joke. It might be advising your mother that
your weight will no longer be a topic of discussion.
....."I
know this is not easy. It's not easy to walk down the
street and be the target of a stranger's cruel remark
about your size. It's not easy to make a confident
entrance at a party for which you swore you'd be thin.
It's not easy to be told by your doctor that the pain
in your elbow would subside if you lost weight -- and
to have the courage to stand up for yourself. And it's
not easy to tell your well-meaning friend that you're
not interested in the diet she clipped from a
magazine for you because you're learned that diets
rarely work. But if you don't start, you run the risk
of living life on the sidelines and wondering what
might have been -- if you had only been thin."
You'll
return to this book many times on your path to size
acceptance. Self-Esteem Comes In All Sizes is a
must-read for anyone looking for a happier, more fulfilling, healthier life at any size.
