Shamed into losing 45 kg

[the_bob_delusion]

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/nicole-whitehead-was-shamed-into-losing-weight-after-humilia...

On what should've been a carefree trip to a theme park with friends, Nicole felt so much shame that it spurred the obese young woman to change things for the better.

It took three staff members to help jam her oversized figure into a roller-coaster seat. She was so humiliated that she didn't go on any other rides that day.

Now aged 23 and happily married to husband Jay, she has overhauled her bad habits, especially her diet.

"I used to have a few rounds of white toast with full-fat butter for breakfast. Now it's still toast, but wholemeal bread with cereals as well," she says.

Nicole says she had no confidence as a bigger woman and hated shopping for clothes.

She also had to go to the emergency room twice because her mass affected her breathing, which led to panic attacks.

But now she says her confidence is restored ... and she's not afraid to visit a theme park.

"After what happened at the theme park, I was so proud to be able to go scuba diving. I now feel amazing compared to what I used to be like and I'm so pleased with the achievement," she says.

So what's the moral of the Story?

[lind9650]

Will this do for a "just joking" smilie?

  or this    or this  

[nevillesdaughter]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Hearing voices is a symptom of schitzophrenia, but there are many other forms of mental illness which do not involve 'voices.' Bump's nutter may simply have had anger management problems and a 'thing' about overweight women. Maybe he'd just been dumped or humiliated by an overweight girlfriend.

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No mentally balanced person assaults and abuses strangers in a shopping centre because their fat girlfriend dumped them, and anger management problems that cause you to assault strangers for ANY reason qualifies as a mental health issue.

I was just using "voices" to mean that he was obviously not in control - the alternative is that he is a sane person who thinks that is is reasonable behaviour... I am perfectly aware of the various mental health conditions. I didn't call him a nutter.

Marina.

[nevillesdaughter]

Have you got one with a glass of wine in his hand, or a strawberry daiquirie, or a mojito, or a champagne cocktail....

Marina.

[imastawka]

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@lind9650 wrote:

Will this do for a "just joking" smilie?

  or this    or this  

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[imastawka]

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@nevillesdaughter wrote:

Have you got one with a glass of wine in his hand, or a strawberry daiquirie, or a mojito, or a champagne cocktail....

Marina.

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[nevillesdaughter]

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@imastawka wrote:

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@nevillesdaughter wrote:

Have you got one with a glass of wine in his hand, or a strawberry daiquirie, or a mojito, or a champagne cocktail....

Marina.

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Gorgeous..........

Marina.

[nevillesdaughter]

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@imastawka wrote:

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@lind9650 wrote:

Will this do for a "just joking" smilie?

  or this    or this  

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All great - but I'm amazed that I need a "just kidding" smilie when I threaten to put a curse on someone....

Sigh,

Marina.

[cherry*135]

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@imastawka wrote:

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@nevillesdaughter wrote:

Have you got one with a glass of wine in his hand, or a strawberry daiquirie, or a mojito, or a champagne cocktail....

Marina.

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Have a few of these and all will be well.

(disclaimer: I am not encouraging anyone to become a hard drinker)

[the_bob_delusion]

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@mugssy65 wrote:
I think shame is the motivator for most to lose weight, it was me, well that and my health. I was embarrassed, I was self conscious and I was unwell, all great motivators!

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Are you encouraging people to shame others to change their negative behaviours for their own good?

[lind9650]

Like with anything regarding our health and lifestyle, nobody can shame anyone into doing the right thing for themselves. One only gives the person more of a complex and depression and more of a reason to keep doing what is not good for them.

We have to take control of our life and behaviour. Get rid of bad habits and aquire good ones, but we have to want to change for ourself, not because other people tell us what to do.

Cheers, Erica