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?

[cherry*135]

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@joz*garage wrote:

god this threads a mess

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You should feel shame for posting that.

[imastawka]

I've been following all this and now I'll throw this in:

Isn't  'shaming'  just another word for 'bullying'?

Because that's what it comes across as,  to me

[joz*garage]

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@i-once-was-bump wrote:

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@joz*garage wrote:

god this threads a mess

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Are you talking to god or just cussing?

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it was just an observation

there is no god unless someone wants to prove me otherwise

[joz*garage]

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@am*3 wrote:

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@joz*garage wrote:

god this threads a mess

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You should feel shame for posting that.

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there's no way i'm going to allow anybody to induce me on a shame trip, lol

[joz*garage]

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@**freethinker_bob** wrote:

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@nevillesdaughter wrote:

Just a quick note - nowhere did I insult, ridicule, blame or mock the overweight. The most I said was that it wasn't good for us.

The rest was some (intended)  light-hearted back and forth between freethinker_bob and myself, more about religon than anything else.

If I offended anyone (including free-thinker_bob) I'm sorry, but it wasn't my intention. And I stand by my belief that if one is overweight, regardless of whether the cause is genetic, environmental, intake related or whatever, in the interest of good health, we owe it to ourselves to exert what controls we can.

Marina.

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You weren't being insulting but I don't think you realised how ignorant you sound with your God comment. 

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i dont think you realized it was just a bit of togue and cheek, you know

...the same as saying - god works in mysterious ways,....... get it?