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go too long in between meals. Start
with a bowl of broth-based soup.
Are you drinking enough water?
Did you exercise enough? Did you
exercise too much? Let’s look at
your food journal.
This is not an anti-weight
loss company post (although I
could write that too). It’s a letter to each and every woman
that I unknowingly wronged. My
heart is beating a little bit faster
as I write this, and so I know
this needs to be said. The words
have been playing in my head for
months. Sometimes it just takes
time for me to get up the courage
to say the right thing.
So here goes:
Dear Former Weight Loss Clients
(you know who you are):
I’m sorry.
I’m sorry because I put you on
a 1,200 calorie diet and told you
that was healthy. I’m sorry because when you were running 5x a
week, I encouraged you to switch
from a 1,200 calorie diet to a
1,500 calorie diet, instead of telling you that you should be eating
a hell of a lot more than that. I’m
sorry because you were breastfeeding and there’s no way eating
those 1,700 calories a day could
IRIS
HIGGINS
HUFFINGTON
09.01-08.13
have been enough for both you
and your baby. I’m sorry because
you were gluten intolerant and
so desperate to lose weight that
you didn’t put that on your intake
form. But you mentioned it to me
later, and I had no idea the damage you were doing to your body.
I’m sorry because I think I should
have known. I think I should have
been educated better before I began to tell all of you what was
I’m sorry because when
you were running 5x a week, I
encouraged you to switch from
a 1,200 calorie diet to a 1,500
calorie diet, instead of telling
you that you should be eating a
hell of a lot more than that.”
right or wrong for your body.
I’m sorry because I made you
feel like a failure and so you deliberately left a message after the
center had closed, telling me you
were quitting. I thought you were
awesome and gorgeous, and I’m
sorry because I never told you
that. I’m sorry because you came
in telling me you liked to eat organic and weren’t sure about all
the chemicals in the food, and I