Irish Mirror, Carla said: "I actually had a realization in July 2019 that everything I thought about myself was a lie. "I was literally driving down the N7 on my way to have a massage with my partner, and I had been doing a bit of journaling, a process called the morning pages and a couple of other things, and things had started to kind of stir within me… my doctor calls it a Damascus moment."Carla had been struggling with negative thought, but realised it “wasn’t actually my voice”.She noted: “This person that is speaking constantly in my head isn't actually anything to do with me.“This is stigmas that I picked up from society and from people around me.”And, Carla explained that she had struggled with her weight for a long time.She said: “I tried to lose weight my whole life.
I've always been overweight, always. I was a bigger child. I've always snuck food. Food has always been my go-to whenever I've been feeling bad."I have done everything, Weight Watchers, Slimming World, Keto, Atkins.“I have done every single diet, and nothing worked, and I realised it's because I was punishing myself and this time, what was different was that it was coming from a place of love."I was living with so much shame, and I thought that I had shame because I was fat, but it turns out that I was fat because I had shame." Having struggled with food addiction, Carla decided to give it one more try before resorting to weight loss surgery.
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