Top Quotes From The Season 2
Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition
This episode featured Jacqui, a 30 year old who’s starting weight was 355 pounds.
Jacqui began to put on weight at the age of 14, after she was sexually assaulted. It is not uncommon for victims of sexual abuse to gain a significant amount of weight. Sometimes it is intentional. The thought process is that ‘If I’m fat no one will find me attractive. If I’m not attractive no one will ever sexually abuse me again.”
Sometimes it is unintentional. It seems like victims of sexual assault often carry a great deal of shame or guilt. This shame and guilt often evolves into insecurity, self-doubt and a sense of unworthiness.
This is so sad. I can’t imagine how horrible it must be to be a victim of a sexual assault. These victims did absolutely nothing wrong. They are every bit as worthy of good health, confidence, self-esteem and happiness as everyone else. We have to find a way to stop this self-sabotaging emotional and behavioral action that so often follow sexual abuse!
If you or anyone that you know has been a victim please know that you are 100 percent worthy of all of the good things that life has to offer.
I am by no means qualified to offer any type of guidance for people who’ve experience this type of trauma. Please seek out a qualified professional in your area. I can help with nutrition and exercise advice. It can be a team effort!
Now for the quotes from this weeks episode
“It’ makes you feel very alone and very sub-human.”
“It’ just came out and that passion that I have for my future pushed me to something that I didn’t know that I had.”
“I forgot how strong I could be.”
“I have to prove to myself that I can do more than I ever thought possible.”
“I used my weight as and excuse not achieve all of my hopes and dreams.”
“Now I feel like I’m worthwhile and I’m strong. and I’ve done something great and that’s a healthy feeling.”
“The biggest change besides the weight loss was changing my mind.”
“I could have lost any amount of weight, but if I didn’t chose to love myself and change my mind about how I feel about myself I would still be and empty shell of a person.”
Jacqui also took every task, every short-term goal and stayed focused. She never wavered from her program. Because of this she hit every goal and actually lost more weight in one year than any other female client that Chris Powell had ever worked with. She lost 207 pounds.
Way to go Jacqui…you DESERVE IT!!!
See you next week…