I'm Ready To Get Personal

As you know, I struggled with weight from the time I was 12 until I was 18,
gaining over 45 pounds during that time. As you can imagine, my mother was
concerned and took me to my pediatrician to see if I had thyroid issues. The
results were always the same, "Marna is in perfect health."

On Monday, August 13, I went in for my annual gynecological exam and during this
exam, my gynecologist said, "has anyone ever told you that you have an enlarged
thyroid?" I said yes, but that no one had ever really done much about it. My
blood work always came back normal. He said that he didn't want to step on my
regular doctor's toes, but he strongly recommended I have it looked at.

Reluctantly I made an appointment a month later to have my thyroid looked at,
knowing full well that they would once again tell me everything was fine.

He too said it was enlarged, and that he would do an ultrasound but thought it
was probably nothing. After a few minutes lying with my head back in the ultrasound room, he said that he saw several nodules and he took several biopsies.

About a week later and in utter anticipation for the results, I found out that
the results were inconclusive. They couldn't say if the nodules were cancer.

Over the past two and a half months I've undergone 12 biopsies and a scan, all results leading to inconclusive evidence. So today, I'm heading in to discuss plans for surgery.

So why in the world have I waited to tell you this information: over the past
several weeks, I have been on medication that has totally suppressed my thyroid
from functioning. Although I'm tired, I want you to know that my weight has
stayed the same.

Knowing how to live thin and how to think thin has kept me from gaining gobs of
weight and being totally out of control. Even in playing the waiting game and
wanting to pull my hair out much of the time in anticipation has still not
turned into added weight gain.

For those of you whom have dabbled in living thin and using a non-diet
methodology, I want you to know, that I, like you have undergone stress over the
past year and my weight still manages to stay in the same range.

I want you to have the confidence to know, like I do, that life may sometimes
bring you stress, frustration or pain. Yet, you can feel confident that no
matter what life brings your way, your weight will stay the same and your body
will not have to pay the price!

I'm not writing this so that you feel badly for me, beacause I know exactly why I attracted this situation. I write this so that you know that I am a real person, with real issues and have been able to stay thin through this process. I want to inspire you to be the thin and know that this process of living thin is amazing! I am so fortunate to have learned from the thin, and you deserve for thinness to be a part of your daily life.

In love and health,

Marna

P.S. I want to thank the support of my loved ones, my team of physicans who have lovingly guided me through this entire process, and the massive amount of support from all of you. Your love and support means more to me than you know! I am truly blessed to have all of you in my life. Thank you!!!

From Bingeing to Freedom-A Beautiful Story

"Before I heard about Marna, I really had hit an all time low. I was binging and purging and couldn't stop. If I did stop, it was to go on a diet and once I was off the diet, the bingeing and purging would resume. I had been doing this for two years, but I had been struggling with eating issues my whole life really. I had tried every diet possible and every exercise regimen out there. I even tried acupuncture and Chinese medicine. The novelty of each new "solution" would eventually wear off and I'd be right back to where I started.

In May of 2006, I really thought that the next stop would have to be an eating disorder treatment center. The self-loathing I was experiencing was literally incapacitating. Then I heard about Marna and she gave the tools I needed to change my life. Instead of obsessing about food and my weight, I started to obsess about all the ways that I could enrich my life. I began taking voice lessons, enrolled in Pilates teaching certification course, and playing basketball and trivial with friends on the weekends. I became the person I always wanted to be simply by making it so. Once I started living a fulfilled life, I had so many other things to think about and focus on and food just moved into the background.

It's been six months since I last purged--the longest time in the past two or three years -- and I've lost around 15 pounds that I know will never come back.

This was the first Thanksgiving since I can remember where I simply enjoyed myself and ate the foods I wanted to eat and didn't think twice about it. The guilt that I spent a lifetime building around food has disappeared-there is so much more to life than worrying about food. It's possible to change, but it's YOU that has to do it!

Thanks Marna!
-Samantha Dickinson"


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In love and gratitude,

Marna

“I Overate, Now What?”

You just ate a delicious meal with your friend at a favorite dive near your home, and as you get up from the table, you find your belly popping at your pants’ seams. “Oh my goodness” you say to yourself as you find yourself having overeaten and feeling slightly out of control.

What can you do when you overeat?

One of the most tragic things I see people do over and over again is beat themselves up. Getting caught up in negative self-talk is dangerous and may even spiral your results out of control.

If you find yourself sabotaging yourself with words like: “I am such a loser”, “I’ll never get this right”, “I’m just doomed to be fat”, or any other negative statements, then immediately transform your words into statements that are more positive and powerful. There is absolutely nothing good or motivating that comes from beating yourself up and feeling horrible for one measly meal.

I have one word that I use over and over that gets me through my not-so-in-control meals, and that word is NEXT. Whenever I overeat, I just say “NEXT”. I figure I have a bazillion more meals to eat in a comfortable and natural fashion. Move on by just saying “NEXT” and visualize how your next meal will turn out.

Here are some questions that I ask myself if I myself in the situation of overeating.
1. What just occurred?
2. Why did I lose touch of my body?
3. If I were in touch with my body, how would my meal have looked?
4. What do I need?


Taking time to address the above questions will help you begin to see eating patterns. For example, if you see that every time you eat with a particular friend, you find yourself two pounds heavier the following day, you may want to find new ways to connect with that particular friend.

It is more useful to look for patterns in your behavior and make small changes versus feeling awful and spinning out of control.

Remember, living Thin From Within is about loving yourself!

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