Comments on: Freedom Friday

By: Freedom Friday: From Tragedy to Triumph, Part 2 « Fat Chick Fed Up

Freedom Friday: From Tragedy to Triumph, Part 2 « Fat Chick Fed Up — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:56:43 +0000

[...] I tell these stories not to garner sympathy. Rather, my desire is to get to the heart of why it is that I do what I do when it comes to food and find real healing from the inside out (while still focusing on the outside). In writing these posts, I hope to also connect with those of you who understand where I am coming from, who share similar experiences and who also struggle with an emotional and physical addiction to food. You can read these posts from the beginning right here. [...]

By: Freedom Friday: Put on a Happy Face « Fat Chick Fed Up

Freedom Friday: Put on a Happy Face « Fat Chick Fed Up — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:59:34 +0000

[...] of these posts is connected to the one before it, so for newer readers you may want to check out my Freedom Friday page which links to all of these posts in the order I have written [...]

By: Freedom Friday: Freedom Through Forgiveness, Part 2 « Fat Chick Fed Up

Freedom Friday: Freedom Through Forgiveness, Part 2 « Fat Chick Fed Up — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:01:13 +0000

[...] I love sharing about what I am doing with my nutrition and fitness and those are two very important components to any weight-loss success. However, I strongly feel that when you focus solely on those things alone, you are more than likely just treating the symptoms. I know for some their issues with food run only as deep as liking food too much. For me, though, I admit that I am a full-fledged addict with a lifelong pattern of relating to food in unhealthy, physically and emotionally harmful ways. In this series, my intention is to confront those mental, emotional and spiritual stumbling blocks head on. You may wish to go back and read these posts from the beginning and you can do that right here. [...]

By: The Chick

The Chick — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:00:33 +0000

Oh my goodness, thank you so much for sharing! I’m humbled by yor bravery and so appreciate you opening yourself up here. As I was reading your story and you said something about forgiving your step-father, I was thinking in the back of my mind, “What about your mother?” and then you came to the same conclusion yourself. I know it is so hard to revisit these issues and you have endured so much trauma that I really would encourage you to seek the advice of a professional counselor. It’s a hard process, but the healing that you get on the other side is so worth it. I will be praying for you on your journey. Please keep me posted on how you are doing. And I’ll be posting a new FF post this Friday! I’ll be PMing you as well-I have more to say!

By: fatgirlchronicle

fatgirlchronicle — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:14:59 +0000

I’m home sick today. I am laying in my bed and I just read all of your FF posts. I felt like I was stuck in one of those books that you just can’t put down…then I ran out of posts to read! You really opened my eyes to a lot. I have some very deep-seated emotional issues with my childhood that I tend to run to as my excuse for the way that I am. But you really revealed to me…or rather God through you…revealed to me that the heart of the issue really does lie in forgiveness. While probably entirely too personal for a comment, I’ll just lay it out there. I never knew my biological father. I didn’t find out until my teenage years that I was the result of a rape. The only father figure that I ever knew came into my life when I was just about to turn five years old. Man, did I love him so much. I ate it right up…having a dad AND a Mom. Then the abuse started. First it was mental and emotional, then physical…then sexual. It took me a long time to finally tell my mother…and when I did, she laughed at me in disbelief. Then she never said another word about it. A year later, I told my grandmother (the only “savior” I knew at that time in my life). My stepfather went to prison. My sisters and I went into the foster care system. My mother fought to prove my stepdad’s innocence. She is still married to him today. It has taken me a lot of years to forgive him and put that relationship on mend, and it will never be what it was for that little five year old girl, but I had to forgive him to start to heal. It took me years to truly forgive…and there are times now that I start to see that abusive person come out in him again and it’s like taking one step forward and two steps back. But what you really made me realize is that my heart issue isn’t with my stepdad. My heart issue is with my mother. That is where the forgiveness should have started all along. So thank you.

By: Month-In-Review « Fat Chick Fed Up

Month-In-Review « Fat Chick Fed Up — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:49:45 +0000

[...] obstacles to my weight-loss journey. I am still plugging away and in my new weekly feature, Freedom Friday, I have been blogging a little bit more openly about this part of my journey. And I have to say [...]

By: Month-In-Review « Fat Chick Fed Up

Month-In-Review « Fat Chick Fed Up — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:49:45 +0000

By: Freedom Friday: This Is Who I Am « Fat Chick Fed Up

Freedom Friday: This Is Who I Am « Fat Chick Fed Up — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:35:19 +0000

[...] If you are a new reader and have no idea what I am talking about, you can catch up on all the posts right here. Thanks for reading and supporting me! Share [...]

By: Freedom Friday: Freedom Through Forgiveness « Fat Chick Fed Up

Freedom Friday: Freedom Through Forgiveness « Fat Chick Fed Up — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:30:31 +0000

[...] If you are a new reader, you may want to go back and read other Freedom Friday posts as they tend to build on each other. You can find those right here. [...]

By: Freedom Friday « Fat Chick Fed Up

Freedom Friday « Fat Chick Fed Up — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:54:56 +0000

[...] it a listen. It speaks directly to this entire Freedom Friday series and the process I have been growing through to be released from the chains of food addiction and [...]