I Can’t Get A Handle On My Weight

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🗓️ 19 June 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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I Can’t Get A Handle On My Weight: Jon was unaware that the reason he couldn’t lose weight was much more profound than just self discipline. - Dr. Laura: "Is it quality of life or life itself that you choose?" | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://family.drlaura.com/pg/jsp/help/general/privacypolicy.jsp for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this edition of the Call of the Day.
0:04.0	Be sure to listen to my program Monday through Friday now heard on Sirius XM Triumph 2011.
0:10.0	John, welcome to the program.
0:12.0	Hi Dr. Laura, I've been a fan for many, many years and so forth and I appreciate you taking the call.
0:18.0	My issue was I'm 63.
0:21.0	I have congestive heart failure and I have diabetes and I at one point was very, very heavy.
0:29.0	I have an diabetes of around 370 pounds and then I lost a lot of weight when you know push into shove and it was that or getting really, really, really sick.
0:41.0	And I got down to 200 and I started getting weight back.
0:45.0	I've been heavy my whole life and I and it's depressing and I have anxiety, you know, food business and with this pandemic and what that's just maybe a little bit of a cop out.
0:55.0	But I just can't seem to get my handle on the eating and I started.
1:01.0	No, that's not true. You got your handle on it and got down to 200 pounds.
1:05.0	That's not true that you can't get a handle on it.
1:08.0	Everything's a trade off like the last caller with the young woman talking about when she was at nine, when she was nine and gave her father and ultimatum.
1:18.0	And he made the choice between this love and not wanting to lose his little princess and hiding from the world with alcohol.
1:32.0	You make the same decision.
1:35.0	You choose the food.
1:39.0	Sweetheart, can you hear me out?
1:42.0	Yes, I'm sorry.
1:43.0	You made the choice for life before and took life over choosing the comfort of eating.
1:54.0	Now you've reversed it. You're choosing the comfort of eating over life.
2:00.0	Is that that you can't handle losing weight? Of course you can. You did it.
2:06.0	But you're made a reverse choice now.
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