About Me & Let's Get Healthy
Up until the age of five I was a normal healthy child. Then I became asthmatic and the drugs I was put on made me gain weight. By the age of ten I weighed ten stone and if it wasn’t for my parent’s constantly encouraging me to diet and exercise I would have probably weighed a lot more.
By the age of fourteen I weighed in at nearly fourteen stone and by choosing to be the class clown was well liked, although not all overweight kids are this lucky and my education suffered as a cost.
Then a breakthrough a friend of mines brother was joining the army and asked if I wanted to go running every day with him. I said yes, although it was extremely hard I did it and in a month had gone down to eleven stone.
My short lived happiness was replaced with years of struggling to keep the weight off and by the time I was sixteen was anorexic and depressed.
I did all the usual things teenagers did but underneath was constantly judging and hating myself because of the unrealistic diets I was going and failing on.
When I was eighteen a lady introduced me to Nichiren daishonins Buddhism and I didn’t realise at the time just how important a role this was going to play in my life.
Over the years my weight went from ten to fourteen stone and then at one point all the way up to seventeen stone.
I didn’t know why I couldn’t control my eating, after all I had stopped smoking and drinking so why couldn’t I control this.
I spent the next few years ashamed of myself. I was withdrawn from society because I didn’t think I was a worthy member of this world we live in.
I would lose the weight and then struggle to keep it off only for It to go back on.
This was the cycle until I heard about food addiction.
I started to read up about it and attend various groups.
My outlook had began to change too, the Buddhism I had been introduced to all those years ago was now a big part of my life along with a more alternative holistic approach to living.
Today I’m in charge of my addiction and am happy to be me. I’m not ashamed of what I eat, and I no longer care about the diet industry.
I am trained in nutrition awareness, have a diploma in meditation, am a reiki healer and have certificates in EFT along with counselling skills. I am currently studying hypnosis and life coaching which I have found to be a great help in my recovery.
I’m on a journey of self-enlightenment and healing and hopefully I will never return to that place of over-eating.
I love my life and hope I can help others to overcome this horrific condition
Love and light
James xx