{"id":31262,"date":"2010-09-26T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2010-09-26T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=31262"},"modified":"2011-01-02T22:47:37","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T03:47:37","slug":"putting-the-past-behind-you-on-the-path-to-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/putting-the-past-behind-you-on-the-path-to-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting the Past Behind You on the Path to Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Kara Richardson Whitely\u2019s book, Fat Woman on the Mountain: How I Lost Half Myself and Found Happiness, is available on her website, www.fatwomanonthemountain.com<\/a>. Kara (@fatwmnonthemtn) lives in Summit, N.J., with her husband and daughter. <\/em><\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t learn to put the past behind you, it may end up on your behind.<\/p>\n

My emotional eating<\/a> began with some big things, such as my parents\u2019 divorce and being sexually assaulted as a young girl (I put on 40 pounds that summer). Then, food became a comfort for all the little things in between a lousy grade, feeling lonely and even when I was feeling down about my increasing weight.<\/p>\n

I wrote about this journey up the scale in my book, Fat Woman on the Mountain: How I Lost Half Myself and Found Happiness<\/em>, not as a barrage of excuses, but to understand where I had been. That way, I would know where I need to go to get healthier.<\/p>\n

In fact, one day I decided to chart out my weight, retracing my steps to see how each stage in my life added pounds. It looked like an escalating mountain range \u2013 until I decided to get healthy.<\/p>\n

For me, the road to wellness was hiking. At age 30, I decided to stop letting fat get in the way of my dreams and I hit the trails. I felt strong, empowered and as if I was heading in the directions of my dreams. I was. Flatter trails became mini mountains<\/a>. Eventually, I ended up taking on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa\u2019s highest peak, to benefit AIDS orphans.<\/p>\n

Emotional eating still nips at my heels along the way. But for me, hiking and doing the things I love reminds me to stay healthy and to keep heading in the right direction. I try to move forward with strength and purpose.<\/p>\n

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