We are not a “diet and calories” club. We do not endorse any particular plan of eating. We practice abstinence by staying away from eating between planned meals and from all individual binge foods. Once we become abstinent, the preoccupation with food diminishes and in many cases leaves us entirely. We then find that, to deal with our inner turmoil, we have to have a new way of thinking, of acting on life rather than reacting to it— in essence, a new way of living. ~ “Our Invitation to You” in Overeaters Anonymous
I’ve tried them all.
Weight Watchers, Nutrisystem,
Metabolic Research Center,
Adkins, South Beach,
a private physician who gave me
carb blockers (I used when I intended
a carb overload) and injections
I gave myself in the stomach daily,
hypnotism, diets from books,
magazines, friends…
I had a pin put in my ear,
twisting it to reduce the eating.
A friend in Oregon
and another in California and I
set out to diet together by email.
I made charts of my proposed weight,
set goal dates, promised myself goodies,
listened to motivational tapes,
paid good money for counseling,
years at a time. I set out to write a book,
Who One Couple Lost 500 Pounds,
knowing i lacked a hundred of them
to get to an idea weight.
I tried it all, spent thousands of dollars.
All to finally discover at almost 66
that the money did nothing.
That the solution was free for taking,
an association of fellow sugar addicts,
compulsive eaters, a way of overcoming fear
by walking the twelve simple steps
as the weight rolls off, a free and gratis gift
for the accepting.
