Congrats on being pro-active to control your blood sugar levels and the bonus of dropping one dress size. Awesome!! You may not have it all figured out yet but you are on the right road. Give yourself credit for that much because it opens the door for more awareness.

A key learning from the Nazi's story is that he was motivated by hate. Feeding the haters with more hate is not going to be satisfying nor will it help you over the long run. Whatever people might think of you, or you think they think about you is of no consequence. Turning the hate back will just add fuel to the flames. You want to kill the flames with kindness. Don't let them see your pain and then say a little prayer for them that they might know more love than hate.

When I was in my early 30's I had gained a large amount of weight and it really effected my self esteem. I was studying to be a missionary evangelist... another lifetime ago... lol.... and I was doing some street preaching in Britton England. In the middle of my story a heckler yelled out, 'If God is so good then why are you so fat.' While it made my heart drop and even well up tears in my eys I didn,t flinch. I looked him in the eye over the crowd of people that had gathered and with a smile on my face I said, 'Because God feeds his children well.' The crowd roared with applause and the heckler bowed his head in shame. I went one step further and started to talk about the gift of self love.

I will admit that afterwards I shed some tears about his comment because it really did sting but with the grace of love and the help of my friends I owned the truth that I am more than my body image. I am and no matter what anyone else thinks of me, the things I believe or how I look, I am a precious beautiful woman. As long as I believe that then no one can hurt me.

Life is always challenging our beliefs in ourselves. Everyday we are faced with people trying to take away our power. We don't need to give it to them. They may sting us but they can't hurt us beyond that. We can always choose a different path and hold strong to our power of self love. To me that is the goal. To love yourself no matter what. Hold your head up high no matter what. Give thanks for being alive with all of its challenges day by day. Celebrate yourself and the gift of life.