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Houston, Texas 77058
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Denise@onebodyonechoice.com
Read about Chris’s method for change at www.openeyeexposures.com or visit his facebook page.
Denise Cazes
It's embarrassing to go to the doctor's office to have them tell you that they can't weigh you because you are too big to fit on their scale. It's even more disconcerting, to me at least, to buy an extra extra large capacity scale (rated for 550 lbs), and read the letters "ERR" as your weight.
I am Chris McGinnis, and I choose to define myself as the word, "Change." For so long, I believed it when people told me I was stupid, useless, a waste of space, etc... I believed people when they told me, "I'm doing you a favor by being with you..." Truth be told, they were right. I chose to believe that, and in turn, I became all of those things they said. I remember the pain, anguish, and humiliation of hearing this things and telling myself, "They are right," as I was laying in a bed unable to function due to some injuries. I just stuffed it down and went along with it. Eventually, I became a mass that just occupied space. I distinctly remember someone telling me, "I don't love you, I don't want you, and I never will. The only reason I'm here is because i can't find anyone better." The words play in my mind like a broken record. The endless cycle of abuse. Humorously, that phrase has been spoken to me on multiple occasions by multiple people with only slight variation. I owe that statement a lot of gratitude. It has helped me in so many ways. Thinking about it, it was a driving force for me to look in the mirror and realize that I had completely lost sight of myself. It also gave me a lot of fuel to motivate me to go find myself. The most important thing is, I was blessed with a desire to change.
Here is a condensed version of my aspirations to become everything that I never was.
I started off in the ballpark of 570 lbs with neither a self-
It doesnt begin with a magic pill or elixir. It begins with a decision. The decision to create the perfect me. Much like marriage, a true physical change requires a solid relationship with the body and mind's needs, and, most importantly, a commitment. For a long time, I chose to just exist in this world. One day I looked in the mirror and realized that I had no clue as to whom or what I was staring. I decided it was time to find the real me. We all have an ideal image of what we want to be. I hear people say, "I'm going to start my diet tomorrow," or "I'm going to go work out tomorrow," but tomorrow never comes. Everyday the same excuses and procrastinations are presented, and in the end, nothing ever comes of it. While I was standing there staring at this guy who was hundreds of pounds overweight, I said something different. I said to the mirror, "Your time is up. Today you will change." At that point, I made the decision to become everything I will be. It's not about accepting oneself, its about moving forward and becoming everything you have the potential to be. Your body reflects the state of your mind and emotion. It's like a sculpture that is made from clay, and every decision made is another step in its creation. I didn't expect to see results over night. After all, it took me 30 years to get where I am in the first place. I will say, the decision to change was instant, and the results appeared immediately in the form of a commitment to see it through. This was going to be the learning experience of a lifetime. I decided I was going to do this the old fashioned way, without any kind of weight loss surgery. That means that knowledge of exercise and food are going to be key.