What it's like to be 'Ruby' - TV Program

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Someone started a thread on this sometime back after watching it....I don't get the channels so haven't watched it yet but have seen the numerous clips on the web and site. There are some interesting/helpful links for motivation.:drinker:

I think she's a pretty cool chick ....beautiful and a great sense of humor & very motivating to watch .... I believe she WILL succeed...I wish her nothing but the best.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

http://www.mystyle.com/mystyle/shows/ruby/livinglarge/index.jsp

http://www.mystyle.com/mystyle/shows/ruby/

Here's something interesting from her site::happy:

Ruby is an amazing woman trying to lose hundreds of pounds without surgery, miracle diets or shortcuts. Just one person—mind, body and soul—in the fight to save her life.

Straight from Ruby, read what it's like to be in her shoes.

I have lived in this unusually huge shell since I can remember. How I got to be so big is a question I would like answered on my journey. I have battled this a long time. I feel like I am always getting in the boxing ring with this beast that has no name. He always seems to win. I start off strong and determined, and in the first three rounds I take him down. But right before my eyes—yet at the same time I'm blinded by him—he grows bigger. Before I know it, he has knocked me out of the ring.

Usually at that point I am so beaten up that I can't even crawl back. Sometimes it takes me years to get back in the ring. This is the darkest side of me; a side that is unknown, a side I haven't yet conquered. It's a side of defeat, hopelessness and despair. A side I hate to admit. A side I hate to visit. I become so numb.

This is when you feel weak as a human being. You wonder why you even exist. And in those darkest hours, I pray, "God, please help me! Someone, please help me and hear my cry and come save me!" And, somewhere in the midst of all this, something in me rises up and refuses to give up.

I refuse to let it conquer me, no matter how many times I get beat up. I fall hard and fail. Sometimes it looks like a no-win situation, and I feel like everyone around me believes I can't do this, because they have watched me fail thousands of times. But something inside me finds a way to push through and fight again. I feel my God-given destiny wants to meet me. My faith rises up and once again believes enough for everyone.

This is the me I love. This is the me I want to always be. I am fighting for her to arise from the innermost part of me. She rises many times but never stays. This time she will rise and win and kick the Beast for the last time.

It will be the hardest road, but I am ready to conquer the Beast for me, and for others like me. I have my moments in darkness. But I have been in the light more than the dark. I have been happy more than sad, and I have laughed out loud for a lifetime. I will always laugh. I am addicted to laughing and life. Even though my life has been limited by my obesity, the life I have lived has been very happy and fulfilled.

I will not let my flaw define me. I went out into the world at 700 pounds knowing I was not accepted.

But I refuse to not live life to the fullest with my family and friends. I thank God that He gave me strength to face a world that was not accepting of me. By facing this world, I've found there are a lot more good people out there than bad. I have laughed more than cried, I have fought more than I have surrendered, I have danced, and I have seen the beauty in people. And through all of this, I still believe.

I still believe in myself, which is the most precious gift of all!

What a lovely heart as well.....:flowerforyou:

Fitness_Chick

Someone started a thread on this sometime back after watching it....I don't get the channels so haven't watched it yet but have seen the numerous clips on the web and site. There are some interesting/helpful links for motivation.:drinker:

I think she's a pretty cool chick ....beautiful and a great sense of humor & very motivating to watch .... I believe she WILL succeed...I wish her nothing but the best.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

http://www.mystyle.com/mystyle/shows/ruby/livinglarge/index.jsp

http://www.mystyle.com/mystyle/shows/ruby/

Here's something interesting from her site::happy:

Ruby is an amazing woman trying to lose hundreds of pounds without surgery, miracle diets or shortcuts. Just one person—mind, body and soul—in the fight to save her life.

Straight from Ruby, read what it's like to be in her shoes.

I have lived in this unusually huge shell since I can remember. How I got to be so big is a question I would like answered on my journey. I have battled this a long time. I feel like I am always getting in the boxing ring with this beast that has no name. He always seems to win. I start off strong and determined, and in the first three rounds I take him down. But right before my eyes—yet at the same time I'm blinded by him—he grows bigger. Before I know it, he has knocked me out of the ring.

Usually at that point I am so beaten up that I can't even crawl back. Sometimes it takes me years to get back in the ring. This is the darkest side of me; a side that is unknown, a side I haven't yet conquered. It's a side of defeat, hopelessness and despair. A side I hate to admit. A side I hate to visit. I become so numb.

This is when you feel weak as a human being. You wonder why you even exist. And in those darkest hours, I pray, "God, please help me! Someone, please help me and hear my cry and come save me!" And, somewhere in the midst of all this, something in me rises up and refuses to give up.

I refuse to let it conquer me, no matter how many times I get beat up. I fall hard and fail. Sometimes it looks like a no-win situation, and I feel like everyone around me believes I can't do this, because they have watched me fail thousands of times. But something inside me finds a way to push through and fight again. I feel my God-given destiny wants to meet me. My faith rises up and once again believes enough for everyone.

This is the me I love. This is the me I want to always be. I am fighting for her to arise from the innermost part of me. She rises many times but never stays. This time she will rise and win and kick the Beast for the last time.

It will be the hardest road, but I am ready to conquer the Beast for me, and for others like me. I have my moments in darkness. But I have been in the light more than the dark. I have been happy more than sad, and I have laughed out loud for a lifetime. I will always laugh. I am addicted to laughing and life. Even though my life has been limited by my obesity, the life I have lived has been very happy and fulfilled.

I will not let my flaw define me. I went out into the world at 700 pounds knowing I was not accepted.

But I refuse to not live life to the fullest with my family and friends. I thank God that He gave me strength to face a world that was not accepting of me. By facing this world, I've found there are a lot more good people out there than bad. I have laughed more than cried, I have fought more than I have surrendered, I have danced, and I have seen the beauty in people. And through all of this, I still believe.

I still believe in myself, which is the most precious gift of all!

What a lovely heart as well.....:flowerforyou:

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