(2017·6月天津卷)
話題:勵志故事 詞數:323 難度:★★★
At my heaviest I weighed 370 pounds. I had a very poor relationship with food: I used it to kill bad feelings, to make myself feel better, and to celebrate. Worried about my health, I tried many different kinds of diets but nothing worked. I came to believe that I could do nothing about my weight .
When I was 50, my weight problem began to affect me seriously . I didn’t want to live the rest of my life with this extra weight any more.
That year, I attended a seminar (where we were asked to create a project (that would touch the world)). A seminar leader shared her success story—she had not only lost 125 pounds, but also raised＄25, 000 for homeless children.
Influenced by her story, I created the As We Heal(痊癒), the World Heals
project . My goal was to lose 150 pounds in one year and raise＄50, 000 in support of a movement (founded 30 years ago to end hunger). This combination of healing myself and healing the world struck me as the perfect solution.As I began my own personal weight program, I was filled with the fear (that I would run into the same difficulties( that beat me before). While the fear hung over my head, there were also signs that I was headed down the right path . I sent letters to everyone (I knew), telling them about my project. It worked perfectly. Donations began flooding in from hundreds of people.
Of course, I also took some practical steps to lose weight. I consulted with a physician(內科醫生), I hired a fitness coach, and I began to eat small and healthy meals. My fund-raising focus also gave me new
motivation to exercise regularly .A year later, I reached my goal: I lost 150 pounds and raised＄50, 000! I feel that I’ve been given a second life to devote to something (that is meaningful and enormous).
我最重的時候有370磅重。我和食物的關係很差:我用它來消除不好的感覺，讓自己感覺更好，並慶祝。由於擔心我的健康，我嘗試了許多不同的飲食方法，但都沒有奏效。我開始相信我對我的體重無能為力。
當我50歲的時候，我的體重問題開始嚴重影響我。我再也不想帶著這麼重的東西度過餘生了。
那一年，我參加了一個研討會，我們被要求創建一個項目，將接觸世界。一位研討會負責人分享了她的成功故事——她不僅減掉了125磅，還為無家可歸的兒童籌集了25000美元。
受到她的故事,我創建了我們醫治(痊癒),世界上治療項目。我的目標是在一年內減掉150磅，並籌集5萬美元來支持一項30年前成立的結束飢餓的運動。這種治癒自己和治癒世界的結合在我看來是完美的解決方案。
當我開始我自己的個人體重計劃時，我充滿了恐懼，擔心自己會遇到和以前一樣的困難（擔心重蹈以前減肥失敗的覆轍）。儘管恐懼圍繞在我的的腦海, 但有跡象表明我正走在正確的道路上。我給所有認識的人寫信，告訴他們我的計劃。做得很成功。數以百計的人開始捐款。
當然，我也採取了一些實際的步驟來減肥。我諮詢醫生(內科醫生),我聘請了一個健身教練,我開始吃少的,健康的飲食習慣。我對籌款的關注也讓我有了定期鍛鍊的新動力。
一年後，我達到了我的目標:我減掉了150磅，籌集了5萬美元!我覺得我被賦予了第二次生命去致力於一些有意義和意義重大的事情。
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