: Episode 884 – Vinnie talks to listener Lisa who has an absolutely fascinating life story and shares her battle with using weight as form of emotional protection…
LISA PEREZ
- Lives in NYC!
- Brooklyn
- Mostly Italian, but also an eighth Cuban
- People can still rag on Italians!
- Only group where you can still do that
- People can still rag on Italians!
- Found Vinnie through Adam Carolla
- Both of her parents checked out when she was young
- Her dad earlier, then her mom was really messed up too
- She always had to help her parents, not the other way around
- Lisa learned from a young age how to be self sufficient
- She used to do phone sex for money
- Also was a clown
- Ended up going over to office work!
- Lisa lived on her own on government money for awhile
- Lisa learned how to use her weight as protection
WEIGHT
- Lisa is now NSNG
- She has learned how to no longer use food for emotional protection
- She is comfortable with herself, weight is no longer her blanket
- Good support for not using lbs as a protection on the NSNG Facebook page
- A lot of people have sabotaged their good progress as a result of abuse
- Self-sabotaging is pretty common but once you overcome it will feel so much better!
- Now, Lisa has lost a bunch and has made real progress
- Don’t be afraid to make a change
- Easier said than done, but do it one day at a time
- On NSNG, you can eat food, you just can’t eat BAD foods!
