Published January 16, 2013
If You Had One Shot, Would You Take It?
by Helen M. Ryan
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"Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted in one moment.
Would you capture it or just let it slip?" ~Eminem
There's one pivotal moment that changes your world.
This was mine.
(Warning: This is a very personal account of what motivated me to lose weight. To learn more about what happened and my relationship with my father, read this 2007 post - The Squeeze That Broken The Dam.)