Today’s Dieter’s: They Are All Unsung Heros

A salmon run is one of nature’s more awesome sights. If your heart has the tiniest bit of compassion, it will be fanned to fire for these determined fish wanting nothing more than to return home.

As they charge up waterfalls in their determined fight back upstream-their dying skin turns color-on this last foray to ensure the survival of their species by returning to their spawning waters-a part of you will get caught up in cheering them on.

But part of you will also be moved by deep sorrow-for as the skin falls from their dying bodies, the poor salmon are pursued without mercy by every kind of vulture and hunter. Bears, birds, other fish and humans-all seek to gain from the bloody plight of the poor heroic salmon.

As I watched this mixed drama, I was struck with profound awareness of its similarity to the plight of today’s dieters.

Dieters also battle to go home. The welcome mat of their home reads “My perfect weight.” Birth is also the goal of dieters. They seek to give birth to new respect and renewed dignity-to walk the streets and not have to endure the stares of critical people. To be able to see success instead of failure reflected back in the mirror. Among the greater longings of many dieters, is the simple wish for moment of quietude, free from the mind’s constant accusation of “Loser!”

More than 90% of these struggling dieters fail to reach the blissful fields of home. The stream they fight against is filled with personal monsters. From undesirable hand-me-downs of heredity to the dark psychological demons that lurk in the shadows to commercial chemical pirates who scheme to win by tampering with our food. From aging and slowing metabolisms, weary from the passing of time to war torn metabolisms, bruised and damaged from previous battles upstream in search for home.

And like the salmon, as dieters by the millions fight their way towards home, they too are the targets of hunters and vultures. Profit seeking drug companies, marketers, TV hucksters, members from multitude of professions–all waving signs marked “This is the Way Home!”

This is where the salmon and the dieter part ways. The salmon at least knows where home is, the dieter does not. And there is no shortage of ruthless, money-focused minds that will gladly capitalize on this fact.

The irony and the stuff that makes heroes is this: dieters know the risks. Many have lost battles in the past. Yet, the urge to find home, to find peace at last, calls to the dieters very soul. And once more, thought fearful and hesitant, the dieter once more sets out into the wilderness–armed only with courage and hope.

To all you dieters everywhere, I bow to you and your will to keep trying. You are in truth, unsung heroes. For each and every one of you, I sincerely hope you find the peace of home for which you yearn.

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