Fat is putting off
Exercise March 6th, 2009Today is Friday. Yippee! Two days of rest (from work and gym) and two days of dancing (it’s amazing how much I look forward to salsa classes over the weekend). So anyways, as I was saying, today is Friday, which means Friday dressing. I am wearing jeans and a white long-sleeved t-shirt which, I too must admit, is looking pretty damn good. You know, it’s amazing, what the loss of 20 + pounds has done to my morale and confidence. Of course, I have a long way to go. But I am already liking the way I look now. Better, much better.
I was thinking today, on the way to work, how fat puts people off. And if I am honest I too will admit that I don’t find fat men attractive. A little paunch, I may still overlook. But fat men, I do tend to ignore. I know it’s a mean thing to judge people by their appearance. But I am not talking about liking fat people. I have a lot of friends who are over-weight/fat and I love them for who they are. I am just talking about animal male-female attraction.
And that makes me wonder how many people have been put off by my being so fat. The strange thing is that these last few years I didn’t really realise how fat I had become. Sure, I knew I wasn’t thin. But I didn’t realise that I was looking obese. I look at pictures of me in the last few years and I actually cringe.
My need to lose weight isn’t to attract people or to get compliments. I am secure enough a person. But I do need to loose weight to feel good, to feel healthy. For myself. Although it’s good to know that people aren’t looking at me and judging me because I am fat.
God! I just can’t stop talking/writing today. Shall stop right here, right now. Have a great day ladies.
Today’s weight: 172 pounds
Exercise: 55 minutes cardio + 5 mins abs + stretches + 15 mins walk to gym
March 6th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
yay to fridays!
and I completely agree with you with the fat thing…it sounds so shallow and cold, but let’ be honest its true, no need to lie to ourselves or eachother. cheers to feelin and lookin good on casual days! 
keep up the awesomeness we all know it pays off in the end!
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March 6th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
gottaloose4: you know just going by ‘attraction’ can be shallow and cold. and thankfully, we don’t (or atleast most of us don’t) let that guide our lives. would never judge the person for how she or he looks. but yeah, looking good never hurts.
March 8th, 2009 at 6:56 am
interesting. Yep, I saw that 2/3 of Americans are overweight, but only 1/4 of American men say that would date and overweight woman. I’m thinking you are not the only one who feels this way, in fact, I find myself doing that somewhat, but not totally. I do find fat off-putting, but once I know the man the shape doesn’t matter any more if I really like him. I do find myself feeling bad for very overweight women, although really bad if it looks like *soft* weight and not as bad if it looks like they work out and can be active. I totally wouldn’t like the way I have been looking (although that is changing). Like I said, interesting. Glad you’re on the Eileen Challenge! Delita
March 9th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
hey delita! thanks for your comment. I completely agree with you. Once you know the person, it doesn’t matter at all. The whole ‘put-off’ thing is at a complete superficial level. I think it maybe something to do with our genes as well. In stone-age times, the female would selct the strongest looking or the most powerful man because that meant that their progeny would have a greater chance of survival. So really, maybe we’re bound by genes.
Take care and see ya around.