the "if they dont treat themselves well why should i" mentality really frustrates me. That is exactly when we SHOULD be treating people well. Because that is when people need it most!

Part of why I am losing is for my career. I have always had high self esteem and told off people like doctors who made inappropriate or medically incorrect comments about my weight. But my job involves some client-facing business trips and I think they will go much better if I am what society considers a normal size. Not to mention, the flying to see the clients is easier.

Originally Posted by mkendrick:
One thing I've noticed is that I'm treated more like a "lady" now that I'm thinner. Doors opened for me, people constantly asking if I need help carrying anything or anything of that nature, I dunno...hard to explain. But it's definitely a treatment that I had never gotten before. And it happens even when I go to Walmart in my PJs, messy hair, and haven't showered, hehe.

I don't want to argue with what each of you have experienced, but I have always been treated the way mkendrick describes above. Sometimes, I even think to myself, "I look really crappy today and I'm 20# overweight, why on earth are people going out of their way to be so nice to me?"

And I live in Boston, so it's definitely not that people are so nice here! :p