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Originally Posted by krampus
This is the worst. Most people my height and weight look a lot "thinner" than I do. I occupy little volume but I'm still really well padded so to speak.
CONFESSION TIME, I'm such a slave to the scale that a couple pounds makes me feel like a total failure at life and embarrassed to wear a swimsuit to the water park tomorrow
Girl, I would kill to have your body. Just because you gained a couple of pounds doesn't mean you've ballooned to be a fat person. A bit of tough love perhaps, but you're healthy - be happy with that and confident with where you are.
Some of these confessions are super hard to read because it's such a shame we feel so down on ourselves. I know this is a confession thread and the whole point is to just let it out, but in some cases I can't help but feel a good ol' slap around the face would do the trick to snap us out of it! I know that I've needed to slap myself around the face when I've felt irrational thoughts. I've suffered from anxiety all of my life to the point where it's led me to depression, so I know the dangers of negativity. It can make you feel worthless and empty, and I wish it on no one. Instead I focus on the good in my life, the amazing things I have accomplished in my weight loss journey when I feel a bit frumpy, and try my best to see the good in every single day that I live. I'm sorry for sounding like a hippy, but I just can't bear to waste another day feeling sorry for myself when that's all I did for years.
But to contribute to the thread - my worse weight loss habit is that when I reach a milestone I feel like treating myself with food. I almost feel like I don't have to care because I've reached the milestone, it takes gaining a few pounds to realise that I've been stupid and I should stop being silly and keep going! I've lost 50 lbs in a year and 7 months, I could have done it so much faster if I hadn't stalled so many times! But oh welly, I like to enjoy life too I suppose
