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Originally Posted by LHB1977
One of my little "fat girl voices" is telling me now "Girl! What are you doing on this website! You are wasting these people's time.
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DUDE! (I'm an equal opportunity "dude"-er. Male, female, all dudes.) Not that I'm one to talk, because I'm the fattest fatty that ever fatted right now, but I do know that you can't do this to yourself. That we, as a collective "we who need to lose weight we" can't do this to ourselves.
I had a dissimilar experience growing up, because I came from an overweight family with big Sunday brunches and lots of cooking and family mealtimes, so weight was never something my folks bothered me about. They were supportive when I tried to lose, but I think they've always realized they have a weight issue too, so they didn't gang up on me about it. BUT...but there were always those friends, colleagues, boyfriends...yeesh, the school bullying and non-dating alone, all that painful, non-supportive stuff that I'm sure contributed to me getting to where I am now physically and emotionally.
But those people, those naysayers -- family, friends, whoever -- you know what? Don't let them win. Get pissed off, get angry if you need to. You're better than that. We're all better than that. And as far as you wasting anyone's time? Please. We could all say that, every time we backslide. But for me, being able to bring some support into someone's week or day or ****, even a moment of making them feel better and know they're not alone, is so worth it to me and never a waste of time. Investing in good people is never a waste of time, and I think I can safely say that most of the folks here would agree with me.
And as far as being able to feel beautiful and worthy and deserving at any size goes? Hmmm. Well I have an idea for another thread about that one.
Oh, and p.s.? The finger jokes are both totally grossing me out and cracking me up at the same time. Hee!