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Originally Posted by Lost Dog
Googling "fat and happy."
If you google "fat and happy," you get a bunch of crap. It includes sites that tell you that you can remain fat (and happy) and stay healthy. Perhaps this is true. Personally, I think it's a justification. You may be healthy and fat. Good blood profile, etc. But, you're telling me that you actually WANT to be fat? No? Then why did you click on that link? Move on.
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In terms of my own battle with my weight,(female currently 299-300lbs 5'9) I found that my whole life, the extra pounds always held me back. So it directly affected happiness from a physical standpoint then leading to an emotional one.
I wasn't a lazy kid either, not in high school & not in college...I hated the fat & lazy stereotype...and refused to let it be the case with me. I was active & always played sports - swimming, volleyball, softball, soccer...but I was still bigger than everyone else.
In 6th grade they discovered that I was hypothyroid. For those who may not know what it is..it's easier to google it...but the easy version is that it slows down your metabolism, and everything else in your body...an makes it easier to gain weight, and far harder to lose it. I had been told forever that it wasn't my fault, so I continued to eat the way I did, and just got bigger and bigger. Until 2003...when I started doing something about it.
Weighing in at about 345lbs at that point, I was miserable. The funny part is, yes I have lost weight...down to around 299-300...and I am SO much happier. I'm still not small...but I am at this point, "fat & happy" I am mostly at peace with it because I am healthy, no diabetes, low cholesterol, no high blood pressure...etc except for the hypothyroidism. Which is out of my control. And part of the reason that the weight loss is slow...and frustrating.
Going to the gym gave me such a sense of strength, and I guess belonging to a community of "healthy" people that I finally began to feel normal. I stopped feeling like that "fat girl" inside and it made me happy. I love being a strong woman...and showing off my 410lb leg press...and though I would like to continue to lose the weight because I can only imagine I will continue to be happier and happier...I have accepted who I am at this weight...at this point in my life, because if I don't...I'll surely go backwards again!
Ultimately, everyone has to choose their own path to happiness, and figure out what will get them there!!
Thank you for this post...as always your posts are thoughtful and full of insight!
8) Kris