Body Image...

[alphabassettgrrl]

Losing weight is *not* simple for some people. Pru, I'm sorry people treat you so badly.

[MouseWife]

I think it is a double edged sword~ when you are overweight, you can feel uncomfortable to eat. But, if you don't eat, you won't lose weight.

My friend whom I am walking with, I have to tell her to eat. She tells me how she forgot to eat breakfast, how she ran around doing errands but forgot to eat. I try to eat before we go walking. That way it will give me something to burn.

I know with some people, saying you are hungry in front of them will only invite comments. I recall driving around with my mom, Hubby and I had skipped breakfast in our hurry to get the kids out and then to take her on errands. We kept passing delicious smelling Mexican restaurants. I said 'Oh my gosh, can you smell that?' to which she replied 'That is why you are so fat. You want to eat everything.'

So, it ain't easy.

And, back to looks {and not weight}: noses. *sigh* Let's just say, growing up, our family had the nickname 'The Nose Family'.

I'm just sayin'.

[wendybeth]

I know for a fact that losing weight can be problematic. I never, ever had to diet until I hit my 30's. Never. I did go through a super-skinny (anorexic) phase in my mid-teens, but I snapped out of it within months and never did anything so stupid again. I wore an average size (9/10 juniors) until I had Tori, and I actually got pretty close to that size again after with a bit of work. Well, when I hit around 38 it started to creep up on me, and my sisters as well. Quitting smoking, while a definite plus, also zapped my metabolism and now I'm learning the hard way how weird our systems can become with as we age. I work just as hard as ever, eat far less than before, and yet I just can't seem to lose anything. My doc says it's just part of getting older, but at the same time tells me that losing 15-20 pounds would be a healthy thing to do. (Yes, I want to choke her when she says that- the last time I said perhaps a little nicotine would rev up my metabolism, and she quickly backpedaled on the preaching). I don't eat sugar, I eat very little bread or fried foods, and I know I seldom exceed 1500 calories a day. I have just become resigned to doing the best I can for as long as I can, and so long as I am doing that nothing anyone says is really going to get to me. (Now, I just have to stop getting on myself....).