I'm FAT .... are you?

[kimlovescats]

All of my life I was teeny tiny and generally underweight. Of course I am small-framed and only 5'1". Over the past few years, I guess about 5 or so now, I have increasingly gained and gained and gained!!! I am pretty positive it started the most when I had to start on anti-depressants ... which I will most likely be on for life. Anyway .... I am now diabetic thanks to my ballooned weight and lousy eating habits.

Now ... to my purpose of this poll (do I have one...lol)



Basically I have become "comfortable" so to speak with being "fat".... not comfortable in a healthy sense, my blood sugar is very hard to control and I feel lousy most of the time. By comfortable I mean .... content, accustomed, settled, non-motivated to change. Hmmm.... could it be that I actually enjoy being fat!!!??? I don't know ... but I know that people (women in particular) tend to accept me better and treat me nicer. I was fairly attractive when I was thin, and had very few female friends ..... which I think is the case for most girls ... and it is a SAD testament to how insecure we women are!!!! Also, I have been amazingly surprised at how "accepting" my hubby is of my fuller figure! Could it also be that he feels more secure at this point in our lives with having a wife that doesn't get "the looks" anymore????

What do you all think? I am posting this poll with many choices ...

[joanofark]

I'm happy with myself

[DJFyrewolf36]

Im happy with the way I am!! Im nither thin nor fat...kind of in the middle. I could stand to loose about 10 lbs or so but hey, I eat healthy *have to, I have the oposite problem of you Kim* and my hubby thinks Im attractive *and his friends do too...ick*.

[aly]

I graduated high school as a very in-shape, thin girl. Started college about 5 years ago and got diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Then the pounds started piling on It has been very hard for me and I hate my body now. I'm really making an effort to get myself back in shape, but diabetes really complicates things.

Off the topic, but if you ever need moral support or have questions about diabetes, please don't hesitate to email me. It is a constant battle of emotions and not easy, but I feel like I'm finally coming to terms with it. Naomi is also diabetic and she has helped me out emotionally so much. Sometimes it just helps to have another diabetic to talk to. I assume you have type 2, are you on pills or insulin? I'm insulin dependant and give myself 4 shots a day .. very used to it though!

[anna_66]

I didn't vote as nothing really matched the way I feel about myself.
I'm not fat, but definately not thin!
I've never been a thin person but a couple of years ago when I was having my thyroid problem I lost alot (about 50 lbs) of weight. Of course then I could eat what I want and didn't gain weight (but I felt terrible all the time ). I loved being thin since I had never been before. I could wear a size 3/4 and was extatic about it.
But now that I have things under control I've gained about 30 of those lbs back and am wearing a size 9. Which is smaller than I was before.
I think if I could just exercise (which I hate ) I would look just fine.
So I guess I'm happy with my weight just not my flab

[Cincy'sMom]

I've never been thin, even in high school when I was in sports year round. It has never bothered me. Ideally, I should loose weight, but realistically, I stilll play softball and take jazz lessons, and for the most part can keep up ith the high school girls I take a classes with. If I was uncomfortable or unable to do those things, I would be concerned, but for now I am happy with my fat, food loving self!!!

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

I'm the opposite of you Kim, tall - 5'10" to be exact, so it's a little easier for me to "hide" a lot of extra weight. Most people are amazed when I tell them what I weigh because I don't look it becuase it's spread out so much.

I've struggled with my weight ever since I was a teenager, but now that I've gotten older I feel comfortable even when I've gained a few pounds. I find that it's not necessarily how much one weighs, but the attitude and self-confidence they portray that makes the difference in how people react to them.

In our society so much emphasis is put on being thin and having the "perfect" body. Most women think if they gain a few pounds men will think they're "fat" and unattractive. Again, that's not the case - it's the attitude and self-confidence that men find attractive and the poor self-confidence they find a turn off. I just wish more young girls would realize this sooner.....

ALTHOUGH it does appear that being overweight is becoming more and more acceptable in our society and that is not a good thing just because of the health implications of it. But I know losing and maintaining a healthy weight is a very difficult thing, and sometimes you just feel like saying to hell with it all and not have food run your life all the time - at least that's the way I feel sometimes.

[G.P.girl]

i did't choose any of them, because none really apply to me. i know i'm not "fat" but i feel like i'm fatter than i should be, so i'm constantly trying to loose weight (which, due to my extreme love of chocolate, cake and sweets in general, doesn't really work) i'm 5'6'' and i wiegh 139 puonds. it makes me feel really fat even though i know it's alot of muscle wieght...but still. anyway, i feel fat, but i don't think i really am compared to other people my age. that's actually one of my biggest fears of getting older (even though i'm only 14) , is getting fat...i love being in shape and i would hate it if i were one of those people who doesn't have enough time to work out, and when they do they're stuck on a treadmill in a gym somewhere. anyway, end of post now

[isis]

I'm not really thin, but not fat. I'm happy the way I am.

[Sirrahsim]

I am 5'3" and weigh 143 lbs. My highest weight ever was 150 just about a month ago before my wisdom tooth surgery. When I got married in April of 2003 I weighed somewhere between 120-125. I hear that marriage makes a lot of people gain weight Mostly because people are a) under a lot of stress, or b) finally content and not worried about what everyone else thinks. I fall under B. I have the greatest husband who loves me so much and just tells me that any weight I put on is "More to love". That statement is sooooo cheesy, but I know he means it.
On the other hand, I know that I need to lose some weight because I am above my healthy weight range. I'm trying, but my thyroid is all messed up and (I think) slightly overmedicated so it is quite difficult to shed the flab. So anywho, I wear a size 13 in Juniors (though I *DO* have one size 8 skirt that fits nicely) and I wouldn't mind being back in single digits, but as long as my heart and all that is healthy, I'm happy

[Cookiebaker]

yea, I'm pleasantly plump. But I thank God that I'm ugly, 'cause I don't want dirty old men staring anyway.

I'm trying to lose some weight right now, watching what I eat, and filling up on fresh fruit & veggies. It's a tad bit discouraging 'cause our scale at work reads 16 pounds heavier than here at home. And I have a feeling it's more accurate.

My main goal is to be comfortable and lose a dress size. I'm currently a 16, but I want to get down to a 14.

[sirrahbed]

I have always been prone to overweight but nothing like now My usual adult weight at 5"5" was 140-150 pounds and size 10/12. Bad stress events and health troubles over the past 4 years and I am carrying 60 extra pounds and my clothes have X's instead of numbers. I feel miserable this way. I have moderate kidney failure and also have thyroid disease which complicates everything (shared it with Missy!!) I look at pictures of the way I used to look and thought I was fat then! Now I see that I looked GREAT! Sheesh! I was actually rather normal and nice looking. I just did not know it. Thankfully, hubby still thinks I look like a Rueben painting and I figure God times loss of eyesight at just the correct age
Anyway, I am going to Curves (a woman only workout place three times a week), but BAD about eating too many sweets
Yes, I used to get hit on before and that doesn't happen anymore and there is a chance I have uglied myself up in an attempt to keep such unwanted advances away. I was also accused of being flirty - which I never was.
I recently bought some new clothes to replace to ever present baggy sweats and scrubs, but I sure would like to grab things off the racks again or just slip into anything out of my closet!!

[binka_nugget]

Yep, I'm fat. It's not so much the looks that bother me but it's the health issues. I know I'm not even close to being in shape so I'm planning on working really hard to get back into shape this summer. If I was still fat but pretty much in shape, I'd be content with myself.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

I'm not heavily overweight, nor skinny, but I think I could lose a few more pounds.

I try to go jogging with Daisy every other day, and since summer is here I'll be able to do that more often. Maybe I'll even try the treadmill, or start lifting weights. My diet is pretty good, since I'm not really into a whole lot of "junk food".

[CatMama78]

Yep, I'm fat and not happy about it, yet not motvated to do much about it. In high school I was between 111 and 125 and thought I was so fat. I look at those pictures now and would give a finger to be that skinny. I'm not going to say how much I weigh. Too much . I wear a 16, too. I would be happy in a 8 or ten, cause I like a not TOO skinny figure. Plus I'm short, 5'3,, so my 16 is probably someone else's 18-20 I too have a BF that says he loves me no matter what, but if you're not happy with yourself that's hard to accept.