Quote Originally Posted by Lobodeb
I don't think I have a metabolisim at all! j/k

And I feel as if clothes are getting smaller. Granted I've gained weight, but I see an extra large now and I wonder what I'm supposed to cover my other half with?
I hear that. Actually, it is a fact that clothing sizes (where I live) ARE smaller than the same sizes in most other states. So, basically a large is really a medium and so on, which is just rude IMO. It just really irritates me that everyone is expected to be impossibly thin, and when I go shopping...nothing fits me. Everything left on the racks are smalls, extra smalls and mediums...since all the "normal sized" people probably already picked through what little we have available to us.
I'll admit that the media puts this stress on thin=beautiful, so I have self-esteem problems. I didn't used to feel as bad about myself when I was in shape, but now that I'm out of shape and a huge fat cow...it's really depressing. It makes it moreso when I can't even find clothes that fit, and the fact that all sizes run small here. That's just rediculous to me. I hate looking in magazines, because the "hangars" (aka...the impossibly thin women) that model the clothes do not help me at all figure out if that outfit would look good on me. I would be more incline to purchase clothes if I saw them on a normal person, or someone who is pear-shaped. I'm not straight up and down...I have curves. I've also noticed the trend here for everything (on top of already being small) to be skin tight, or tube shaped. I really hate shopping...
It also irriates me when tiny people complain about being fat. If only they could walk a day in my shoes, they would have no reason to complain! *snicker* A very slim colleague here at work was just saying how fat she was (she's a size 8 - which to me...is a small normal size for a woman, and she looks thin) and wanted to get back into her 3's. Ugh...