When someone asks me how I feel about losing over 15 stone...

ceiswyn

“I am a sculptor. I am sculpting myself out from base clay. Each new line of muscle, each vein or tendon, each sharp edge of bone that emerges under my tools is a testament to months of struggle and aching care. I am a sculptor, and this is my body that I have made.

“I am an explorer. I am exploring a new world of self. Who is she, this person who walks up hills, who stands solid in Warrior Pose, who walks long-strided through a world of approving glances? What are her bounds, her natural wealths, her needs? I am an explorer in an exciting new wilderness, and this wilderness is my home.

“I am an artist, learning how to paint clothes and accessories on the new canvas of my body. A watercolourist learning to work in oils, I struggle and I fail and I triumph. The paint is sticky on my fingers, rather than flaky, and it comes strangely off the brush. But I am painting a masterpiece, and it is me.”

...generally comes out of my mouth as ‘yeah, it feels pretty good’. Because holy hell, how am I meant to sum up this kind of life change in a sentence for a curious stranger?! Anyone got any nifty one-line replies that I could steal?

dsboohead

Time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself~
Andy Warhol

seltzermint555

dsboohead wrote: »

Time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself~
Andy Warhol

Love this one. Some of this is way too cringe-y for me!

sschauer513

Tell them you found your why.

If you can answer honestly why you want to lose weight, that gives you the motivation to figure out the next step - the how to lose weight, which is easy CICO. Also answering the why gives you the motivation when things don't go right to get back up and continue on.

I think everyone is looking for the easy how part which if it existed no one would be here.

dsboohead

sschauer513 wrote: »

Tell them you found your why.

If you can answer honestly why you want to lose weight, that gives you the motivation to figure out the next step - the how to lose weight, which is easy CICO. Also answering the why gives you the motivation when things don't go right to get back up and continue on.

I think everyone is looking for the easy how part which if it existed no one would be here.

Love it!

musicfan68

Maybe it's just me, but I would be tempted to answer sarcastically "I feel like crap having lost so much weight" as if to say "well, duh, how do you think I feel losing weight?"

mulecanter

It's a simple, honest question that deserves a simple, honest answer. "It feels great."

solieco1

mulecanter wrote: »

It's a simple, honest question that deserves a simple, honest answer. "It feels great."

This, so much this.

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