Seriously I'm that big???

Zaggytiddies

If it makes you feel any better I'm 151.8 pounds, still fat, and I don't have any friends. Ha! This journey is yours and you'll have your own struggles. This is just one of them. It'll pass and you can rock on wit yo bad self! Just don't quit! I started try to lose weight about this time last year, made it a month, lost about 8 pounds and quit. I can't help but think that if I'd just kept going I'd be where I wanted to be right now! Don't make the same mistake!

michelegbowman

You have gorgeous hair? Do you realize that? And beautiful skin.

When you DO LOSE the weight, when you get down to that 151 pounds you'll be every bit as slim as she is AND you've got the goods that money can't buy....good genes...

SO keep on losing and think of your friend as an INSPIRATION...she is likely to help you by steering you away from the bad stuff.

Ask for her help. She is likely willing and happy to go on a walk with you....go to a movie and bring air popped popcorn and carrot sticks...Whenever you look at how good she looks -- think to yourself "She can do it so I can do it too."

Good luck and keep us posted.

nmp1994

I know exactly how you feel! You are here now, making some changes for you!
Keep it going and stay focused on what's important to YOU

helenbeee

I had a sneaky suspicion I was fatter than I thought I was when I visited my sister and my Mum and I had been shopping and bought a fitted tunic top and tried it on to show them. It was when I asked my Mum if it looked alright and said thank goodness my boobs are so big that my stomach doesnt stick out....only to be told quite reluctantly might I add by my sister that actually my stomach was out further than my breasts. I didnt believe her at the time about a week later I donned lycra pants and top and made my husband take full length photos of me from all angles. When I saw the pictures I was so shocked I cried and I cried and I cried. I felt so sad that I had failed to see what I had done to myself over a 17 year period. I couldnt believe how I had abused and resented my body to the extent that I had 'punished' it so ruthlessly. When we overeat we make our organs work overtime all the time. It puts huge amounts of stress on our systems. I was shocked that I was the perpetrator of that level of abuse to myself that I didnt care enough to take care of the the gift I had. Thats when I felt the love I love my body and I feel responsible for keeping it healthy and fit. I feel like a parent and my body is my child I look after it, nurture it and keep it safe in return it rewards me with health and happiness. Its good that you are devastated, its good that you feel sadness that is how you should feel when you are faced with the truth. Put a limit on the mourning period and then feel excited about what is about to happen because it is exciting, amazing and incredibly revealing. It will empower you and you will look great on your wedding day even if you have only lost 10, 20 or 30 pounds. It will show and it will show in your face because you will be different in a good way to who you are now. Just go for it!!!!

helenbeee

I've always known I'm bigger then my friends but usually I think of it as a size or two. This weekend I was out with a friend who has recently lost weight(she looks great!) and she informed me she is now 151lbs. OH MY GOD I weigh almost 100 lbs (actually exactly 100lbs from where I started)more then her???? This was a shocker, it's not that I don't know I'm big I just didn't think I was THAT big!
IT makes me so sad to relaize she lost 40lbs and now is at a weight I don't even dream of hitting, yet when I've lost 40lbs I'll still be over 200lbs!!!!
HOw did I never see how big I was? Heck I thought I'd be looking good if I'm down under 200lbs by my wedding, how did I kid myself?

Look at it this way...clearly you have great self esteem!! We look at ourselves every day and we just don't see it. It sounds like you were comfortable in your own skin and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I was the same way. It's just time to move onto an even better you!!

I'm kind of saddened by reading some of these responses and the reactions some of you had when you realized that you had some weight to lose. My wake up call was a picture, and my incentive was to maintain good health, but I have never, nor would I ever allow myself to feel bad about the situation!! No one should make you feel bad about yourself, least of all you!!

there is nothing wrong with feeling bad, sad or angry they are valid emotions we cannot be happy and even all the time we are not designed that way. Sometimes we need to feel these negative emotions so we can fully appreciate the difference that one feels when glad happy and motivated.