the one thing you miss about being fat?
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Absolutely nothing!!!!!!!!0
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My friends being willing to shop, swim, workout with me. Those who are plus sized still suddenly don't feel comfortable around me. I am the same human being and I still love fashion both plus sized and thin, and I would even go just so they could try stuff on without me shopping for me at all but no one wants to anymore. I used to have people over to the house to swim and everyone would be in the water, now they won't even put on a swimsuit in front of me. No one wants to go to the gym with me either. I don't know if they think I am judging them or if my presence makes them judge themselves. I don't judge, I know my success was a combination of circumstances being right and finding a workable system. Somehow I got stuck between worlds. I don't fit in with the plus sized camp anymore and I can't sit idly by while the "skinny all their life" crowd demeans the efforts of those who have to work to just be a size 14.17
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Eating whatever I want and whenever I want.
Not worrying about gaining any weight2 -
Rainboots80 wrote: »I'm always cold now, I miss my heat from blubber
I do as well. Summer was never my season, I couldn't tolerate the heat and would have the AC on full. Now at work I'm always turning off the AC and people look at me odd.
During the winter, I would shovel snow in the middle of a blizzard in a tank top. That's not likely to happen anymore.2 -
My friends being willing to shop, swim, workout with me. Those who are plus sized still suddenly don't feel comfortable around me. I am the same human being and I still love fashion both plus sized and thin, and I would even go just so they could try stuff on without me shopping for me at all but no one wants to anymore. I used to have people over to the house to swim and everyone would be in the water, now they won't even put on a swimsuit in front of me. No one wants to go to the gym with me either. I don't know if they think I am judging them or if my presence makes them judge themselves. I don't judge, I know my success was a combination of circumstances being right and finding a workable system. Somehow I got stuck between worlds. I don't fit in with the plus sized camp anymore and I can't sit idly by while the "skinny all their life" crowd demeans the efforts of those who have to work to just be a size 14.
@triciab79 this is really interesting. Have you ever asked them what changed?2 -
Not being so cold all the time0
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I looked younger with a rounder face and fuller cheeks... Not sure I miss that though.0
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Surprisingly it's shopping! I know one thing said over and over again is how great it would be to finally be able to shop anywhere. But I find it so much harder to shop now for fit and opposed to comfort Going from a 20/22 to a 2/4 does allow more options so to speak but not as much as one would think. But of course I will accept the challenge - never hope to go back!!!3
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I think it's just the free mindset - meaning I would eat without any mental hang ups about the calorie content, whether it's "bad" for me and just enjoy myself in a food vacuum. I could eat alot more and more times in a day too and thus prolong the enjoyment. Ignorance is bliss they say.
But after being so accustomed to exercising your knowledge when it comes to diet, health and fitness - the mindset and habits have become automatic and second nature. You exercise restraint without thinking very much about it. So you can't go all out and stuff your face as your stomach has literally shrank and you simply can't...and somehow mentally many times the reality of stuffing your face when you finally get the chance like how you used to do (after planning specifically for it via calories) no longer seems to live up to the fantasy you had in your head of double dipping oreos in full cream milk while taking bites of fudgy triple chocolate and raspberry and white chocolate brownies in between spoonfuls of gourmet cookie dough ice cream and Baileys / rum n raisin ice cream. Oh and handfuls of chips.3 -
Not a damn thing!!0
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So you can't go all out and stuff your face as your stomach has literally shrank and you simply can't...and somehow mentally many times the reality of stuffing your face when you finally get the chance like how you used to do (after planning specifically for it via calories) no longer seems to live up to the fantasy you had in your head of double dipping oreos in full cream milk while taking bites of fudgy triple chocolate and raspberry and white chocolate brownies in between spoonfuls of gourmet cookie dough ice cream and Baileys / rum n raisin ice cream. Oh and handfuls of chips.
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Oh one more thing.
One thing I miss about being fat. How everyone assumes the worse of you.
I really like that. Because when you shine, they cower. Then they try to cut down your achievements outside of the "fat" label as though that is the only thing in my life that matters by calling you fat, or saying that you are somehow less capable/intelligent/attractive because you are fat - but by then you know how insecure someone must be to have no other comeback or spade to use on you to only have the "fat" card to cut you down.
Also, no one approaches you and your personality is sort of like your saving grace but... (if you weren't fat we could roll).
The number of times I got approached AFTER I lost weight with nice compliments, etc was amazing. The change of treatment was so stark. It made me appreciate the friends and loved ones who stuck by me whether I was fat or thin, didn't matter to them.
It was great fun to be a dark horse.2 -
having a soft built-in cushion for hard chairs... Bony butts are not as comfy2
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Nothing at all0
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having a soft built-in cushion for hard chairs... Bony butts are not as comfyrunningagainstmyself wrote: »Not being cold. I used to be a snow bunny and now I hate winter because I can never manage to stay warm, even with layers upon layers on.
OMG. Tell me about it!! The bones - I need pillows for my knees and my bum. Its so annoying! And the cold! I really enjoyed the cold when I had a little more body insulation on me - now I need 5 layers in bed, and I wear at least 3 thick layers of clothes during EVEN THE SUNNY DAYS IN WINTER.0 -
My breasts.1
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Not there yet but I'll say cold winters...0
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I miss the thicker higher quality material of plus-sized t-shirts. WTH is this "slubbed" garbage? It's all see-thru and looks like it was a hand-me-down from 1962.
I also miss the feeling of being part of the fat girl "norm". They (and my former self) would eat for pleasure and then cheer each other up after a gluttonous feast. Now, when I order healthy options or bring my own food to catered meetings at work, I get the "look" from all the other dietitians as if I think I'm doing it to feel superior. It's kinda the same as when Oprah would lose weight...all the fat mom's at home couldn't relate to her cuz she's part of a different social class called skinny.
I miss going to restaurants or choosing restaurants based solely on what I'm in the mood to eat at that moment vs. a place that has the number of calories MFP says I have left for the day!!!! Damn it to hell!!
And that is about it...
Being 80lbs lighter has 10,000,000,000,000 more positives than these 3 things ANY DAY
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