I used to believe that I was normal at over 300 pounds!

MDCT
MDCT Posts: 28
edited September 29 in Motivation and Support
I was just thinking about this, and I was convinced that being 300 pounds or more felt normal. I used to be proud of my weight and bragged about how much I weighed to everybody. In reality I felt like absolute crap. I felt like a skinny kid trapped in a fat person's body. I look back at my pictures that I thought I looked "good" in with disgust. I just didn't believe that I was as big as I was...

DON'T FOOL YOURSELF!

I went from my greatest weight of 320 pounds all the way down to 247 pounds over the last three years. A few months ago my cousin asked me how much I weighed. I told her my weight, and she asked me how much more I'm going to lose and said "you're skinny enough"! My response was "Um, I'm going all the way..."

DON'T LET ANYTHING GET IN YOUR WAY!

My ultimate goal is not to become "normal", it's far beyond "normal". Normal today is average, right? My goal is to become lean, sexy, fit, and to feel awesome all the time.

BE AWESOME!

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  • savvynurse
    savvynurse Posts: 292
    Be what makes you happy! I am AVERAGE and I am loving it. Like the weight I am and am just wan\ting to tone now! Best of luck to you
  • Cilenia
    Cilenia Posts: 208 Member
    And im sure you can do it! Awesome goal, and i wish you good luck on your journey to become the hot and sexy person that is in you
  • Ilovedrinkingtea
    Ilovedrinkingtea Posts: 597 Member
    Inspiring post. Well done on your journey and keep up the good work. I salute you!xx
  • cheeksv
    cheeksv Posts: 521 Member
    It is funny how weird families are when it comes to being healthy.My family are all rather slim compared to me.I was harassed lot but made it seem like I was confident with who I was. And I was sorta but not nearly the weight I wanted to be! I am so happy you made it this far and plan on going further. Keep going and good luck!
  • Krissie_Triaxis
    Krissie_Triaxis Posts: 110
    Normal is a skewed concept. It's like perfection, it differs person to person. :)

    I empathise with your post completely. I get so frustrated when people say 'you don't need to lose anymore you look fab'. I continuously have to remind them that they are being counter productive even though they view it as a positive. I started at 250lbs 5 and half years ago and now weigh 178lbs. I have another 30lbs to go, but to some they think I'm going too far because they only have my old fat self to compare me to. I also feel a little annoyed as the 'you don't need to lose anymore' brings with it the implication that people don't think you've done your homework and researched what your good weight range is, what's healthy for you as an individual etc. They don't mean it that way of course, but that's how it can make me feel.

    You're attitude is the right one, you aren't doing this for anyone else but for you and how you want to feel about you.

    I have a saying I'm living by, 'Be the best YOU that YOU can be'. I am declaring all out war on my remaining 30lbs from today and going for it.

    You go for it, be utterly awesome :D
  • MDCT
    MDCT Posts: 28
    Be what makes you happy! I am AVERAGE and I am loving it. Like the weight I am and am just wan\ting to tone now! Best of luck to you

    Thank you for your post.

    I don't mean to offend you or anyone else in this reply but it has to be done.

    In my opinion being average and happy with it is just settling because you don't want to work hard enough. Why not be better than average? Nevermind, in just a few short years the United States will gain a few extra small pounds... so I guess you'll end up being better than average, unless of course you're not happy until you're "average" again.

    There's a term I'm trying to think of for "average" when referring to weight... "Oxymoron", "Paradox"? I'm not sure.
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