You Let Yourself Go

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  • m_snow
    m_snow Posts: 23 Member
    Awesome, thanks for taking the time to write this! Keep on the journey!
  • cutiepie2628
    cutiepie2628 Posts: 415 Member
    Awesome post!!! I felt your pain reading about being fat all your life. I look at pics when I was little and I was always chunky. I hate eating around others because I feel they judge what I eat. But I love... love ... love the positive spin on a negative phrase... you are so right.... I let myself go past the junk food, past all that is unhealthy.... the grocery store is really small when you stay in the produce isle : )
    I will let myself go into the misses dept. at the store and not the women's.... I will let myself buy clothes without a W or an X in the size.
    I will let myself go for a light jog or long walk. I will let myself walk in front of a mirror with out self hate. Oh, such a great post.... good for you.... looking forward to being 'skinny' with ya :)
    I felt ashamed to be in a suit (one piece) at the pool with my kids last year, I sucked in walked tall and wore a cover up.... I am looking forward to this summer letting myself go and strut my thinner self in a new suit (still one piece, cuz this momma's got some stretch marks that I don't want to share) lol.

    Kelle

    You will get there kelle... we all will:flowerforyou:
  • Just1forMe
    Just1forMe Posts: 624 Member
    I love it! You are doing so great...keep up the good work :flowerforyou:
  • missimperfect
    missimperfect Posts: 66 Member
    Wow, this post is amazing!
  • IvoryParchment
    IvoryParchment Posts: 651 Member
    I love your post and your attitude!

    I was a skinny child. I was bullied for other things. And like typical bullied children, I shied away from the other bullied children rather than risk the bullies starting to harass me for my choice of friends, too. It never occurred to any of us that we should all stick together and stop feeling inferior to the bullies.

    My elementary school bus held 44 kids, two to a seat, but the "capacity" was 66, assuming we'd all squeeze three to a seat. There were 46 kids assigned to the bus route, so the last two kids had to squeeze into someone else's seats for the last part of the trip. And those two little sisters were both morbidly obese. The poor girls had to walk down the aisle trying to find a place to sit -- the driver couldn't go with anyone standing -- while everyone looked out their windows and avoided their gazes. And I was one of the kids sitting in my seat doing the same thing, never saying anything. I was part of the crowd that made those kids' lives hell. I carry that guilt to this day.
  • RhondaRowsell
    RhondaRowsell Posts: 33 Member
    Wonderful post. Thank you for writing it.
  • StacySkinny
    StacySkinny Posts: 984 Member
    the grocery store is really small when you stay in the produce isle : )
    I will let myself go into the misses dept. at the store and not the women's.... I will let myself buy clothes without a W or an X in the size.
    I will let myself go for a light jog or long walk. I will let myself walk in front of a mirror with out self hate.

    Kelle, this was such an inspiring response! I loved it! :D Thank you!
  • Bloom23
    Bloom23 Posts: 42
    Love it! YOU are awesome!! Go for it!
  • sarahkatara
    sarahkatara Posts: 826 Member
    I wish we could make this the first post anyone should read. you're wonderful- keep letting yourself go and enjoy every second of it. you deserve it. :flowerforyou:
  • stephabef
    stephabef Posts: 936 Member
    I love this. You go, girl! Seriously, this post is so inspirational that it brought tears to my eyes. You got this <3
  • StacySkinny
    StacySkinny Posts: 984 Member
    Thankfully that part of our lives is over but not forgotten.

    NEVER forgotten, sis! We can't ever forget. Because I know as easy as it was to put the weight on it will be just as easy to put it on yet again if I'm not vigilant. I can't ever forget that! :)
  • StacySkinny
    StacySkinny Posts: 984 Member
    I can't tell you what it means to me to hear you all say such supportive things. I really am honored and you guys make me very thankful to be a part of this community! Thank you, guys!
  • carrie145
    carrie145 Posts: 297
    Very well said!! That brought tears to my eyes!! Good luck on letting go and God bless you!!
  • MFR1974
    MFR1974 Posts: 92
    ((hugs)) I hear you. I often wonder which is worse, the judgement of others, or the judgements we place on ourselves. Hope you find you can love for yourself and can move forward with a clean conscience.
  • paxetamore
    paxetamore Posts: 399 Member
    Great post lady!!! Woohoo to letting ourselves go :drinker:

    btw, i see a blog with a huge following in your future...
  • SWilland
    SWilland Posts: 232 Member
    :drinker: Bravo! This is exactly how I feel as well.
  • L2M1D52
    L2M1D52 Posts: 616 Member
    Awesome! Be proud :drinker:
  • tanniew78
    tanniew78 Posts: 602 Member
    You.Are.FANTASTIC!
  • vashtione
    vashtione Posts: 22
    wow girl- I read this and cried all the way through!!:sad: It was like you were talking to me, about me!
    except you forgot the one about when I tried to ride a roller coaster ride and I squished down in the seat. The bar wouldnt shut tight so 3 of the workers came over and pushed on it trying to make it tight while everone else starred and pointed and laughed. finally they asked me to leave. So the guy I went there with had to ride alone and I had to walk backwards through the line passing people and hearing remarks.I went to the nearest restroom and cried - one of the worst days of my life!! :cry: Things have got to change!!
    I want to "let myself go" too!! thank you for inspiring me tonight!!!!!! your awesome!:flowerforyou:
    And remeber the number on the scale shows how much our body weighs it does not determine our self worth!!!!
  • Kelene616
    Kelene616 Posts: 166 Member
    Best post I have ever read. I love you!
  • chicky89
    chicky89 Posts: 260 Member
    I ned to print this off and keep it in my pocket when I need motivation!!!!! Wow
  • 01kaylie02
    01kaylie02 Posts: 2
    :heart: This is INCREDIBLE!!! You've inspired me, and so many others! You should feel proud of that feat alone! I know you will reach your goals, and you will do it with a BANG!!! Best of luck to you!! :heart:
  • StacySkinny
    StacySkinny Posts: 984 Member
    You've inspired me, and so many others! You should feel proud of that feat alone!..

    I never thought that my own personal issues would inspire others. I'm so happy that it has though! It makes me wish I was able to do it again. I've gotten so much inspiration from you guys, the least I can do is to try and give a little back.

    If I was a good writer I would try and start a blog, maybe help motivate others. But I think this might have been a one time deal, as I was just kind of writing this to myself, as a way to help remind me why I'm doing all this. lol Oh well, once I successfully lose the weight maybe that will be an inspiration to others. I really hope so, there is nothing I would love better than to help other people to do what we are all struggling with right now. It would give a purpose to what I've been through, a reason why I went through it. It would be nice to know that all of this has been for a good reason. :)
  • JDetro22
    JDetro22 Posts: 13
    I love this. Friend request on it's way, darling! :-)
  • halfsizeheather
    halfsizeheather Posts: 45 Member
    this is an amazing post and i can really relate.

    thank you. :heart:
  • Theresa0577
    Theresa0577 Posts: 24
    wow what awesome words!!!!!!

    I'm sorry people treated you like that, they treated me like that as well; BUT we are both going forward and know we are BETTER than what our bodies portray. NO ONE knows the situation you went through when they are judging you, and it's NOT right for them to judge on external...It's one of my biggest pet peeves and yet people stare at you when you aren't the "norm" weight, like they have a say in the matter (they don't and never will). But to read this post and hear your positive attitude is amazing, and it's exactly what needed to be said!

    So proud of you...Keep up the amazing work on YOU :):)
  • FITnFIRM4LIFE
    FITnFIRM4LIFE Posts: 818 Member
    Your attitude is amazing! People can be so cruel..But you have the mindset to do it! Thanks for this post!
    Proud of you!!
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    Thank you! I'm proud of the weight loss so far, but I still have a LONG way to go! lol Sucks losing almost 50 lbs and no one even noticing. :P

    Hang in there mate! Your doing great. Well done! We are all Right behind u! :)

    I find it helps if you *fake it till you make it*

    Right from the start of my 30 kg weight loss 19 months ago I pretended I was already at goal weight & was actually quite cocky haha. Visualization!! It really works... That & breaking the weight loss down into 5kg blocks. I knew I would make it cos in mymind all those months ago when I started I was that mentally tough & ready because I was living the dream already! Literally faking till I made it. 3.5 kg for me to lose now. All the best. & thanks for such an inspirational post!!
  • Fishing4Stars
    Fishing4Stars Posts: 46
    My situation was a little different, but I get it! When I was a little kid, I was so short and skinny the doctors told my mom to feed me high calorie foods like ice cream every day, but I never gained weight. Puberty came along and solved that problem - from the age of twelve I just blew up like a balloon, and had no idea what was going on. Right when kids start getting mean and body conscious. I quit my dance classes because I couldn't stand to be in a leotard in front of a giant mirror in a room full of skinny girls. And of course, nobody actually teaches you as a kid how to handle your weight or fitness in a healthy manner - seriously, what is phys. ed. for? In my school, phys. ed. was for the fit kids to show off and make fun of the fat kids.

    But I turned it around and f-ing love that other people are doing it too! It's been 5 years since I went off to college and swore I would figure out how to manage my weight and fitness, now my weight is in the "green" zone on the BMI scale, and I'm going on a 7 day bike trip in the midwest this winter. You can do it! Fat kids getting fit unite!
  • teeley
    teeley Posts: 477 Member
    I just let something go too....the flood gates....I am bawling here reading this....absolutely amazing!!! Thank you so much for opening your heart and soul to us. This is truly what I needed at this moment in life!!!

    Thank you
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