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How to handle situation with close friend
A little over a year ago I made the decision to get rid of a lot of excess weight when I got on the scale and the number I saw brought me to tears. It was 260 on the nose, and the resulting journey has been filled with ups, downs, challenges, setbacks, slumps, plateaus, breakdowns, minor victories, triumphs, mini and major…
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People treating you differently as result of weight loss
I've been overweight my entire adult life and through most of my teens, and was largely ignored in public as a result. Over the past few months, I've noticed people treating me differently. For instance, today, on my way to class, I stopped at a little cafe to pick up a snack, and as I was approaching, a young man on…
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One third of the way there!
I set out on this journey with 130 pounds to lose, and today, I officially hit the 1/3 mark! 43 pounds gone (yes, my marker reads less, but I count since my heaviest weight, which was 260, not 234, my starting weight here). Quickly approaching one half of the way there and going strong. As I write this, I'm wearing the…
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Am I being rude by not going to dinner with my family?
Ok, here's the situation: I'm a vegetarian. I don't eat animals of any kind, land, air or sea animals. My family is meeting my uncle's girlfriend's dad tonight at a fish restaurant. They asked me if I wanted to go. I said no. They think I'm being rude because they want me to go. To be accommodating, I looked up their menu,…
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Finally got some support and encouragement at home :)
My family isn't the most supportive. They have habits which sabotage me and they don't seem to care or understand that I'm doing the things I'm doing for a reason, and that when things get tough, I need help, and can fail when I don't have that help. Today, I wasn't feeling very good, it's... erm... 'shark week' (sorry, if…
