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For a huge majority of the population our weight is a constant battle. We battle if we're skinny and want to stay skinny. We battle if we're fat and want to lose weight. Plus Size Babes battle against the "skinny" girl getting "the" jobs, "the" men, "the" wannabe bodies; and the Pencil Princess's battle if they're "too skinny", not curvy enough, or feeling like they're stuck in a kids' body...
I'm personally somewhere between a size 12-14. I'm 5'4" and considered Obese. Not pleasantly plump, not Rubanesque, not even big-boned. Clinically I'm type two Obesity. I work out about four times a week, and have been on Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, Proenzii, Hydrocycut, Thermogenics, Euphendrine & Caffeine pills, you name it I've done it. The only time I was a size 9 was when I was on diet pills and drinking five cups of coffee and smoking a pack a day... highly unhealthy. But I was SKINNY!
I think its funny: We've become a society of Fatists, and the new minority is the plus size.
To prove my point, there was a woman at my old place of employment who had worked there for over four years. She had a corner cube, she was motivated, extremely smart, yet never really got promoted. Two years ago, she went on Weight Watchers and lost over 80 pounds and got a promotion. Coincidence? I think not! Especially because two other employees were inspired by her success and took her lead - they each lost over 30 pounds, and suddenly they, too, were promoted!
I recently went to an agency, which was excited to meet with me.
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Re: Are We A Society Of Fatists?
By Michelle Kenneth, May 30, 2008 at 13:33Stacey~I completely understand what you're talking about. But rest assured, my 5'10" beautiful blonde size 6 friend is almost in the same boat that we plus-sized women are in...we reject ourselves before the rest of the world rejects us. Then if we decide to give someone a chance, we freak out when all of our insecurities that we feel inside come rattling out of the guy's mouth (and yeah, we feel like punching them). It seems like we attract our greatest fears to us. Whether we worry about the cellulite on our derrieres, or being too hairy, or too fat...it seems like our worries come to the forefront when we do begin dating, b/c we seem to date those guys that will continue criticizing us for our imperfections. {The Law of Attraction (or karma) comes to mind.}
I think if we loved our imperfections and every little thing about our own bodies, then others will see us the same way that we see ourselves. It's not an easy thing to do, but learning to love our bodies will help us out of this predicament in life.
We have to stop being ok with criticizing our own body. If it's not ok for someone to make those comments to us, then why is it ok to make those comments to ourselves?
Also, I'm a big believer in...if you don't like it, change it. That's been my motto this year. In this day and age of lap-bands, plastic surgery, health foods, gyms, beauty salons...we can change ourselves. If we want people to stop being FATISTS towards us, we have to be the change we seek. That first change begins with how we treat ourselves.
Re: Are We A Society Of Fatists?
By Robyn Stubbs, May 29, 2008 at 15:38Stacey, you are beautiful! I don't know you (obviously) but I love that photo of you! Definitely PHat. Don't let the bastards grind you down ;)