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Thought of the day one: I've been really chewing over body image, weight, society, other people, media, expectations, etc, etc etc. And I realize that I kind of have a hypocritical view sometimes. I'll honestly say that the concept of obese people frustrates me. Hearing very large people complaining about their weight frustrates me. I have a
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Hmm. Interesting. See, I think a lot of what I feel comes from my own weight gain experience, similar to yours - it was my first year of Uni and I put on 25 pounds, going from 110 to 135 lbs in like six months. I know exactly why that happened; I ate lots of crap food, drank a lot and I didn't exercise at all. And it wasn't the aesthetic that bothered me so much,it was more that I felt TERRIBLE. I mean I remember waking up one morning right before the semester ended and just crying cause I was exhausted all the time, my stomach constantly felt wonky, my skin was breaking out...I just felt awful. And it took me a good year to lose that weight (and I still seem to be holding on to those last five pounds as a souvenir! :P). And maybe I'm sort of projecting how I felt onto other people - if I felt that grim being only 25 pounds overweight, how must 50 pounds feel? 100? And it makes me sad and angry to imagine so many people feeling like that. But that could just me projecting, and maybe they feel perfectly fine!
And you're right, its probably a lot different coming from a chubby childhood, but a chubby childhood is a whole other can of worms. :P
Its interesting stuff. I keep finding myself thinking about it, and reading different viewpoints... have you ever delved into 'the fatosphere'? Its this whole online community of 'factivists' (fat activists) and its totally fascinating. I'd be curious to what you think!
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