Comments | fimbrethil: A number is a number, except when it isn't.

fimbrethil

A number is a number, except when it isn't.

Jun 08, 2011 07:49

I'm about to discuss weight and perception issues in this post, so feel free to scroll past if that isn't your cup of tea ( Read more... )

exercise, noodling, deep thoughts, fear

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bfly June 8 2011, 14:51:09 UTC

I think maybe learning to love your size 14 body is an important step back towards size 12 (or forward, if that turns out to be the way things go). If you can accept your body the way it is, sometimes it's easier to find motivation for health related goals - e.g., instead of thinking "I want to be a size 12" ir "I want to weigh XXX pounds," your mind can focus on "I want to have more energy for dancing at the Go-Gos." Then doing the things required to lose weight becomes less of a chore and more of a gift to yourself.

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fimbrethil June 9 2011, 12:29:55 UTC

I don't feel disgusted with how I look. I simply don't want to be a bigger size. The looming reality of becoming my mother always scares me.

mjlayman June 9 2011, 04:10:56 UTC

Yeah, me too, and I'm much larger than you are.

(Times have definitely changed -- when I was a teenager and weighed 135, other girls teased me about wearing size 12s.)

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fimbrethil June 9 2011, 13:59:33 UTC

Yes. This. Including the diabetes worry.

ellendare June 13 2011, 21:42:43 UTC

All I can tell you is what worked/is working for me. When I was ready to do something about it, I got a body monitor (Costco). It has a web interface, so you enter in what you eat; the monitor records the calories you burn, the steps you take, how much you're sleeping (or not, in my case ( ... )