Did'ja ever notice?

[donali 57]

Don't forget:

1. Fat and happy.

2. Fat and frisky.

3. Fat and sassy.

In many respects, fat is a state of mind - slender women often complain of feeling "fat" when they're low, or feeling less desireable, slower moving, bloated, etc.

I have to confess that most days I didn't/don't feel "fat" - until I'm in a situation where my size makes me physically uncomfortable; a chair that's too small or fragile, seat belts that don't fit, tight clothes, any kind of physical exertion. But outside of those moments, I never felt/feel "fat", and was always SHOCKED to see how big I was in photos!!! :mad:

Dang, am I in a positive downdraft today, or what??? lol

I guess today I'm feeling PHAT...

[whippledaddy 5]

You make a lot of sense. My wife can't shop for her own clothes because she can't see her self fitting into sizes she only dreamed of before.

She used to wear 28-30 (whatever that means), and now she can wear as low as a sixteen depending on the garment. She can't bring herself to buy 'em. Sure they won't fit.

So she takes a girlfriend, or her Mom along, she picks out the clothes, they pick out the size. I thinks it's a pretty neat problem to have.

It does concern me, though that she still has such a self image. I guess our insides and our outsides take a while to synchronize.

Fat and Sassy is one of her favorite sayings. It was pretty uplifting to see you using it here.

I also completely understand what you're saying about feeling fat. When I was forty pounds lighter I didn't really feel fat. I could run up flights of stairs, do a full day's work with no break. I could squat and get up again. But in one year I gained that last forty, and now I'm a mess. I feel fat all the time.

so amazing that you're doing well unbanded. Will you get rebanded? Of course it might not be necessary. You've learned the skills.