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5 Things I Miss About Weighing More Than 300 Pounds



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Check out this interesting article from a lady who lost more than half her body weight discussing things she missed about being obese.

http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-13018/5-things-i-miss-about-weighing-more-than-300-pounds.html

I'm still fairly early in the journey and don't look drastically different yet but wondering if other post'opers relate to this. Anything else you miss?

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What a very thought provoking piece. Thank you for sharing it.

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Thank you for this article When I speak to people about missing my 250lb body sometimes I immediately am met with a barrage of ''but you look/feel better'' and all the reasons it's great to have lost weight. but sometimes the fat was a comfort. I am a naturally shy person, so my fat helped make me invisible. Now I stand out more. For instance a man at work w-ho barely used to say anything to me, now makes a point to stop by my classroom each day and make conversation. when we talk in a group I notice he mainly looks at me and pays attention to whatever I say, when he used to seem to be in a hurry to end our conversations. It makes me feel self conscious and a little sadr that he's that supericial.

Women definately see you as more of a rival. I also sometimes miss connecting to other women about extra poundage. when i complain it's like ''shut up. you're skinny''

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Great article! These are things I never thought about.

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Wow!! I'm not hardly there yet but I can totally see her point of view. Fantastic story.

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Very interesting read. Quite relatable. While I am far from where she is, I am already experiencing some of the same things regarding women/friendships/relationships with people. Especially because those who thought they were of significance in my life, are not aware of me having surgery and can't quite figure out what is going on. LOL!

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The last two points are 100% relatable. I have certainly noticed my 'skinny' friends acting weird around me now, because guys are looking at me, and even talking to me when as before, they'd go right for her because she looked better, I guess.

I'm not complaining, tho! (;

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That's a very interesting article. I used to be well over 300 Lbs a long time ago, at least 7 years now. I can confidently say I don't miss anything about it whatsoever.

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