enigmabrat -> RE: BBW (6/3/2006 1:10:18 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Jean1962 enigma, you may or may not like my attitude and response, but here goes nothing. You can lose all the weight you wish...(and I sincerely hope you do well and are happy with it)...but if you don't pay attention to the mental aspects, you're always going to *feel* fat. It's as important to lose the weight mentally as physically, and that takes time. I had a sub once....amazing young man...who when we met, was 5'8'' and weighed in at about 360 pounds. He lied to me about his appearance and weight, knowing we'd meet. I was torqued at the lies, but accepted the person. He's a good guy! We worked on the weight issue, he sought a doctor's guidance, worked his butt off, hired a personal trainer and in one year, had lost one HALF his body weight. He was down to 180, with a BMI of 21, and still, he saw the fat boy in the mirror. That took his dealing with a counselor, examining the underlying reasons (emotional /food was his friend type stuff), coming to grips with the insecurities that led him to overeat in the first place. Now he's this amazing man who is hot hot hot to look at, who works out and plays and lives life with zest, eats reasonable meals, has real friends instead of edible friends, and learned to like himself for who he is. Sometimes he *still* expects to see the fat kid when he passes a mirror....but that's getting better. So do with your body as you see fit, enigma, but if you're planning on losing weight, do pay attention to the emotional aspects of it, and try not to let yourself get disheartened if it doesn't magically cure all your fears and insecurities. trust me I know I have been battling my demons for years, I do have an eating disorder wich makes things hard but I have it mostly under controll, I am happy with me and loseing waight is for my health nothing more
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