How has significant changes in weight effected your life?
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I don't think that people treat me any differently when I weigh more. In fact, they tend to worry about me when my weight gets too low. I lost 30 lbs that I could not afford due to IBS and depression. I was put on a medication prescribed by my psychiatrist and I gained that back plus about 20 more. I am nowhere near fat and I don't care so much about the number on the scale, but it bums me out. I don't like having to buy new clothes because the smaller ones don't fit. I am sure that some of the weight gain is due to some unhealthy habits that I have really got to change. Cutting out soda and beer is a big one due to the sugar and empty calories. Switching to herbal teas instead of coffee might help to, because I do not need to use sugar to make it taste good. I am also bad about not drinking enough water. And exercise. I really need to get up off my *ss and get moving. Maybe it'll help me lose weight, maybe not, but I at least hope that I'll have more energy because I am constantly feeling drained.
My uncle is a "tall, dark & handsome" type...he's brilliant, successful & popular. He married a woman who even in her younger years was not attractive at all.
But she is a wonderful woman. Bright, outgoing, witty...if you are in a room with her you WANT her to notice you. She's a presence, so to speak.
She's super organized & sincere. She's funny (hysterical, actually) & smiles & laughs all the time. Now, I think my uncle is SO lucky to have HER! They raised 3 great kids & she was there for my grandparents in their final years; a perfect wife & mother.
She is overweight but not in the "curvy" way, more like the "pot-belly" way & she is always the center of attention, from both women & men.
I really hate to say this but I KNOW I've always been able to rely on my looks...even at my heaviest I do put on weight in the "right" places (boobs & butt). I think that now, as I get older this has not served me well in the long run.
Honestly, I'm admiring my adorable aunt much more than "Christy Brinkley's 60-something year old bikini body"!
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