Amy's QOTW (2 Parts)

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Registered: 04-19-2004
Amy's QOTW (2 Parts)
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Sun, 04-25-2004 - 4:58am
Hello ! I will preface this post with the reason I am asking it. A while ago on the Anti-Diet Board, I read something that made me think, and I wasn't able to come up with a definite answer, so I refrained from answering. And you people KNOW I always have something to say. ( I was told once, that I were to be decapitated, I WOULD KEEP TALKING through the bloody stump of my neck.)

So my question(s) is this - Whether you started off thin and became fat, have been both multiple times, have always been fat and are trying to become thin..

1. Do you think (being fat) your attitude towards life has changed, i.e made you a tougher person emotionally, made you a timid or ashamed person, or had no effect on you at all ?

2. It's no secret we are all here and trying to lose weight, however we choose to do it.

As we go from fat to thin (or whatever you are aiming for), do you think you will always see yourself as a Fat Girl ? (This is a mindset I find particularly hard to shake no matter how much weight I lose.) Also, what would the difference be to you if you were young and only fat for a short time vs. being older and fat for a long time ? Would the Fat Girl mentality be easier to shake for the younger, haven't-been-fat-forever crowd ?

Bonus Question - Do you think having/keeping a Fat Girl mentality/attitude is a boon or a bane ?


*Disclaimer* I am not usually this deep at 4:30 in the morning. I'm just feeling inspired by the people here and this has been on my mind for a while. Plus, Officer O. isn't up my butt at the moment.

Any thoughts would be appreciated !

Amy

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Registered: 04-19-2004
Mon, 04-26-2004 - 7:34pm
Five seven barefoot. Are you 5'9 ? I thought I read that somewhere...

Amy (Yap!)

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Registered: 04-19-2004
Mon, 04-26-2004 - 7:35pm
Amen. That works for me ! ;)

Amy

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Registered: 04-16-2003
Mon, 04-26-2004 - 8:05pm
Yes, I'm 5'9.
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Registered: 03-11-2004
Mon, 04-26-2004 - 8:10pm
1. My being fat has made me less confident in who I am and what I want. I am terribly ashamed and feel incredibly guilty. I've been dogged all mylife about my weight everyone from my school mates to my own family had critisisms. Even when I only weighed 130#. Now I weigh 270 and I was 290. People can be so hurtful.

2. I will probably always see myself as a FAT GIRL. Those words are branded into my soul.

3. It's not a good thingfor me to keep my fat girl mentality because it makes me bitter and angry.

Brenda

Hugs, Brenda 

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