I know this is ridiculous, irrational, whatever you want to call it.  But I feel like I might be holding myself back because I just feel too fat to attract a man who wants to stick around.  My rational self says I'm normal sized, and I am.  I look at the women that men seem to flock to, though, and I see that they are always skinny, usually very young, and usually carefree.  Those are three things I am not.  I  need to get this thinking out of my head!  It doesn't ever seem to go away, though.  Even when I was 15 pounds lighter (I'm working on getting back there), I still felt too fat and old for men to like me.

Am I alone in this?