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as someone who has always had a "weight issue", i totally understand where most of y'all are coming from.
i have a friend (she's actually an AEPhi) who has an incurable disease that has ravaged her body. she often weights about 60 pounds, but has been doing better lately and now weighs about 90--which is the largest she's ever been. do you know that people who don't know about her disease actually tell her she's getting big????!!!! and now she's worried about gaining too much weight. i could strangle her when i hear her talk about diets. she's finally getting to be a "normal" size and is already worried about the weight. she's still at least 20 pounds underweight.
my point of the story is that many skinny people DO have serious problems gaining weight and making their bodies more healthy. although i will never experience that, i CAN understand that being skinny doesn't make someone happier, healthier or more attractive. often, it's all in the head. people think "if only i can lose 5, 10, 15... more pounds and things will be better, my body will look "perfect". then these people do lose the weight and still aren't happy.
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now, for me, i always have tried to lose weight. i THOUGHT i was cutting out the "bad" things from my diet and eating in moderation and couldn't understand why i wasn't losing weight. i thought i was trying really hard but i was fooling myself.
i finally joined weight watchers 5 weeks ago and it was the BEST thing i could ever do!! i can't believe how much i used to eat--almost 3 times what i am allowed to actually lose weight. i'm down 8.4 pounds and have already dropped a dress size. for the first time in my life, i am SUCCESSFUL in losing weight.
for those of you who are serious about losing some weight, i really have to recommend the program. it has done wonders for me already. my mom, sister, aunt and cousin also joined about a month ago and we have lost almost a combined 50 pounds.
continue to seek support from others, even those on this forum. you CAN do it!!!!!
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