Allow me to self-obsess and rant for a bit...

[toyakazumi]

Back from another holiday at the 'rents, and I have to say that this year has been the best so far. There were only a few snarky comments the entire time and none of those included my husband, wYrmis. Still, I cannot seem to ever be able to visit my family in one form or another without having to hear at least one comment about the weight I've

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Fuck all that noise

[garterspoon]

Weight obsession is probably the single stupidest thing that girls worry about. (Next to asshole exes.) I've struggled with my weight problems all my life because of what people thought, and what I was supposed to think. When I was fat they called me fat; when I weighed 106 pounds and was cold all the time and my body hurt from my bones grinding on the seats at school, people said that I looked GREAT. I prefer to be able to sit comfortably, thanks. I think the average woman wears a size 12 or 14 and is 5'6.

Honestly, I'm such a feminist, but we women screw ourselves over with thinking about weight instead of curing cancer, or how our hair looks as opposed to lobbying for office because GOD FORBID WE HAVE A BAD HAIR DAY or LOOK FAT ON TV. Weight is a stupid number, and I hate stupid numbers. On the moon I'd weigh a lot less, so I'm skinny on the moon, and that's all that matters.

Re: Fuck all that noise

[dr34mcrush3r]

fat.. is a substance. not a number.

try looking like you weigh 20 pounds less than you do.... muscle is a bitch. at the doctor's office they always estimate too low.. like.. by a lot. i dont know if they're trying to make me feel good or what..

i weigh as much as a relative who actually is kinda fat.. but i'm a sz 10/12. i hate those 'standard' scales.. they say i'm overweight but uh.. they don't account for body types. there are naturally thin, naturally muscular, and naturally chubby body types. so wtf?

i'm muscular.. and people have called me fat before. "fat? really? wanna arm wrestle? O.O no? i didn't think so." heh.

i say.. love the skin you're in like that goddamn commercial. cos there's always an appreciator for whatever type you are.. and who are we all trying to impress anyway? its just vanity.. and hey.. isn't that a deadly sin???

[dr34mcrush3r]

its not their business.. or their place.. to make those kinds of comments. MOST IMPORTANTLY: DONT BRING UP SENSITIVE ISSUES DURING HOLIDAY GATHERINGS. its like rule no. 1.

grr. you're not fat. bosomy isn't fat. neither is generous hips. its curvy for you, and i'm sure you're loved for it ;)

losing weight takes discipline.. but the easiest thing i know how to do.. is when you get a serving of food.. put some of it back. *shrug* that and switching to meat substitutes helps. the difficult part is for the first part of the 'diet' you really have to say NO to all the bread w/ the meal, appetizers, desserts, chips, cookies, etc.

*sigh* wtf. is your family all in shape?? i dont know why anyone would want to talk about that so much. you're not unhealthy so why are they bitchin??

[toyakazumi]

That's the thing. No one in my family is in shape. My sister and my dad are naturally thin, but it's not b/c they work out or eat right or anything. My dad eats literally six candy bars and drinks that many cokes a day and then eats meat and potatoes for dinner. Honestly, it's a wonder he is not diabetic, but he gets to be thin anyway. I hate it when they say so but it's true, I got my mother's body type. Not much I can do about it. I can look at chocolate and gain weight. I just wish that they would keep their mouths shut about it.