“After losing 100lbs I realized how much terrible [stuff] I was just dealing with on a daily basis. Physically, emotionally, psychosocially.”
I saw someone write that online.
They went on to say this:
“Physically: simple tasks become so much more taxing, like tying your shoes for example. I’d have to hold my breath because Id have to press so hard against my stomach and chest in order to reach my shoes. And honestly, I was clinically obese, but I was in the ‘bigger’ category under most (American) ‘social standards’. I can’t imagine how people that need things like scooters to get around must feel.
“Psychosocially: if I was just hanging with a tight group of friends, this wouldn’t bother me. But social settings with people that I didn’t know as much were a nightmare because even if I was having a good time, lingering thoughts in the back of my head I would always have this ‘do I look fat in these clothes?’ ‘Is my butt crack going to show if I sit down on this chair?’ ‘Is my shirt making its way into my rolls?’ ‘Am I taking too much space on the aisle that people can’t comfortably walk by?’ ‘Am I going to be judged based on what I order to eat? But if I order something ‘healthier’, they’re going to know I’m just ordering that so I don’t look like the fat-ass I am’. It really sucks.
“Emotionally: That’s the worst one, I think. Waking up and looking at myself in the mirror and thinking ‘is this really what I look like?’ It was hard not to sink myself into a hole when I looked at myself.”
This person’s last sentence is why so many people come to Code Red after seeing themselves in a photo.
They’re bigger than they thought…or just plain unrecognizable to their own mind.
When you don’t recognize who you see in the mirror, and it’s in a way that makes you feel horrible, that’s a HUGE red flag that something’s gotta give.
If you’re that unhappy about who you are, guess what?
You can do things differently. You can make different choices (starting with the ones you KNOW are hurting you the most).
Your life isn’t set in stone, and neither are you.
If you believe you are, remember that beliefs are not facts.
You can believe the law of gravity doesn’t apply to you, but the FACT is that it’ll affect you when you step off a barn roof.
Same with getting and keeping your weight off.
You can believe you “can’t,” but when you consistently and correctly do what works to lose the weight and keep it off, the fact is that you will, belief or no belief.
If you’re sick and tired of being sick and tired and feeling disappointed in yourself, do something about it.
YOU have all the power to get a different result in your own life.
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