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kirmy

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You’ll never stop being fat.


You heard me! I said you’ll never stop being fat!!! Yeh I know I know…what an arsehole! The truth of the matter is this. We carry our once fat selves into our skinny lives. We wait in fear of failure then accept that we were predestined to fuck this up because we have always fucked up diets and well….fat….we wait to be fat again. So we have this defeat button, and by we I mean me, that every time you gain a pound you make a subconscious mental note that this is the slippery slope of failure and you’re right back there. Oh fuck me running I’ve lost my thigh gap!


So now I’ve got you riled up and indignant here is how it is for most of us I suspect. My DS was spectacularly successful. I effortless shat myself thin until I was a little emaciated hairy monkey girl. I then rebounded to looking less like an alien and more like a vibrant healthy woman. I was wearing a UK size 8-10 which is a USA 6-8 or some silly shit like that. I got down to a small tragic size 4-6 US (for about 5 seconds) as a 5ft 8 woman and made my partner fret with fear that I would starve to death. In fairness he frets about most things so it was to be expected. I started off SMO so the transition in two years was totally drastic. I went from utterly unhealthy at one end of the spectrum to utterly unhealthy at the other end of the spectrum.


Now I’m 5.5 years out and I’ve had a regain FAILURE ALARM FAILURE ALARM….GO TO THE LIFEBOATS! I have gone from my sweet spot at 65kgs to 71kgs which is a piss weak 6kg weight gain. I could have packed this on in a month when I was SMO so really in the scheme of things it’s a bit crap. How did I react? I freaked the fuck out. How did I gain the weight? Chocolate, home baking, eating gluten laden food that I’m utterly allergic to, being a dip shit around bakeries and restaurants and generally acting like I was at the last hurrah. Now let’s go back to the fact that it is only 6kg and I am a healthy BMI with low triglycerides and an optimal cholesterol level. Does this matter? Does it dick! I’m a fat bastard according to my brain. I’m the same as being 354lbs in my weird little head. The fact that I don’t fit my size 8 demi-curve 501’s means I may as well sit at home and eat cheese lamenting the fall of civilization. I’m a failure, it’s broken, I’m done!

As I write the above paragraph I have to supress the urge to give my inner voice an uppercut. I’m not sure what fucked up image of myself I’m trying to subscribe to here but she is a total wanker. If I met her in the street I’m want to hit the woman hating little twat in the nose…but there she is…my fat voice, my failure voice…my critique that watches out for my “own good”. No it is the hater, the weight of oppression and discrimination I had always known. I’ve distilled that into an essence of who I am. That is sick.

I’m at work offshore and I’ve not eaten a toblerone a night nor three packets of crisps and a metric fuck tonne of biscuits and guess what? In under five days I’ve lost 1kg. I’ve also been taking ALL of my meds and thinking about being nice to myself. Fat voice bitch keeps popping up going “well you’ve fucked it haven’t you fatty”? To which I reply “ go boil to your head Karen Carpenter”!


I may never have an healthy approach to the normal weight fluctuations we have in life but being aware of this helps me stand back and critically evaluate where I’ve come from and to where I’m going. I want to be muscular and fit nor frail and furry like I once was. My surgery continues to do exactly what it says on the tin. I’m not broken I’m just cracked. And I’m going to love this woman despite myself and because of it. At least my boobs look nicer!
 
As I write the above paragraph I have to supress the urge to give my inner voice an uppercut. I’m not sure what fucked up image of myself I’m trying to subscribe to here but she is a total wanker. If I met her in the street I’m want to hit the woman hating little twat in the nose…but there she is…my fat voice, my failure voice…my critique that watches out for my “own good”. No it is the hater, the weight of oppression and discrimination I had always known. I’ve distilled that into an essence of who I am. That is sick.
That inner voice is one of the worst things we have to handle.
 
As usual, wonderfully written and deeply, darkly real for so many. You be nicer to yourself, dammit!

I must say, however, on behalf of the lazy/unlucky ones who never got down that low (i.e., to "normal"), I think we may have it easier. I was a tad "disappointed" that the magic end point didn't happen magically (without effort or at all), but as a result, it wasn't as painful to me when I had some bounceback. We missed that Flowers for Algernon agony.

Plus, I still have boobies.
 
As usual, wonderfully written and deeply, darkly real for so many. You be nicer to yourself, dammit!

I must say, however, on behalf of the lazy/unlucky ones who never got down that low (i.e., to "normal"), I think we may have it easier. I was a tad "disappointed" that the magic end point didn't happen magically (without effort or at all), but as a result, it wasn't as painful to me when I had some bounceback. We missed that Flowers for Algernon agony.

Plus, I still have boobies.
You know, I saw my almost-former PCP a few days ago. She said that she doesn't push for "ideal" BMIs for her elderly patients. She feels that her older patients who are actually a few pounds over ideal weight fare better when faced with some of the illnesses they seem to face.

So all you have to do is get older.

East Peasy.
 
As usual, wonderfully written and deeply, darkly real for so many. You be nicer to yourself, dammit!

I must say, however, on behalf of the lazy/unlucky ones who never got down that low (i.e., to "normal"), I think we may have it easier. I was a tad "disappointed" that the magic end point didn't happen magically (without effort or at all), but as a result, it wasn't as painful to me when I had some bounceback. We missed that Flowers for Algernon agony.

Plus, I still have boobies.

I am sorry to those who didn't get to the ideal weight. In my own self obsessed world everyone with the DS went on a magical mystery shitting tour of near anorexia. I think you've made a valid point though...those with a stable higher weight seem to have less issues with calcium malabsorption I've noticed. I think that the drastic loss I experienced set lots of things off inside me which caused some associated long term autoimmune issues.

As for the Flowers for Algernon...this made me smile because it's Daivd's favourite book and biggest night terror. Indeed I suffer from a dilute version of this syndrome. It is of my own silly making.
 
You are one of the lucky ones to be beautiful in physical form, at any weight. That said, even if your looks weren't spectacular, which they are!, it wouldn't make a difference because you have the more important elements of a beautiful mind and fun personality. Quit being so harsh on yourself, darn it and just eat right for your health - you're perfect the way you are!
 
You are one of the lucky ones to be beautiful in physical form, at any weight. That said, even if your looks weren't spectacular, which they are!, it wouldn't make a difference because you have the more important elements of a beautiful mind and fun personality. Quit being so harsh on yourself, darn it and just eat right for your health - you're perfect the way you are!
Wow high praise lovely lady. I hope to find a secure place in my own subconscious one day but for now I'm neurotic as hell.

Thank you for your kind words. X
 
You know, I saw my almost-former PCP a few days ago. She said that she doesn't push for "ideal" BMIs for her elderly patients. She feels that her older patients who are actually a few pounds over ideal weight fare better when faced with some of the illnesses they seem to face.

So all you have to do is get older.

East Peasy.

My mother's Dr had the same ideology. Dr K also feels that the entire world should be at least 10lb over weight. So they can make it if the get ill
 
My mother's Dr had the same ideology. Dr K also feels that the entire world should be at least 10lb over weight. So they can make it if the get ill
That's partly why I don't get weirded out at the top of my normal BMI range. While being "normal" is nice, I know that as I age, there may be things that happen that cause me to drop...and having a wee bit of padding helps.
 
Thank you for sharing this. I have issues pre-op and I can't imagine where my head is going to be post-op. This was therapy for me...
 
My mother's Dr had the same ideology. Dr K also feels that the entire world should be at least 10lb over weight. So they can make it if the get ill
Yep, and I agree with him completely. He said he thinks 200 is where I should end up, but I told him if I end up 210 or 215 that I wouldn't be too disappointed as 220 was a great weight for me when I was younger.

Maybe I am naive, but I still don't give a shit about my weight (relatively speaking) as long as I feel good and am healthy. That being said, I appreciate that many struggle with these inner battles and I certainly empathize.
 

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