I’ve been extremely overweight for most of my life. I remember being an extremely skinny kid, and then being a really overweight kid. I don’t remember the in-between, for some reason. It’s almost as though I ballooned overnight.
For most of the time that I was overweight, I’ve needed to lose well over 100 pounds. Because of this, I’ve always had a hard time understanding when people have said that they need to “lose 5 pounds to get into this dress,” or “I need to lose 10 pounds”. My first reaction (in my mind) was “so?” I understand now that sometimes [ ... ]
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Jun 2008
I’ve been extremely overweight for most of my life. I remember being an extremely skinny kid, and then being a really overweight kid. I don’t remember the in-between, for some reason. It’s almost as though I ballooned overnight.
For most of the time that I was overweight, I’ve needed to lose well over 100 pounds. Because of this, I’ve always had a hard time understanding when people have said that they need to “lose 5 pounds to get into this dress,” or “I need to lose 10 pounds”. My first reaction (in my mind) was “so?” I understand now that sometimes [ ... ]
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