At my group meeting this week
my leader asked us for examples of non-scale based successes. Meaning she wanted to know what we were
feeling accomplished about that had nothing to do with the number of pounds we
had lost.
Examples included getting to
leave daily medications behind as health has improved, notable increases in
stamina and new clothing.
I looked down at my lap,
realizing I was sitting with my legs casually crossed the way any average
person might. I raised my hand, and
pointed this out, “I’m sitting with my legs crossed.”
Among a class full of weight
losers they understood exactly what I meant, and a murmur of appreciation and
agreement rippled through the room.
It’s the little things that
tear your heart apart on a daily basis when you are fat. It’s the tiny, everyday realities that
separate you out from other people over and over again, things that average
sized people don’t even notice they are doing.
Things like not being able to ride the roller coaster, or shop in 90% of
the stores in the local mall or get your seat belt to close in a car. Things like being so fat that you can’t sit
with one leg crossed over the other.
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