PCOS Messages for May, 2001: Re: am I fat

Re: am I fat

From: Cassandra (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 18 May 2001 13:09:33 -0500 (CDT)

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You know, about two years ago (before I was diagnosed), I was organizing my pictures (go with me here, I'm getting to my point ;-) I kept coming across pictures where I thought I looked really good, but I remebered thinking I looked like a cow. At that point, I decided I was going to stop dieting and work on loving me for who I am. I was just going to accept the fat and live with it.

I approached life with a "no guilt" additude. When I told myself I "should" do this or that I just stopped and asked myself what I wanted to do. When I was scared to do something because I thought I looked too fat, I just did it anyway.

I was tired of not living my life because I was afraid of looking weird.

Well, my life has been so much happier since then! When it comes down to it, I am what I am (to quote Popeye) and some people will like me and some won't. If people don't like me because I'm fat, well, then they're juvinile and I just don't need them around.

As a disclaimer, I do need to tell you that I did gain weight in my "no guilt" life-style, but I was happy and that's all we can ask for in this life. I topped out at 223 (I'm 5'2") and now that I'm taking met, I'm 201, so that's nice. ;-)

Good luck! Cassandra

At Fri, 18 May 2001, Lori wrote: >
>I am sitting here looking in the mirror today hating myself. But yeah,
>what else is new.Everyone around me it seems is a perfect size, and I
>hate my body for doing this to me, and for taking away all hope of a
>"healthy body." Then an epiphany struck me. I am comparing apples to
>oranges. What good is it for me to compare myself to others who are not
>like me. I work out and eat right, and I have yet to even come close to
>a target weight. Looking around and seeing all the stick women has
>depressed me. I just want to know if I am in the normal range of my
>cysters. I am 5'10 240 and a size 18. Is this normal for women with
>PCOS, or am I still overweight? Another thing that I would like to point
>out to all of you women who are down about your weight like I am. For
>me (according to my Doc)and most other PCOS women tend to carry their
>weight like a man, in their stomach. I really think this works in our
>benefit, because we "carry our weight well" carrying it all in your
>stomach makes it easier to hide. Anyone else carry all their weight in
>the tummy. For me, this makes me look less like a chunk than I am!

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