Re: 'In Need Of Some Validation'
From: Donna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 30 Aug 2001 23:32:34 -0600
Dear anonymous:
Well if it makes you feel any better, I am now DOWN to 302 (at 5 ft 8 inches tall)
after losing 45 lbs since December. So if I were your weight, I would think I was
in heaven.
How you feel about yourself will come across in interviews. If you feel uncertain
or bad about yourself, your prospective employer will sense that. Just realize
that you are still YOU even if you are bigger than you'd like to be. You're not
as big as you could be.
xoxo
Donna in Utah
anonymous wrote:
> I do not know if anyone feels the same way as I do.. But I interviewed
> for this job that I want really bad..and I feel like I was not hired
> because of my weight. I am 5'7 and 213 pounds. Everyone says that I
> take my weight up in height (my family says this)...I kinda think I do
> too. I mean..I used to weigh 145..but the PCOS thing really threw my
> body out of whack. Other women with PCOS that I talk to, are around
> 170-180. They cannot believe I got to the weight that I am. They are
> mortified by their weight of 170-180. Heck, I would love to weigh
> that!!!!!!!! I just feel like a "total cow." I work out..and I started
> Glucophage, in addition to watching my diet. I know the weight will
> come off slowly. I just feel like the "biggest pig," in the world.
> Evertime I go to the doctor..he looks at my weight in "utter disgust."
> Is my weight really that "abnormal" for PCOS? Not to be rude..but is
> there anyone on this board that is around the weight I am??? Or am I
> really the biggest woman alive??? I truly believe that lately, people
> think I am. I cry every single day. I want the weight off..and I am
> working hard, but this interview thing has really got me down. It makes
> me feel that no one will hire me because I am so huge. Am I that huge?
> :.( Does everyone on this board weigh less than 200 pounds? Am I that
> much of a freak? God, I just want to be normal. I am new to this
> board..so please forgive me..I am just looking for some "validation."
> Thank you all for listening. Good luck.
>
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