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“You look healthy!” they exclaim, giving me a hug, or grabbing my shoulders like an aunt at a family reunion. They say it so often and with such enthusiasm that it can have the inverse effect of upsetting me. I can’t help wondering how unhealthy I used to look.
“People won’t stop telling me I look healthy,” I complained to my friend Mary.
She laughed. “Those assholes.”
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3 comments:
I hate admitting that I am trying to lose weight because I am tired of being fat. I want to sound more noble. But the truth is that I no longer want to be fat. Do you suppose that not stating that is a form of denial?
Denial? Nah. I say, "I want to be healthier and I want to thinner". I think there is a big difference between wanting to be the thin version of YOURSELF and wanting to be the thin version of SOMEONE ELSE. I like the way I look when I'm fit. I know I'll never look like Gwenyth Paltrow - and that's alright.
I just FEEL BETTER when I'm the thin version of myself.
And for me to get thin, I have to exercise....so in turn, I get fit!
Glad you liked the article!
xo
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