tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11786280.post5111577841842356173..comments2024-01-04T02:28:32.637-07:00Comments on athenadiaries: Fat Thoughts, a paragraph at a time. Thursday 13.Herself, the GeekGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17990186920123895227noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11786280.post-1083696005557919812010-12-12T15:46:51.827-07:002010-12-12T15:46:51.827-07:00I'm someone who has to fully extend the seatbe...I'm someone who has to fully extend the seatbelt on some airplanes. Life for me, at my size, is just life. I ride my bike to work, I take care of a house, I go dancing, I have friends over for dinner. I hike, and have no health problems other than cedar trees exist and pollinate. Some people are hindered by weight and size, some are not.<br /><br />There's no need to pity me because of my body size. Maybe, just maybe, a lot of big people feel the same way. <br /><br />I appreciate that you are compassionate and gentle, and I understand that you have struggled a great deal with body image issues. I am happy. I have very much enjoyed reading about your journey, and I have been for quite a while. I would just like to voice a reminder that, as someone who is big (5'11" and about 280, if it matters) that the assumption of equivalence between size and health and activity levels is not a true one. It's way too general, though it is mightily supported by a lot of social and cultural prejudice.Cobwebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712894444842052158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11786280.post-70806271901317332772010-12-09T19:30:45.962-07:002010-12-09T19:30:45.962-07:00I was close to 280 lbs when my father died at the ...I was close to 280 lbs when my father died at the age of 57 from complications of diabetes and heart disease. I took a look at my kids and decided I had to change my own life so that I would be around for them. I've read your blog for a long time now and you have really helped me to get healthy. I am almost below 200 lbs now and I compete in triathlons, road races, and crazy 2 day long bike rides. I've never been this healthy in my life and I'm not stopping now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11786280.post-62196703808848985172010-12-09T12:31:00.513-07:002010-12-09T12:31:00.513-07:00As the daughter of pretty large parents, I thank y...As the daughter of pretty large parents, I thank you for your compassion toward heavier folks, not disgust or hatred. I'm no delicate, petite flower myself (more of the sturdy variety), but I am also thankfully not hinderingly (yeah, not a word, I know) large. From the daily suffering of my parents that I witness constantly, I strive to keep my weight in check. Plus, through them, I've witnessed long term effects of being that weight and it is not a road I want to travel. So instead I stay active, play sports, do triathlons and try to watch what I eat. They are super people who I strive to be like in every other way. But again, thanks for your compassion. There is always more to the story than meets the eye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11786280.post-18313546116322576322010-12-09T09:05:21.921-07:002010-12-09T09:05:21.921-07:00As someone just starting the wight loss journey th...As someone just starting the wight loss journey the "fat" feelings and thoughts are still a major part of my self talk every day! I do know many of the things you talked about above are on my list of reasons to lose weight. If there is anything I have realized in the last 16 weeks is everyone carries their weight for a reason and that I am the only one responsible for my weight. Once I took responsibility for my weight and stopped blaming and did the work the weight started to come off. Thanks for asad but great post!Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01235927816293213551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11786280.post-60849942485531022792010-12-09T07:36:02.689-07:002010-12-09T07:36:02.689-07:00Thanks for sharing!Thanks for sharing!Christihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17335001280807576664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11786280.post-6223834259187729212010-12-08T20:40:29.941-07:002010-12-08T20:40:29.941-07:00There but for the grace of dog go we... (or is it ...There but for the grace of dog go we... (or is it "us")?Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625895458409346937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11786280.post-32203559410119555482010-12-08T18:51:22.640-07:002010-12-08T18:51:22.640-07:00I've been as heavy as 306 and as light as 130 ...I've been as heavy as 306 and as light as 130 in the last ten years. The scars, both physical and mental, are reminders of where I've been and where I'm going. Like you, I hold these things lightly, cautiously, tentatively in my thoughts- finding my way through the middle places like an athlete on a highwire.<br /><br />There is a fragile peace-treaty with present health and fitness, a daily commitment to making each moment count. Watching others struggle in various stages of their life-journeys (friends and family members), I find that I'm holding my breath. For them, for me.<br /><br />Life is short. Too short. <br /><br />"Start where you are." <br /><br />It's advice that saved my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com