Fat "acceptance" - from the PoV of a fat person

[passiveporcupine]

31. Thank you Nadine,

That was a well written and excellent post. I too am much too overweight, and for health reasons, it seems impossible to ever lose weight again. I've fought weight my whole life, because of psychological issues.

I hope you are doing OK right now (depression, etc.). I wish you success in any endeavor to be healthier, whether it means losing weight or not. I know you would love to be slim (so would I...when I was slim was the only time I ever 'liked' myself. I was pretty when I was slim and I think I'm ugly now so I don't go out in public until I absolutely have to (necessary shopping, etc.) I hope some day we can find a way to help people get over the problems that keep them overweight, as the recidivism after weight loss is way too high. And like others who are overweight, I've yo-yoed too much and now have decided I'm just not going to do that to myself any more. I hate the fact that to lose weight, my every waking moment has to be focused on diet...it becomes an obsession. But I still can't stop thinking about how 'weak' I am that I can't just cut calories and lose weight. I can't exercise because of health problems. I beat myself up every day over this.

I just wanted to reach out to you for being so brave to bring this up.