It's amazing how some people can hide behind what they are in an effort to stop people finding out who they are. Take me, for example. I am overweight and have been overweight for much of my life. I am also the first person to make a joke about it. "What do you expect from a fat guy?", "Well what did you expect, I'm fat!" I'm sure you know the sort of thing I mean.
But why do I do it?
Am I just trying to be funny? I suppose that's a possibility. I do try and be amusing and I've been told that I have a good sense of humour and that I can be a moderately funny bloke. But I know that it's something deeper.
The world, in reality, is a shallow place. It's not often that people look beyond the outward appearance. That is why r acism and s exism are such big problems in the world. People will not look beyond the colour of peoples skin or peoples gender, and in this case people very rarely look beyond peoples waistline.
But what would happen if my "fat" facade was stripped away? Without my "Oh well, what did you expect from a fat bloke" excuse, would I be as comfortable just being me? I'm not sure, you know; and maybe that's why I have struggled so much with losing weight. Maybe I like being fat, because I'm not sure if people will like me being me.
And so to the title of the piece. Today I start my 431st diet. And this time I intend to finish it. I've set myself targets and timescales and I have a very good friend of my overseeing the whole process and she will not let me slip. I will do it and that in itself is a bit of a scary thought.
Thank you
4 months ago
6 comments:
It's true, i've done him a spreadsheet and everything!
Welcome to the club of diet-bloggers we are many and suffer just as much as you.
Pfft, Blogger just ate my comment.
Good luck! I'll be sending you healthy and positive vibes :)
Best of luck - let us know how it goes... any tips gratefully received!
Thanks very much guys :) I'm touched!
Well one day in and it's going pretty rubbish so far. I overate on my first day. How bad is that? Oh well... onwards and upwards, eh?
On onwards and downwards as it may be ;)
You didn't overeat on purpose on your first day, you just miscalculated how good/bad some things were for you.
Keep going. You can do it!!
It's liking yourself and liking other people that's the important thing. The bonus is that if you do, people like you too.
I read that as 431 stone and wondered what you meant. I *cough* see now. Four hundred and thirty-first. Right.
Good luck! Forgive yourself for overeating; one day's no big deal.
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