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You Can’t Be Too Skinny – Can You?
You Can’t Be Too Skinny – Can You?
When I decided to finally get healthy and lose the weight that was preventing me from climbing seven stairs – yes, only seven– from the family room to the living room without stopping and wheezing, I was met with resistance.
Sure, I was wearing size 26 and had not exercised in more than a decade, but I was happy, healthy, or at least that’s what I told myself. When I went to the store to buy a new dress or pantsuit (with elastic waist, of course), I thought I was looking good as I tried on the articles in the dressing room. But what did I know? Apparently nothing because the comments I received were not positive. Some of the comments I got were “You must have gotten that on sale,” or “You should not wear bright colors. It makes you stand out” or “If you let your hair grow it will make you look smaller” or, my favorite, “That’s a pretty dress. Where did you find it in that size?” They were not strangers making those comments. They were friends and family, the ones I needed support from the most, which totally surprised me.
I was ready to start working on my health goals but those comments did not help my self-esteem. I realized I was not going to get support from that group, at least not the support I needed at the time. So I decided to go it alone.
I wanted a quick fix so I went to a Tumescent Liposuction doctor who told me I had to first lose 20 pounds before he would perform the surgery. That way he could make sure my skin still had elasticity to it. I was, after all, in my 40s. That’s not fair, I thought. I didn’t want to have to lose weight. I wanted to go to sleep and wake up several sizes smaller. But that was not to be. So I started a low carb diet and quickly went from a size 26 to 20 in three months, bought more new outfits (with elastic waist, still) and finally started feeling good about myself.
Then a male friend told me I was getting too skinny. He liked me at size 26. He started bringing me chocolate instead of flowers, taking me out to dinner for a three course meal instead of the movies where I could sneak in my protein bars, that sort of thing. No matter how much I told him what I wanted and needed, he would pick me up and take me to where he wanted me to go. I was still new at this game of dieting and loved the special attention I was getting form this guy, so I went along with his program and enjoyed the company and the food until I could no longer wear my new size 20 outfits.
Something was wrong and it wasn’t the friends and family, and it wasn’t the guy. It was me. I had one foot in diet mode and the other still in my old habits. I had to decide and be firm about which path I really wanted to take. I still went out with the guy but I no longer let him talk me into the three courses. Instead, I stuck with my low carb menu. I didn’t eat the chocolate he still brought me, even though I told him to stop. One day he pressed me to take it. I did and then tossed it into the trash directly in front of him. Of course this didn’t sit well with him (he was pissed!) but he finally got the hint and stopped bringing them to me.
I’m telling you now, the choice is yours, not your spouse, not your kids, not your parents, not your friends. You have a right to decide what is best for you. And once you make that choice, stick to it. Be firm. Correct your mindset and achieve your health goals.
BTW, I dumped the guy (got tired of arguing about my low carb diet), had the Tumescent Liposuction surgery, and went down to size 16.
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