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Glamour Magazine Article (Sept. '10) - "I miss being a size 36"

Louanne79

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Was just reading an article in Glamour about a woman who has so far lost 14 stone after a gastric bypass, going from a size 36 to a 22, but she's listing things she misses about being bigger.
i don't understand this, because I'd give anything to be thinner, but I just wondered if anyone had read this, or if anyone had any experiences of losing weight, but missing their older, heavier self?
 
ive not read it but will get a copy tomorrow, strange how she misses being bigger i must read it x
 
I must admit when id lost 5st i lost all my confidence and could not get used to my new coming shape i didnt like it at all and it took to lose another 2st to start feeling confident again, i think because before every thing was filled and curvy and because i lost alot soon at the begining everything felt deflatted and i just felt old and flabby, my loss is now more even all over rather than just my top half. I have had the bypass because i dont want the weight to lead to health problems later not for cosmetic reasons because i felt atractive enough before even with the weight so i can understand how she feels in a way , ill be getting that mag tomorrow sounds a good read x
 
I can't understand it at all,i was size 22 now size 12 and life has never been so good.........I'm 52 and feel like a teenager!!!!!!lol
 
Whats there to miss, trust me I have been a size 36, and can list things I don't miss:

1. Not being able to walk properly due to knees constantly buckling under the weight.
2. Having the inside of my thighs bleeding as I try to to walk.
3. Getting out of breath every 5 minutes.
4. Not being able to fit in the bath.
5. Not being able to reach my toes to paint them.
6. Not being able to leave the house without being verbally abused.
7. Not being able to go pictures / theme parks / restuarants, holiday etc. due to not fitting in the seats.
8. Having to buy clothes from specialists outsize shops.
9. Being treated liked disabled at work.
10. Not being able to get pregnant.
11. High blood pressure
12. Risk of Diabetes

The list is endless, I truly can't think of a positive to being a size 36.

The mind boggles.
 
I couldn't get my head round it either.
I know I'm only at the start of my journey, but I know when I was thinner it was definitely preferable!
 
I do miss seat cushions! By that I mean that I've lost so much fat off my rear that it sometimes hurts when I sit on a hard seat now.

What else...... nope, nothing! xx
 
tiarasandtantrums said:
I do miss seat cushions! By that I mean that I've lost so much fat off my rear that it sometimes hurts when I sit on a hard seat now.

What else...... nope, nothing! xx
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Lol!
I occassionally go to a Spinning class, and regardless of the amount of 'padding' I've got, the seat still hurts purely from the weight of the rest of me! :eek: Hopefully, it won't be the case for long though :)
 
I think some people miss the idea of being different or standing out. I used to live with someone who was epileptic and had a brain op which cured his epilepsy and although it changed his life for the better, he did say he missed being different or special! The ONLY thing I miss about being big is on the tube when rude people try to push you past you and realise you can knock them flying with your bulk Ha.
 
I to can't get my head around this, I've not read it yet but will do. Unless she was not used to her new body and as somebody else had put was mourning her old self, and had lost her identity, surely she must feel better in her body as mobility is concerned. xxx
 
Now see i can understand this (but not from my own experiences)... I have a friend who weighed in at 33 stone and is as round as a barrel, she has battled with diet and exercise and dropped about 5 stone, her fitness has improved but she says if she doesn't lose another lb and stays the same size as she is now that's her happy for life! She adores her fat body and has no embarassment about it. She is loud and proud and gawd help anyone who says anything untoward..... I was with her recently when we were discussing kids and playing truant, she told me she's told her 15 yr old boy if he wags it she will take him to school and escort him from class to class dressed only in a bikini, and she would and he knows it too :)

I'd love to have that confidence. I will say though as much as we dread looking in the mirror and seeing a fat person looking back, her biggest fear is being thin and not loving her body anymore! Now that's strange...........
 
I can sort of understand - though I've not read the article.

I have no idea what to wear now - there is so much choice!!

I'm a size 10/12 now haven't been this size since I was 20 - over 30 years ago - I went through a phase of wanting to wear now what I liked then - go figure!!

I've no idea what suits me - what I should wear or whether its suitable for a woamn in her 50's. Still can't pick up anything with stripes round - and there's loads like it - cos it'll make me look fat - I'm a size 10/12 for hecks sake!!

When I was a size 32/34 there was no choice - Evans or JD Williams group - elasticated waists - skirts that my mum orders and no trousers!!

Wouldn't swap today for then for the world
No sore thighs
No sweaty fungusy under belly
Or under boobs
No dying going up the stairs
No backbreaking backpain - pain yes but not feeling like it'd break in 2
No snoring at night

In fact I'm quite a happy bunny

Angela
 
i can see it a bit from where shes coming from here goes
I lost 6 stone, 8 years ago on w.w, i had mums at the school who wouldnt talk to me big coming up to me saying how good i looked and dont you dare put weight back on and my ex hub at the time nagging me if i eat something i shouldnt off studdley everyone was focusing on me where when i was fat no one took a blind bit of notice if i eat a hole cake fat people do that ,also suddly men would look at me which i wasnt use to either and going out i stood out more where before no one noticed me which i dont like all focus on me ,i started to feel uncomfortable and slowly but purely started to eat again because that was the only thing i had controll over was food . When i started to put the weight back on the pressure was gone from me so in a way i can understand what shes going throught i didnt miss the body well tell i tie i did cause when i lost all the weight i still had massive fat left over skin and i use to get so upset thinking ive worked so hard but still got this horrible belly still if i had big belly i could eat ,i know i think weird , but it made me very depressed being slim but this time round im ready for it got a lovely man who is helping me all the way and no nagged me like the ex so fingers crossed ill do better this time x
 
Way to go Kerrylee. Your man sounds very supportive, but at the end of the day all of us do this for one reason! Our health/our sanity and our inner selfs... You will succeed and be happy i am sure xx
 
I really want to read this article as I too was a size 36/38. Once I have read it I will come back and post on here
 
ive just read the article and i can see what she means now she loves being slimmer but it was more about learning how to take compliments and the extra attention from men that she was really struggling with.
its worth a read.

Louise x
 
Ive read the article.
It was just written a different way to the usual 'I've lost weight!!' articles. She had probably disscussed a whole load of stuff with the writer and the writer has decided to take that direction with the article. I dont think she ever said that she wanted to still be a size 38, in fact she did say she LOVES being her new size.

I took it as very much a tongue in cheek article.
 
I think it may be that when we're big, we are different, we stand out in a crowd...(good or bad) - then when slim, we just blend in.... am I the only one who thinks Fern Britton has lost her glamour along with her weight?? ;-)
I'd still give anything to be a size 12 though! lol xx
 
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