Since I started to put weight on at the age of 27 [I’m now 34], I never thought I’d hear the words ‘skinny’ followed by my ‘name’ used in the same sentence.
The funny thing is that I’m far from skinny – I’m still in the overweight category (maximum weight for my height should be 63 and I’m 72 kilos – still very overweight)... but people left, right and centre are telling me I’m ‘skinny’ and because I’m not agreeing with them (I keep pointing out that according to my BMI or height/weight charts I’m overweight), my work colleagues, family and friends are worried that I’m becoming anorexic. They keep poking my collar bone and breast bone telling me they’re showing big time, that my shoulders are diminutive and grabbing my waste telling me it is minuscule and my face practically non-existent – I keep telling them that I’m just a ‘bony’ type of person and that my waste is the smallest part of my body because that just happens to be my body shape (hourglass)... that if they were to look at my legs (which is where I carry my weight) it would be a different story. Anyway... serious concern is coming at me from all angles. I guess they see me as skinny because they’re comparing me to what I was like 8 months?????
Something else I do not understand is the fact that I’ve had to buy size 12 clothes because my 14s are way too baggy... but how can I be 73 kilos, only 1.58meters and be a size 12? It just doesn’t add up... last time I was a size 12 I was 58 kilos (not 72)... this is a complete mystery to me!
Apologies if it sounds like I’m moaning – I’m not... really. I’m very happy having gone from a size 20 to a size 12 (although, just before surgery, my size 20 clothes they were starting to feel VERY tight... mainly because I knew I was having surgery and kept having 'last meals' before I started of my pre-op diet). My goal was a size 16 and to have exceeded that is absolutely wonderful – but I do wonder why the figures do not add up? Have any of you guys experienced this at all?
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The funny thing is that I’m far from skinny – I’m still in the overweight category (maximum weight for my height should be 63 and I’m 72 kilos – still very overweight)... but people left, right and centre are telling me I’m ‘skinny’ and because I’m not agreeing with them (I keep pointing out that according to my BMI or height/weight charts I’m overweight), my work colleagues, family and friends are worried that I’m becoming anorexic. They keep poking my collar bone and breast bone telling me they’re showing big time, that my shoulders are diminutive and grabbing my waste telling me it is minuscule and my face practically non-existent – I keep telling them that I’m just a ‘bony’ type of person and that my waste is the smallest part of my body because that just happens to be my body shape (hourglass)... that if they were to look at my legs (which is where I carry my weight) it would be a different story. Anyway... serious concern is coming at me from all angles. I guess they see me as skinny because they’re comparing me to what I was like 8 months?????
Something else I do not understand is the fact that I’ve had to buy size 12 clothes because my 14s are way too baggy... but how can I be 73 kilos, only 1.58meters and be a size 12? It just doesn’t add up... last time I was a size 12 I was 58 kilos (not 72)... this is a complete mystery to me!
Apologies if it sounds like I’m moaning – I’m not... really. I’m very happy having gone from a size 20 to a size 12 (although, just before surgery, my size 20 clothes they were starting to feel VERY tight... mainly because I knew I was having surgery and kept having 'last meals' before I started of my pre-op diet). My goal was a size 16 and to have exceeded that is absolutely wonderful – but I do wonder why the figures do not add up? Have any of you guys experienced this at all?
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