(This is my first time posting here so please let me know if this isn’t the place for this)
(F20, 5’9”, CW 215lbs/GW 150lbs)
My weight loss journey started in January at 205lbs. I don’t own a scale so I wait to see my progress at doctors offices when they weigh me.
So yesterday, when my doctor weighed me I found that I gained 10lbs since early March. I was very frustrated because my progress and determination is not yielding any results. I haven’t been as strict as I could be, yes, but I truly have been trying to do all the things my doctor told me to do earlier this year, and have nothing to physically show for it except for weight gain(?)... so I had a little breakdown, and the doctor replied with something that kinda took me aback. The conversation went as follows:
Me: I am 20 years old, and 215 pounds. I am constantly uncomfortable, I feel my weight around me constantly. None of my clothes fit me anymore, just look at what I’m wearing?? (points to leggings and a baggy shirt) I am eating mindfully, I cut back on carbs and sugars, I don’t eat fast food or drink soda, I try to get in exercise when I can, Id like to think I live a relatively healthy lifestyle?? I’m just tired of feeling like this!
Doctor: feeling like what?
Me: FAT! I’m tired of feeling fat!!
Doctor: takes off glasses Well, I’d just like to say that you are very pretty.
Me: insert confused nick young meme (thinking: bitch, did I say I was ugly??) Um... yes, I know that I’m pretty?? I never said I wasn’t? I’m FAT, not UGLY.
It just bothered me. My fat doesn’t coincide with my physical attractiveness. Those are two separate things. I’m sure once I lose weight, I will become more attractive because our society favors thin and fit, but I am doing this for my health! And my body! Not for looks. It just surprised me that my doctor would tell me this when I very obviously was concerned about my body.
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