"My body is just my Tupperware container for all of these special things"
I could really relate to what this girl is saying about being an alien species. I could've written that part, easily. I waited for my space ship for decades before deciding it wasn't coming for me and I better make the most of what I have.
I hope for a bright future for her. It seems she is on the right track.
Laurie
Sleeved 6/12/13 - 100 pounds lost to get to goal!
This article was my life. The comments from family, friends and strangers had a cutting effect on me. A mother who didn't like overweight people making comments about them when she saw somebody with excess weight. A mother who took me clothes shopping and would become frustrated saying to me "If you were so fat I could buy you clothes". Comments by other family members calling me names like "marshmellow". Family commenting about how I much I ate saying that I ate more than them! Strangers calling me a beached whale as I walked past them in a mall. Classmates who would bully me on the bus or playground. Each time it was experience after experience of feeling less than everyone else along with powerless to fix the situation.I could continue to let their power control me or make a change. In the weeks since I have made the decision to have the sleeve procedure I have felt that I have my power back. Do I love how I love now..NO...but I know that I am giving myself whatever love I can do right now by eating foods that fuel my body and create the body that I want that matches my mind and attitude: Agile, active, happy, and healthy.
KayDee
