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Losing weight before TTC

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Re: Losing weight before TTC

  • flamingo&flamingo& member
    KC, I don't agree with everything you said but I don't believe you are trying to be malicious. I'm sorry that I flipped out. Honestly. But I do believe that the things I have pointed out to and said are not false and have merit.

    I realize that the method I tried to lose weight under was not healthy, and was the reason why I didn't succeed, and may be the reason why it's hard for me to lose weight now. I do think my metabolism is slow, because it's very very hard to lose and very easy to gain. I have been trying to focus on eating good quality food (lots of veggies), and activity second. I recently switched jobs and just signed up for the health insurance. I believe mental health is included but I need to wait to get my insurance card and policy information before I can do anything. I will look into it... for more than just my weight (my home life wasn't very good, my father was emotionally and physically abusive), though everything is probably linked together.

    Even if it would be better for me to lose weight, I do believe I am in good health, and my doctor agrees. I hope that the changes I work on will ultimately result in a healthy weight. The problem is, if I focus on weight, I get frustrated if I am not losing fast enough and that prevents me from making progress.
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  • flamingo&flamingo& member
    I also agree that people are judgmental as a whole, and one of my biggest pet peeves are people who say, "Men love women with curves" kind of crap. Body shaming of ANY kind for ANY body type is wrong and I hate it. I had a friend in high school who was very thin, and she got more comments about her weight than I ever did. It pissed me off. People would tell her that she needs to eat, and that she's anorexic (she wasn't), and would reduce her to tears. I felt very protective of her.
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  • flamingo&flamingo& member
    edited November 2013
    I never said I didn't get any comments, I said I didn't get as many as she did. Most of the comments I got were from my own family, not strangers. Maybe a stranger once in awhile. In my family, I was raised to think of fat as undesirable. I certainly have a different perspective now and only try to give people of all sizes love and acceptance.
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