Someday I hope, no make that plan, to not be obese. But I
know that even then I will not be pretty. I have given up on that a long
time ago. When I started this health improvement effort, I knew I
couldn't get back the pretty, thin me I used to be, and I have settled for
smaller and healthier-that's not a bad "settle for" in my book.
I wasn't quite prepared for what weight loss of this extreme nature would
look like, and I still am not sure how it will look on this body, but I'm
starting to get an idea.
I'm not showing under the clothes to anyone (there are only two
people on earth I trust with that), so they don't know what this fat body looks
like underneath the layers I use to hide it as best I can. They don't
know about the loose skin that's starting to show up now as the fat goes away.
They don't know how ugly I find it on my own self. I'm not saying
that anyone else is ugly who has this. I am NOT judging another soul.
I am simply stating that I find my body gross and revolting to look at,
even as I lose the fat. I haven't liked myself in the mirror for years
and years, and I'm coming to understand that I probably never will because when
the fat is gone it won't look pretty still. It's going to be covered in
stretchy, flabby skin that just hangs and gets in the way.
I'm okay with this. I avoid mirrors
most of the time anyway, and I can hide the body under layers of prettier
clothes. No one else has to see it. The only place I can see me
having a problem will be the pool, but I will figure that one out somehow.
My sister posted a link to this video this
week, not sure where she came across it or what made her share it, but I was
thankful that someone was brave enough to share his own story. I don't think I could ever do that,
brave as I want to be, that couldn't be me.
I'm proud of myself for sticking with this
and losing as much weight as I've lost. It's a great thing I know, and
something I never could do before. But it's also mixed with other
problems and issues and not just some simple, "happy ending" kind of
story. I have ruined my body in so many ways and can never go back or
undo the damage I've caused for myself. That is something I regret more
than I can ever say.
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