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Date Posted: 19:07:57 06/26/00 Mon
Author: Jane
Subject: hey girl, good points!!!
In reply to: Teece 's message, "I agree a little and I disagree a little :-)" on 11:49:15 06/26/00 Mon

> But, who can live life eating what you have to
> eat to lose weight?

i know--it's tough as hell, and so many people don't appreciate it.

> Our
> fat IS tied to our genetics, like you say.

ABSOLUTELY!!! my tolerance for processed foods has gone WAY down. i used to be able to eat sugar and white flour. i tried eating sugar again a few months ago--I GAINED 17 1/2 POUNDS IN 3 WEEKS!!!!! and i still haven't lost it, despite being back off sugar for almost 3 months now. my body is STUBBORN!!!!!

> getting down to a smaller size isn't going to make you
> a happier person...it will only make certain aspects
> of your life easier.

that is VERY TRUE!!! i lost 70 lbs a couple of years ago. it was great, but ultimately, it was still my life, you know??? it was nice to be smaller, but that's all it was--nice. not miraculous, not life-changing, just nice. i WAS glad for the improvement in my health, though.

> To me, Size Acceptance means
> being happy with yourself as you are right NOW.

AMEN!!!

> Oh, I try SOOOOOOO hard to get my niece not to diet
> because I look back on my pictures and I see that I
> weighed 150 lbs. in high school and I thought I was
> huge and I dieted my way up to where I am now.

i did the SAME THING!!!!! i weighed 180, was a size 18, and i was GORGEOUS!!!!! now i'm still gorgeous ;-) but now i weigh 275. my top was 314. i felt better about myself at 314 than i did at 180--isn't that SAD?????

good luck with your niece, honey!!! poor little thing.

> Rosie, I thought you made a lot of good points and I
> hope that you and others in the SA movement will be
> heard and that one day we'll truly accept each other
> at the different sizes we are and also accept the fact
> that some who are fat DO want to lose weight and that
> it's ok.

AMEN AGAIN!!!

thanks for posting, Teece ;-)

Jane

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