Well, I'd also like to quickly point out that being overwewight is very flexible.

I am a little overweight. Acording to the chart at the doctors, I should probably loose something about...10lbs, give or take few. But, you can actually see my ribs. Not A LOT, but you can. And my jean size is 4-6, and shirt size S-M, depending on the store.

Now, I wouldn't call that "overweight" honestly. Sure, I could stand to loose some, most people can. But, really, there's alot more to it than numbers on the scale. My dad was 170 lbs at 6ft, but I saw a picture of him....it was almost like something out of the Holocaust(sp?)

Now, obviously, my father was not starving. But, at 170 lbs, he was incredibly skinny. 170 lbs is not exactly light. NOW, he's close to 240. But, he's nowhere near fat. So, you see, it's all relative.

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Originally posted by small_town_girl:
Its so funny when someone has to pick apart what you say...is that the only way you could understand it?!

I assure you, I am quite capable of understanding other people's posts. This is just the way I reply. Idiot.

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LOL..you contradicted yourself throughout your reply..one minute talking about how you have to tell yourself that your happy so you don't kill yourself (get over it) then the next....not everyone on here is overweight...blah blah blah.

I don't "tell myself I'm happy so I don't kill myself." That's not what I said. I said I was happy enough with my body so that I did not want to kill myself - meaning that a few years ago I was morbidly obese and I lost enough weight that I am now simply overweight and no longer as depressed as I once was. I am not some angsty teenager - I have had to deal with real clinical depression which is not something that a person can just "get over." I am not a pity-me type person and I don't think I came off that way in my post. And I did not contradict myself. Just because I am overweight and I state that in my post does not mean that it's not true that not everyone on YN is overweight.

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Honey if you are going to kill yourself because you are fat and or ugly seriously grow up, because you will never fit into society or even on that matter be able to handle society and reality.

Again, I never said this. I am not ugly. And I am not even really what most consider fat. I am just overweight. And I would never kill myself because of the way I look. That is dumb and I know that.

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"And those of us who are, aren't necessarily the lazy bums or people in need of psychiatric help that you portray us as." I never portrayed anyone like this...

You may not have said those exact words but you did in fact portray overweight people as lazy and as depressed when that is not always the case.

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I am sorry you put yourself in that catagory...must be feeling bad about yourself to call yourself all that.

I do not put myself in either one of those categories, you put me in that category. I do not feel bad about myself, people like you make me feel bad about myself.

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Oh yeah really quick also...20lbs in five years?! That is not trying to change yourself that isn't doing ANYTHING. The best thing about will power is it is FREE...so there is no excuses.

And there you go, making me feel even worse. Yes, I know that it is not quick. And how the HELL do you know I didn't do anything? I'll have you know I have tried my damnedest to lose weight and I am still trying. I think it shows my will power that I have only lost 20 pounds in that amount of time and I am still trying and still putting forth the effort. That's fking will power right there. I'd like to see you go 5 years on diets that don't always work and exercise that you hate to do and only lose 20 pounds out of it and still try to do it.

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And as for everyone else...look around you right now...I bet half of you have food sitting in front of you...you want to be thin do something about IT.

That comment right there is what I'm talking about. You sound like you are telling us to not eat, to be anorexic. You sound like we have no will power and that we are lazy and just sit at a computer stuffing our faces all day long. And you assume that everyone sitting at a computer with food in front of them is fat when you have no idea if that is true. And guess what, there is no food whatsoever sitting in front of me.

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Oh yeah really quick also...20lbs in five years?! That is not trying to change yourself that isn't doing ANYTHING.

Hey, atleast that's better than nothing.

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Originally posted by small_town_girl:
I just hope my story or my thoughts may be able to help or motivate someone out there

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Oh yeah really quick also...20lbs in five years?! That is not trying to change yourself that isn't doing ANYTHING.

So you're just here to tell us all how great you are? It's great if you're trying to make yourself healthier... now you can start working on your personality.

Its so funny when someone has to pick apart what you say...is that the only way you could understand it?! LOL..you contradicted yourself throughout your reply..one minute talking about how you have to tell yourself that your happy so you don't kill yourself (get over it) then the next....not everyone on here is overweight...blah blah blah. Honey if you are going to kill yourself because you are fat and or ugly seriously grow up, because you will never fit into society or even on that matter be able to handle society and reality. "And those of us who are, aren't necessarily the lazy bums or people in need of psychiatric help that you portray us as." I never portrayed anyone like this...I am sorry you put yourself in that catagory...must be feeling bad about yourself to call yourself all that. Oh yeah really quick also...20lbs in five years?! That is not trying to change yourself that isn't doing ANYTHING. The best thing about will power is it is FREE...so there is no excuses.

As for that other reply...I never told anyone to be aneroxic or bulimic and I never will...I am the one that said I am not doing it properly NOW....but I WAS...and that is when I lost the 98lbs in eight months.

And as for everyone else...look around you right now...I bet half of you have food sitting in front of you...you want to be thin do something about IT.

By the way 800 calories a day is not starving yourself. That is what the doctor put me on...that's right doctors orders. Once the wieght start MELTING off...he upped it to 1500 calories a day...if you guys cant stick to that I don't know what to tell you. That's all I did...no working out no nothing else just that.

Great, tell them how wonderful it is to be anorexic and bulimic. Do it. I'm going throgh the whole eating disorder thing and trust me, it ain't fun at all.

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Originally posted by small_town_girl:
Almost all you guys on here are "HAPPY" with yourselves...is that what you are tellng yourselves so that you can wake up every morning and not have to do anything about your weight??

No. I am happy with myself enough so that I don't want to kill myself. But I am doing something about my weight and I have been for like 5 years. It's just that it's only paid off by about 20 pounds or so.

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I am nothing to talk about I am overweight STILL...I have gone from a 24 to a 10 in eight months though. I did that with will power not surgery not starving myself with good ole will power and you all can do it to.

Thanks for letting me know that. But, uh, kinda already knew that through common sense. Surgery (not plastic, gastric-bypass) is necessary and totally worth it in some cases. Starving yourself is just dumb. But no shit - anyone can lose weight if they have the will power and work hard at it. It's just hard to do.

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Most of you on here are younger teenagers I am 26 years old. It just gets worse...when I was 18 I was wearing 18's by time I hit 25 I was in a 24. It does not get better!! You have to change yourself now.

Which is exactly what I'm doing because I KNOW that. Tell me something I don't know.

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But that just goes to show that I have flaws as well.

Really? Because I was under the impression that you were the first perfect human being ever made.

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Do you know how much better you feel when you weigh less...how much more motivation in life you have.

Duh. Why do you think so many people are on diets and exercise programs? They know they will feel better so that's why they attempt to lose weight in the first place.

I'm sorry if I seem rude but you are being so much ruder. Because not everyone on here is overweight - just because 80% of America is doesn't mean 80% of YN is (especially since not everyone is even from America). And those of us who are, aren't necessarily the lazy bums or people in need of psychiatric help that you portray us as. Get a grip and learn how reality feels.

Hey thanks for your thoughts.... I KNOW exactly how you feel... in this society people make you feel horrible about yourself and a nine is nothing to be ashamed of. But look at me I am a ten I think I am huge...when people tell me I am skinny I think "yeah right"...I must step on the scale about ten times a day...and everytime I see food I think FAT, never anything else. But yet when I was a 24 I was fine with myself, until that one day where I woke up and said..." I am just saying that I am fine with myself because I know I am too weak and lazy to change it "...Then I did...but now its bad because nothing is good enough... I always thought man if I could just get down to a ten I would be so thrilled...yeah right I am no where close to what I want to be. This is the first time in my entire life that I have been in a ten but yet its not good enough I don't know what will be either. My goal is a six by this summer. I can honestly say that I am not doing it healthy now..but I can't help it. I hate the way I look (yet I look in the mirror fifteen times a day). When my best friend and I go out I am always comparing myself to everyone I see...asking "am I as fat as her?"...Everyone tells me "oh you just had a baby you are allowed to be a little heavier" Well let me tell you my "baby" is ninteen months old....no excuse! I hope this makes you realize that you are not alone...and I am sure you look beautiful. Bye for now!

Hey~

Well I used to real little as a little kid, when I was 4 i had open-heart surgery to fix 6 holes in my heart. And i was on all kinds on Meds some of witch made me bigger.

Well, I almost 17 and i'm a size 9". and even though a 9 is not real big. to me it is cause my older sister who just turned 18 has been a size 3 for about 3 years, and my younger sister is also thin. Some days i hate how i look in my clothes, stuff that i loved on tv or in the store i think make me look really fat. Last winter i got over my first fear and actally were shorts for basketball, I still felt FAT .

I know theres alot things about my body i would love to change, but i will NEVER go thogh surgery again, unless is medical. There is also things about my body I like...