There are many drawbacks to being over weight, besides the obvious health factors that go hand in hand with obesity. But thin people always seem to get these convenient little perks to their everyday life... "Thinconveniences", I like to call them that! This can be defined as the convenient things that a thin person can look forward to during their day!
Top Five 'Thinconveniences'
1: Their clothes fit - If you are naturally a thin person, who has never had to struggle with weight issues, I find it hard to imagine you staring at your closet wondering which item to pick that you are not going to have to see saw over your hips.
2: People think they are more attractive - If I am at a club or bar surrounded by thin women, even if they are ugly as sin, men are still going to look at them because of their bodies. Hey buddy, I'm cute, down right sexy if you take the time to look at me!
3: You get treated better - On more than one occasion I have been out in public and have had men hold the door open for the 'delicate little female' and then turn around and shut it right in my face. I'm overweight, not a troll, be nice to me too, asshole!
4: When people stare, you like it - As an overweight person, being stared at is almost taboo, but if you stare at a thin person, it is usually because you find them attractive, or they might have toilet paper stuck to their shoe! Either way, heavier people do NOT like to be stared at, and 9 out of 10 of my thin friends don't mind at all, because they have never felt the negative aspect of it.
5: You can eat all you want and not be a 'lazy pig' - People automatically assume that if you are fat, you eat all day long and do nothing but sit in front of the tv. I have several thin girlfriends who eat and eat and eat, never gain an ounce, don't work out and they have a desk job! Me - I can eat like a bird, work out 3 hours a day and lose only five pounds.
So these are the top five things that I would like to be able to say were convenient for me, but I will have to save them for my small counterparts.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The beginning of my day
Tuesday 2.26.08
I started my day out at about 7 am. Waking up next to Daniel is always the best part of my day. I never thought after several failed relationships and one disastrous one that I could find myself being happy with such a sweet and simple man.
Why I am blogging: I got the idea from a friend of mine that I recently had the pleasure of taking an improv class with. Her name is Tiffany Christensen and she has just published her first book "Sick Girl Speaks". She told me that blogging helped her to stay on top of her writing every day. I hope to follow in her footsteps in that aspect at least.
What this is about: I have been over weight my entire life. Since childhood, really since before I could walk, I was heavy. The purpose of these journals is to show how childhood obesity and obesity in adulthood has affected my life, career, relationships, health, really everything that encompasses who I am and what I am about, it has all been touched and tainted in a way by my outward appearance.
I hope that in a small effort I am able to bring acceptance of self, and of others, to the forefront of relationships. People's first impressions of you always seem to matter, and when you are at an obvious disadvantage from the beginning, it takes twice as long to make a good connection.
This is the beginning: I hope to blog everyday so that I can compose my thoughts into a published work, and bring a little inspiration to someone out there that is just like me... until next time!
I started my day out at about 7 am. Waking up next to Daniel is always the best part of my day. I never thought after several failed relationships and one disastrous one that I could find myself being happy with such a sweet and simple man.
Why I am blogging: I got the idea from a friend of mine that I recently had the pleasure of taking an improv class with. Her name is Tiffany Christensen and she has just published her first book "Sick Girl Speaks". She told me that blogging helped her to stay on top of her writing every day. I hope to follow in her footsteps in that aspect at least.
What this is about: I have been over weight my entire life. Since childhood, really since before I could walk, I was heavy. The purpose of these journals is to show how childhood obesity and obesity in adulthood has affected my life, career, relationships, health, really everything that encompasses who I am and what I am about, it has all been touched and tainted in a way by my outward appearance.
I hope that in a small effort I am able to bring acceptance of self, and of others, to the forefront of relationships. People's first impressions of you always seem to matter, and when you are at an obvious disadvantage from the beginning, it takes twice as long to make a good connection.
This is the beginning: I hope to blog everyday so that I can compose my thoughts into a published work, and bring a little inspiration to someone out there that is just like me... until next time!
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