Re: statuesque

June 20, 2000

I know I'm late in responding.....but I still find it hard to see myself as

small(er). I look in the mirror and before turning away I catch myself staring

and saying 'That is really you! It is really You! You are not fat anymore. "

I still look for the sturdiest chair in the room and catch myself looking back

to see if someone is laughing at me as I passed by.

I lived sooooo long as a fat person and It is only the last 18 months that I am

being considered in the " normal " category. Maybe many years down the road I

will take the smaller size for granted. Right now, it is still a very new

concept to me.

Carol

Richmond, VA

>>> vitalady@... 06/19/00 05:01PM >>>

Gee, Tracey, that was very encouraging! You can look now, Patti. We then

become, tiny, shy, retiring (hush, Bob!), original, unique and cute? Or am

I pushing it with that one? You can't be both statuesque and cute. I suppose

being over 5'9 " , nobody confuses you with a chipmunk. Sigh.

I'm still trying to get my eyeballs to catch up with the sizes and scale.

It takes a LONG time, I think. I kinda have the idea, but every now and then

I relapse and grab stuff that is maybe size 12 or 14, vs 3-5-7. Or grab a

bigger chair--stuff like that. I don't still think I'm 262, because I was

only morbidly obese for 5 yrs. But I was 150-180 for my whole life,

including birth, I think. So, my mind reverts back to that 150-size

thinking.

Anybody else forget who they are?

Thanks,

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