what does your weight mean to you?
Jan. 17th, 2009 09:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
keryxI think I told you kids about losing 5 lbs in California, yes? They're probably around the pool at that place in Calistoga. If anyone finds them, you're welcome to keep them. Apparently those were the 5 pounds that stood between me and delicious contentment in my body.
I don't mean that I hopped on a scale and thought AH! At last I weigh 210! Now I can be happy! but that I kept looking in mirrors and thinking something looked different that I liked. And then I discovered that I weighed very slightly less. I think it's the weight range that my body maintains when I'm moving, cooking and happy. So part of what I'm happy with in the mirror is just seeing happiness. But. I do think part of it is appearance, which while not explicitly about weight is certainly connected.
Hmm. This makes me empathise a bit better with people like my mom. You know. The ones who always have 5 lbs they want to lose.
How about you?
I don't mean that I hopped on a scale and thought AH! At last I weigh 210! Now I can be happy! but that I kept looking in mirrors and thinking something looked different that I liked. And then I discovered that I weighed very slightly less. I think it's the weight range that my body maintains when I'm moving, cooking and happy. So part of what I'm happy with in the mirror is just seeing happiness. But. I do think part of it is appearance, which while not explicitly about weight is certainly connected.
Hmm. This makes me empathise a bit better with people like my mom. You know. The ones who always have 5 lbs they want to lose.
How about you?