"Being obese and female is as bad as it gets,"

…Berit Heitmann, a nutritional and medical research advisor to the Danish government, told a meeting of world obesity experts gathered in Sydney Wednesday.

"Appearance and size seem related to getting and keeping both job and salary,"

Obese women are deprived of friendships, intimate relationships, social interactions, education, income and respect,"

This article upsets me.  In fact, it upsets me a great deal.  Read it and you see why. 

These statements, although hard to read, are absolutely true.  Why am I so upset?  Well, human nature I guess.  I realize it’s the way life is but it shouldn’t be.  I have been both thin and heavy however; I think I have been heavy a bit longer than I have been thin.  As much as I struggle to lose my weight I struggle just as much trying to adjust to the changes around me.

What changes?  Well, of course the changes to my body but there are other changes as well.  People treat you differently and it’s obvious.  So much so that it kinda plays with your mind.  You begin to wonder what your worth has been, is right now and will be in the future.  It’s not something I haven’t experienced before having lost a bunch of weight in my past so I knew I would be dealing with it again.

Reading this article, although upsetting, made me feel like I wasn’t making these feelings up.  I’m not just pulling this crap out of my butt or making a big deal about nothing.  Life is different when you’re heavy. 

Very different.

I’m happy that I’m on my way to becoming healthier and I’m sure in time I will deal with the changes around me easier than in the past.  Practice makes perfect right?