Posted yesterday by Kyrasdad. As usual, I'm a bit slow on the uptake, but this is a marvelous thread I've just wandered into. I've never been obviously morbidlly obese (big shirts and men's sweatsuits hide lots of problems) though technically I have been at over 160. I'm short, so even thin was never curvaceous. Sort of mildly averagely attractive, at times in my life.

But I had clearly become apathetic in recent years. Health concerns made me wake up. Even though I love what I am eating, I doubt I could have continued with this WOE if it were not for this forum.

I find myself thinking about the "hiding behind the fat" theory, and I don't think it fits for me. Mostly I'm in the lazy and complacent category of weight gainers. Who will I be when I lose more weight? Pretty much the same person I have always been, except that I hope I will be me for a significantly longer number of years.....

Kay