Mon, Dec-01-03, 08:59
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,320
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 185/151/145
BF:
Progress: 85%
Location: Adirondack Mountains, NY
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It's natural, when you change something,to re-examine issues having to do with the change.
People DO treat you differently according to your size. It can be subtle or overt, but it is definitely there. And I don't think it's always an issue with "shallow" though it sometimes is.
I ran across a discussion board with someone who was on a makeover show, and got some face work done. She's a pediatric nurse, and she said the small children and babies respond to her much better now, because the small changes made her face more symmetrical.
Heck, if even babies respond, it's a deeper thing that just social prejudice.
I think all of us become more attractive, not just because we've lost weight, but because we have more energy and confidence as well. So some people are going to find you more threatening in this configuration, not less powerful.
Perhaps someone will feel less powerful because they are taking up less space. But remember, there are better ways to be powerful than that.
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