Sat, Jun-21-03, 03:12
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Lowcarb since 7/2002
Posts: 5,991
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 360/232/180
BF:BMI 53.2/34.3/?
Progress: 71%
Location: U.S.: Mid-Atlantic
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I think that most people have no idea what 250 or 300 pounds looks like and therefore they think we weigh less than we do. I had a conversation recently with a friend who is not very big about another friend who is well over six feet tall and large. The first person, who is not very big, said in reference to the second person, "He must weigh almost 200 pounds." Well, from my perspective, I knew that this person must weigh much more than 200 pounds.
While on some level I think that it is nice that people think we weigh less than we do, I don't think we should assume that means we look like we weigh less than we do. I think it just means that those people don't have a reference point from which to guess our weight. I suspect that if most of us in the Triple Digits Club met each other in person, we could make a pretty good guess about what each of us weighs because we have a much better sense of what it looks like to weigh that much.
I'll pose another question -- does anyone posting here think that he or she looks like s/he weighs MORE than s/he does? My guess is that the answer to that is no. We can't all look like we weigh less than we do. I think it is people's perception of what it looks like to weigh what we weigh that is the issue here. We don't look like we weigh less than we do; it is just that most people don't know what it looks like to weigh what we weigh.
I don't intend this post to be discouraging, it is just an issue I am fighting within myself. I find myself thinking, "I don't look like I weigh 275 pounds, maybe I don't really need to lose another 100 pounds." Yes, I do look like I weigh 275 pounds (even though most people would never guess that I weigh that much because they don't know what 275 pounds looks like) and I do need to lose another 100 pounds -- for my health as much or more as for my looks.
Last edited by liz175 : Sat, Jun-21-03 at 05:19.
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