This morning (wednesday) I weighed in at 289.6lbs, meaning I lost a pound in two days. Even at that rate, I'd be doing great. Of course, that included the bucket of wings I ate on Tuesday (although to be fair they made me kind of sick and I didn't eat anything else of note). All in all, I think there is some serious meat left on the bone with this diet in terms of rapid weight loss. The only thing holding me back is me.
On a more contemplative tangent, I've been thinking a lot about how weight, and weight loss, is a very relative concept. The trigger for this was catching some of the Simpson's episode "King Size Homer," where Homer learns that he qualifies to work at home if disabled, which includes weight over 300lbs. Homer quickly gains the weight, starts wearing a muumuu, can't dial a phone because his fingers are too fat, and can't sit in a movie theater. Obviously it's satire (and damn funny), but by all reports Homer is roughly my height, and at the extreme of this episode, roughly my weight. He's seen as virtually unable to function in society due to his weight.
This made me really think about how I never felt as fat as I was, and after losing 140lbs, I really don't feel very fat at all. Yet I'm still well over 100lbs overweight, and I'm technically morbidly obese according to the charts. It's weird to see how people of my size are viewed (and view themselves) in contrast to how I feel (and how many people I know view me). I know that I've always carried my weight better than most people, and I doubt many people would guess my weight to be 290lbs today. There is a concept within the Fat Acceptance movement that "weight is just a number," and while I never completely agreed, I think that for me there has always been some truth to it, and now it's even more so. I am in pretty much every way completely healthy, yet according to the charts I'm at ridiculous risk of all kinds of horrible ailments. I simply don't feel morbidly obese, and I certainly don't feel like a pariah because of my weight.
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I agree, I really don't have a concept of my body being big when I look at myself, and I don't feel like people stare at me or anything, but when I see pictures of myself I really don't see the same thing as when I look down at myself. Maybe it's because I have trouble seeing past my chest.
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