Given that my really fat girl days are behind me, I figured it’s high time I did a fat girl problem post… I know there are many of them out there….  My take on it is that everyone has the right to tell their story… and no greater platform exists than the World Wide Web!!! Before I go any further I have a disclaimer; I don’t mean to hurt anyone with this blog. Nope not at all… I was once 103 kgs. I have painstakingly worked my butt off to shed a lot weight and admittedly I still haven’t reached my  ideal weight. In other words I have been there and I’m still there (in one way or another) so my intention is not to offend or hurt anyone’s feelings.

And just to show you guys what I mean here are some before and after pics of yours truly.

Before

After

# 1 This is a man’s world? Ummmm don’t think so… how about this is a skinny person’s world?

Unfortunately or fortunately we live in a world where being skinny is accepted and being fat is…. Well you get the drift right? So it’s easy to feel isolated, unloved and unwanted which is probably among the top worst things you could feel. But honestly I think that it is also a matter of perspective and how you allow yourself to be….

#2 Very little fits right…

Yep the struggle is REAL!!! I know in the first world you have access to plus size stores and you even have the option of shopping online in the comfort of your own home most likely in bed while munching on a bar of Cadbury milk chocolate and bag of cheesey doritos…  well that’s not always the case for everyone, in as much as online shopping is picking up in my country, you’re probably safer shopping in person and boy oh boy is the plus size market a bbbbuuurrrsssttt. You either get over priced items or really low quality over sized un-shapely (yes I know that’s not a word…) second hand clothes…. And omg don’t even get me started with shoes. If you have a fat and WIDE foot guuurrrlllll T_T <= that’s the face you’ll have when shopping the entire time. And I know at this point someone will probably think well if you controlled what you eat and exercised you wouldn’t be in that predicament. And yes its very true but some things aren’t black and white…

# 3 Unsolicited Advice From Friends, Family & Well Meaning Strangers…

I feel kinda mean typing this but I have to say it, I just have to. Enough already!!! Stop with the advice!!! I know it’s coming from a really good place but telling me ‘you know you could lose a few pounds if….’ Or ‘why not try jogging 30 mins every day?’ isn’t one bit helpful. It really isn’t. That’s like rubbing the fat in my face. I know I'm fat.

# 4 Chub rub!!!

Enough  said!!! If you don’t know what that is then you’re very lucky and please keep it that way.

 

#5 Major Envy

I’m happy to be rid of this!!! Major bikini body envy, major life envy, just envy envy envy envy envy. Since when did being skinny mean you have an easier life? Lies!!! Be content in your situation and don’t blame your situation because of how you look…..if you’re unhappy then do something about it. I know that it sound like I’m contradicting myself with # 9 (but I’m not) but seriously the envy is 

# 6 Tummy Roll Issues

Oh Lort!!!!  If I were to get into this one it’s take a whole week to finish writing, and editing this post. So let me keep it short and sweet. What is a tummy roll you ask? Well short and simple answer is the opposite of abs and if you were expecting a pic….uuuummmmm nope not going to happen but google images is there ;) the tummy roll/rolls depending on how fat you are was probably the worst thing (physically) of being fat…. Nothing looked good and I always wore buggy clothes to hide them. Just a heads up, they are the fastest thing to acquire when getting fat and the hardest and slowest thing to lose when you’re trying to get skinny.

#7 Boy trouble

Guuuuurrrlllllll!!! Chubby chasers though!!!! Unfortunately because the ideal of beauty, hotness and sexiness is not fat, it’s typically harder to navigate the already weird and complicated word of dating and love. My personal account of dating when I was fat is unfortunately a sob story which I won’t bore you with…. But I know of fat people in very happy, healthy and loving relationships. So again it all boils down to perspective and how you carry and view yourself… Now that I’m in a happy and love filled relationship; I always wonder how things would have gone down if he met me in my super fat phase… (of course I’ve asked and of course he’s answered but still I can’t help but wonder you

#8 Never ending hunger

Yes please!!! Would be the answer to do you want to have a bit of _________? I don’t know why but I always felt hungry all day errday.

#9 The big D

Eiiiiiii get your mind out the gutter… I mean Discrimination!!! Yep. I know but seriously when you’re fat you do face discrimination; like when applying for a job, the interviewer takes one look at you and writes you off because you’re fat...

#10 Double Chin

Enough said……

The struggle is real people but weight loss is a personal journey that everyone can conquer with hard work and the right attitude.