QOD 5/10/04

Shawna- Oh that is tooooo funny! 6 inch heels eh?! hmmmm is there some secret fantasy you need to tell us about?! I agree--- we would be immune to the perils of obesity if we hadn't gone thru this and perhaps it makes us better people to know what it is like to be invisible. OR some folks could go in the opposite direction and feel bitter. Because you have the whole "I am the same person, just skinnier but now people like me/see that I exist" ...I know I feel that way sometimes. Steve- GOOD for you making such a dramatic change...and 44 is NOT old! I am changing careers at 30. BUT it is scary! Now that I have passed my classes this is all becoming a reality and the changes make me nervous--- what if I am giving up a good paying job and I fail out of clinicals or never pass my board exams? We plan on moving after I finish school next May to Viriginia--either Charlottesville or Northern VA (DC Metro). I think this question is harder for folks with KIDS...because you love them so much and can't imagine life without them (in a good way). I do not want to get rid of husband by any means either! But I know I probably would have never met my husband. Along the same lines if my MOM had not died when I was 15 my life would have taken a COMPLETELY different route....so for me I think about this sort of thing a lot in my life. I think it is the Sagittarius in me--wanderlust--always wondering what, if, how, why and constantly wanting change. That is me!

WoW Shawna Thanks for the visual!!!

I think I would have to agree that my life would have been different if I wouldn't have been overweight. I also meet many wonderful men, but the issue of my weight was always an issue. Now that I think about maybe they were not so wonderful..if they were than my weight wouldn't have been and issue...right?

The "crazy" thing for me is that I haven't been fat/ heavy all my life but I "fought the battle with weight" literally every day of my life that I remember. I was able to keep it "controlled" until I got pregnant and had 2 babies close together.....then life got too nutty to exercise and that was the only thing that kept me under control with my weight during the earlier years....and it all went to heck at that point. Honestly, I don't think a lot would have been different.....except if I could have been naturally thin without having to work at it so hard for so many years, I wouldn't have had to be so consumed by every bite and every moment of exercise. But I married my hubby when I was thin(ner), got my degees, etc.....so the main thing that happened after I got heavier was that life just in general got harder....but I still accomplished most of what I wanted to during that time. I really didn't let me stop me from pursuing my dreams. Still, I so love being thinner and healthier. I wouldn't change a thing! Jenni -82

Oh my! My whole life would be different. I would probably be a Las Vegas showgirl