The fat person inside me...

Who here has a nick name for that "pesky fat you" inner voice? I find myself referring to my inner fat person in the 3rd person and I just saw a couple of others had actually named theirs so I decided to do so also!

'TUBBY TERRI' will no longer undermine my weight loss! LOL

I vote you change your inner voice to: "Terrific Terri" will no longer undermine her weight loss!

I don't get it? (Not surprising ....I frequently have to have jokes explained to me). Why would I name that annoying voice that tells me to have ice cream at 3am "terrific terri"?

...inner voice, outer voice--- it's all YOU. YOU are terrific for choosing to fight the disease of obesity with one of the greatest tools the medical world has to offer. YOU are terrific to choose to come on support websites to discuss what most of us deal with from time-to-time, as well. I was voting for you to build yourself up by not putting yourself down with words like "tubby" that likely can generate more inner-pain than inner-strength.

ohhhhhh...Thanks! I get it now! Imagine what its like for my hubby and my daughter. They often laugh at me for not getting the simplest of jokes! LOL

Ditto on the terrific Terry. Self love is always better than self hate whether it be an inner or outer voice.

I haven't named her, specifically, but I catch myself saying,"Fat Cassie (my real life name) wants pizza." When my husband asks what we're having for dinner. I haven't had surgery yet, so sometimes Fat Cassie is still getting her way. But Healthy Cassie is winning out more often than not these days :)

I named my inner critic "Brad" because she would hate that name.

I REALLY like this answer! Just the type of answer I was looking for to make my day!

Hmm. I am conflicted with this -- because I refuse to call myself names. I like who am -- and I love myself -- and just because I was fat, doesn't mean I didn't deserve to be treated with respect and kindness. In fact, maybe I needed even a bit more kindness when I was obese.

If someone else called me Fat Kat or Tubby Kat -- it wouldn't be ok. Why is okay to do that to myself? Frankly, "Fat Kat" was working twice as hard as "Thin Kat" -- and doing the best she could at the time she was doing it.

That said, I DO SO UNDERSTAND THAT CONFLICT with the ADDICT VOICE inside... the one that tries to convince you of eating/doing things that are against what we really want and need in the long run. I get it -- and like the old meme of the good angel/bad angels sitting on our shoulders -- I do feel like I am still in a battle with them when it comes to food at times. So I DO get what you are saying.

I don't call my fat self by a names because despite being "typical" weighted now, I am still the very same person.

I will share that I call the name-calling voice -- the one that calls me names like Fat Kat or Tubby Terri -- The Mean Girl Inside. You know her, she's that 8th grade girl that makes fun of you when you get your hair cut, or when your skirt gets caught in your underwear, or calls you Tubby Terri. She is usually popular only because people are afraid of her making fun of them -- not because anyone really likes or respects her.

I usually tell her to STFU because feeling bad about myself, in the long run, contributes more to my problems than helps me. I was valuable and amazing at 347 pounds and nothing has changed at 128 pounds.

For what it is worth, I think Working on Change Terri is pretty amazing -- I hope that mean girl is kind to her.

JMHO.