*sigh* After reading the posts made after I left work, I saw it went off track again...
Let me say something here.
I am OVERWEIGHT, yet I dont have any health problems, other than arthritis in my knee. And when I say OVERWEIGHT, I'm saying, WHOA!!!
However - I do not have diabetes, heart problems, high blood pressure, and other aliments that often hits overweight PEOPLE (not just women, but MEN, too.) and my doctor is often constantly amazed that the only serious problem I have is the arthritis in my knee.
Many of the men who've insulted me over the years, have had problems - you name it. Makes you wonder, huh? I will probably outlive many of them, too, and worse yet, many of them are younger than I!!
I have been working on losing weight so I can continue to KEEP my good health, lessen pressure on my knee, and to feel better about myself. I do not care what others think of me anymore, because they have gone too far in abusing my self-esteem over the years. The only people that I do care about this situation are myself, MizzDeaf, my family and my close friends (including those on AD, you know who you are).
It's sad though, that I've become so selective over the years about who I choose for my friends, because I've been told I'm very open, very friendly, warm and welcoming to people, both friends, acquantiances and strangers.
I've also culivated an attitude to those people who would be "potty-mouthed" towards me - and I have never liked this side of myself at all.
If it were not for people that make snap judgements about a person's appearance, I'm sure the world would have been a better place to live in.
