arcadian72 (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} arcadian72) wrote,@ 2009-06-03 11:19:00 |
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10 Secrets About Fat People You Never Knew - Part 1
1) We don't keep a skinny person in our closet.
What does this mean in reality? It means that when we get up and get dressed in the morning, we don't have someone who is a size 2, or even a size 10, hidden away to pull out and stand next to so we can see what society has decided we "should" look like. We see ourselves. As we are. Our positives and negatives. Just the same as everyone else does.
2) We don't subsist on Big Macs and ice cream.
I know it makes it all easier for thin people to just assume that fat peopole stuff their faces daily with whatever food comes withing reach of their hands - but guess what? We don't. There are some of us, sure, who eat poorly. But there are some skinny people who eat poorly as well. There are some of us who eat "more thain there daily allowance" - guess what? I have seen someone who weighs 110 pounds pack in 2 burgers, fries and a milkshake.
3) We don't sit on the couch watching Maury and eating all day.
We have lives and jobs, just like skinny people. We are Mothers and Fathers, teachers, doctors, lawyers, secretaries, taxi drivers, cooks, waitresses, artists, musicians and actors. Just like skinny people.
4) We have muscles.
I have always been fat. When I was in my early 20's, a friend I had known since high school jokingly grabbed my calf, then paused and squeezed it. He looked up in amazement at me - "Wow! It's so hard! " I wanted to say = well DUH - so is YOUR calf. Then realized he had assumed all the large parts of me were soft and jiggly. Well - we're not. We all have a muscle base to carry our frame. I am no shrinking violet, dainty and gentle - I am strong and active and quite happy to let people know that. So are most all of the fat people I know. I know more lazy skinny people than I do fat people.
5) We don't want to wear mu-mu's, but we often have to.
Fat people are often picked on for their clothing. But how would you like to have only 3 places, literally, that you could go try clothes on at and 2 of them are seriously expensive?Now - if you are a moderatly fat person - size 14-22 - you can go a LOT of places, but even so, they think all we want are tank dresses and polyester. We actually would love to dress like normal people. But unless you sew, you can rarely find things that are like what everyone else is wearing without it being seriously expensive.
1) We don't keep a skinny person in our closet.
What does this mean in reality? It means that when we get up and get dressed in the morning, we don't have someone who is a size 2, or even a size 10, hidden away to pull out and stand next to so we can see what society has decided we "should" look like. We see ourselves. As we are. Our positives and negatives. Just the same as everyone else does.
2) We don't subsist on Big Macs and ice cream.
I know it makes it all easier for thin people to just assume that fat peopole stuff their faces daily with whatever food comes withing reach of their hands - but guess what? We don't. There are some of us, sure, who eat poorly. But there are some skinny people who eat poorly as well. There are some of us who eat "more thain there daily allowance" - guess what? I have seen someone who weighs 110 pounds pack in 2 burgers, fries and a milkshake.
3) We don't sit on the couch watching Maury and eating all day.
We have lives and jobs, just like skinny people. We are Mothers and Fathers, teachers, doctors, lawyers, secretaries, taxi drivers, cooks, waitresses, artists, musicians and actors. Just like skinny people.
4) We have muscles.
I have always been fat. When I was in my early 20's, a friend I had known since high school jokingly grabbed my calf, then paused and squeezed it. He looked up in amazement at me - "Wow! It's so hard! " I wanted to say = well DUH - so is YOUR calf. Then realized he had assumed all the large parts of me were soft and jiggly. Well - we're not. We all have a muscle base to carry our frame. I am no shrinking violet, dainty and gentle - I am strong and active and quite happy to let people know that. So are most all of the fat people I know. I know more lazy skinny people than I do fat people.
5) We don't want to wear mu-mu's, but we often have to.
Fat people are often picked on for their clothing. But how would you like to have only 3 places, literally, that you could go try clothes on at and 2 of them are seriously expensive?Now - if you are a moderatly fat person - size 14-22 - you can go a LOT of places, but even so, they think all we want are tank dresses and polyester. We actually would love to dress like normal people. But unless you sew, you can rarely find things that are like what everyone else is wearing without it being seriously expensive.
