Perhaps it is only because I'm dieting and more "aware," but it seems the last few days have been insult after insult to obese people!  Last night, I was watching an episode of "Manswers" (my Dad calls and asks me to watch... if I didn't love him and understand this gives him something to talk about I WOULD NOT WATCH!) and one of their questions was "Why shouldn't a man hunt for hotties on an empty stomach?"  The answer was "because a hungry man will find fatties more attractive" and they paraded out this very large, over-the-top woman as a visual aid.  It made me mad!  They often use the word "fatty" as if to say any overweight chick is bottom of the barrel pickings and no man should want her!  Since my dad doesn't really see me as a "fatty," I guess it doesn't dawn on him that shows like that hurt my feelings.

Then this morning, I was listening to a local radio host reading random emails from listeners.  One was from a lady who complained about having to sit on a plane beside an obese woman.  Ok... complained is an understatement!  She referred to the lady as "Fat Smelly Girl" and her beef was that the obese woman's thigh was so fat that it rubbed up against her thigh and she was basically crowded out of her seat.  She was upset that the flight attendant did not acknowledge the problem and offer to move her.  What's more, the obese passenger asked this B**** what there was to do in Greensboro (where they were landing) and she replied, "L.A. Weightloss!"  By this time, the radio staff were completely on the side of the complaining passenger and said we should demand that all fat people have to buy two or three or however many seats would be required for us to sit in.  THEN... they have someone from the airlines call in and start complaining about what a problem it is for flight attendants to try and accomodate obese people and basically said attendants in general hate to see them coming, hate dealing with them, and wish they wouldn't fly, period!  I was FURIOUS!  It wasn't approached as a "here's a sensitive issue... how can we deal with it sensitively"... it was all-out, no holds barred, attack fat people for flying hour.

Just had to vent that. 

Today was a much easier day than yesterday.  I have days were I don't have much of an appetite and save having to eat to combat hypoglycemia, I could probably go all day without even a bite of something.  If only that happened often, ha, ha!  Tomorrow I'll probably do the opposite and not be able to "get full."  As expected, I was back down 3 lbs. this morning.  I didn't have overly puffy eyes or hands so it was a "good" edema day, if there is such a thing.

I talked my husband and one of my friends into signing up here, too, and we've started a team!  I'm trying desperately to get my daughter to join, but she's quite content with the weight she is.  Or at least that's what she says.  My thinking is, you won't lose weigh until you "want" to lose weight so I'm not going to push the issue.  Not sure how "motivated" my husband is going to be either.

Still... I'm here, I'm committed, and I'm happy to have found such a great site!

I've been bouncing back and forth between seriously trying ot lose weight and putting it off for this and that.  I really believe I just need some accountability and support.  If I had "will power" I probably wouldn't have gotten so fat in the first place, right?

So far this all seems really interesting.  Sort of a Facebook meets Wordpress thing.  Both of those I love, by the way.  Let's see how it goes!