TL;DR at the bottom. I want to preface this discussion by saying I am ABSOLUTELY motivated by improving my mental & physical health, fitness, eating habits and overall QOL. However, there is something else which is a bit unusual.
Around 4 years ago, I would''ve been about 15 and probably ~50 lbs overweight. A girl (who we will refer to as Veronica) added me on snapchat. We had mutual friends, lived in the same town and connected a lot. She really wanted to meet up but because of my weight issues, I postponed it and ignored her until eventually she stopped trying. I think that missing out on that, and failing at my diet put me into a awful spiral over the next 3 years where I ballooned up to 295 lbs.
Here's the pathetic part... I've been getting a lot more confident lately, so I've started posting pictures on facebook, etc. and every now and then I'll see she's liked a picture I posted... I know it means literally NOTHING, but every time I see she has done that, it reminds me that when I do finally lose all this weight, I'll never miss out on any future Veronica's I might be lucky enough to meet. At least not for weight-related reasons lol.
Don't get me wrong, it's all my fault that never worked out and I also know that there's not likely to be anything between us ever again because of how I handled us... But regardless of all that, Veronica is a huge motivation for me. I'm not losing weight for her, but I am losing weight so that I never put myself through that misery again. Also, just incase anybody thinks this might have been a "catfish" or whatever, I can guarantee she's 100% real lol.
TL;DR: When I was about 15 (4 years ago) a girl added me on snapchat, she really wanted to meet up but I was too ashamed of my weight to do it so I postponed it until we eventually stopped talking. Every now and then I'll notice that she's liked a picture of mine on facebook, etc. and it motivates me to lose weight so that I don't miss out on any potential future relationships like I did with her.
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