I weighed 60 pounds a long time during my childhood! After a few years, I got teased by my siblings--all in love. I felt like I should be different.
My dad used to tell me I was at a good weight, and this is how much he weighed when he was my age..... well, that seems odd, since he was a boy.
When I hit puberty, I suddenly was 20 pounds heavier. I felt like "the fat girl," and my friends were skinny! I was 100 pounds in 5th grade and 120 in 6th grade with the height I still have now, at 140 pounds! I WAS skinny! But I saw fat on my body and didn't see that fat on other people's bodies.
I compared my naked self to everyone else's dressed selves. Not a fair comparison!
With all that in mind, here are three reasons why weighing on a scale isn't that bad of an idea--a light opinion (click here).
My dad used to tell me I was at a good weight, and this is how much he weighed when he was my age..... well, that seems odd, since he was a boy.
When I hit puberty, I suddenly was 20 pounds heavier. I felt like "the fat girl," and my friends were skinny! I was 100 pounds in 5th grade and 120 in 6th grade with the height I still have now, at 140 pounds! I WAS skinny! But I saw fat on my body and didn't see that fat on other people's bodies.
I compared my naked self to everyone else's dressed selves. Not a fair comparison!
With all that in mind, here are three reasons why weighing on a scale isn't that bad of an idea--a light opinion (click here).
in high school i used to compare myself to all the skinny little girls. in retrospect, i was very fit! but here is the conclusion i came up with: if you took my short stubby body and stretched it up even a few inches, my body shape would have been similar to theirs. sure, there were other short girls that were skinny, but they didn't play sports and really were quite fragile.
ReplyDeletenow, i have a COMPLETELY different body shape. but it's still me inside. i've carried five children inside this body. i'm not delighted with all my new curves and markings, but i am delighted with the offspring i have bore.
currently i am striving to become more healthy and a better example for those offspring. something i always want to exhibit is a respect for our Creator and an acknoweldgement of His unfailing love and adoration of me the way I am, the way He made me!