Does Losing Weight Equal Happiness?
I’ve gotten a lot of comments lately about how much happier I look now. I’ve been thinking about that a lot. I mean, does losing weight make you happier?
I no longer scan every room I am in to see if I am the biggest person there.
I no longer wonder what would make an attractive guy talk to me.
I can take the steps with ease.
I can walk the long distance from where I park my car to where I enter the football game without being winded or sweaty….or even red-faced.
I can order whatever I want and not worry what people think.
I am not defined by my size.
My flirtations are returned.
I am no longer defined as the “fat mom.”
I can be as noticed or as unnoticed as I choose to be.
I can just be. And I am happy.
Losing weight did not necessarily cause my happiness, but it did make a bigger smile on a slimmer body.






November 20, 2007 at 12:29 am
Wow! Your words are my words. I SO know what you mean. HIGH FIVE! LOL