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Old July 2nd, 2005, 12:17 AM
Ilene Bilenky
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Glycemic wrote:

I feel as if all
the world is feasting and never gaining a pound. The happy people eat
with abandon and are slim, well built and popular. And me, I step out
of line one tiny little bit and wham, it is big belly time. It seems so
unfair, until I realize that it is only my fantasy that is my torture.


It sure is a fantasy (albeit a negative one). Yes, many people are
eating with abandon. Are they popular? Well built? Maybe, maybe not. Who
cares?
Resentment is a corrosive feeling. It really needs to be tamped down,
with reason, if nothing else. You have no way of knowing anything about
people's lives or feelings, only that you see someone eating who isn't
fat. That's a fact, but the rest is personal issues and projection,
which feel lousy and don't help you to treat yourself right and well.

I remember once envying a couple in the brunch line on a Sunday morning.
Ah, they're lovers, they had a great Saturday night, everyone has
someone but me, etc. etc. We ended up sharing a table, and it turned out
that he was gay and they were roommates and she hadn't had a boyfriend
in some time. They were good friends. Brunch was good.

And so on.

This board is helpful in many ways.

Ilene B
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