Friday, June 6, 2008
Kirstie Ally and the battle goes on
Well, I heard today that Kirstie Ally, who had so publicly gone on Jenny Craig, has gained back 30 of the 80 pounds she'd lost. That must just suck so very much, to have been so thin and then gain back so much of it. And that, I think, is the reason I hesitate to be public about weightloss, with the obvious exception of this little blog that all two of you have found - to fail in everyone's face, and to wonder about what I'm seeing in a person's eyes in the light of that failure, is too much for me. At least at this point. I've already experienced it subtlely, since I have in fact gained a bunch of this weight in the last 3 years and had been, shit, 36 pounds lighter, and no one has said a thing, which is nice. But to lose and then gain back! SUUUUCK.
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I hear you. But (and I don't know the answer to this, I'm just asking the question :) which do we really fear more--the failure or the success?
If we fail without having had much success, the expectations others have for us are minimal. So their disappointment (and our own, perhaps) is limited. But if we fail after having succeeded somewhat, then "everyone" knows we "could've" done it...and, thus, the sense of failure is more acute.
Which may be--and this is just my theory--why we actually fear succeeding more than failing and why self-sabotage at all stages of dieting is so prevalent.
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