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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't imagine caring that much about what people think of me --a middle aged mom-- to be miserable and hungry every day when I could be a comfortable, normal weight.

No one is looking at you. No one cares or even notices if you can squeeze into your pre-covid clothes. You are making yourself miserable for actually no reason at all.

I don't get it. [/quote]

OP. I don't really agree with this. As a middle aged mom, I definitely look at my fellow moms and admire those who are slim and beautiful. I'm talking women 35-55. DH also appreciates that I've lost weight and compliments me. I know what you mean that people don't look at women our age in the same way that we were gazed upon in our youth, but most definitely, appearance matters. It's nice that you don't care what people think about you. I really do care, and being heavier makes me feel miserable and slovenly and unhealthy.

But...it sucks to be hungry.[/quote]

OP, I totally identify with you.  I'm 48 and I recognize that I'm no longer sexy like in my youth, But I still care about my weight a lot, esp for my relations with my husband.  Sadly, for me and I think for the majority of women, to stay thin means being constantly hungry.  My natural bodyweight is probably a size 8 but I prefer looking more like a 4.  To stay there means being miserable and hungry a lot of the time.

It seems twisted and perverse that I care this much as a middle-aged lady, but I do.  I read about 70-year-old women caring about being thin, it seems so pathetic and like they don't understand that no one cares, but I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up like that too. [/quote]

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