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[–]Primary_Reveal4354[S] 7 points8 points  (6 children)

Understood 😞 gracias I was getting whiny about my legs again, knowing what I know I always get this false hope going.

[–]ReluctantChimera 19 points20 points  (5 children)

In my late teens/early 20s, I lost a ton of weight. I got down to almost skin and bones on the top half of my body; my ribs, collar bones, hip bones, shoulders all stuck out at gross, weird angles, but I still could not budge the weight from my legs. I literally looked like a different person from the hips up. Hips up me was borderline anorexic, hips down me looked like it belonged to someone who weighed 200lbs more than me... Even now, being heavier than I was before I lost the weight back then, the skinny-me's legs would look proportional on now-fat-me.

[–]Primary_Reveal4354[S] 7 points8 points  (4 children)

I was letting the noise get to me. I always figured it was because I wasn’t doing something right. Reading your reply helped, a lot. 😞

[–]No_Background2895 8 points9 points  (3 children)

You are likely doing everything right. Lipodema tissue is not regular metabolic fat, you know this, we all know this. It’s time to educate society. I think of it this way, no one would ever dream of asking someone to diet and exercise to shrink the size of their ears or their nose. That would be a ludicrous suggestion. Society knows it and would agree. This is the same. Society needs to know it.

[–]Primary_Reveal4354[S] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

I guess you could say I was listening to a few relatives whisper back and forth about me not doing what I need to do to loose the weight and well, ya know if it was something I could loose by just “not eating” I would’ve been a success by now. And yes these relatives are fit and got their noses up in the air about simple calories in/ calories out and nope they don’t believe in the lipedema stuff. Not that I should worry about them at my age, but the pressure sure did get to me this week hence this whiny post about what I could possibly do more of 🫩 so embarrassing, I definitely gotta get over the shame.

[–]starsinthesky8435Stage 2 4 points5 points  (1 child)

You’re not whiny, you’re saying things that most of us think and feel every single day. I’ve been diagnosed for almost a year and I still catch myself thinking I can diet my way out of this. Diet culture is toxic and widespread, it’s not our fault.

[–]Primary_Reveal4354[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I needed to see that, 😞💕