Comments on: Cheeseburger Definition of the Week: Weight Loss Fantasy (WLF)

By: How to Get Six Pack Fast

How to Get Six Pack Fast — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:47:59 +0000

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By: The core of my body image problems « Food Chains

The core of my body image problems « Food Chains — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:19:40 +0000

[...] Dan One of my favorite blogs is Eat a Cheeseburger and they have commented on this blog about the weight loss fantasy. Basically this means that you fantasise that you will be much happier, and everything will work [...]

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:14:30 +0000

That is what I suffer from so badly. I have convinced myself so many times that if I lost weight I would get a better job, life, partner …just about anything I could imagine. Then I get off on losing weight because I feel like that fantasy is getting closer and closer. But when I finally lose it (like in the past) I still think Im fat and I am still unhappy. This is despite people telling me Im normal and not fat. Argghh.

By: spacedcowgirl

spacedcowgirl — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:29:46 +0000

People told me and told me about this part of the wrongness of the WLF/Fantasy of Being Thin, but I think it’s something I just had to experience for myself: you won’t necessarily love your body any more when it’s thinner. I know, duh, right? But I still felt shocked and betrayed when I lost 100 pounds and became fixated on my “huge” thighs. Funny, I don’t remember obsessing about my thighs when I was at my heaviest. And I know this is a very common occurrence. People tried to tell me…

By: fatgirlonadate

fatgirlonadate — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:36:48 +0000

err, I just realized that I sounded a little snotty in my earlier comment. sorry!

By: zooeyibz

zooeyibz — Sat, 31 May 2008 11:41:56 +0000

“By saying weight loss will boost self-esteem we are saying that appearance is a key component to self-esteem. Does anyone else see something wrong with that?”

er, yes. Absolutely. Unfortunately telling women what’s wrong with them is big business (http://irresponsibility.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/11/). Not to mention part of the same twisted logic that makes programmes like “Extreme Makeover” possible. Feel bad about yourself? I know, why don’t you let a (usually male) doctor poke and prod you, tell you what’s ‘wrong’ with you then start cutting off random chunks of flesh? Wake up still the same person inside, with the same insecurities? It must be something wrong with YOU. Better book some lipo…

By: hope505

hope505 — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:55:02 +0000

um, ma-huang and ephedra are actually 2 different substances…I’m fairly sure…and I was h*o*p*i*n*g her name was ironic
*heh*

Sometimes I think about people who are seriously ill and lose weight because of their (like, terminal, non-ED-related) illness…all the thin-ness you ever wanted, huh. & they’re in their hospital beds going, I hope I don’t die tomorrow or the next day because I’m scared to die and I don’t know if I’ll miss my life here on earth or not.
They’re not going, w00t! I’m at my lowest weight evarr! too bad they won’t let me wear all those slammin’ outfits here in the ICU!

By: t-sizzle

t-sizzle — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:13:56 +0000

I have felt this way a million times if only I was (# of pounds) lighter, all my problems would go away and I would live the life I want. Happily Ever After…
Well I have been lighter and my problems didn’t go away I found myself wanting more and more to be thinner to look “better”. And it didn’t help with getting attention because there is just always people who won’t like you or they just like you for the outside and the relationship is empty. In conclusion this princess learned that beauty does come from spirituality someone who loves you for who you are.

By: fatgirlonadate

fatgirlonadate — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:20:41 +0000

Um, “ma huang” is the Chinese name for ephedra. And the web link on that post goes to a site that sells it. So, yeah, that’s comment spam.

By: hope505

hope505 — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:13:01 +0000

Oh, my bad….Francine is a “licensed obesity counselor” according to her website.

http://www.candidacandida.com/

Naturally as a “licensed obesity counselor” you are invested in getting fat people to pay up and slim down.

This blog entry is about self-esteem, and I’m having a hard time seeing what either of these people (ma huang or francine)’s comments on that topic are.

ma-huang wants us to “smack the fat” and francine wants to sell us weight-loss supplements.
pfft.