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In reply to the discussion: Fit mother attacked on Facebook [View all]eissa
(4,238 posts)My husband and I have worked different shifts for years in order to raise our children, effectively making us single parents. The last thing I was going to do after coming home from work was toss the kids over to some sitter so I can go to the gym and work on my abs. I had responsibilities at home that were more important than that.
Now that they're teens, I'm able to leave them home alone and hit the gym, and I've lost a significant amount of weight. While I don't look anything like her (and never will) I'm past the stage where some self-absorbed asshole is going to make me feel like crap for my weight. Been there, done that (thanks mom.) And while I look and feel great now, the LAST thing I would do is smugly accuse others of having an "excuse" for not doing the same. No one knows the struggles others go through, and fuck her for being so god damn condescending.
And yes, I take joy that she has to weigh every, single thing she puts in her mouth. I don't, and of course that's why I don't look like her. But then my entire self-worth is not tied to my figure.