I didn't start gaining weight until about four years ago or thereabouts. And even then, it wasn't as bad as it later turned out to be.
As time passed and as the year went by, people began to comment on my weight gain. At the time, I didn't take it seriously because I couldn't see what they were complaining about. Every time I looked at myself in the mirror, I never saw a fat guy staring back at me, just a normal-sized guy with maybe a slightly big stomach.
But then I traveled home last December to go spend the holidays with my family, and my weight gain was all everyone was talking about. My dad spoke on it, my siblings spoke on it, and even people at church commented on it. That was when I realized that perhaps this was a lot more serious than I thought.
I mean, I had tried in the past to lose weight, but I didn't know it had gotten this bad. Forward to some few months later, and I've eventually lost a lot of weight, all thanks to the camp I attended earlier this year.
I've actually lost so much weight that I can now put on old clothes that I had bought in the past but ended up not being my size. I could now comfortably wear singlets, and even my neighbors are all commenting on my weight loss.
But it's crazy because now that I'm beginning to lose weight, I'm beginning to meet more and more people who seem to like a chubby guy or someone that isn't all slim and tiny. It's almost as if this new set of people that I'm meeting are all encouraging me to remain the way I am.
And that brings me to today's blog, because on one hand, I have people complaining about my weight gain, and on the other hand, I have people also complaining about my weight gain. Now, if I were someone who didn't know what he wanted, I would be left confused in a situation like this.
But luckily for me, I'm not. This situation has shown me that no matter how you look, you probably will always see someone who likes you for looking that way, but should that be enough reason to ignore the health complications that come with being obese? Of course not.
I've been a fat man and I've been a slim man, and I will choose being a slim guy over again. Although, this time, I really don't wish to be that slim, just enough not to look either fat or thin.