So I was flipping around the tv the other night when I saw one of those weight loss commercials. This thick woman comes on talking about how she's lost so much weight and now she's a size 8. While she definitely looked like she lost weight from her original photo, she was in no way thin. She was shaped kinda like the Kool Aid man, only a bit smaller. I thought to myself. What the fuck? Are you kidding me? I'm a size 10 and this chick is smaller than me?!?!
It really made me think that perhaps my self perception was of is off. Maybe I'm bigger than I realize! I know I'm not obese, and I didn't think I was that bad. But shoot, if this lightbulb shaped woman is smaller than me, then maybe I need some glasses.
If weight weren't such a sensitive subject for me, then I'd probably laugh such things off, but dang. I'm not going to get all depressed about it or anything, but it just made me think a bit. Oh the power of advertising.
It's been quite a week. I think something was going on in the solar system or something. People have been acting quite strange. I think that "common sense" isn't so common these days and when I encounter someone who uses sense, I'm actually a bit surprised. That's pretty sad isn't it?
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