This has touched a bit of a nerve. In recent months I've fallen into a very disquieting habit of seeking out pity and validation, which is really unlike me. At my most overweight I never gave a rat's about what other people thought, my life was what I made it. Why it became so easy to slip into this 'poor me' attitude is beyond me. Maybe because of the favourable reaction I'd get from people who acknowledged my weight loss when I was home for the holidays, people who I hadn't seen in a while. The thing is I just moved to a new town a few months back and none of my friends here knew the 330lb version of me so I've actually caught myself referring to my weight loss to try and crowbar accolades out of them. I've been working on cutting it out and getting back to looking at life the way I used to, and that list is a nice little prod. Thanks for putting that together
