Scale Back

You might say that I have always been generously proportioned. Flipping through the pages of our family photo album, beginning with those snapshots taken during my infancy and continuing through to a somewhat more recent family portrait, the pictures will substantiate that I have been overweight for the majority of life.

Generously proportioned is such a gracious word to use when referring to a person’s physical size and quite similar to many other courteous and kind expressions such as: rotund, hefty, stout, chunky, stocky, chubby, plump, husky, big-boned, portly, etc. Even though I do appreciate the considerate and caring references that a person may use when describing my physique, quite honestly, I’ve always viewed myself as being fat! And by medical definition, I have actually been obese for the greater portion of my life.

# posted by David @ 1:20 PM