Ohh no, sorry to hear about your other uncle.
I saw a documentary last night called Food Inc, you can youtube it. In America things like corn and soy are subsidized by the government to make them cheap. So all the junkfoods which have corn and high fructose corn syrup are cheaper than other foods. Back in my starving poor college student days, my classmates and I were able to eat much cheaper at fast food joints that had $1 menu. I knew many who basically survived on it. I tried my hardest to eat real foods and cook. I made up my own dish back then, because it was the cheapest healthiest thing I could get my hands on, it was bean sprouts, onion and tofu stir fry. Costed me less than $3 to make and was able to eat it 3 times from one time cooking. I ate a lot of tofu and rice in those days, and I was really skinny.
I was really bad recently with letting fruit go to waste too, I'd also wait for them to ripe, but then they all riped at once, and I couldn't eat them fast enough so half would rot. But now it's different since I don't eat any sweets, and I have to eat fruits everyday.
I too was surpraised at how people treat you just because you're skinny or fat. Not to sound stuck up or anything, but I was skinny to normal weight all my life, and had people being nice to me and giving me compliments, holding the doors open for me, guys flirting, I thought it was normal. But as soon as I balloned, doors would shut in my face, people weren't as friendly to me, I'm basically invisible or people look at me strange, or say unpleasant things about me to my face. I've had people say "Omg you're so fat now!" My own aunt when I was in the car with her (she's got those tiny little cars), she made a really mean comment but quietly to herself, but I heard it "Oh my poor little car, she's too big for the little engine" I just ignored what she said. She also told me "My coworkers said were you pretty, but I told them you were much prettier before you got fat." My aunt never said anything rude to me before when I was skinny. Or my grandfather inlaw said "oh have her do it, she's big and have really big arms," this was to lift something really heavy even for a guy. Mind you there were three guys sitting at the table who are much stronger than me. I replied "my arms are fat, it's not muscles!" After that comment from him, I don't like him so much now. Or friends who thought I gained weight from eating alot, would say "Aren't you going to eat more than that?" because I couldn't eat as much as them. Or when my place was choosen to hold a get together with friends, we kept the snacks and food here, one of my friend said "You sure you won't be tempted to eat all this before Monday?" I said "look in my cupboards it's full of stuff, and you don't see me eating it all do you?" It makes me want to say "Yes people I know I'm not skinny, but do you really have to point the obvious to me??? Do I point out how bald you are, how rude you are, how stupid you are???" It feels like with the weight people think somehow you are a different person than who you were before. Just because the body changes, our personalities are still the same. But I guess being fat or overweight gives other people the right to just be downright idiots to us.
I know you'll reach your goal weight. I'm glad that you're feeling better already
Keep up the good work!
hope you have a lovely day x
