Comments on: Imaginary bodies

By: Powerful; the fear of being « I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape.

Powerful; the fear of being « I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape. — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:00:34 +0000

[...] how about it? What if you WERE powerful beyond your wildest dreams or imaginings? What if you stopped saying “When I finally lose this weight I’ll [...]

By: All women are real. | The Fat Nutritionist

All women are real. | The Fat Nutritionist — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:58:22 +0000

[...] certainly sometimes sigh to myself wistfully about what it would be like to, say, have curly hair, or be blonde, or to be slender and [...]

By: Mermaid or Whale? « I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape.

Mermaid or Whale? « I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape. — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:40:20 +0000

[...] my life and take whatever comes my way (or whatever I find in my travels). Sure, it might be nice to fantasize about being that mermaid. I won’t even deny that the idea would and likely will still cross [...]

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:08:01 +0000

I know it’s old, but I LOVE THIS POST. And I will totally be linking it if (when) I get round to posting about how I think, sometimes, it might be nice to be a guy.
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By: Huzzah for Some Body Acceptance! « I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape.

Huzzah for Some Body Acceptance! « I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape. — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:28:34 +0000

[...] perfectly to sum up that while YES you might sometimes dream of being something else (in size, shape, fashion, lifestyle, etc), that dream doesn’t have to take over your life and [...]

By: Peace of Body « I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape.

Peace of Body « I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape. — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:32:56 +0000

[...] and just for a moment wish for something different; here are these amazingly phrased words from Fillyjonk over at Shapely Prose. Accepting the body you have doesn’t mean shutting off your ability to [...]

By: Adieu mes amis « Pretty Little Girls

Adieu mes amis « Pretty Little Girls — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:46:34 +0000

[...] “Imaginary Bodies,” by Fillyjonk at Shapely Prose [...]

By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:59:18 +0000

A Sarah – just in case you ever come back here for that dressmaker in South Bend, my friend FINALLY emailed me her info: She is Debbie at Bernardo’s for the Bride, which is next to the farmer’s market. She is the only dressmaker there (my friend couldn’t remember her last name), and she can make basically anything from what I am told….Sorry it took so long, and I hope you get this!

By: wellroundedtype2

wellroundedtype2 — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:53:04 +0000

I was thinking about this post again after work today. Sometime during my workday today (as it does once or so a week) I have this thought: “I should go to medical school and become a doctor.”
This is about the same as the thought: “It would be really great if I weighed about 70 pounds less than I do.”
While it might be within the realm of the possible for me to go to medical school, what that would require is not something I’m interested in pursuing because it would be at the expense of what I have in my life now. I have no desire to put my 3-year-old way down on the priority list, or to have much less income (I’m just exactly right at the median income for the state that I live in), or give up my current career, or give up sleep, or exercise or the balance in my life that I work hard to maintain each day.
Weighing 70 pounds less would likely require similar “sacrifices.” (And being a doctor might be more realistic than maintaining a 70 pound weight loss).
And no one, as far as I know, thinks I’m an unhealthy or less-than-whole person because I don’t give up everything I now have to go to medical school (and really contort my personality because I’m so not a “type A”). But plenty of people might look at me and deem me unhealthy or somehow “unfulfilled” just because of my weight.

By: phledge

phledge — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:24:29 +0000

Kim, thank you for a good big-belly laugh!