Howl's Moving Castle

[annwfyn]

Just to let everyone know...

There is going to be an outing to Canary Wharf this evening to see Howl's Moving Castle.

At the moment, ksirafai, castorlion, pierot and myself are attending, but all are welcome. We'll be meeting in the Surrey Quays area at about 6.30 pm and then heading across. There may well be ice cream involved in this entire process as some point as well, and maybe even dinner.

If anyone wants to show, feel free to come along!

In other news, I went to the gym last night with ksirafai. It was rather scary. An energetic woman in lycra shouted at me for 45 minutes. I came home - for some reason most of me is fine this morning except my arms which are really aching. It's very peculiar.

Oh, going to the gym also made me ponder something which has been running around in my head for a week or so.

What does 'fat' actually mean? Or, more precisely, what does 'the right weight' mean to you folks? You see, in my head I am dramatically too big, and I'm trying to work out why it bothers me so much. I've got a boyfriend who says I look fine and finds me attractive. I like my boyfriend. I don't really feel the need to attract anyone else right now. My clothes fit, and have done since my operation, and while I'm back up to a size 14 (with size 12 being a bit tight) that's not enormous in my mind. I'm not causing myself any health problems (although I could do with getting fitter - that's my good and positive reason to start going to the gym), and yet I continue to be bothered by my weight.

For me, rather pathetically, it does seem to come down to a level of media pressure, which is mildly ridiculous. But anyway, it got me pondering. What makes up our mental conception of what the 'right' weight for us is.

And lo! A poll appeared!

[Poll #578242]

Answer, don't answer, debate and discuss. I'm curious, mostly because it's something I don't quite get in myself. Oh, and I have another thing which I am aware is pure neurosis. I think I'm big at the moment because my stomach looks to be larger in proportion to my stomach than it ever has done before. The fact that my breasts are currently smaller than they have been at any time since I was twelve years old doesn't seem to be being taken in by my subconscious. It's very very silly!

Comments

[hildekitten.livejournal.com]

I don't particulary care about my weight.
Quite possibly because I don't seem to gain any, no matter what I do.
I do try to eat healthy, but that's more because healthy food is just better and I like veg, fruit and yohurt (I vastly prefer it over choc and stuff) altho I do eat the occasional cookie etc :)

Going to the gym is something I will most likely never do, it just requiers far far too much efford. I like to believe that buying a bike and going everywhere by bike (or at least cycling to the train station, folding the bike and take it on the train and continue to cycle to where I have to be again after the train) is going to be more then enough exercise haha :)
If only I wasn't quite so lazy in going to Antwerp to actually buy the bike :)

I'm afraid I'm a hopeless case, I try to kid myself that making clothes counts as exercise, much to the amusement of many of my friends.
Then again, I also like to think that seeing I have very little excess body fat and fit in a size 8-10 top and 10-12 skirt, I don't really need exercise etc.

[wildrogue.livejournal.com]

You realise that for those comments those of us who do not have uber-metabolisms may have to kill you horribly?
Just a warning.

[hildekitten.livejournal.com]

I feel rather safe seeing the lot of you
a. are far too lazy to come to Belgium,
b. Don't know where exactly I live :)

[aardnebby.livejournal.com]

*looks vaguely paranoid*

You know, if I dont eat junk food I lose weight right?

[malakite.livejournal.com]

I don't particulary care about my weight.
Quite possibly because I don't seem to gain any, no matter what I do.

Ditto- I've tried putting on weight, but the only way that seems likely to happen is if I become a gymaholic- and that's not enough of a reason to go to the gym.