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"Tiny person" who dat?

F 42 5'6" SW 176 / CW 142lb. The other day my wax salon let me know my usual person had left but offered me a complimentary session with a person in training. Free sounded good and I can handle pain pretty well. The person was quite new with the style of wax they use and didn't exactly know how to lay strips down. The trainer at one point corrected her by saying "Now that kind of strip will work ok on a tiny person like her but you will need to do x style on bigger gals like me." I was like who is the tiny person in my head for a second then realized OMG I'm the tiny person! Such a cool moment and made me realize how far I've come since July. Thanks to all of you in this sub for keeping me strong and committed to my journey!

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Great story! I had to buy some basics to clothe my much slimmer body. I went to UNIQLO and bought their standard t-shirts. I had to ask the fitting room girl, does this look right?? A small on me?? She said yep, looks like the right size. I still can’t wrap my head around being a ‘small’.

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That’s awesome! It’s going to take a long time for you to realize how small you are. Like, probably years. It’s wild. I was 5’0 tall and 100 lbs in 4th grade which meant most the other kids in my class came up to my shoulder and I was the center on the basketball team. I’m 5’4 and 135 lbs as a 43 yr old and have been this height since I was 14. My weight has toggled between 127 and 150 most of my life with a two year stint around 200 in my mid 20s and again after my first kid in my mid 30s. I intellectually know that I’m a small person but I still walk around like I’m pushing 6’ and 200 lbs.