When I worked at Curves, we had to do body compositions for the members on their first visit and every month afterwards. Most members had a high amount of body fat. I had to find many different ways of kindly telling a member how much weight she should lose…as if they hadn’t already known. Many of them would say, “I’m fat.”
The irony of my likes and dislikes? How can I love the word “fatty” and, yet, cringe at the word “fat.” As part of the Curves team, the members and I would come up with so many different ways to call ourselves overweight…
Fat
Fatty
Fluffy
Full of Love
Overflowing with Love
Extra Love
Big
Chunky
Chunk-a-roonie
Chunkers
Exra-Insulated
We are overweight.
I like “fatty,” though. Perhaps, I should stay overweight; so, I could keep the name “fatty.” Ha, ha. Only kidding, guys and dolls.
…hope to see all of you cariñosos April 20th.
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