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PCOS 2018
Journal of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology
ISSN: 2572-5432
Page 46
June 07-08, 2018
London, UK
4
th
World Congress on
Polycystic Ovarian
Syndrome
P
eople look at you they instantly judge you; fat, skinny, attractive,
unattractive, lazy, fit, active, tidy, scruffy, groomed, sloppy; it
is human nature to judge a book by its cover. I know my friends
knowme well enough to know that regardless of what the outside
shows, I am active and outgoing, and I eat pretty cleanly. But what
about strangers?What about the person I have to squeeze past on
the tube, or the bus driver who sees me walking up and assumes I
won’t run to catch it? I spent years with private trainers, in the gym,
trying to manage my food choices. I am no hard core, gym-going,
meal-preppingmachine, but I ampretty goodmost of the time. My
weight never reflected how I was eating. I came to terms with my
weight a long time ago. The way I saw it was, if the worst aspect
of my life was my weight, I have nothing to complain about! But in
society, this doesn’t seem to be acceptable. How could I possibly
be ok with being so overweight, which in today’s culture makes
me automatically unattractive? Day to day most people don’t
bother you, you get the odd comments on a night out or notice
people saying something to friends when you walk by, but it was
my family who put the most pressure on me. My brothers used it
against me in verbal fights to hurt me, and my parents made an
issue about it regularly. When you are eating well and working out,
you feel healthy. Yes, I was carrying additional weight, but I was
in good health. Convincing others is a battle, but I eventually just
stopped caring about defending myself, I knew how I felt and I
was ok with that.
nicki.a.burns@gmail.comPCOS and obesity: Overweight but not out of shape
Nicola Burns
London
J Clin Mol Endocrinol 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2572-5432-C1-003