I'll throw in my two bits here. The rest of the quote is "...multiplied by your attitude." I don't remember exactly where I read that (and I'm sure I've partially misquoted it) but I think you get the idea. Like many of the others who've posted here, I still find my wife attractive even though she's gone from 135 pounds to around 190. Yes, I wish she'd lose some of the weight, but not primarily so she'd look better to me. Rather, it's for the positive effects it would have on her health and her self-image.

Go back to the quote I started with and recall your elementary school math: What's ANYTHING multiplied by zero? That's right - zero! So if I tell my wife she's still beautiful to me, either A) I'm lying (probably because I want something) or B) I left my glasses in the other room. Not only does it bother her much more than it does me, but then she projects her feelings and concludes I can't really mean what I say I mean. So she has a whole drawer of lingerie which she hasn't worn a single time in nearly three years. But I digress....

To make a long story short, if your husband says he likes the way you look, take him at his word. I know I see a lot of the actresses & models on TV and think, "Quick! Somebody FEED that woman!" If weight bothers you, do something about it, but as a previous poster said, do it to feel better about yourself. Good Luck!!




HERE is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin...sometimes he feels that there really is another way [of coming downstairs], if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it.