"I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through."
It has been my goal since reading this phrase to have that lovely space between my legs, to be so thin and small that I am all air where there used to be jiggles and rolls and sweaty skin. Occasionally I would catch glimpses of gaps developing, between my fingers for instance and yes between my legs. But I tried to not get too excited since it's so easy to slip up and have all your months of work taken from you, your lovely calorie deficit could leave the negatives so quickly. I chalked things up to a good day prior, nothing special or sure. But yesterday I stood in front of the mirror and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't make the space between my legs disappear. I squeezed my legs together as hard as my few lasting muscles would let me and there remained a lovely space. This is real, it could last, I am getting thin. It's hard to believe since whenever I take off my clothes all I see is wide expanse of flabby flesh, those rolls remain, wrinkles of excess skin have developed, I am an elephant. Common sense tells me time will take care of these things, since I have lost so much. But I see these things and feel I simply haven't tried hard enough. Thinking about these things I am already unsure if I am really thin yet. Not thin enough surely, that's an easy answer. But am I sure I'm no longer obese? Knowing how I truly look beneath it all just takes all my work away, seems like I never started counting calories for all that's happened. I feel like Doctor Lo's circus, so much bigger underneath the tent. I am a magic act. I just need to learn the right trick, to disappear.