A shout-out to a fellow biologist. Would love if you go through my stories.
Some weights live in the body. Others live in the heart, in the hormones, in the memories, and in the quiet places we rarely talk about.
Obesity is often spoken about in numbers, calories, kilograms, charts, and goals. But behind those numbers are people carrying battles that no scale can measure - emotional storms, biological confusion, and the silent grief of feeling like your body has turned against you.
This poem is an attempt to honour that struggle.
It moves from the human experience we see in the mirror to the microscopic war we never see happening beneath the skin, the hormones, cells, and organs fighting for balance. And then, finally, it reaches toward hope: the small lifestyle choices that begin to rewrite the story.
If you or someone you love has felt the heaviness of this journey, I hope these lines make you feel seen, understood, and gentler toward yourself.
A shout-out to a fellow biologist. Would love if you go through my stories.
Some weights live in the body. Others live in the heart, in the hormones, in the memories, and in the quiet places we rarely talk about.
Obesity is often spoken about in numbers, calories, kilograms, charts, and goals. But behind those numbers are people carrying battles that no scale can measure - emotional storms, biological confusion, and the silent grief of feeling like your body has turned against you.
This poem is an attempt to honour that struggle.
It moves from the human experience we see in the mirror to the microscopic war we never see happening beneath the skin, the hormones, cells, and organs fighting for balance. And then, finally, it reaches toward hope: the small lifestyle choices that begin to rewrite the story.
If you or someone you love has felt the heaviness of this journey, I hope these lines make you feel seen, understood, and gentler toward yourself.
Now, let’s step into the quiet wars within.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thebiologicalimagination/p/the-weight-no-scale-can-measure?r=6ubx0q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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