Does the truth set you free?

A lot of people have been complimentary about the honesty I am showing here in my blog. The truth is it took me awhile to get up the nerve to make my weight public. Sometimes I wince and think "do I really want that person to know what a fat ass I am?" But people aren't blind, this is not the movie Shallow Hal, they know that I am fat even if they are too kind to say it.
So what do I have to lose by saying it out loud (so to speak). I have removed the elephant from the room and allowed myself to stop treating my weight as a "sensitive subject" and I am a little bit freer because of it. Not holding onto that number has given that number less power and by not keeping my weight a secret I have freed myself from it's hold over me.
I'm having a hard time putting my thoughts about this subject into words, but what I know is that if you are reading this you probably can relate. The truth did set me free, at least on this subject ;)