Like a Bowl Full of Jelly…
March 14th, 2007
I’ve been fighting the inevitable for the last five years. Struggling to keep my beliefs. Purposely doing stupid things just to prove a point. But now I have to face the truth… if I want to keep a cute figure, I need to start eating well and working out.
Sigh.
I was lucky enough to skate through high school and college without doing anything to stay in shape. I could out-eat a lot of boys, refused to work out, and drank my weight in beer. Obviously, I didn’t appreciate how lucky I was until I lost it.
I went to the doctor’s last week, and she confirmed something I’d suspected… I’ve managed to put on 7 pounds in the last 4 months. Over the past five years, since I graduated from college, I’ve put on 20 pounds! At only 5′3″, I’m just too short to pull off this kind of weight gain… at this rate, I’ll look like the mom from “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” by the time I’m 35.
I don’t want to be one of those girls that constantly complains about how fat she is, or who only eats salads and fruit. I just don’t believe that life is meant to be lived without enjoying pizza and burgers and tacos, dammit! I LOVE cheese, and am too Italian to deprive myself of carbs. I don’t want to think about the calorie and fat content of everything I put in my mouth… so what do I do?
I guess I can stop eating 4 slices of pizza at a time and just eat 2. Replace one of my daily snacks with veggies or fruit. And start stripping every day with Carmen Electra.
I’ll be back in a bikini in no time. I hope.
spring is coming which means you can walk everywhere…thats good enough! I love doritos I would never give them up!!!! youll never be a moe about diets. you will be fine you are good like that!!!
preach it, sista! I am just starting to lose weight now after having gained a crap load of pounds! I’ve lost 20 so far…
this woman gave me the best advice once: “eat like a king in the morning, a queen in the afternoon, and a prince at night” Meaning, try to eat less at night–you burn more calories that way.
Also, weigh yourself naked every morning as soon as you wake up. That also helps to keep your weight under control too.
I’ve been a chubster my whole life….I think I’m going to do Weight Watchers in April…try it out ya know?
My company remiburses you $300 for gym memberships, weight loss programs, etc. so I have nothing to lose — hahahaha.
If you wind up looking like Gilbert Grape’s Mom, it’d be wise to go ahead and add more support for the floor joists while you still can