Weighing In: Week 5
|17.Sep.2007After last week’s weigh-in post I geared myself up for a ton of hate mail, but the overwhelming majority of you said, “Yep, that’s me too.” And wow, can I just say THANK YOU for listening and HEARING. Thank you for not taking it as a personal dig on you, because of course it wasn’t. It was just this eye opener – this “Aha!” moment that I didn’t/couldn’t let pass.
So, I figure after all that, I needed a “lighter” Monday. And besides, I AM LIGHTER this Monday. Everyone stand up and do a happy dance with me.
Today I weighed in at 248 lbs.!
“Watch it wiggle … see it jiggle!”
If you don’t jiggle like me, you might not enjoy that old Jello jingle as much as I do.
I meet with my personal trainer tomorrow morning (the earliest she could get me in) after I drop off the kids at school. I’ve already purchased a few pairs of light-weight knit capri workout pants and t-shirts and my shoes have been ready to kick it in for nearly a year now, so I’m good to go.
So, what will this post be about today? Well, I’m a bit exhausted thinking about childhood food obsession angst. There is only so many “stealing gummy bears or spoonfuls of Nestle Quick in the middle of the night” confessions I can make, so today let’s laugh a little. And when I say laugh, I’m assuming everyone here understands that if we don’t all just laugh about the things that frustrate us every once in a while that we’ll become all stodgy and boring and terribly, terribly mundane. Nothing is worse than being mundane – at least not much.
I want to encourage you to contribute in the comments. Let’s giggle by poking fun at ourselves. Whether you are 100+ lbs. overweight or you only have 5 to lose, you can still contribute something personal. But here’s the thing. TALK ABOUT YOU. No finger poking at that fat lady you saw in the mall with the ice cream and Diet Coke, okay? (That was me by the way —> “HI!”) Good. We know the rules.
Here we go. And a tad bit of hyperbole is okay – I’ll admit, I’m given to it at times. *ahem*
You know you need to lose weight when…
- … the inner thigh on your jeans wears out faster than the butt, the hem, or any other area.
- … you’re still wearing maternity clothes and your youngest baby is 4. (I like to think it is just because I REALLY LIKE THAT SKIRT, but … uh … it does fit after all.)
- … you have a perch for your coffee cup when you’re sitting on the couch and YOU ARE NOT pregnant.
- … you move your wedding band to your pinkie finger. (This can also happen if you eat more than 2 pickles in a day. Just sayin’).
- … an elementary age child tries to join you on the elevator and you tell them they’ll have to get off because the two of you will exceed the weight limit.
- … the only comfortable vehicle is a Suburban. Love my CAPTAIN CHAIR!
Your turn!
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OMSH
Shawna – The Plus-Size avatars are probably as ridiculous as the Plus-Size digital woman at Land’s End or the Plus-Size (sz 14) tall, and belly free, women mannequins at Lane Bryant.
Angel
LOL I was going to use the “using stomach as perch” one.
Ok….how about when you’re trying on shorts in Walmart, and they don’t fit. Your 5 yr old son asks why aren’t you getting them–you say they don’t fit–and he says LOUDLY “Is that because you are so fluffy????”