I wake up in a panic. Then realize I'm still fat and was better of sleeping.
So it's best if we're honest with each other, right? This is the hardest, most agonizing thing I've ever attempted to do. It's as if my mind is at a constant war with itself and its desire for sugar cookies.
I guess I thought like any other task you set out to do in life, getting fit was about patience and strategy. Wrong! Someone once told me nothing of great meaning is accomplished overnight. Losing sixty pounds, quitting smoking, running a marathon, controlling your gas at an office meeting after too many cups of coffee... Such things take skill. Yet I'm afraid it's these skills I don't exactly possess.
For the past few months the gym has been my only lover and I've been doing all the things healthy people are supposed to do (minus the excessive partying during the weekends, of course). I've abstained from the sweets I love so much. I've woken up at the asshole of dawn for hour long walks. I've drank enough green tea to turn my urine blue. Yet still the scale refuses to march to the beat of my drums.
Then the one day (okay, two) I eat like a pigazoid during Thanksgiving weekend betrays me and I'm greeted to a five pound weight gain on Saturday morning. So I conclude that, If I already messed up these past few days I might as well start up again on Monday.
Conclusion: Losing weight is more depressing than watching a marathon of Hoarders while plowing through a box of twinkies on a Saturday night.
(Not that I've ever done such a thing.)
29 comments:
Congrats on the 27 overall. Most of the Thanksgiving weight is water weight, and will go down in time. Salty turkey and salty stuffing fucks with you.
As for me? Screw the gym, forget about dieting. I got sick, and dropped 8lbs this last week.
Half-assed results rock!
Girl, this shit is HARD.
It's all about finding ways to trick yourself into believing it's possible - me? I stick pictures of hot dudes on my laptop and by my mirror...it helps me focus on what I'd like as a present once I get lean and mean. ;)
Lost: Getting sick doesn't work for me. I always seem to want ice cream (lots and lots of it) when I'm with the flu. #foreverfat
JUST ME: Your comment made me smile. Thanks for the support. "Lean and mean". I likie.
Not surprised that gluttony is also one of the deadly sins you enjoy partaking in
Man you look pretty already. Maybe you're too hard on yourself.
Why don't you make losing weight a lifestyle instead of something you want to get over with as soon as possible? What I mean is, get into habbit with gym, go 4 times a week until it becomes a part of your life, replace one meal a day with a healthier alternative, drink vodka and orange juice instead of cocktails and try to take on the mentality of someone who likes being active and healthy.
This is what I've been doing the past two years. I friggin' love sweet shit and drinking so I'm not gonna give it up, and I hate cardio so if I don't feel like cardio I do weight training, which is just as important for slimming down. You don't lose weight fast, but small changes make a difference over time, then at least it is maintainable and you gained a healthy lifestyle which you became used to.
Another thing, you've got a lot more personality and brains than a lot of skinny people I know, and in the end, that's what gets you a man that falls in love with you.
there's a reason I haven't tried to lose weight... sugar cookies always win.
Don`t be so hard on yourself... I`ve probably gained 27 pounds this year ;) Besides, who cares? Didn't you hear the world is ending in 2012? Might as well go out with a bang!!!
I recently had my first anonymous comment on my blog so I feel I'm in your awesome league now. I'm not but I'm delusional so it's okay.
I think the key is to get on a routine. Once you work out enough, you will feel weird if u skip a day.
What Tanya says is so true. You are a beautiful young woman and you are doing so well already. Just keep it up.
I need to follow her advice too
You said "these skills I don't exactly possess" OK,stop beating yourself up over it. You possess the skill of entertaining us with your writing and artwork, that's more than good enough for me :)
Been there, done that. I wish you luck, Gorgeous--I know how hard it is.
OOF, that sucks. AND we're officially in the Season of Eating. Good luck!
Mmmm… I just baked up a batch of sugar cookies this weekend… the dough was so delicious going down.
But unfortunately not quite so nice when turning up my arse.
My Solution? I put the remainder in a jar and carted them over to the neighbours. Let their kids go bouncing off the walls to 4 cups of sugar while my butter laden lard takes some time to cool off and work its way down to my thighs.
I feel your pain girl, I really do. Farts and all xox
Here's the trick, eat whatever you want, but work you ass off. Kinda works for me.
Ewww... this is my second attempt at commenting! Sigh, my last comment was much wittier, promise. Okay, so I've always struggled with my weight and I feel you deeply on this one because I lost 30lbs about a year ago and gained half of it back over these past 3 months due to grad school apps and finding my wonderful girlfriend (lesbians eat food too). So what helped me when I actually did lose the weight was cutting out or back the alcohol and also Jillian Michael's 30 day shred. She will KICK YOUR ASS for 30 mins a day but you WILL see results. I sound like an infomercial and it would be great if I was getting paid cause apps aren't cheap, but I'm not, this is just one chubby girl to another. Fuck the morning walks, lift some weights with the video, and eat pizza and beer on Friday nights. Buena suerte, mujer!
I live by the motto "Never talk about a woman's weight, clothes, hair, or menstrual cycle." So, all I can say is that I've read this and good luck!
I am not one for cutting out alcohol, and something tells me neither are you. That said, I'm not one for losing weight, either.
When you find the answer, please post.
Tanya: Thank you for your honest and MOTIVATING comment. I have been trying super hard. Like I said, significant changes are the hardest. And I love the feeling of accomplishment once I work out. It's just the food. The food.... I love it. lol
Jessica: Yay for creepy Anon comments!
Mynx and Joe: Thank you for your kind words. I'm sorry for torturing you guys with these sets of posts... But believe it or not, they help me move it along.
Mambo: I actually tried her once and couldn't walk for two days. I guess it's just keeping at it. It's good to hear from someone REAL that it actually works. I'm going to attempt and start again once the holidays are over. At this point it's futile.
Joshua: Smart boy.
Consciously: I'm beginning to feel there's no answer except the one I've always avoided: eat healthy and work out. Blegh.
I cringe every day i go to the gym. I sit in my car in the parking lot and stare at the bar next to it. I am acutally gaining weight since I started working out and after thanksgiving... well i dont even need to say how many pounds i was up. I look at going to the gym like a recovering addict....take it one day at a time.
I read a book called, "Eating Right for Your Type." or something like that. The author says some foods we eat will make us gain or not lose because of our blood type. I followed the book for my fibromyalgia which worked very well. I did lose weight too. Congrats on losing 27 pounds. To me that is a major achievement and if you can keep it off - fantastic!
This is basically the hardest time of year to lose weight. I admire your determination.
I feel you, darlin', I really, truly do.
My only solace is that lately I've been dreaming of eating candy. A lot of candy. (I think it's because I sleep with a rubber mouth guard in and in my sleep I chew on it like it's a gummy.) There's immense disappointment when I wake up and find out it was a dream, but at least there's the happiness of eating in my dreams!
You've lost 27 pounds?! that's fucking awesome! And you said you only gained like 7 pounds over Thanksgiving weekend!? KUDOS TO YOU GIRLFRIEND! *claps*
I've gained like, 12 pounds over the weekend so I'm boycotting the scale in fear that it will read the dreaded two, zero, zero.
lol at least you had the guts to get on the scale.
congrats and keep on going. 27 lbs is a lot, just got to keep thinking positive. if you think you're losing weight your body will follow. also, you have plowed through twinkies and hoarders? that sounds not so good lol
You can do it!
I took up bootcamp classes, and sometimes it hurts so much I'm convinced I'm bleeding and not sweating.
No pain, no gain, right?
But like the rest of these folks are saying, I figure all things in moderation are fine. Booze is stupid high in calories, so I've taken to "Vodka soda"... which eventually just ends up being "Vodka" because the soda part is stupid and just makes me have to pee.
Having the same battle, I feel your pain. And as unjustified as it may be, I sometimes feel the desire to take my skinny friends and their "healthy" suggestions, sit on them with my fat ass and forcefeed them cupcakes and sugar. But that's probably just the sugar crash talking...
other comments: tl;dr so sorry if I repeat what others said...
First, thanksgiving weight=sodium bloat/water weight, etc. 1lb=3500 calories. I guarantee you didn't eat 24,500 calories over your maintenance level. Seriously.
Second. Use the internet to connect with people who know how to do it. www.livestrong.com, www.nerdfitness.com/community/
Wait till Christmas eve and the succulent pork,mmmmm chicharones!!!buahahahaaaa
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