Britches Getting Tighter, Not Looser
December 14th, 2009
A couple of days ago (after I posted a coconut cream pie recipe) a fellow blogger named Tony commented on my post saying something along the lines of, “Hey! Hey you! Remember your New Year’s resolution to lose weight? Remember you were on CNN? How you used to wax poetic about how this was your year to follow your dream? What happened to THAT GIRL? FRAUD! FRAUD!”
Okay, maybe he didn’t say that EXACTLY, but the net affect was the same. It jolted me into WTF mode. Like WTF am I doing? Or WhereTF do I want to go? And good Lord, my britches are tight again and that I haven’t weighed myself nor gone to the gym in AGES. At this juncture, I know that this is a problem of the soul, but it’s showing up on my ass.
Looking back over this past year, I realize that I can make every excuse in the book – my aunt & uncle died, my house went to shit, I got depressed, I moved, got a job, etc. etc. etc. But the truth of the matter is that I did it again – I put myself last on the list. All the promises of earlier in the year kind of went sideways. I didn’t keep the momentum going. I lost 20 pounds and I gained 10 back. In fact, I gained 10 lbs back in the last 2 months. I weighed myself this morning and the scale said something like one-hundred and eighmm-harrumph-haraumph. Okay – 184. But in my defense, I was holding a coconut cream pie while on the scale. Seriously, I think that muffin top is really made out of coconut cream pie.
So, ummm, yeah. What now?
Well, the old Giyen might have said something like, “Oh God. Well, lets take the pressure off and wait till New Year’s to start dieting again. It’s 2 weeks from now and visions of sugar plums are within my grasp, goddammit. Let the holiday feasting begin!”
But that old Giyen is dead. I am really, really tired of being overweight and tired of this conversation. I am going to start up again today. No time like the present to commit to making a change for the better. If I slip up, then so be it. I know that there will be the Tony’s of the world to give me a gentle nudging to get me back on track.
Thanks, man.
PS. If you want to be inspired, check out Tony’s weight loss story here.
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