The Skinny Person Diet
I’ll admit that I’m not a skinny person. I was never a skinny person, although I know a skinny person lives inside me. I was slender, and dare I say it - HOT, back in the day.
At the moment, I’m what I’d like to call “fat,” which is a shorter way of saying “I have thirty pounds of baby fat still to lose following my 12lb 8.5oz* child born a year ago.”
At least according to friends who also have a life, it’s normal to take years before all the weight comes off. I also have skinny friends, but they just lucked into the weight loss - plus they are better at eating small portions. But I think that’s because they are smaller people - they have smaller stomachs, too.
*(I find stating his weight makes people forget that I’m overweight - it’s proportional)
But now that Brian is about a year old and Jake is three (although not potty trained thanks to six months of moving hell), it might be time to tackle this fat once and for all - or at least get started on the three year process.
My Plan?
The skinny person diet.
I don’t have time for counting anything and have no desire to leave my kids to go to meetings. Can’t go in the evenings anyway - I’m working.
So I shall simply pretend I’m skinny and eat like the skinny people do. And I don’t mean the people like my husband (who isn’t skinny, just slender) who have mega-fast metabolisms. I mean the skinny people who DO have the time to count things. I figure if I watch them and eat the way they do, I’ll be benefiting from their hard work.
I’ll let you know how it goes.
You may have noticed I also have time for a renewed interest in my blog. Here’s to my future non-fat self and my renewed blogging!
Isn’t it horrible!!! In my family, everyone expects me to be back to my pre-pregnancy body. To them, I’ve had one year to lose all the baby weight (she’ll be one in two weeks) and “I’m off for the summer” which is suppose to give me plenty of time to exercise, right? I hate gatherings, for the sole reason that I know I’m being criticized on my physical appearance than anything else.
I also hate couting calories, and I can no longer indulge in the Weight Watchers microwavable meals–what’s my daughter going to eat? It’s so much easier to cook a simple family meal and refrigerate leftovers!!! What else is there????
Comment by Martha | July 10, 2008
I’m not sure what else there is. I tend to lose weight by exercising - not dieting, but I can’t find an hour of time and energy to power through some treadmill work. Maybe going back to work in August will keep me away from munchies in the kitchen at least.
Good luck!
P.S. How is that precious daughter?
Comment by Rebecca | July 10, 2008
Great info - keep up the great work.
Comment by Import from China | July 26, 2008
“You may have noticed I also have time for a renewed interest in my blog. Here’s to my future non-fat self and my renewed blogging!”
– You may have noticed I also have time for a renewed interest in reading your blog. Here’s to my future non-fat self and my renewed blog reading!
Comment by MilitaryMom | August 21, 2008