Chubby Bunny

Posted on June 15th, 2006 by gail helen.
Categories: Personal, Feminism, Omnia Vanitas.

As anyone who’s seen me in the last several years knows, I am a chubby bunny. Not that I was ever a skinny kitty, as even in high school I was a bit ‘thick,’ but the inevitable freshman fifteen seemed to recur yearly for me, although some strenuous self hate and crash dieting helped keep that in check. But then I moved to California and put on another 40 lbs, for which I of course blame the guy I was living with, ’cause god knows it wasn’t my idea to follow three slices of deep dish with a dozen Krispy Kremes and a four hour nap. Ok, it was, but do you know what that kind of weight gain (in less than six months!) does to a body? It ain’t pretty. For the first time in my life, it wasn’t my chest and hips that made dressing a problem (which was fine, because at least I looked decent in the buff), but rather my waist and my rapidly expanding rear. I shed a tear in many a dressing room, trust me. But since I started my Life Altering Path To Enlightenment (quit smoking, work out, FOMYL), I’ve had some success. Down 20 lbs, about to drop below the 200 lb mark, and cigarettes are basically a thing of the past. You would think that after quitting smoking, losing weight would seem like a walk in the park, but they don’t really have a fried cheese patch to help with the withdrawal, and once you take smoking out of the mix, the only social activity I engaged in was eating out. In fact, 60% of my income has gone straight to my ass. I started the NutriSystem program last week, which is going OK, although in about a month I’ll probably go nuts in the mall and start stealing little kids’ ice cream cones and Auntie Anne’s pretzels.

What really concerns me, however, is that so much of my time has been devoted to improving my appearance that everything else, including figuring out my life (FOMYL) has taken a back seat. Baby steps in the future department, StairMaster in the looks department. Damn, I am the worst feminist EVER! Blame society, folks, I’m the victim here. ;)

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