Alphabee Thursday: D is for Diet


Today is Alphabee-Thursday. That means my blog is brought to you by the letter D. I'm a bit late in posting b/c I've been at school all day doing Parent/Teacher conferences and my blog is blocked by the server there, so now that I'm home, let's get right down to it.

is for

That 4 letter word!!
UGH!

I've spent so many years on diets, I think I've lost a total of 476 lbs! I should be the size of a celery stalk!

I know it's suppose to be "not about losing weight", but about "getting healthy".

To that, I say BALONEY!!! (and not the Oscar Meyer kind)

It IS about losing weight. It IS about looking better.
I FEEL just fine. I don't have a problem with self-image.
It's the mirror image I don't like.
I want to be thinner and sexier and more attractive.
I know I look like a

right now....and I want to look like a
(lol)

But seriously.
Why are we so obsessed with weight?
I feel good about myself. My boyfriend likes my body. In fact, if he thinks I'm not eating enough he fusses at me (and he doesn't eat much at all, so I ususlly eat more than he does anyway!)

Why can't they invent a meal that doesn't put 5 lbs on my butt everytime I eat it?

Is that too much to ask??

Comments

Unknown said…
okay...i was getting a soda at mcdonalds the other day..and i promise it was just a soda...and this very skinny gal was reading the calorie count of all my favorites out to her hubby...and it wasn't grossing me out...i was starting to rationalize...like...well that's really only half the daily requirement...when i should have been thinking...how could anyone shove that down their gullet. I am hopeless.
stopping by from alphabe-thursday!
February 12, 2010 at 12:32 AM
Jo said…
I am so with you on this! it is about losing weight ... not changing your lifestyle ... and why do i can weight just by looking a chocolate? Good luck to you on your diet!
February 12, 2010 at 12:32 AM
RNSANE said…
Between my youngest ( 25 ) son constantly nagging at me to get on the treadmill so I'll live longer ( I
am 65 and I think longevity is over rated, if you want to know the
truth )and the ninety thousand diets in the world, my life is filled with dreams of all I CANNOT eat.
February 12, 2010 at 3:21 AM
Kat said…
I'm with you. I know it's supposed to be about getting healthy, not losing weight. But even if I was as healthy as a horse, I would probably be happier if my jeans fit better. But I have learned one thing - gravity works and no diet in the world can change Newton's Law! Kathy
February 12, 2010 at 5:15 AM
Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler said…
At the risk of incurring the wrath of every other woman in the world- it is no fun to be underweight either. I have tried in vain to gain 10 pounds since Thanksgiving. I think there is something wrong with me, I am barely ever hungry, and I will often forget to eat entirely. I will strive to improve and someday be a nice plump grandma.
February 12, 2010 at 7:03 AM
He & Me + 3 said…
I was just thinking I needed a diet plan. Ugh. I hate that word and I hate trying to find the motivation to actually do it.
February 12, 2010 at 8:00 AM
Jenny said…
For one of the rare times in my life I just used the delete key. And deleted about 10 paragraphs about your post.

And now I just did it again.

Two entire comment posts deleted.

I guess that means I am truly struggling with what I want to say to you.

I think you need to love yourself, no matter what. Be healthy. But be happy, too.

We are all too hard on ourselves I think...and we forget that the qualities that we have inside of us that people love are the qualities that we should focus on, too.

We can all find fault with our looks...I know a woman who was a model. Looks you would kill for...absolutely perfect...and she would obsess about things just like us.

She couldn't just accept herself even though she had all the physical perfection that we try to attain in ourselves.

And to be honest, even if I had plastic surgery and lost 75 pounds I would never have that physical perfection of that woman WHO COMPLAINED AS MUCH ABOUT HER LOOKS AS I DO!

Love yourself.

And take back that remark about being a cow.

You are a lovely, happy, vital, creative, kind woman....

OK, I'm not going to delete this third comment.

I'm going to post it.

Love yourself the way you are, right now. I think it is wonderful to eat healthy and exercise and do all your routine tests and "maintenance" but although I have never seen your picture I don't think you are a cow.

I have struggled for years with some auto-immune diseases that make it very difficult to loose weight and since I've decided to let that worry go and I am much happier.
February 12, 2010 at 8:39 AM
Jenny said…
Oh geez, I'm back. Embarrassed.

After that long rant I forgot to say...

great thought provoking post.

A+ for your writing

A+ for being so lovely

Now please write on the chalkboard 100 times...I am beautiful just the way I am
February 12, 2010 at 8:41 AM
People Who Know Me Would Say: said…
It all comes down to a youth-obsessed society; unobtainable goals for appearance set by photoshopping magazine covers,etc.; and the low self esteem many young girls and woman have.

It's all so tiring. Don't get sucked in. Everything in moderation is a good place to start.
February 12, 2010 at 1:00 PM
McCrakensx4 said…
I am with you on this...but I have absolutely no will power!!
February 13, 2010 at 10:01 AM
Mocha Momma said…
Very cute! 13 teachers and staff at the school I work at are doing the Biggest Loser Challenge and so far they have lost 142lbs collectively in 3 or 4 weeks.

I'm so proud of them. I should have joined them, but I'm not there yet. My head and my heart need to be serious about a lifestyle change of eating habits.

Have a carrot for me.
Take care,
Nannette
February 13, 2010 at 6:42 PM
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