First of all, let me just say that there is no way in hizzie that doctor's office scales are right. Right?
I mean, I'm fully dressed. It's 11.39 in the morning. I'm not at the low point of my ladycalendar. I ate breakfast. Twice. I was fully hydrated just in case I needed to pee in a cup or give blood. I'm wearing boots. My socks go all the way up past my knee. I have on two shirts. These pants are thicker than most. And they are a little bit long.
I couldn't possibly have gained ten pounds since July, right? Right?
Gaw. This is just the kick in the (enormous) ass I needed. I'm tempted to take a few hours from work and go play with my new Wii Fit that came in the mail yesterday. Or go to the gym that I'm paying a dollar a day to not go to. Or go eat one last big meal.
I used to only eat foods I liked and only eat when I was hungry. I only liked fruits and veggies and nuts and cheese. Then I started eating junk food. I didn't know junk food was so good. We really weren't allowed it when we were kids, so I didn't know what a slippery slope a 3pm snack could take me down. Then I started eating meat again. Then I started having little snacks with Jake under the guise of "quality time with the boy". Then I started attending Christmas parties and ladies luncheons and meetings at the coffee shops rather than in the office so we can talk about what is really going on in the city instead of what we are supposed to say is going on in the city. Then I started making bigger dinners so we would have leftovers. It's a never ending cycle that has to end today.
I'm not obese. No one would look at me and think I was fat. My doctor didn't even mention the gain. But, I'm tired of feeling squishy. I'm tired of my pants leaving marks on my skin. I'm really tired of people who haven't seen me in a couple months asking me if I'm pregnant. Oh, and I think I'm shrinking because I'm somehow all of a sudden shorter than the rest of my 5'7" friends. Maybe they're wearing heels.
Remember when I needed to gain ten pounds awhile ago? Well, I really ran with that one. I'm almost 20 pounds up from my ridiculously low post-delivery weight. There has to be a happy medium somewhere. Don't make me have another baby just so I can be drastically underweight again. Because if I do, I'm leaving that brat on your doorstep and running away.
Public shaming: weighing in at 135 pounds. measuring up at 36-29-39 (rounded UP to the nearest pound/inch so I feel better when I measure myself next)
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Although I am sad to hear that you aren't ecstatic with your weight and measurements (grossing oneself out is never fun) I think you look beautiful, not pregnant, and lust after your mesurements.
thank you. I just don't want it to get out of hand, because I know how hard it is to bring yourself back once it goes to far. I just typoed "fat" instead of "far".
i will say that your public shame just humiliated the hell out of me. we won't talk about my shame
but whatever the shape and size, it's definitely all about feeling right - so by all means, take care of that squishy feeling. it's the worst.
I was *this* close to buying a fluidity bar on craigslist for $50 bucks to get back in shape and be stronger and I was determined to get with the program. Until he emailed back and said it was sold and then I ate 3 tacos, 3 oreos, swigged the last of the milk from the gallon and ate the rest of the BBQ chips.
I feel you.
10 pound in two months is a dangerous trend, but seriously are you trying to make the rest of us feel bad? I am three inches shorter than you and have never been prego, and I weigh about 140. There is nothing worse than a skinny girl bitching about her weight. ;)
it looks like you might get a beat down for putting your weight out there. we are the same weight, the difference between us is 4 inches and i work out 5 times a week. i love you and hate you at the same time.
Pass the cheetos! I never knew junk food was so good as a kid either. Although I have never had a ding dong or a snicker doodle, I had my first twinkie a couple of years ago. Things have gone downhill since.
I say eff it! Go have a bucket a wings and a pitcher of beer. What difference does it make. Look at me...I'm a little plumpie and the men trip over themselves to take me out. LOL LOL LOL Life's too damned short. Viva la Party Time
The lighting in the Dr's office sucks, too, so I always assume that between that, those horrible bangs that the nurse always seems to wear, and the obvious tilt to the floor where the scale is standing, there might be an accuracy problem. Of course, I always FEEL the worst when I'm stripped naked in the privacy of my own home with no one but my mirror and myself to make those inscrutable "tut-tut" sounds.
PS 135 is my goal, just in case you're keeping track of how many people are now hanging their heads in shame along with you.
Doctors offices make me fatter too. I blame the medical profession trying to push us into diet drugs and weight loss surgery!
I don't like squishy feelings either. Hope yours resolves itself soon, even though you're totally the hottest mom I know.
This post reminded me why I'm glad to be a guy!
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Oh girl, even if you didn't say, I'd have guessed that you don't weight as much as my left side. sheesh. I could lose one of you and still look healthy. Okay, not quite, but too close for comfort! Get your ass to the gym. good for more than just the weight.
Oh girl, even if you didn't say, I'd have guessed that you don't weight as much as my left side. sheesh. I could lose one of you and still look healthy. Okay, not quite, but too close for comfort! Get your ass to the gym. good for more than just the weight.
The Wii Fit will help in these cold months. It mocks you when you take days off too. I took 2 weeks off when we moved. I got humiliated by a game. And, when you are actually overweight, it makes your Mii fat too. Talk about motivation. That's more motivation than any gym I've ever been to, and it's more fun too.
I think most of us are in the same boat. Unfortunately I am in this boat every year. My wii fit scolded me after 112 days of no use by telling me I gained 13 lbs and made my mii fater. That is a jolt to the system. Here you go just so I can be made accountable. 5'7" ish about 185. BANG. I would like to get down to 165 before the broad st run in may.
Clearly by the comments, it's not the numbers that matter, it's that squishy feeling. Though your same height, I'm quite a few lbs. more... you can call me the big boned gal, but I hear ya. Not fun to have indentations by the pants that are supposed to be the fat pants if you know what I'm saying.
I'm jealous of your Wii fit, but as soon as the boys get back, I'm going to lug them around our 3 mile reservoir because all my bulky clothes are making me weigh in much higher than I'd like these days too;)
for the record, the doctor's office scale is always 5 pounds off. that is 5 pounds heavier. that has always been my mindset and I refuse to be convinced otherwise!
p.s. have fun with your wii fit. I am totally jealous!
happy medium? sounds like loosing ten pounds would do it.
:) i'm a simpleton to the point of complexity, yes i am.
it is a well established fact that doctor office scales are calibrated to be 5 lbs heavier than home scales.
and then you were setting yourself up - breakfast, fluids, clothes and boots - I'd say you might have lost weight since july if you had all that on!
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