Can I pre-write a weigh in post? I'll fill in the blank in the morning. But now is when I have time to write so... ETA: I am down 2.5 pounds. After Halloween. Am total weight loss rock star.
Last night a friend and I were planning when to take our other friend out for her birthday. The three of us tend to do birthdays together- Thai food and movies, shopping and ice cream, that kind of thing. Last year our November birthday friend wanted to go to a Korean spa for her birthday. Korean spas are the ones where you walk around all naked like. Anyway, she told me this and I was all, "NO THANK YOU." I'd had a baby six months previously and no freaking way was I going to a NAKED SPA. Especially not with my two friends, sizes two and four respectively. HA HA HA.
So my friends went without me which was TOTALLY FINE BY ME and I think I met up with them later for lunch or something. I don't remember. The only part I remember was the Sheer Horror at the thought of taking my six-month-post-partum body into a naked spa with my teeny tiny friends.
Now, while I love my teeny tiny friends, I reflexively had the Fat(ish) Girl Suspicious Thoughts. Do they think of me as the Fat Friend, which is how I think of myself? Were they just asking me to be nice? Did they have any idea how hard such a thing would be for me?
Gah. Whatever. This year November friend wants to eat chocolate fondue and get her toenails done. I have no problem doing THAT.
Have you been in a similar situation? I'm sure I have a million more things to say about this, but Molly is insisting Phillip hold her while standing UP and he doesn't WANT to stand up and I am getting Pointed Looks so... I'll fill my weight in in the morning. Kisses!
OK, so I know my baby is barely three weeks old, but I'm ready to join in here. No hardcore dieting or anything, but I could definitely stand to cut out excessive sugar. This being said three days after Halloween! There are still Reese's cups in my fridge! Overall I'm not all that unhappy with my current baby-weight state (though I don't really know it as our scale is broken), I just want to be able to fit into real pants that don't have a stretchy waistband. Oh, and that bridesmaids dress hanging in my closet. Ergh.
I guess this comment isn't exactly on the topic of your post. Oops.
Posted by: Tara | November 03, 2008 at 07:04 AM
I am not at all cool with a naked spa either and I am pretty comfortable with my size. I am just not comfortable with the naked in public part. Nope, not at all. I like clothes.
Posted by: Jen | November 03, 2008 at 05:01 PM
Jeez. My SINGLE tiny friends tried to get me to go to one of those pregnant. I would have traumatized them THEN much less NOW! The large-welt corduroy that is my stretch-marked belly would scare anyone into sterilization... Besides that, I just don't like the idea of showing all my bits to anyone who happens to glance up. No thanks. Even if I was a size 2.
Posted by: Liz | November 03, 2008 at 05:50 PM
BTW - I'm down 1lb from last week. Not so bad with all the high-carb high-fat partying I did over the weekend! You ARE a weight loss rock star!
Posted by: Liz | November 03, 2008 at 05:51 PM
I'm up a pound this week. Delightful. THIRTY hits one week from today. So, I'm re-evaluating the goals. Give me 3 lbs this week and that will be the best birthday present ever. I guess I should say "lose me 3 lbs..."
And yes. I've felt that way on more than one occasion. Lately, it's always when my sister-in-law (who is constantly obsessing about her weight. constantly.) is telling me how fat she is. Do you know that she weights 60 lbs less than me. SIXTY POUNDS. (ugh. I can't believe I just said that out loud. and yes, I know that "I had a baby. I have a reason for it" as she is quick to remind me.) It always leaves me thinking - good grief. She must think I'm a TANK if she thinks she's that huge.
One thing I've learned though, is that people's body image issues don't tend to translate to other people. It's such a self-focused obsession, you know? Before I lost a whole bunch of weight in college, I always thought that I was huge and everyone else was so skinny. Then, when I lost the weight, I realized that Wow! Those other girls weren't skinny vs. my fat. They were NORMAL! Ah. It made my life so much easier.
What's not making my life easier? The fact that I just realized that I have SIXTY lbs to go. sigh....
Posted by: annie | November 03, 2008 at 09:00 PM