Omigod, I really don't remember our country having this long a public holiday ever. Ten days straight. Because I have no budget for a vacation, I had a home vacation and turned my home into my holiday home instead. Such bliss - sleeping, eating, cooking for friends, watching TV and playing Solitaire on my PDA all day most of the days. Such bliss!
However, staying home makes me feel not as mobile, and I feel fat just watching TV. Hahaha they say, brain cells come and brain cells go - but fat cells live forever!
Post holidays...right now I feel like Ms Couch Potato.
Ms Couch Potato
Just thinking...
When I was in my 20s, I refused to believe that losing weight after hitting The Big 3-0 is an uphill battle. When you are young you think you can rule the universe. Hahaha :)
Today, I'm afraid that it IS true. I have been trying to lose 5kg and keep it off, for the last one year - unsuccessfully, and my weight fluctuation has been like a yoyo. It probably beats the Malaysian stock market movements - if the Composit Index is my weight, it must be breaking way past the 1, 000 points.
You really dread the ocassions when your mother is always right. This is one of them.
It doesn't help that my mom thinks I'm overweight and she claims that I have hit the highest of all time. That's not true, of course because I know what was my heaviest weight ever, which was 10kg over what I am now when I was on that fertility hormone treatment drugs, Provera and Clomid.
Anyways, as a corporate communications manager, I have to project a positive image, my mom said. Being FAT or CHUBBY isn't. Orang Minyak, my ex boyfriend, thought so too, although he didn't say it. Thank God, he's no longer my boyfriend anymore.
I think my man should accept me as I am. Doesn't my personality and having a mind of my own mean something? I wonder if Quarter Master thought I'm fat too? He just liked to tease me about my "cute spare tyre" sometimes, and that's not cute at all.
Anyways, I hate it that some people judge you because you're fat or chubby...
Beginning 20th century and now into the millennium, being overweight is one of the worse things a woman has to battle with in order to be in the mainstream. As The Ex-Hubby used to say, ideals changed. I was his ideal, then I am no longer his ideal.
If you look back into history, most of the world's famed beauties were not thin at all. Helen of Troy was not thin. Even The Mona Lisa wasn't exactly thin, and she was thought to be the ideal female in those days! Obviously, I am living in the wrong century...
Today, there is much obsession about being thin, getting into that tight dress that can only my thighs can fit into it. Society thinks being overweight is not normal. We are unfairly discriminated against. We have The Smokers and The Non-Smokers, and we have The Fat and The Rest. Arrrrrgggghhhhhhh!
Here's a funny story I wanna share with you on dieting...
A guy calls a company and orders their 5-day, 10lb weight loss program.
The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year-old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck. She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company. The sign reads , "If you can catch me, you can have me." Without a second thought, he takes off after her. A few miles later, huffing and puffing, he finally catches her and has his way with her. The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens. On the fifth day, he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10lbs as promised.
He calls the company and orders their 5-day, 20lb program. The next day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning, beautiful, sexy woman he has ever seen in his life. She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads, "If you can catch me, you can have me". Well, he's out the door after her like a shot. This girl is in excellent shape and it takes him a while to catch her, but when he does, it's definitely worth every muscle cramp and wheeze. So for the next four days, the same routine happens. Much to his delight, on the fifth day he weighs himself only to discover that he has lost another 20lbs as promised.
He decides to go for broke and calls the company to order the 7-day, 50lb program. "Are you sure?" asks the representative on the phone. "This is our most rigorous program." "Absolutely," he replies, "I haven't felt this good in years."
The next day there's a knock at the door; and when he opens it he finds Richard Simmons standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads, "If I catch you, you're mine."Muahahahaa!
