weighty issues

Since college I have had a love/hate relationship with my weight.* You probably would not have guessed this at all if you know me, but it’s true. Now, I am not “overweight” or “thick” by any means, but I can easily gain weight and not-so-easily lose it.

The “freshman 15” didn’t find its way to my hips and thighs until about my junior year of college (so that would make it the “junior 15”?) when I was less active, and thankfully I have stopped giving blowjobs to midgets in the alley way since lost those 15 pounds.  But I will admit that for me, it is very hard to keep those 15 pounds far away from me as remotely possible. Honestly? One of the main reasons why I play soccer/hockey every night of the week is because: 1.) I despise going to the gym; and 2.) I am so afraid if I don’t play sports and stay active all the time, I will instantly gain that weight (and so much more) back.

I became more self-conscious about my weight about two years ago when I constantly ate all kinds of toxic stuff (i.e. pop, junk food, sweets, fried deliciousness, etc.) and I would easily pack on a few pounds if I didn’t hit the gym or play soccer/hockey for a month. It was definitely me at my worst, so to speak. But since then I’ve become so much more conscious of what I eat. And I have been exercising and playing sports so much more frequently now. I’ve cut out pop (fine, “soda”) – the only exception is when I’m drinking, and in that case, it’s now a Malibu and diet. I don’t buy junk food – this one was the hardest change for me since I heart junk food. I buy chips and salsa at the grocery store, but I limit myself to how much (and how often) I eat it. And if I buy a small bag of chips at a store I buy the baked lay’s instead of the regular chips. I’ve cut down my dessert intake. I rarely buy desserts now (out of sight, out of mind), but I do occasionally give in and bake some brownies at home (thank you for that, PMS.) I’m eating more fruit and veggies at home and at work. And I’m also cooking at home (and packing my lunch!) so much more than I am eating out. You would think that by making all of these food/lifestyle changes, I would be rockin’ the buns of steel and rock hard abs**, but alas this isn’t the case. But I have lost a lot of weight since college, so shove that in your pipe and smoke it, freshman 15!

And diets? Yeah I don’t believe in them one bit. A guy at my soccer game the other night was telling me he and his wife are on this “egg and grapefruit” diet for a year, meaning he can only eat eggs and grapefruits three times a day, every day, for one year. Wow, good luck with that.  Seriously dude? Just kill yourself now. Oh, and tell your wife that grapefruits are linked to ovarian cancer ***.

I know I will probably never be satisfied with my weight and I definitely know I will always have this love/hate relationship with it (I swear, it’s like my other boyfriend), but I suppose this is just part of being a girl. I mean seriously, are we ever happy with our weight/bodies? But I do know I love food way too much to go on a diet and I love cooking way too much that I can’t imagine buying eggs and grapefruit for an entire year (although think about how much money I could save).

*sigh*

C’est la vie.

* I love food so damn much but I hate the weight that can be easily gained  from it.
** In high school the BFF and I always dreamt about having rock hard abs and buns of steel before we graduated.  It’s now creeping closer to my 10 year reunion (gasp!) and I have yet to achieve abs of hardness and steel buns.
*** true story.  So if you’re a girl who eats grapefruit, you may want to quit now.  I’m just sayin’…