Showing posts with label starving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label starving. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Body Issues?? ME???


Crap,hunh???ooooo that hurt...of course, she didn't say I ate that crap did she?
All of my life starting when I was a teenager and taller than almost anyone I knew, I watched what I ate...and any Saturday night binge was met with a few Correctols to alleviate the "swelling". In my 20's I had babies and was slim because I was...i was running after kids, playing tennis, smoking cigarettes and "watching" what I ate...I looked fabulous. In my 30's I was doing the same things...but I added diet pills...lots of running after the same kids, grocery store, tennis...and again, I looked fabulous.
In my young 40's...42 to be exact...I had a baby...my husband left me...and I didn't eat again for about 5 years...I smoked cigarettes, took diet pills, ran after my baby, and walked and walked and walked...just like Forrest Gump...and still, I looked damn good. I got married at age 48 and for the next 10 years I worked hard at managing my weight...I quit smoking and I went to Weight Watchers and then Weight Watchers online and Nutra Systems and the one with Kirsty Alley and took diet pills and was still looking cute...
And then, one day about 3 years ago...I was in my late 50's and I just got hungry...it was 5 months before my son got married, I was dieting like crazy to look good for his August wedding, and I just decided I could not do it anymore...I couldn't feel that fuzzy or hungry or anxious or frustrated ever again...I was hungry, God dammit, and I wasn't going to take it anymore! So I began to eat...similar to walking. I ate and ate and ate. And gained lots, and lots and lots...let's just say too many pounds... ouch!
Some days I am disgusted with myself but more than not I think i am not so bad for a 60 year old broad who realizes she has worked hard all of her life and has finally, and at last, learned that I do not die with a second piece of pie!
My daughter has learned moderation and I could not be prouder...perhaps if I had learned that secret I would not have let menopause and lasagna have their way with me...I can live without MickeyD's but who doesn't love pizza on a Friday night or an afternoon of Margaritas and Nachoes Grande!!