5 pounds
canuckjo
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5 pounds, that’s all. Doesn’t sounds like a lot, does it? I am sure those who are extremely obese or just overweight heard me complain about 5 pounds they would probably let me have it with all the “what if’s” they could muster and rightfully so.
Five pounds you say, get over it!!!! But in my defense over the course of a year, 5 pounds has been an obsession of mine and try as hard as I can I can’t seem to drop it. Walk, run, hike, bike etc. stay busy yes, yes, yes I know, words to live by. I do all that and then some while also eating right yet I end up gaining before losing and it is just so frustrating. One thing for sure, if one more person tells me it is just muscle I am going to hit them with all this muscle that I seem to be making. Oh yes, of course could be water retention? Ok, sure I can buy that but I am a coffee, tea, high in caffeine kind of gal and pee more times than a racehorse. I really don’t think it is the reason why the 5 pounds will not come off. I have also given up salt and I miss it so much. I so am dedicated to anything that I set my mind to it drives me nuts at times. By the way this commitment issue of mine is another story in itself. Drives me crazy at times, anyways…..
It just makes me ask why do all this hard work? Why give up the potatoes chips that I love so much, pass on the hamburgers for rabbit food, drink the light beer instead of that great tasting full beer or red licorice that I am craving like crazy right now along with huge bowl of salted peanuts. Why sweat my *kitten* off biking hills, running, pushing a lawn mower when I could just sit back and ride. Park in the back lots of stores and walk that extra few step, take the stairs and not the elevator, be constantly aware of what I do and incorporate some form of exercise into my daily life and STILL gain or stay the same. These ****ing 5 pounds just don’t seem to fall off. I have to say in defense of all that I have just said; I do enjoy living a healthy life style. I love those extra steps, the sweating love it all yet it is just annoying I don’t lose the few pounds that I want to lose. I also wonder just how much I would weight if I didn’t do all of that. Scary thought so I should just kiss off those 5 pounds and call myself a lucky gal but I can’t, obsessed remember?
I have tried eating when I don’t want to eat, which is a theory that I really don’t think applies to me because 6 plus meals a day is an instant weight gainer and a no brainer for me. What ever happened to 3 square meals a day? Maybe my metabolism has become slower than the second coming of Christ. No, don’t believe so because my energy level is crazy and off the wall most of the time. I have used the menopause excuse for 10 years now and it is about all used up and by the way wasn’t even close to being as terrible as most predicted it would be. I got hot flashes and white hair, go figure. Them there’s the AGE thing!!! Hate it when people say, “you are at the age where you gain those extra pounds”. So age doesn’t apply to all those skinny old people out there? Of course being short doesn’t help and is another favorite excuse of mine to. Being only 5”1’ it is hard to hide 5 pounds and don’t you just love it when people say “oh and you also have those childbearing hips”. What the hell does that mean….tall skinny old women don’t have childbearing hips??????. I am a pear shape instead of a beanpole so I am cursed with looking not only short but also, fat, short and with hips!!!!!! Diet pills you say, not an option, not for me. That would be taking the easy road with a dead end.
Could “I” have an image problem? Of course I do, who doesn’t but that is for me say and not anyone else. I have been told that a time or two and its really irritating. I see a different reflection of myself than what others see but what counts is what I see, not them. I know there are a million reasons not to think this way. A million reasons to feel grateful for good health, happy life, fortunate for all the good in my world. Of course I appreciate all that and it is awesome but that doesn’t mean I can’t be denied the luxury of being pissed off just the same when 5 pounds that I work so hard to shed continues to haunt me. Stay off the scale, sure ok sounds easy but once again habits are hard to break and I live in a need to know world. Besides, I wouldn’t want to miss it when it changes to 6 pounds, god forbid!!!!!!!
Am I looking for the sympathy vote today? No way, so save it. Speaking about scales, on the scale of life this issue of mine doesn’t even rate a rating. I am sounding frustrated, defeated, speaking negatively about whatever it is that is making me sound self centered and yes, vain. I am a 5-pound, nitpicker and obviously it is a personal delmia of mine so I own it.
I am fine, look fine and will be fine with or without losing 5 pounds so I don’t need to be told or complimented. The fact that I can’t has annoyed me to no end and to be honest I am not used to not getting my own way. Being the youngest in a family of 6 I have always been loved, spoiled, always in catch up mode, going full speed with a completive edge that has made for some interesting moments in my life so not succeeding or getting like I said “my way” is tough to swallow.
You know it has taken me half an hour or so to write this and in reading it back I realized just how stupid this all sounds and that for a year I have wasted so much time and energy focused on losing 5 pounds instead of just doing what I do and being glad that I can. NO, I have not had a revelation. Just saying that I am not going to focus, which for the moment is easy to say, so much of my negative energy into 5 pounds of meaningless bull****, which to be honest is really what it is. I also have to ask myself when is the weight issue going to stop and start allowing myself to enjoy that second scope of ice cream. Is there a magic age that says, ok now go out and start enjoying being you instead of who you think you want to be? Maybe, who I want to be…… I am, just 5-pound heavier…dam so much for my revelation, the one I didn’t have, right?
Have a great week…..
Five pounds you say, get over it!!!! But in my defense over the course of a year, 5 pounds has been an obsession of mine and try as hard as I can I can’t seem to drop it. Walk, run, hike, bike etc. stay busy yes, yes, yes I know, words to live by. I do all that and then some while also eating right yet I end up gaining before losing and it is just so frustrating. One thing for sure, if one more person tells me it is just muscle I am going to hit them with all this muscle that I seem to be making. Oh yes, of course could be water retention? Ok, sure I can buy that but I am a coffee, tea, high in caffeine kind of gal and pee more times than a racehorse. I really don’t think it is the reason why the 5 pounds will not come off. I have also given up salt and I miss it so much. I so am dedicated to anything that I set my mind to it drives me nuts at times. By the way this commitment issue of mine is another story in itself. Drives me crazy at times, anyways…..
It just makes me ask why do all this hard work? Why give up the potatoes chips that I love so much, pass on the hamburgers for rabbit food, drink the light beer instead of that great tasting full beer or red licorice that I am craving like crazy right now along with huge bowl of salted peanuts. Why sweat my *kitten* off biking hills, running, pushing a lawn mower when I could just sit back and ride. Park in the back lots of stores and walk that extra few step, take the stairs and not the elevator, be constantly aware of what I do and incorporate some form of exercise into my daily life and STILL gain or stay the same. These ****ing 5 pounds just don’t seem to fall off. I have to say in defense of all that I have just said; I do enjoy living a healthy life style. I love those extra steps, the sweating love it all yet it is just annoying I don’t lose the few pounds that I want to lose. I also wonder just how much I would weight if I didn’t do all of that. Scary thought so I should just kiss off those 5 pounds and call myself a lucky gal but I can’t, obsessed remember?
I have tried eating when I don’t want to eat, which is a theory that I really don’t think applies to me because 6 plus meals a day is an instant weight gainer and a no brainer for me. What ever happened to 3 square meals a day? Maybe my metabolism has become slower than the second coming of Christ. No, don’t believe so because my energy level is crazy and off the wall most of the time. I have used the menopause excuse for 10 years now and it is about all used up and by the way wasn’t even close to being as terrible as most predicted it would be. I got hot flashes and white hair, go figure. Them there’s the AGE thing!!! Hate it when people say, “you are at the age where you gain those extra pounds”. So age doesn’t apply to all those skinny old people out there? Of course being short doesn’t help and is another favorite excuse of mine to. Being only 5”1’ it is hard to hide 5 pounds and don’t you just love it when people say “oh and you also have those childbearing hips”. What the hell does that mean….tall skinny old women don’t have childbearing hips??????. I am a pear shape instead of a beanpole so I am cursed with looking not only short but also, fat, short and with hips!!!!!! Diet pills you say, not an option, not for me. That would be taking the easy road with a dead end.
Could “I” have an image problem? Of course I do, who doesn’t but that is for me say and not anyone else. I have been told that a time or two and its really irritating. I see a different reflection of myself than what others see but what counts is what I see, not them. I know there are a million reasons not to think this way. A million reasons to feel grateful for good health, happy life, fortunate for all the good in my world. Of course I appreciate all that and it is awesome but that doesn’t mean I can’t be denied the luxury of being pissed off just the same when 5 pounds that I work so hard to shed continues to haunt me. Stay off the scale, sure ok sounds easy but once again habits are hard to break and I live in a need to know world. Besides, I wouldn’t want to miss it when it changes to 6 pounds, god forbid!!!!!!!
Am I looking for the sympathy vote today? No way, so save it. Speaking about scales, on the scale of life this issue of mine doesn’t even rate a rating. I am sounding frustrated, defeated, speaking negatively about whatever it is that is making me sound self centered and yes, vain. I am a 5-pound, nitpicker and obviously it is a personal delmia of mine so I own it.
I am fine, look fine and will be fine with or without losing 5 pounds so I don’t need to be told or complimented. The fact that I can’t has annoyed me to no end and to be honest I am not used to not getting my own way. Being the youngest in a family of 6 I have always been loved, spoiled, always in catch up mode, going full speed with a completive edge that has made for some interesting moments in my life so not succeeding or getting like I said “my way” is tough to swallow.
You know it has taken me half an hour or so to write this and in reading it back I realized just how stupid this all sounds and that for a year I have wasted so much time and energy focused on losing 5 pounds instead of just doing what I do and being glad that I can. NO, I have not had a revelation. Just saying that I am not going to focus, which for the moment is easy to say, so much of my negative energy into 5 pounds of meaningless bull****, which to be honest is really what it is. I also have to ask myself when is the weight issue going to stop and start allowing myself to enjoy that second scope of ice cream. Is there a magic age that says, ok now go out and start enjoying being you instead of who you think you want to be? Maybe, who I want to be…… I am, just 5-pound heavier…dam so much for my revelation, the one I didn’t have, right?
Have a great week…..
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i also have those 4-6 pounds that drive me nuts...but i also have a problem not eating and exercising..so i do not know. did you try high protein diet. did miracles for me one time in my life.0
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I look at weight in sticks of butter. 4 sticks to a pound, so five pounds is 20 sticks of butter. That's actually a lot when you look at it.0
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Oh I have the five pounds haunting me too- Your not alone:)0
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I look at weight in sticks of butter. 4 sticks to a pound, so five pounds is 20 sticks of butter. That's actually a lot when you look at it.
Seriously?? UGH. I have 5lbs that will not go away. Now, I am depressed.0 -
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