(I never noticed how much "peanuts" sounds like "penis" until now - wow!)
(The wine may have something to do with the peanuts-penis thing. Not sure that will seem quite so amazing in the morning.) (I do love my brackets. (As you know.) (And especially so when I've had wine, apparently.))
Aaaanyways... I obviously need a better plan. Because
- I want to be able to get into my summer dresses in a month's time.
I'm not joining the other mums at Jack's school in their insanity: they are all buying new fancy clothes for the whole family, just to wear to their kid's communion. My children have great outfits they wore to my brother's wedding in February, as do I for that matter, and I doubt anyone will be mortally wounded by wearing the same outfit a second time. - I am so very fed up with my only fitting pair of jeans.
I would also like to wear one of my T-shirts and not have it ride up on my hips or belly. That would be just wonderful. As a corollary to the last point (have I mentioned I'm a mathematician?) I would like to add that I am not buying a whole new wardrobe. I have perfectly good clothes just sitting waiting for me to arrive at the perfectly normal weight I was at pre-giant baby. I'm five kilos off. This is doable, and it's not like I'm anorexic or anything. I just want my body back. - My liver is kind of precious to me.
So, dearest dearest people I love and adore. Tell me: what do you do to stop the cravings? What do you do when you want to eat all the pies but really you shouldn't? The cup of tea trick is wearing thin.
Also: I would kill for the golden tip that tells me how to get rid of this tummy. I wouldn't believe my friends when they said baby number three would change my body more than the previous two, but they were right and I hate to admit it. I've never had a belly before. (Huge arse? Yes. Tree trunk thighs? Yes. Pot belly? No. Not until now, that is.) So please tell me you know the secret way to lose the stomach and then share it and I will come and lick your feet. Or I will come and not lick your feet. Whichever you would consider more of a reward.
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PS: Magic solutions only. Don't even think of suggesting will power or sit ups. That is not cool.
Hum, pilates, most likely. Pilates is good.
ReplyDeleteI love you, Mwa, don't worry too much about the Devil's droppings. Each day is a new day. xx
I so don't know. Really.
ReplyDeleteIf I crave sweet things when I'm on diet I eat something vinegary. It combats the sweet craving and vinegar is a natural appetite suppressant. I have a selection I choose from: pickled onions, pickled beetroot, pickled cabbage, piccalilli, actual vinegar poured into the lid & drunk (balsamic is nice). I do love vinegar though so I'm happy to so this.
ReplyDeleteI would like to point out that I forget to do this and am still fat. But it does work if you have a modicum of will power!
Good luck! I'm still justifying my arse as baby weight even though my only child is nearly 3.
in order to change anything, including eating habits, the goal must be more attractive than the status quo. So, when you think chocolate etc, ask yourself, do you want chocolate now or body back.
ReplyDeleteIf you go for the former (as I usually do) then you can relax in the knowledge that you've made the right choice at the time.
The only time I ever managed to successfully lose weight was when I really and truly felt fat and couldn't look at myself anymore. I noticed that once I go 3 days without chocolate, it gets easier.
And vanilla seems to be a good alternative/compensation.
damn mwa. good luck is all i gotta say cause lord knows i just went with the flow, gave up and bought bigger size jeans and tshirts. also, sidenote: we've been taking pics due to our beach trip and i have noticed my face is swollen up due to weight gain. sucks penis.
ReplyDeleteyou can come lick my toes anytime...stateside.
much adoration....
oh, if baby #3 changes your body I don't know what the hell baby #1 did to mine.
oooooohhhhh...
ReplyDeletethe title of this blog really made me blush...I thought, "Shit. My secret is out." then i remembered we don't actually know each other in real life so maybe i can still keep my secret.
muah
peanuts and penis totally don't sound the same in a thick south georgia accent. we pronunciate every syllable.
I don't have any magic but Devil's Droppings is my new favorite name for anything delicious.
ReplyDeleteDrink water. Glasses and glasses of it. Confuse your poor stomach into feeling like you have eaten a meal fit for an elephant. You'll be so busy running back and forth to the loo to pee that you won't have time to eat and the added steps will have you wasting away in no time! Too easy she said while munching a TimTam...
ReplyDeleteIf you do get the answers to any of those questions promise you'll share?
ReplyDeleteI am tiny, I've had three babies and after 20 years I still have a belly. But I don't want to lose any of the weight in the rest of my body so I have to put up with the 'gut' If you can find PURE lemon oil and I mean pure, the sort you can ingest then put a drop or two into water every day and drink it. It cuts the fat in your body. If I got rid of the fat, there would be very little left of me. There is a company who sell pure essential oils.... http://www.doterra.com they also have one called Slim and Sassy, it is for weight loss, and it is all natural.
ReplyDeleteIt may help xx Sandi
Pilates is brilliant, or maybe licking your own feet would be good !
ReplyDeleteDo you know any handy sufferers of gastric flu you could go and hang round for a bit?
ReplyDeleteOr what about taking up smoking? Better still convince yourself you're a supermodel and refuse to consume anything other than cigs, black coffee, champagne and the odd canapé.
Sorry, will stop being silly... I've never lost weight/inches intentionally so I really don't know about that I'm afraid. I do find though that I can go from *feeling* disgustingly blobby to *feeling* svelte and lovely with some good healthy feeling stuff - a burst of exercise, water, really good fresh food, bit of grooming/pampering.
i am saying will power and sit ups and running for my life!!!!! hahah
ReplyDeleteMaggie May, I would run for my life, if and only if, I was chased by a person with both a gun and a snake. I go to Jazzercise. It helps because I don't eat right before I exercise and I never want to eat right after.
ReplyDeleteWhen you get the answer let me know
ReplyDeleteI found running helped get off the pounds quickly without having to give up too much of the nice things in life - trouble is that now I don't have enough time for running so the pounds are piling back on
Tummy-wise I haven't a clue - think sit ups are supposed to be bad though
Please let me know if you find the answer. I haven't found anything that works which is the reason that I'm as a big as a barn! I have found wine does the opposite because I drink and then I don't care if I'm fat so I eat, eat, and eat!
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