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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

First World Problems of Losing Weight

So we've all given up deep-fried donut burgers for the foreseeable future, we tell people "we aren't one a diet; it's a lifestyle change," we exercise until our boobs sweat interesting patterns on our shirts, and we celebrate our victories, small and large--sometimes with support and sometimes not so much. There are the inevitable times when we fail because we just wanted a piece of pizza (and ended up eating the whole pie) or when we meant to exercise but fell asleep on the couch instead. But even when you do everything right, it seems like the world conspires against you between the media telling you that you're not skinny enough while offering to SuperSize you and friends and relatives not understanding that some of their habits aren't exactly the pinnacle of health. Here are the first world problems of losing weight:

1. You've hit your goal weight, which means that you'll finally look good in clothes! Except you're still in between sizes. For example, the shorts I'm wearing today are an 8. If I put my iPhone in my back pocket, they fall down. If I tried to wear a 6, they made me look like a busted biscuit can. 

2. At least I have shorts that mostly fit -- all my dresses are baggy and gap at the armpits! Not to mention the in-between sizes where you don't want to spend money on new clothes, but you don't want to look like a bag lady either. Because....

3. My boobs just keep shrinking but that pooch underneath them isn't going anywhere! 

4. People start telling you that you're "too skinny." While they're well-meaning, you don't just "need to eat a burger." In fact, you don't even really like burgers!

5. People telling you that you need to exercise less, because it's "bad" for your body to work that hard! Or making comments like "I wouldn't run unless a bear was chasing me." 

6. And finally, people want your advice all the time to find out how you did it, which they then ignore. 

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