Sad but true
Sorry about the recent silence, but it's hard to find anything worth sharing these days. We wake up in darkness. We go home from work in darkness. It's 3:15 as I type this, and the sun is already starting to slip down below the tall buildings outside.Plus, I'm not feeling so hot about myself. Last weekend or thereabouts, I was playing on the floor with TheBoy when he turned very serious.
"Mommy, let me tell you something. You are very fat."
I didn't really have a response for that, so he continued.
"Mommy, you need to stop eating so much sugar so you are not so fat."
Ouch. And yet, he's right. I gave myself a year after the baby was born to, literally, let it all hang out. As a result, my baby gut has turned into a beer/ice cream/brownie/french fry gut. Somehow it's less attractive on me than it was 14 months ago.
This week I finally gutted up and started doing something about it. But finding inspiration for that is just as hard as inspiration for writing. It's cold and wet and grey here in lovely Portland, and all I really want is a cheeseburger and a nap.
posted by AnnaRay at 3:16 PM
9 Comments:
Aw, AnnaRay. Change is hard, but you are loved. xoxoxoxoxoxoxo des
To the Boy: "I hear that Dwarf Tossing is a great fitness sport. But we don't have any dwarves around. Hmmm.. Who could we throw, instead?" :-)
I agree with the Phil. The Boy is clearly taking his first steps into the world of biting repartee. Engage him. How else will he learn how to post comments on blogs?
Judybat suggested this comeback: "TheBoy, let me tell you something. You are very short."
You forgot the nest part where I say: "You need to start eating spinach and broccoli so you are not so short."
You forgot the BEER to have with the cheeseburger before the nap.
I had a baby nine months (plus) ago, and I had to put on a swimsuit for the first time since...my honeymoon? I wanted to kill myself until I saw that all the dads at the swim class have big guts and most have grey chest hair. I may have the belly, but my chest hair is gloriously dark.
Nonsense - I quote:
Jan 12, 2008
Rule of Cuteness #38: If you have a curved, plump belleh, it's cute.
- cuteoverload.com
And from what I hear, TheBoy stinks in the morning...
The problem with my belly at this point is that it's not really plump at this point as much as it is saggy. I have a saggy, stretch-marked gut. It's disgusting people, seriously disgusting. But we're working on it.
The saggy can't be fixed except for a nice tummy tuck. That is another can of worms, which has ignited debate all over mommyville. See the NYT article about "the Mom Job." I thought I was the only one seriously disfigured by my child. Well, to sum it up nicely, I'll quote Patsy (to Edina),"...you've been a wonderful mother, darling. You've let them RUIN your figure..." I must be a really outstanding mother. Sigh.
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