I’m Good at Excuses
Hi, I’m Deb and I’m a foodaholic. I love to eat. I’m especially fond of carbs- breads, chips, pasta, cookies, anything with the dreaded white flour or sugar is high up on my good things to eat list.
My battle with weight began when I was in my late 20’s. Before that I’d been rather thin - about 115 pounds. When I did put on weight it was to a size 7. I’d step up my exercise regime and whittle myself back to a size 5. I know, I know, size 7 isn’t fat, but I didn’t want to have to buy new clothes. I’d love to be a size 7 now.
Throughout my 30’s I was a size 10. I wasn’t pleased with my figure, but I didn’t do much to correct the situation. I spent more hours working my desk jobs and less hours working out.
I think the reason I started eating more was to alleviate some of my daily boredom and to give my day a little pleasure. You see, up until the time I left work to become a work at home mom, I hated my jobs. I spent 20 years in Manhattan working as an Administrative Assistant in publishing or retain and hated every minute of it. A chocolate bar or brownie made office life a little more bearable.
I began losing weight for my wedding and lost about 15 pouds. After I was married in 1999 I really got back into shape. My husband and I did a lot of walking together plus he was cooking all the meals. He made my dinner and packed my lunch. Since we were saving for a house in another state and "trying" to have a baby, I stopped bringing money to work. When that happened, I stopped buying high calorie lunches and snacks.
We moved when our son was 5 weeks old in 2002. Getting my old shape back wasn’t too difficult because I took my son for lots of walks in his stroller. It wasn’t until he got too big for daily walks that my weight ballooned out of control. When I lived in Queens I walked everywhere. Now, in suburban America, I had to learn to drive. I drove to the supermarket, to school, to the library and playdates. I also began to do all the food shopping. Pretty dangerous stuff for a foodaholic. Add to that how I was working full time as a freelance writer and blogger. That’s a lot of sitting down.
I made excuses for my weight.
- "There’s nothing to do, so I eat".
- "I can’t go on power walks because there’s no sidewalks."
- "I can’t do the aerobics on TV because it’s too hard."
- "But we have all this junk in the house from the holidays, I can’t let it go to waste."
- "How can I work out when I need to work before my son gets home from school?"
- " I don’t have time."
All that ends now.
When I heard Burning the Scale was looking for a new writer or writers, I jumped at the opportunity. Maybe now if I document my struggle, I’ll hold myself more accountable.
No more excuses.
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