Oops
8Dec2002 Filed under: Happiness & HealthI would just like to report that I weigh more now that I ever have before. Ever. How is it that my most overweight time ever exactly coincides with living in the skinniest city ever? I don’t understand. I look at pictures of myself and don’t quite recognize my face. Clearly, something needs to be done.
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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amy
December 8th, 2002 at 2:23 pm
It’s probably just winter chub, nothing to worry about. Besides, do you really want to look like all those LA lipo ladies?
Sam
December 8th, 2002 at 7:58 pm
You’ve got a bike, right?
Suz
December 9th, 2002 at 8:00 am
You may weigh more than you have before, but since your curves still kick ass, I’d say the numbers don’t count!
scully
December 9th, 2002 at 8:56 am
When I moved to LA in 1990 I was a little over weight. When I left LA I was WAY overweight. I had a theory… As an east coast person who came from a place that has winter and snow my body had been used to a certain patern. So it decided that winter was going to come eventually and proceeded to store up fat. When I finally escaped LA in 1995 and moved back east I was at my heaviest (275lbs). When I had arrived I had been about 220. Shortly after arriving back in Washington, DC my body shed over 50 lbs even though I did absolutely nothing to cause it to do so (no diets, no extra exercise or anything). I am now back down to 200.
Just another reason I hated LA
Katydid
December 9th, 2002 at 11:43 am
Me Too! I just weighed in well over the 150lbs I thought would be my doomed lifetime weight. I can remember saying, I’ll never be a two digit number. Then it was, “well, I’ll never be over a size 10″. Well the last pair of jeans I bought are a size 16, and even they are getting tight. I finally decided to change something - so I joined weight watchers. (I’ve lost 8.4lbs in three weeks, thank you very much). Mostly I’ve had to be much more awaire of all my snacking! Finally - to my Dearest AirBear, we of the curvey type are blessed with one thing. When we do put on the pounds we put them on well. People are always amazed at my actual weight, because I “carry it well.” So I say - who cares about the scale, but if you want to feel different or look better in your favorite jeans, then good luck!
therese
December 9th, 2002 at 2:24 pm
As you know, I threw the family’s bathroom scale into the dumpster with a jubilant “fuck-you!” two decades ago, hoping to spare myself and my daughter (that would be you) any further distress of pound-watching. I say: enjoy the voluptuousness of your current state and to hell with the skinny LA girls. Most bodies change as the years go by. Keeping strong and “in-shape” is more important than how much you weigh. And remember: many cultures have VALUED full-bodied women as the true manifestation of the goddess.
Ariel
December 9th, 2002 at 7:51 pm
Yes, I guess I should clarify that this has very little to do with the actual AMOUNT that I weigh these days, and more with the fact that less and less of my pants are fitting, and even my SHIRTS are getting too small. I don’t own a scale, but I know when my clothes stop fitting that something is wrong, and when I had the chance to weigh myself the other day, I learned that I’ve gained 10 pounds in the last 6 months. I stopped working out about 6 months ago, and I don’t think my body likes it. Where muscles once RIPPLED (oh yes: rippled!) fat now rests. Back in shape I must get!
Vera
December 10th, 2002 at 6:00 am
I thought hooping was your exercise?
Ariel
December 10th, 2002 at 8:45 am
Hooping is my exercise, but I’m clearly not doing it enough, and it’s probably not as cardiovascular as it could be.
kim
December 10th, 2002 at 8:56 pm
same. i was doing SO much better during the summer… even starting to buy size 10, which i haven’t worn in years. but then, my car accident.. no way to get to the gym.. combine that with winter’s gloom in seattle and eating way too much goodies.. and i’m screwed.
Echo
December 10th, 2002 at 11:21 pm
have you tried “Somersizing”??
Ariel
December 11th, 2002 at 9:24 am
No, Echo. Celebrity diets ain’t my thang, especially one promoted by a celebrity who touts exercize and dieting, and then gets liposuctioned. (This article sums up my thoughts.) I eat pretty healthily, but when I do “diet,” I just use common sense: eat a little less, increase the fresh veggies, and decrease the sugars, carbs, and fat. Other than that, the only diet I’ve ever gone on is the one associated with the Arise & Shine cleanse.