There are times…

06Dec06

when I don’t feel awful about myself and, in fact, think I am kind of cute.
when I want to eat cheese and crackers and drink wine until 3 in the morning.
when I give in and do just that.
when I wonder if there is something wrong with me — a tumor, hyperthyroidism, etc. — that makes [...]

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Eight pounds?

21Nov06

So, it’s nearly Thanksgiving and lots of things in my life have happened since I started the diet, but I’ve managed not to backslide very much. Those first two weeks or so I lost some poundage to the tune of three or four pounds — all the water consumption is responsible for that, I’m sure. [...]

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Fatty fatty bad day

28Oct06

Oh, yuck.
I knew today was going to be tough because the usual routine on Saturday (and one of the many reasons why I’m so goddamned fat) is to go to the Mexican restaurant with my good buddy Dill*. It’s kind of our time to hang out since we see very little of each other during [...]

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Figuring things out

25Oct06

I have never once given serious thought to the composition of the things I eat. In middle school and high school, I had requisite bouts of body dysmorphia, during which I’d obsess over fat grams or refuse to eat anything for several days straight. But I’d always come back around to eating pretty much whatever [...]

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