Size 24.
Great.
one month later--
22.
it goes so slowly
and another month later--
19.
wow, that was a good month for dieting.
Might as well buy a magazine called
"Anorexia Weekly"
Only $9.99 and my self-esteem for a yearly subscription.
How can one person spend so much time
waiting and wishing and knowing
always knowing
that this is a countdown that never reaches zero.
The only thing that hurts more than
these tiny jeans
is the hunger
in my gut.
18.
Getting closer.
after all, aren't we taught that no one is loved
for the beauty of their soul,
only the gloriousness of their body?
God forbid someone date anyone
less lovely than a supermodel.
Aw, screw it.
I open up the Twinkies.
two months later
Size 24.
"Hey, are you just fat or did the moon attach itself to your ass?"
*sigh*
I put down the Twinkies.
Damn it.
Author notes
Option 8: Obesity
Yeah, I am overwieght. I have a weird metabolism, so I fluctuate wildy from Size 16 to Size 26. This all depends on if I feel like dieting and exercising and working...or not. It takes me months of work to drop the weight, but like...I don't know...three seconds to gain it back. I was told by my family doctor I was obese one month, then fine about three months later, only to find out a month after that I was obese again. Tragic.
Oh, that line about the moon was actually said to me once. My reply? "Hey, do I smell shit or is your head up your ass again?"
A contest entry
- Choices Contest - Big Points Available by Yunalonei.
800 points, ended August 26, 2008, 23 entries
Gold trophy winner
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It's sad that society places such superficial burdens on people, both male and female, with its expectations that we all have to conform to some wicked height-to-weight ratio. I have written aPlus Size poem that could have overly sensitive people wondering if I'm a meany. Nah, I'm the guy who put up with ridicule all my early life, and you know what? It freed me in so many ways. My wife was size four/six when I married her and she's now 14+ I think. It's nature. It happens. Thank God we live in a country where there is an abundance of food. Thank God we live in a country where we can choose to be celery-chewing marathon-running vegetarians or Nintendo wielding, Cheetoh-eating couch potatoes. Congratsies on the Gold.
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Fantastic
Loved this piece as it is very true.
For me i had bad allergies as a kid which meant that the few foods i could eat i ate and they were all carbohydrates. Then i had a knee problem starting at puberty which stops me frm exercising and now being stuck in a wheelchair means that i can't get to the gym.
People suck when they say stuff like that, i've had it all my life to but hey they are just idiots.
Great write and good luck -
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Thank you for the gold! Yay!
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In my opinion, a girl can still be pretty and overweight. I've met plenty of pretty girls who aren't size 0's. Me? I'm just naturally skinny in this point of my life, that will probably catch up to me one day though haha. It just makes me angry that society teaches people that skinny is beautiful, Weight shouldn't matter unless its dangerously high, where it would be a major health hazard.
I honestly feel bad for those models, eating a piece of celery a day? Yeah the rest of us will stick to our real food
Great write! Oh and one more thing..beauty comes in all shapes and sizes
some just don't see that, and that's their loss
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