So basically I was talking about my weight to amphigori.
How much I weigh (76), how much it's changed in the past while(from 79), the weight I was at for 6 years (60), the weight I want to definitely get back down to (below 70) and the weight I have to reach before I let myself buy new clothes (75).
For my height, to be "healthy" I should really be between 51 kg (OMG I would be TINY!!!) and 68 kg. From 15-21 I was 60, which is smack in the middle. I went up about 6 kilos the next year, then another 6, then basically another 6. Now those are pretty large jumps over such a time. I blame the hostel food finally catching up to me, then going flatting and getting to choose my own food All The Time! Not all the food I choose is good. Ahhh well. I also stopped doing dancing lessons or much exercise at all. Slacker!
I've meant to get into exercise regimes before and I even joined a gym a couple of years ago, but I was still lazy and not bothered with it most of the time.
Anyhoo I got scales last year and found out how heavy I really was! I also had to buy 2 pairs of size 16 pants last year. (which was a big deal for me after dreamily thinking I was still size 12). Not only that but last summer I went and visited my family in Thailand. They all basically said to me (when they met me after 11 years) "Hi giffy, you are fat!". Seriously, I am not kidding.
I should also mention that when I went and visited my rellies in Thailand I found out that not only Mum has type II diabetes. Like 4 of her siblings do too. I am so likely to get it too! However, none of it really sank in until I got the scales and calculated my BMI (which I know can be terrible sometimes!!) and saw that I was officially overweight. huH! So I'm trying to lose weight and it is slowly happening and I am definitely getting fitter. I can go on 9 km/h for 10 consecutive minutes (well I could last night).
So because this stuff is happening I feel like I want to talk about it. My weight. But the truth is that I've always thought about it on and off. When I was 60 I was pretty happy with it. Even at 66 I was happy. But the thing that lots of people don't know is that when I was 60 my mum used to tell me that I could do to lose another 5kg! Pretty harsh. But, that is Thai people for you, they talk about their weight and dieting Alot! So I feel like it is ok for me to talk about my weight and what I'm doing to lose it (mostly just exercising, I cut out chips and fizzy drinks for Lent). I am not obsessing about it, not more than I ever did anyway.
If you don't like me talking about it in RL you can tell me. I can take it.
So, I sure this post has been confused, but I feel better for writing it.
Posted by giffy at March 9, 2005 05:05 PM | TrackBack