February 20th, 2011
Thinking Like a Skinny Person
For those of you who don’t know me (although I think everyone who reads this knows me), I am not a skinny person. As evidence:
not simply a gratuitous display of my son’s cuteness
Now, now. I did not say I look bad, sweet friends. I said I am, without a doubt, not skinny. I will probably never be thin. I don’t even really want to be thin. What I want to be is thinnER. So, tonight I started thinking about my best friend, Holly. She has always been thin. Even when I was thinner than I am now, when Holly and I lived together in college, I was still must less thin than she was. As evidence:
not a gratuitous display of my best friend’s cuteness
And, we ate mostly the same food and had similar eating habits, except…
Whenever I asked Holly if she wanted something to eat within 3 hours of a meal, she would say either that she was still full from the previous meal or that she didn’t want to spoil her next meal. I would say, “You won’t have a piece of Dove chocolate because you don’t want to spoil your dinner?!” Yep. That was the reason.
I thought of this as I was getting some leftovers out of the refrigerator at 5:00 this afternoon. I had not eaten much all day, and I was hungry. But, I knew Jeremiah would be home in about an hour and a half, and he’d have dinner from Paco’s Tacos. < begin off-topic plug for favorite new restaurant > If you are from Austin and you don’t know the joy of Paco’s Tacos, you really must check them out.< end plug /> I was hungry, but I would have Paco’s Tacos very shortly. And, you know what I thought? I thought, “I don’t want to ruin my dinner.”
That’s the secret. Not that it’s going to make me skinny, but maybe if I start thinking these “skinny thoughts” on a regular basis, maybe I can lose 2 or 3 pounds a month. For example: If I know I will be having dessert after dinner, I may decide to skip the mid-afternoon chocolate. If I am satisfied after 2 tacos, maybe I will skip the queso. It’s not much, but it will help.
Whenever I asked Holly if she wanted something to eat within 3 hours of a meal, she would say either that she was still full from the previous meal or that she didn’t want to spoil her next meal. I would say, “You won’t have a piece of Dove chocolate because you don’t want to spoil your dinner?!” Yep. That was the reason.
I thought of this as I was getting some leftovers out of the refrigerator at 5:00 this afternoon. I had not eaten much all day, and I was hungry. But, I knew Jeremiah would be home in about an hour and a half, and he’d have dinner from Paco’s Tacos. < begin off-topic plug for favorite new restaurant > If you are from Austin and you don’t know the joy of Paco’s Tacos, you really must check them out.< end plug /> I was hungry, but I would have Paco’s Tacos very shortly. And, you know what I thought? I thought, “I don’t want to ruin my dinner.”
That’s the secret. Not that it’s going to make me skinny, but maybe if I start thinking these “skinny thoughts” on a regular basis, maybe I can lose 2 or 3 pounds a month. For example: If I know I will be having dessert after dinner, I may decide to skip the mid-afternoon chocolate. If I am satisfied after 2 tacos, maybe I will skip the queso. It’s not much, but it will help.
So, this is my New Year’s resolution (I know it’s well into February. It’s still a new year.): to think like a skinny person.
And, to clean out my closet.
And, to drink more water.
And, to get rid of some of the useless stuff around my house.
And, to kiss my husband every day.
And, to take my vitamins.
And, to watch less television…
