Wednesday, March 9, 2011

"embrace me, surround me..."

I have a strange relationship with food.  There, I said it.
It seems like all my life I've had this ongoing battle with it.  I remember when I was a kid, I would sneak food, all the time.  I would grab a snack and hide behind the couch and eat it really fast.  I would go get ice cream after dinner and eat a bunch of it, then put some in my bowl, and bring it into the living room.  I would bring extra food up into my room.  I would refill my bowl or plate two or three times, and just eat and eat until I was disgustingly full.  Why?  Was I not well-provided for?  Quite the opposite in fact.  The fridge was generally always full, we were fed full range meals.  So what was my problem?  Honestly?  I have no idea.  To this day I still don't know.  Literally, just now, I reached into the trash can at work and almost grabbed some french fries that a customer had thrown away.  I picked up the bag, opened it, and actually contemplated it.  It kind of shocked myself that I would do that.  ...And now my stomach's growling...
I regret food.  A lot.  Food is sort of this strange bane of my existence.  I know that doesn't really technically make sense, but it is a mental bane, let's say.  I sit and contemplate food.  A lot.  I'll tell myself, 'You really shouldn't eat this.  Don't eat this.  You're going to regret it.'  If I'm good, I'll stop myself, and not do it.  Generally though, I cave and eat it.  Then I regret it.  Like always.  Urgh!  Stupid food!
I've more or less "dieted" off and on since I was about 16, and it sucks.  For a while there, I got into the mindset of 'Eh I'll just eat whatever and take things in moderation.'  Yeah, that's when I actually started noticing the weight coming back on.  Oops.  My problem is, I don't MOVE enough.  Working three jobs has helped, because it seems like all I do is go, go, go when I'm at work.  I need to dance more though.  A lot more.  I will be dancing more and more over these next couple months, but I need want to dance, like, a RIDICULOUS amount more.  I would really, really love to full out, hardcore, sweat-dripping dance for 2-3 hours per day.  That would be amazing.  Yeah.  Dancer OUT!

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