Please call me Beauty and the Troubles of Weighing Under 100 Pounds
September 10
Please call me beautiful, thank you!
Haha, 99.5 pounds! Isn't there a saying that "beautiful women shouldn't weigh over 100 pounds"? This morning my weight finally dropped below 100 pounds, so I called Big Foot and Leaf over and asked them to take turns calling me "beautiful woman." They were quite cooperative, calling me that all the way until I was satisfied.
I was so excited this morning, basking in the joy of losing weight. So, I went on a crazy spree, mopping the floor again and again. Da Jiao and Ye Zi, having heard about my glorious feat of making the wooden floors damp while mopping, watched me nervously, worried I wouldn't wring the mop dry enough and repeat my mistake. But how could I? Now I mop the floor as a form of exercise; if it's not clean, I'll naturally squeeze out the water. After all, this isn't my own home, and I'd have to pay for anything I damage. During my period, I can't swim, but I still have to mop the floor. They should thank me; normally, even if you begged me to mop, I wouldn't. Frankly, I don't really like this chore. But since I'm on my period and have no other exercise options, I have no choice but to put up with this brutal treatment of every wooden floorboard. It's really not my fault. At noon, Ye Zi and Da Jiao both said they wanted to stay for lunch, and they even wanted my Eight Treasures Tofu Stew. Those two women are so cunning. They clearly know I'm on a diet and can't eat anything, yet they still insist I cook, deliberately tempting me. But I'm not so easily fooled, otherwise I'd still be over 170 pounds.
Honestly, I really think being thin is great now. For example, before, I would get breathless and sweaty after walking just a short distance, which was quite unsightly. But now, I don't. I only feel a little tired after walking for a while, and I'm fine after sitting down and resting. What's even better is that I used to be woken up in the middle of the night by my own snoring, and twice I almost suffocated in my sleep because I was too fat. But now, I no longer have nightmares due to lack of oxygen, and I'm no longer bothered by my own deafening snoring. These should all be considered unexpected benefits of my weight loss! I'm under 100 pounds now. To those who looked down on me, please call me beautiful, thank you! Some of you are even fatter than me now, but don't worry, I won't look down on you. Because I'm different from you, I know the pain of being looked down upon, so I know how to respect people better than you. When I finally succeed in losing weight and you're all dumbfounded, you'll regret it. At that time, I'll stand next to you and see what you have to say.
September 12
Solving constipation
I feel so awful. I don't know if it's because my period is coming and my stomach is bloated, or because I haven't been to the toilet for days. My lower abdomen is swollen like a little drum. Is it really like what people say?! That skinny girls all get constipated?! Oh my god, I thought it was because I wasn't eating enough, and that going to the toilet once every one or two days was normal, but now... it's been 4 days, and I'm at my breaking point. I guess I have to do something about it. It's not good to have so many toxins in my body.
I frantically searched online for every possible way to treat constipation, then tried them all together. After swimming and showering, I massaged my stomach in circles with both hands, 200 times on the left and 200 times on the right. I don't know if it was just psychological, but I felt like I could press on some hard things, and I nervously assumed they were impacted stool. So I rubbed and squeezed even harder, trying to make them move faster and be expelled. Afraid that I might still be constipated tomorrow, I didn't even dare to eat lunch. I refused to eat no matter who offered, fearing that even more stuff would accumulate in my stomach and I wouldn't be able to expel it.
On my way home, I bought a large bottle of honey at the supermarket and, risking being overwhelmed by the sweetness, forced down three large spoonfuls of the thick honey. Then I opened a drawer, found the aloe vera detox capsules, and recklessly ate six at once, even though the instructions clearly stated only three should be taken. That evening, instead of running as usual, I did two sets of 1000 jump rope exercises in the yard, jumping 500 times in one go before resting. I heard that jumping more helps with bowel movements.
As the saying goes, perseverance pays off. After a hodgepodge of treatments, the pain of constipation finally subsided at 1 a.m. At that moment, all I could say was: "Ah, that feels so good!" To prevent similar situations from happening again, and to prevent me from hastily increasing the dosage of my medication, Da Jiao said that starting tomorrow, she will cut a thick, fresh piece of aloe vera from the aloe vera in the yard every day to make aloe vera water for me. If I'm worried it's not sweet enough, she'll use a packet of sugar or honey. Although the taste will be a little different, at least with both methods, I won't be in so much pain every day.
Constipation isn't a disease, but it can be really serious.
September 13
Miss, may I get to know you?
"Miss, may I get to know you?"
"Can't!"
"I really think you're very beautiful..."
How old are you?
"17."
"I'm not interested in boys younger than me."
"The old woman is still pretending to be virtuous..."
Hey! Who was it that came up to me first, asking for my phone number and asking if we could get to know each other? I didn't insist on getting to know you, and I didn't say I was younger than you. I'm not trying to look young, why don't you just say you look too childish and have no manliness at all? In 20 years, this is really the first time I've encountered such a good thing.
To be honest, I really don't know how to handle such unexpected situations, because I've never thought that such a problem would arise before. Mainly, have you ever seen a guy who weighs a little over 100 pounds be with a girl who weighs almost 200 pounds? You haven't, and neither have I.
I asked Big Foot next to me, "Am I pretty?" Big Foot said, "Foreigners' standards of beauty are different from Chinese people's." I almost strangled her. Thinking about it, she's right. My current weight might be considered average by Chinese people, but foreigners would consider me very thin. In their words, I have curves. But I'm Chinese, I need to keep losing weight, I need to be so thin that even Chinese people think I'm slender.
For lunch, I went to KFC for a salad I hadn't had in ages. Oh my god, I really wanted to buy a plane ticket back home. The food here is so much better! Even the vegetable salads here are piled high with high-calorie dressing; there's no choice. And the smallest portion is such a huge box! No wonder people abroad are so ridiculously overweight. Just to be safe, I only ate a few bites and stopped. Better to be a little hungry than gain weight.
Today I discovered a coastline about 40 minutes from my home where I can run on the beach. I've decided to exercise here from now on. Looking at the blue sea and sky, even exercising here will put me in a great mood, and the air at the beach is definitely much better than in the gym.
To succeed in losing weight and achieve the ultimate dream of becoming slim, I must work hard!