It's a Funny Thing

I'm a white woman married to a black man. Obviously, there are all kinds of stereotypes associated with being in an interracial relationship. The one that irritates me the most is the misconception that if a black man dates a white woman, she must be fat. I'll be completely honest in saying that fighting that particular stereotype is one driving force behind my weight loss. I don't want people to look at us and think, "Oh, I get it . . . she's built like a linebacker for the Chicago Bears." I wasn't fat when my husband met me and - in the words of my grandfather - good Lord willing and the creek don't rise, I won't be fat again.

A stereotype is generally rooted in some form of the truth -- even if it's skewed and only a small fraction of those stereotyped actually fit into that stereotype (seriously, where is a thesaurus? Is there a symonym for that word at all? Sheesh - three times in one sentence). And, in our case, one stereotype is definitely true: I like big butts and I cannot lie. My hubs appreciates a nice, juicy booty.

I think all men have their "thing." They're either a leg man, butt man, or boob man. I've never met a man who would pass on a nice set of hooters, but there are some out there who actually go after nice legs or a nice ass first. Enter my husband.

Last night I was whining to him about the fact that I had only lost one pound last week. He whined back that maybe that's a good thing, that maybe I don't need to lose anymore weight. Why? Because he doesn't want my booty-booty-booty-booty-rockin'-everywhere to disappear. Hate to tell you, hubs, but I'm thinking that ASSett went AWOL a few pounds ago!

I've said it before: I'm losing this weight for me. No one else. However, my husband and boys are the most important people in my life so obviously the hubs' opinion matters.

A week or so ago I had said - to him and in here - that I was going to lose down to 155 and then reassess my goals from there. What I really meant was I was going to lose down to 155 and then continue to bust my ass in order to weigh 140. I'm not going to lie, that middle number of '4' is awfully important to me. I haven't seen it in years and I really would like for it to make a reappearance on my scale.

All the BMI charts (and, yes, I'm well aware that the whole BMI system is load of manure) list 145 at being the highest weight for a person who is 5'4 inches tall. BMI, however, doesn't taken into account various things. Muscle, bone structure, etc. I'm not a small-boned girl, I'm just not.

With that said, my goals have been readjusted and my new goal is 149 (see, I said that 4 was important to me!). Hopefully this will keep the little bit of junk that's left in the trunk still back there. It'll put me in a size 10 clothes (and oh em gee - cannot even remember the last time). So there we are. New goal. 149. 12 pounds away. I need to change my ticker.

Ya know, weight really is a funny thing. For some reason, the number '160' seems awfully big to me. Whereas, 159 doesn't. Changing that middle number, changing your weight watchers points . . . it just seems different. (On the same token, '170' to '169' doesn't seem as big a deal to me. I'm such a weirdo).

I was reading a blog last night from a woman who started her weight loss journey at 486 pounds. I read through entry after entry and my heart just went out to this woman. And I thought, "really? I'm complaining about sitting at 161? I was so upset about breaking 200 . . . while growing a baby?" 486 pounds. It really puts things into perspective.

Today, however, I happened to read a post on Capessa about losing baby weight. The woman the article was about did not want to top 150 pounds in her pregnancy. Are you kidding me? Do people really DO that? I would give my left boob to be at 150 pounds without another human being growing inside of me. Unreal. Like I said, weight is such a funny thing.

Daily Menu for Sunday:

Breakfast:
Apple cinnamon pancakes
Total Points: 4

Lunch:
Bacon swiss veggie burger
Baked Beans
Total Points: 8

Snack:
Chocolate Mousse
Chocolate Rice Cake
Total Points: 2

Dinner:
French Onion Chicken and Potato Bake
Green Beans
Bread
Total Points: 6

Snack:
Haystack
Total Points: 1

Total Daily Points: 21