Old Motto

For as long as I can remember, well probably since I started getting fat, I had a saying, a motto, a comeback..whatever you want to call it. Anytime someone would engage me in conversation about their diet or how they wanted to lose weight, I would say, "I'd rather be fat and happy than skinny and hungry." Of course this type of conversation usually happened as I was stuffing my face with something of no nutritional value. I guess I always assumed that being skinny/healthy made one grumpy. I assumed wrong. I do have to say that there have been a few occasions in the past two weeks that I have been a grumpy miserable bitch but those occasions have been few and far between. For the most part, eating healthy and exercising has made me a happier and more positive person.

I have been thinking a lot about this "motto" and what I really meant by using it all the time. Excuses...it all boils down to excuses. When someone would talk about eating/dieting and I would say this to them, I was just using it as an excuse for my poor eating habits and to make myself not feel so bad for engaging in destructive eating activities. I now realize just how detrimental this type of thinking can be. It is exactly this type of mindset that lead me to be a FAT MAMMA.