Rules

I've broken one of my rules.

I always swore that I would never, ever, under any circumstances diet. Ofcourse, when made this agreement with myself I was a svelte 22 year old with an incredibly large appetite and the metabolism of a racehorse.

My eating habits used to be the stuff of legend. During my university days my sports team would closely observe what I ate and inevitably some aspect of my edible conquests would make it into every post-competition write up for the uni magazine. My favourite trick was consuming 2 whopper burgers right before a game - I still maintain that I played better if I did.

The year I turned 23 I started full time office work. I do remember noticing that my gargantuan appetite quelled somewhat and I was ever so slightly pleased. Then I started gaining weight. Not so pleased. The disturbing trend continued... and all of a sudden I *got* why my inexplicable ability to consume horrendously large servings of food had made my teammates so envious. So *this* was why women dieted!

Thankfully I did stop expanding. Sumo wrestling was never seriously contemplated as a possible career choice. Although I still eat more than most blokes I know. You know those people that just eat as much as they want and never gain weight? Well, my theory is that I'm one of those people... or should be... it's just that I eat twice as much as any decent human my size should.

So back to the breaking of the rules. Lately I've spent so much time whingeing about how tight my jeans are, and squirming in discomfort at the cruel waistband that insists on cutting into my soft and deliciously pudgy tummy, that I decided that life would be a little bit more comfortable if I made an effort towards dropping a couple of kilos. Running parallel with my solemn vow never to diet was a solemn vow never to bitch and whinge about my weight like a girly-girl. I grew up being a tomboy you see, and am still coming to terms with some of the girly-girl tendencies I've been increasingly picking up of late.

So not only have I resolved to lose 2 kilos in the next 2 months, but I've actually informed a couple of my friends of this new resolve. I'm putting it out there. Not overly ambitious, but then I'm a healthy lass and not exactly obese. Now I'm also informing the 2 people who may accidentally happen over this blog post on their misguided way to somewhere else, but hey, by putting it in print I might have to read it in 2 month's time and realise I have all the willpower of a fat kid in a candy store.