bebe719

Boise, Idaho... let me know if you can make it!

Of course people treat you differently when you're fat! I have this story that I love to tell. Several years ago, I was 9 months pregnant - past my due date - and driving around in a crappy little car. The car died right in the middle of an intersection in a very hilly area. I was at the bottom of the hill, and my only option was pushing it back uphill (the other directions were freeway on/offramps). This was my 3rd child, and my weight always fluctuated... and I took to wearing plus sized clothing instead of maternity clothes, as I could still wear them after the baby was born. I wasn't HUGE, but slightly over 200 lb. (the baby weighed over 10 lb. at birth). My "skinny" weight is 150. Anyway... a cop drove by and was very rude to me telling me that I'd better move the car out of the intersection, or he was going to ticket me. I told him I was unable to push it up the hill, and he yelled at me. I told him that I was 9 months pregnant, and simply could not do it. He then apologized, saying "Oh, sorry... I didn't know you were pregnant" and helped me push the car. So he didn't want to help when he thought I was just fat. Also, nobody else stopped to help (despite blocking that intersection for about 15 min.), they all just drove around me. But when I'm thin, I have no problem with roadside assistance. People really suck sometimes. *sigh*

food is an occupational hazard for me. I'm a culinary school graduate and pastry chef (I own my own biz)... and boy is this going to be hard. We are taught in culinary school to "Taste, taste, taste!" which adds up to so many extra calories at the end of the day (I gained 30 lb. in 9 months during school). I just recently had surgery (3 weeks ago today) and hope that it's going to make all that "tasting" a little easier (a bite instead of two or three... heh.) I'm already planning monthly dinner parties for my friends so that I can start cooking very healthy meals for them as well. I like to go all out (appetizers, salad, meal, dessert, etc.) and having people over and doing this in a healthy manner will now replace going out to restaurants I think.