Weight

Since we started talking about weight, it seems that, in a way, I’m losing weight, too. Since May 1, I gained exactly one pound. My belly, in the meanwhile, is becoming visibly bigger every day. This can only mean that other parts are getting smaller.

I just have to be weird in absolutely everything.

19 responses to “Weight”

  1. kelly Avatar
    kelly

    that your belly is BECOMMING bigger does not necessarily mean that other parts are BECOMMING smaller dear Clarissa.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      Please read the entire post.

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      1. kelly Avatar
        kelly

        Hahahaha..Yes, you’re right that you have “to be weird in everything” including your spelling…. Just kidding Clarissa

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  2. Benoni Avatar
    Benoni

    I’m no expert on these things, but you must be carrying a lot of extra weight in the form of Eric at this point. It makes sense that you’d lose weight on everything else because you’re having to exert yourself more just to do everything you normally do.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      Yes! Everything is such an effort. I drop a pen and contemplate it with horror because bending to pick it up is an adventure. I really miss the time when bending, reaching, getting up, etc was so easy that I didn’t notice it.

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      1. Stille (@aperfectbalance) Avatar

        Might want to try picking stuff with your toes

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        1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

          I always found people who can do that to be very unusual. 🙂

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  3. el Avatar
    el

    Children delivered via cesarean birth appear to be more likely to be obese in childhood and adolescence than those born vaginally, according to the results of a study published online on May 14, 2013, in the International Journal of Obesity.
    http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2013/June2013/Cesarean-Birth-Babies-More-Likely-to-Be-Obese

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    1. Stille (@aperfectbalance) Avatar

      Not in the least because one of the conditions that make cesareans recommended are overly large babies, which, I believe, have a higher than usual chance to become obese.

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      1. el Avatar
        el

        “The researchers also took into account factors such as birth weight, gender, family sociodemographics, parental body mass, and infant feeding patterns.”

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        1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

          It would be nice if whoever is reporting the story removed the obviously unrelated method of birth from the list. Otherwise the whole thing sounds like voodoo science.

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        2. bloggerclarissa Avatar

          “Infant feeding patterns” is the response that is major here. Everything else is not nearly as important.

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      2. bloggerclarissa Avatar

        “Not in the least because one of the conditions that make cesareans recommended are overly large babies, which, I believe, have a higher than usual chance to become obese.”

        – Exactly.

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      3. Stille (@aperfectbalance) Avatar

        Hmm, after actually reading the thing it seems that cesarean babies were smaller on average than vaginal birth babies. Not sure what happens then.

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        1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

          I’m sure it’s nothing related to the Cesarean. 🙂

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      4. Stille (@aperfectbalance) Avatar

        Probably, but it switched my opinion from “they’re idiots” to “let’s see what the research actually says when unfiltered through the mushy brains of journalists”.

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        1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

          What the media do with any scientific information is truly barbaric.

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    2. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      Jeez, what has science come to, seriously.

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