Weight “issues” :)

I was 105lbs. the whole time I was in college. As in eeeeewwww sa super payat. I couldn’t even donate blood kasi underweight ako.

A few months after graduation, I went to Canada for an extended vacation. The first month alone, I gained 20lbs (Dito ko na-prove na nakakataba ang Doritos dipped in Tostitos! Nyahahaha!)! The second and third month, I gained an additional 5lbs. At 130lbs, I was super slightly over the recommended weight for my height but 1.) I never really cared about my weight and 2.) my friends, though VERY shocked, told me the added flesh suited me better.

The weight gain really didn’t worry me much kasi I was never one to obsess about my weight or hair or skin, etc. It didn’t hurt, too, that Jojie, having seen me at my 105lbs best and then at my much heavier frame, preferred me with a bit more flesh. (We were mere friends when I was thin. He courted me when I gained the weight! Hahaha!)

Then, I got married and of course, after all the wedding stress and all the exercises associated with the wedding (DIY stuff, supplier meetings, etc), I was suddenly doing nothing, ergo no exercise! Add to that, Jojie and I love eating! So we’d eat so much every night! We had cake every week. We had pizzas delivered at midnight at least once a week…. Well you get the drift.  So of course, I gained so much weight.

After three years of that lifestyle, you can imagine what became of my weight. Hindi ko na sasabihin… sabi nga ni Veluz, away na ito! Hahaha! Basta alam ko di hamak na mas mabigat ako kay Pacquiao! Haha!

Ito na, buntis pa ko ngayon, which means I would really gain weight! The recommended weight gain is 20lbs. It’s not that I feel bad about my weight pero hindi ko naman ibo-broadcast sa lahat.

One time, while in the doctor’s office, I was seated by the secretary’s desk. Sabi niya “O, Clarice, mag-weigh ka na.” So of course, I went to the weighing scale and weighed myself. Jojie looked at the scale and was feigning shock at my weight. Tawa kami ng tawa. Anyway, after weighing, the secretary was already attending to another patient so I decided to sit down first. Since the seat beside the secretary was occupied with a newly-arrived patient, I went to sit across the room (malaki yung room ha kasi common waiting area ng mga five doctors). After a few minutes, Ate Thelma, the secretary, remembered me, and asked, in a voice heard by everyone in the room, “Clarice, ilan ka nga?” I replied by murmuring my weight. Ako lang ata nakarinig. Sabi niya, “Ano?” So I murmured again. “Ano?” In a louder voice, I told her my weight again. “Ano nga?” So I answered, in a voice loud enough to be heard across the room (ergo, by everyone in the waiting area), “____ lbs po” There was a blank look on her face and she replied, “Ha? Hindi, tinatanong ko edad mo!” Ay juice ko! Nakakainis di ba?! Hahaha!

P.S. Yeah, I just realized I could just have walked up to her to answer her question instead of proclaiming my weight to the world! Hahaha!