Nothing fits.  No, seriously, nothing fits!  Not even my “loose” jeans fit.  Not even my “easy-just-throw-it-on-when-I-wake-up-late” dress fits.  Nothing fits!  I’m going a little batty here.  I have gone up 2 full sizes in the last 6 months, most of that growth happening in the last 2 months and I have no clue as to why!  In response to my whining this morning, Y told me “you know, I hate to tell you but a woman’s metabolism slows down when she hits 30.”  I’ve only been 30 for 3 freaking days!!  What, was it a preemptive strike on my physique and self-esteem?  No fair!

But seriously, I really don’t know why.  I stopped going to the gym almost a year ago.  I haven’t been eating any differently.  I mean, really, here’s my food diary entries for the last two days (yes, I started keeping a food diary…I’m that confused by this whole thing):

Tuesday:

• Sbux Tea Latte – 200
• Sbux Low-fat raspberry muffin – 238
• 12 oz Gatorade – 100
• 2 20-oz bottles of water (+ 3 more glasses at home) – 0
• Tomato soup – 180
• Sbux Chicken cobb sandwich – 470
• A handful of pringles – 100
• Ramen with one egg and cabbage – 380+90

                                            Total calories: 1758

Wednesday:

• 2 slices of toast w/ cinnamon-sugar – 150
• 2 cups of coffee – 50
• a banana – 108
• a tuna wrap – 400
• cottage cheese and peaches – 120
• tea – 105
• home-made beef and broccoli over rice – 550

                                             Total calories: 1483

That’s not bad, and that’s how I eat most days.  Yes, occasionally I will hit up a fast food place and consume all 1500 calories in one meal, but I’ve always done that and for the most part my eating is like the above…so why the sudden weight gain that shows no signs of slowing down, stopping, or reversing? 

Yes, I realize exercise would probably help me out here.  I also realize my energy (or lack there of) problem would also be remedied by exercise, but seriously, how does one, a regular everyday mommy-type person begin and maintain an exercise routine when you are already tired?  What’s the secret here people?  And don’t tell me, “just do it” because even Nike dropped that logo years ago! 

I will be keeping my food diary for awhile, just to make sure I’m not missing anything.  I’ll keep the look-out for a non-exhausted period of the day to get some sort of exercise.  And, eventually, I will stop whining…maybe…

Silver lining:  I guess I will have to go shopping!  (You know, since none of my clothes actually fit me, like, at all…)

Update:  30 seconds after posting this, I got an email from Mr. W, the supportive one, the guy that is on board with cooking at home, eating better, being healthy…telling me he’s on his way out to lunch.  Nice.