It's All Relative

9 Pounds

I need to lose 9 pounds. I can't believe I thought that I'd come back from Europe 10 pounds lighter and with total muscle definition in my legs. What was I thinking.

Oh, I know what I was thinking...

"Yum. This gelato is so good..."

Right, well 9 pounds later, I feel gross and totally out of shape. Heather forced me to get on the scale last night after she insisted it was a faulty model. Turns out, it was set to kilos and not pounds. I refused to get on the stupid thing. I hate scales. I hate them. I never used to be concerned over my weight, like the actually number. I figured if I was ok with what I looked like and could still fit into my clothes, I must be doing ok. But as soon as Eliza gave me that scale (she will sometimes invite me over to pick out a "present" from her and Chuck's "wedding-gifts-we-don't-want-but-can't-return" closet. It's fun), it started. I got on it for the first time and about had a nervous breakdown. According to the scale, I weighed a little bit more that I was expecting to weigh.
Now please, I am not one of these weight obsessed people. I am not. But I don't like that number where it is right now and am determined to get it back down to where it belongs. Heather and I are losing together. Heather doesn't need to lose anything, but she says she wants to lose 5 pounds.
So, I need to lose 9 pounds. I went running today. THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW!! I can't remember the last time I did that. It's been months. But it felt good after. Hopefully, I can stick with it. Except here's a problem: I have to run with music and I can't because my stupid iPod earbuds don't stay in my ears!!! It's so annoying. Here I have a sweet iPod that I can't even listen to. Apple should make specialty headphones for runners. Ones that don't fall out. Maybe I have odd-shaped ears, but they just do not stay. I have to almost sit entirely still for them to not fall out. It's rather annoying. Maybe I should email Apple....hmm.