Old Home Movies

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I'm currently in the process of digitizing and editing some old family
movies from the 70s. There I am at the family Christmas party in 1971
when my son was a mere 7 months old. There I am at my grandpa's
birthday party in 1974. And there I am at my mother's wedding later
that same year. Two things about me in those movies are very noticeable
to me now: a) I was quite slim (118-120 lbs) and wore a shamelessly
high miniskirt to show off my fabulous legs (and, obliviously, often my
fabulous ass (hey we ALL have fabulous asses at the age of 19) whenever
I took a deep breath ;-), and b) I was always at the buffet table. I
could not keep away from it. Pick, pick, pick. I was always reaching
for something to eat. I got away with it when I was young and
energetic, but that would soon change. I stopped wearing the mini-
skirts eventually, but I continued to gravitate to the buffet table. I
couldn't help myself -- it sang it's siren song and I fell for it every
time.

I am SO glad to have changed my habits and will never again be a slave
to the wickedly beckoning party buffet table! I will also never again
wear a miniskirt, but that's another story ;-)

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Saffire
205/134/125
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

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I'm currently in the process of digitizing and editing some old family
movies from the 70s. There I am at the family Christmas party in 1971
when my son was a mere 7 months old. There I am at my grandpa's
birthday party in 1974. And there I am at my mother's wedding later
that same year. Two things about me in those movies are very noticeable
to me now: a) I was quite slim (118-120 lbs) and wore a shamelessly
high miniskirt to show off my fabulous legs (and, obliviously, often my
fabulous ass (hey we ALL have fabulous asses at the age of 19) whenever
I took a deep breath ;-), and b) I was always at the buffet table. I
could not keep away from it. Pick, pick, pick. I was always reaching
for something to eat. I got away with it when I was young and
energetic, but that would soon change. I stopped wearing the mini-
skirts eventually, but I continued to gravitate to the buffet table. I
couldn't help myself -- it sang it's siren song and I fell for it every
time.

I am SO glad to have changed my habits and will never again be a slave
to the wickedly beckoning party buffet table! I will also never again
wear a miniskirt, but that's another story ;-)


Saffire,

Buffets were invented by Satan.

At what age did you first notice your weight
getting out of hand?

Marsha/Ohio

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Saffire wrote:

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I'm currently in the process of digitizing and editing some old family
movies from the 70s. There I am at the family Christmas party in 1971
when my son was a mere 7 months old. There I am at my grandpa's
birthday party in 1974. And there I am at my mother's wedding later
that same year. Two things about me in those movies are very noticeable
to me now: a) I was quite slim (118-120 lbs) and wore a shamelessly
high miniskirt to show off my fabulous legs (and, obliviously, often my
fabulous ass (hey we ALL have fabulous asses at the age of 19) whenever
I took a deep breath ;-), and b) I was always at the buffet table. I
could not keep away from it. Pick, pick, pick. I was always reaching
for something to eat. I got away with it when I was young and
energetic, but that would soon change. I stopped wearing the mini-
skirts eventually, but I continued to gravitate to the buffet table. I
couldn't help myself -- it sang it's siren song and I fell for it every
time.

I am SO glad to have changed my habits and will never again be a slave
to the wickedly beckoning party buffet table! I will also never again
wear a miniskirt, but that's another story ;-)


Saffire,

Buffets were invented by Satan.

At what age did you first notice your weight
getting out of hand?

I think it started about the time of my first job. There was a Dairy
Queen next door and I got into the habit of having a Danish from there
every day. The cook would slather the grill with butter and then heat
it up for me -- it was DIVINE! I also ate most of my lunches either
there or at some other fast food place and gained about 5-6 lbs within a
couple of months.

My weight was a problem before that though -- no so much in being
overweight, but in being able to keep it under control. After I had my
son (at the age of 15), I got down to 103 lbs. My grandfather said I
was too thin and needed to eat more. So I did. It's been a
rollercoaster battle ever since.

I mark my out-of-control eating habits to even younger than that,
though. I have in my mind a turning point in my lifetime eating habits.
My sister and I shared a bedroom when we were kids. When I was about
13, I found her eating some Ho-Hos. These weren't just ANY Ho-Hos,
though -- she had bought a box of TEN of them all at once. It had never
occurred to me that a KID could buy in quantity. Ho-Hos came in packs
or 2-3 -- only MOM's bought the BIG boxes of them to feed their brood.
It was a major revelation to me that *I* could buy goodies in quantity
as long as I had the babysitting money to do so! I bought my OWN box of
Ho-Hos after that -- but I always ended up eating the entire box within
a day or 2 at the most. I had NO willpower when something like that was
calling my name and right there for the taking. I later got into the
habit of buying pounder bags of M&Ms, too. Pretty much anything sweet
that I bought was bought in quantity and I just couldn't seem to stop
myself from eating them all in a short period of time.

--
Saffire
205/134/125
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

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Saffire wrote:

I think it started about the time of my first job. There was a Dairy
Queen next door and I got into the habit of having a Danish from there
every day. The cook would slather the grill with butter and then heat
it up for me -- it was DIVINE! I also ate most of my lunches either
there or at some other fast food place and gained about 5-6 lbs within a
couple of months.

My weight was a problem before that though -- no so much in being
overweight, but in being able to keep it under control. After I had my
son (at the age of 15), I got down to 103 lbs. My grandfather said I
was too thin and needed to eat more. So I did. It's been a
rollercoaster battle ever since.

I mark my out-of-control eating habits to even younger than that,
though. I have in my mind a turning point in my lifetime eating habits.
My sister and I shared a bedroom when we were kids. When I was about
13, I found her eating some Ho-Hos. These weren't just ANY Ho-Hos,
though -- she had bought a box of TEN of them all at once. It had never
occurred to me that a KID could buy in quantity. Ho-Hos came in packs
or 2-3 -- only MOM's bought the BIG boxes of them to feed their brood.
It was a major revelation to me that *I* could buy goodies in quantity
as long as I had the babysitting money to do so! I bought my OWN box of
Ho-Hos after that -- but I always ended up eating the entire box within
a day or 2 at the most. I had NO willpower when something like that was
calling my name and right there for the taking. I later got into the
habit of buying pounder bags of M&Ms, too. Pretty much anything sweet
that I bought was bought in quantity and I just couldn't seem to stop
myself from eating them all in a short period of time.


I can trace mine back to a home economics class in
junior high, when we made cherry cheesecake.

Marsha/Ohio

It's funny---when I was 20 I thought I was fat, but when I look at pics
of me from back then, I really wasnt fat, at all. LOL, when I see a
recent pic of me, tho, I always think, "my god...am I that FAT???"

Somebody said to me the other day, "You have great legs for a woman your
age."

Gee, thanks.

LassChance