Chubby Hands: A Name That Says It All

On an "extended camping trip, at an undisclosed location in the Middle East," I hiked to a little store ran by just one man, with a thick Turkish accent. The man was selling gold jewelry at a discounted price. I decided that I wanted a gold ring for myself and was determined to puchase one. My right ring finger is a size 8.5-9. A size that I never thought was abnormally large before. Well, the gold-guy had me try on every women's ring he had in his store, but none of them fit me. This is when I started to question whether or not we had a situation.

When I got back to my tent area, I engaged in a conversation about my ring buying excursion to some friends and my boyfriend. They all decided that this was the funniest thing they had heard in a very long time. They even went so far as to ask me if I had tried on any of the bracelets instead, so that I might still leave with a finger adornment.

They then proceeded to think up a song for my newfound disability. The name- Chubby Hands. The song, to the tune of "Smelly Cat" from Friends. The lyrics, forever burned into my memory:

Chubby Hands, Chuuuuubby Hands
What are they feeding you?
Chubby Hands, Chuuuuuubby Hands,
It's not your fault!

And thus my persona "Chubby Hands" was born. As the name has stuck over the years, My hands have not gotten less chubby. Unfortunately, I believe they have added some chub. I have a six and a half month old daughter who should never know the shame of her mother's knuckle friendly padding. I gained 50 pounds during my pregnancy, bringing me up to a whopping 225 pounds. At 5'8" I was bigger than a house! And even though I have lost 36 of those pounds, I'm determined to lose the remaining weight, and then some! I'm using this as my diet and nutrition journal. I'm hoping that anyone in my situation (heinously chubby extremities not required) might benefit from my trials and tribulations throughout this experience.

My problem with losing weight has never been a lack of knowledge. With the Internet, everything we ever wanted to know about losing weight is right at our very fingertips! No, my obstacle isn't the absence of knowledge, it's the absence of will-power. I'm finally trying to overcome this horrible battle with my fat cells over my will-power. I'm giving it a good solid year.

My goal is to lose 29 pounds in the next 12 months.