For @daily.prompt/28-march-2025-mariannewests-freewrite-writing-prompt-day-2689-belly-fat
Oooo BELLY FAT
Fuck yeah.
I got some. I got a lot.
It's not a problem usually, though, if I have to bend my body, Like sometimes squatting in a tight space to tie my shoe, it gets in my way. That's a valid reason to want to be rid of it. But for the most part, it's great! My kid loves playing my belly like a drum. Buh-dum
I'm ready to do taxes now, but it's been a lot of hours of not being ready to do taxes. Because I have been pooping a lot. Probably if I ate a diet that didn't lead to a lot of belly fat, I'd start having easier poops.
Sometimes I feel like I'm on the right track. Exercise, more greens, leaner proteins... But I still go up.
Of course, I don't keep close track, and I do know that I'll do that for a bit, and then have a day where I don't. It's in those days, probably, where the scales flip.
But whatever. I'm mainly happy with my body. Just want to lose fewer hours to pooping, want to sleep better, and want to fit into pants and shirts that I used to. and the bending over things. Ok. So that's 4 reasons to. What are the reasons not to. Well, one is that sometimes I feel crappy, and eating some things that I know are leading to more belly fat help stave that off for a bit...Or does it... Here's an oddity. Wonder if it's true for others. Sometimes I start to feel physically ill. Not sure if it's a sickness coming on or a "I didn't actually eat what my body needed" feeling, but I do that, and my mental calculus is, "should I feed myself something that will settle my stomach?" and if the first thing doesn't, I try again with many different things. Hard to know what to do. Hard to know if I'm trying a solution that wouldn't actually work. How else can I get through these moments?
