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It's not about insecurity or body shaming, but one thing I've greatly desired and still desiring is to add a good amount of flesh to my bones.
I so much admire how clothing fits and easily matches people with enough flesh without them continuously adjusting angles. But us....you know the story.
I've tried several times to gain weight, but the more I tried, the more I became slim, to the extent that colleagues jokingly told me that the only way I could add weight is when I'm married and swimming in money...money that does not have a father and mother (b盲stard money).
My weight Gain Journey
I've heard and seen a lot of ladies complain about how their body blew up because they ate late at night. According to them, just a packet of Noddles at night settled it.
So, I began to eat very late, not from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. but from 12 a.m. to 2 a.m.
I remember a particular night when I was taking advantage of the public light to iron heaps of clothes. It was already 2:00 a.m., and I needed to energise my body, so I decided to toast some bread and satisfied my stomach. I took a picture of the toasted bread and posted it on my WhatsApp timeline. A lady viewed and commented "If I take this at this hour, I'd get doubled before the dawn of the day". OMG! This is the exact body I was praying for, but my body was far away.
After the whole night's eating, nothing worked.
Some people say that the food you eat contributes largely to your weight gain or loss.
I'm the type that basically settles for our local food, especially 'SWALLOW'. I'm never a fan of those junk foods like noddles, tea for breakfast, etc. If I take tea for breakfast, mehn, my stomach should properly get filled in one hour time otherwise I'll cry.
I got the opportunity to adapt to these English foods when I worked in an eatery. I began to eat salad, passing through the hunger of taking tea for breakfast, eating rice for two days, salad in excess etc
Guys, after all these, nothing worked.
I don't know how my dad did his; we have the same stature, but he has more flesh than me.
He oftentimes makes statements like:
The statement looks funny, but from what I saw, it seems real.
My dad is the type that doesn't joke with naps; he grabs every opportunity to do it, even when we are taking a rest after working for a long hour on the farm.
So desperate to gain weight, I adopted the nap method, I began to create free times during the day to sleep.
After each sleep, I would wake up and check the size of my flesh to see if there was any addition. Lol馃槃.
Guys, I did that for a couple of days, but it didn't work either.
This issue of weight gain and loss is the complete definition of "life is not balanced at all".
When I'm wishing and striving to gain weight, some people are starving their stomachs to lose weight. God abeg!馃げ
Since it didn't work for me, I've accepted my fate. Maybe it'd come when I'm married and settled.
Before I drop my keyboard,
My kind of stature is good though; I eat a lot and anytime at the day or night, yet I don't have issues.
Thanks for reading
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