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Published: August 8th 2008
Hello from Valencia, Spain. Haven´t written in a few days so I just thought I´d throw out an update. First and foremost, my body and I are in a love-hate relationship right now. It loves me because I eat Gelato like three times a day. It loves me because I don´t care and it tastes delicious. It loves me because all that I can afford to eat is heaps of pasta and have been doing so daily. It loves me because basically there is nothing else to do in this heat except lay on the beach, nap and eat. In return, I hate my body. I hate it because I feel FAT. I hate it because my jeans are getting tight. I hate it because I feel as though I´m waddling down the street. I hate it because I´ve been wearing the same shirt for 4 days because it´s the only loose one I brought. I hate it because I´m at a BEACH. Which means bathing suit. So I hate my body because lack of tan and extra carbs resting on my hips makes me slightly resemble a beached whale. But I love it because I almost don´t care. Key word - almost. If you know me, you know there is no way that I couldn´t care about a few extra pounds. If you know me, you know that I´m feining for the gym right now and have on several occassions thought about looking up a gym or throwing on my running sneakers and hitting the roads. But I´ve stopped myself. For the sake of being on vacation, I´m just going to accept it and let it be. Only temporarily of course....I will go back to a semi-healthy diet soon. I´m even trying already. I bought apples today. And salad. I thought it would help. I ate an apple for breakfast. And lunch. Ha....In between cheap burritos, Ferrero Rocher flavored gelato and soda. Stuff I haven´t touched in about four years. I met these girls from Australia, Kate and Jane. I´ve been traveling with them for the last 4 days and will continue to do so until either I, or they, feel as though I´m stalking them and decided to take my own path...whichever comes first. For now, I´m enjoying the company. However, I think they are trying to kill me with a heart attack. These girls are awesome, but I´m mostly blaming them for my disdain I feel for my thighs in the last week. They are awful influences and firmly believe that with their parting, my stomach will return to it´s previous proportion. I mean, let´s face it, pigging out on chocolate, chips and ice cream alone, with no one to compare jiggly underarms with just isn´t the same. So for the next two days (I´m heading back to Barcelona with them....unfortunately...not unfortunately to hanging out with them some more but unfortunately that I have to go back to Barcelona) ...I will continue to consume well over three times the amount of calories and fat my body is used to and then we will part ways. Hopefully everything works out and I will find myself in Nice on a beach, eating only apples and allowing my body to recover from the last few weeks of torment that it has put me through. And then it will probably hate me...so to make it happy, I´ll just have to head to belgium for some waffels covered in chocolate...after eating an apple for breakfast, of course 😊
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Devin
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Do you feel better now that you got to vent? haha.. I feel for you! KNowing your for almost a year I can only imagine that you are dying. Well enjoy it for now because it's a once in a lifetime thing and you shouldn't miss it! miss you! XOXO