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Posted Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:31 pm...
Her Name Was Sheila, Sheila Butt; But, No Longer!
by Carolyn F.
Sheila was not feeling herself lately. She was pushing 49, and had just gone for a little reunion with friends back in her home town. Thank God she was able to Photoshop pictures before sending them to share with everyone there. Her pictures were appalling to her. She had no idea how she really looked. Her butt looked so large in one particular side image, she said to herself "I look like one of the Butt Sisters from that song way back when, Her Name was Bertha, Bertha Butt, One of the Butt Sisters." "And how did I get three chins?"
Sheila took a moment and reflected to the night before her trip. She was having a romantic moment with her partner, Michael. They were both sitting on the couch talking with each other. She went to fill the wine glasses in the kitchen. She wanted to show Michael the pretty new cork she had purchased from the Modern Art Museum. She brought it to him, and dropped it just as she entered the living room. She bent to pick it up, and her thin silk pants split open, the entire butt area was showing. "Geez, my expensive Citron pants, wow, bummer. Excuse me while I slip into a Moo-Moo."
And now there she is, shaving off her butt in the picture with Photoshop, thinking "at least my hair looks good here." Most pictures were too involved to fix, and she just had to delete them.
The Photoshop experience took her nearly a full day, with more than three hundred images, she had to open and approve of or alter before adding them to the discs for each attendee.
"When did this happen?" she thought to herself. She remembered being thin in 2007, she'd bought those two cute little skirts in red and in white because they looked particularly good. They are a size 6. They still hang in her closet, she can occasionally hear them laughing at her, "ha, you can't wear us, why do you even keep us?" Sheila's sister, Marie is thin thin thin. She doesn't eat because she's a school teacher and really can't afford food because she is raising two teenagers alone and all her money goes to them.
Just after the Photoshop incident, Marie invited Sheila for a little shopping at Macy's. Ok, so clothes are Marie's downfall, she buys them when she can instead of food for herself. Who wouldn't when you look that good? Sheila wasn't really into it, she lately despises clothes shopping because she looks bad in everything. But she accepted the invitation because Marie's 50th birthday was coming. Sheila figured she'd pick up gifts for Marie as she points to things she likes.
After some "safe" jewelry shopping, Sheila thought she was almost done with the excursion. But, Marie had to use the restroom, and that was way back at the end of the store next to the swimming suits. "I'll just wait here," Sheila said. But, minutes passed and there was no Marie. So, back to the swimming suit section she slowly walked, hoping Marie would soon come toward her.
She got to the section, and Marie was not in sight. Of course, she was trying on swimming suits now. There was a woman who worked there, a friendly young girl, she had to be a size 24. She immediately greeted Sheila, "Would you like to try on a swimming suit? I've learned there are ways of picking a style that will cover up a portion of you that you don't want to see! For instance, this model right here has this extra piece of material around it, allowing the idea of a thinner waist."
Sheila looked at the young girl who wore a scarf around her at about the same angle as the design on the swimming suit. But, she didn't consider that the idea did not work for the young Macy's girl.
"I think I need about a size 90, do you have one in that size?" Sheila thought she was amusing for a moment.
"Oh, the young girl said, "I can't see you wearing much more than a size 16."
"Huhh" Breathless, "I've never worn a 16," Sheila grabbed a size 12 knowing she'd be "swimming in it" she wanted to prove her point.
Marie found the perfect suit, and she was purchasing it at the counter when Sheila was finished trying on the suit and joined them, without the suit in hand. The suit was atrocious on her, the fat bulges in her back were ugly and memorable.
The young extremely overweight girl, said to Sheila when she arrived at the cash register to join Marie, "I'm so sorry!" Sheila looked at her sister who was laughing and then back at the girl, "Did you tell her?" "Yes, I did, it must be the sweater you are wearing that made me think you were a size16."
"I must remember to give this sweater to Goodwill," Sheila said.
Marie had some fun on the way out of the store showing Sheila a size 16 sweater. She tried to console her then, by telling her that the young overweight girl had even asked her what she wanted to hide. She said, "everyone wants to hide something."
Marie and Sheila laughed, there was not one part of Marie that needed to be hidden.
But the memory was fierce, and Sheila had never had trouble losing weight in the past, this time it just felt overwhelming. After all, Michael, her partner is a gourmet chef deluxe. Talk about rich and yummy food. Every meal is a second helping.
Sheila asked Michael, "Do I look big to you?" Michael, always being honest, "Beyond that double chin you mean?"
Sheila went back to her computer to work, what will she do? How can she be on a diet with all of that great food?
"I'll do a vegetable broth diet she thought to herself, that's always worked in the past. I know I can go at least a week." She happened to type that out in an email to a friend, Steven. It so happened, he too was just starting a diet and had just lost eight pounds in one week. But, Steven had another tactic, he had signed up with a Diet and Nutrition Center and he immediately called Sheila to share his knowledge.
"Hmm, I'd have to get weighed in front of someone weekly. They'll teach me the proper way to eat. I'd learn about nutrition and correct meal proportions. I know I'll be able to fit into that "***ing" red and white skirt again by summer. And, I can lose and keep off 16 pounds in one month? Sounds like a plan to me!"
Sheila went in for blood tests, and found out her cholesterol was quite high. The nutritionist suggested to her that she could even bring that down through the foods that she eats.
That was three months ago, Sheila is looking good; she has worn both the red and white skirts. Michael had lost weight too by joining the same center, he learned to alter his cooking style to fit their diets. Steven was so into this center, they'd asked him to be in a commercial! They all loved their bodies, and emotionally, that is HUGE!
Get the weight off! It will be so worth it!
by Carolyn F.
Sheila was not feeling herself lately. She was pushing 49, and had just gone for a little reunion with friends back in her home town. Thank God she was able to Photoshop pictures before sending them to share with everyone there. Her pictures were appalling to her. She had no idea how she really looked. Her butt looked so large in one particular side image, she said to herself "I look like one of the Butt Sisters from that song way back when, Her Name was Bertha, Bertha Butt, One of the Butt Sisters." "And how did I get three chins?"
Sheila took a moment and reflected to the night before her trip. She was having a romantic moment with her partner, Michael. They were both sitting on the couch talking with each other. She went to fill the wine glasses in the kitchen. She wanted to show Michael the pretty new cork she had purchased from the Modern Art Museum. She brought it to him, and dropped it just as she entered the living room. She bent to pick it up, and her thin silk pants split open, the entire butt area was showing. "Geez, my expensive Citron pants, wow, bummer. Excuse me while I slip into a Moo-Moo."
And now there she is, shaving off her butt in the picture with Photoshop, thinking "at least my hair looks good here." Most pictures were too involved to fix, and she just had to delete them.
The Photoshop experience took her nearly a full day, with more than three hundred images, she had to open and approve of or alter before adding them to the discs for each attendee.
"When did this happen?" she thought to herself. She remembered being thin in 2007, she'd bought those two cute little skirts in red and in white because they looked particularly good. They are a size 6. They still hang in her closet, she can occasionally hear them laughing at her, "ha, you can't wear us, why do you even keep us?" Sheila's sister, Marie is thin thin thin. She doesn't eat because she's a school teacher and really can't afford food because she is raising two teenagers alone and all her money goes to them.
Just after the Photoshop incident, Marie invited Sheila for a little shopping at Macy's. Ok, so clothes are Marie's downfall, she buys them when she can instead of food for herself. Who wouldn't when you look that good? Sheila wasn't really into it, she lately despises clothes shopping because she looks bad in everything. But she accepted the invitation because Marie's 50th birthday was coming. Sheila figured she'd pick up gifts for Marie as she points to things she likes.
After some "safe" jewelry shopping, Sheila thought she was almost done with the excursion. But, Marie had to use the restroom, and that was way back at the end of the store next to the swimming suits. "I'll just wait here," Sheila said. But, minutes passed and there was no Marie. So, back to the swimming suit section she slowly walked, hoping Marie would soon come toward her.
She got to the section, and Marie was not in sight. Of course, she was trying on swimming suits now. There was a woman who worked there, a friendly young girl, she had to be a size 24. She immediately greeted Sheila, "Would you like to try on a swimming suit? I've learned there are ways of picking a style that will cover up a portion of you that you don't want to see! For instance, this model right here has this extra piece of material around it, allowing the idea of a thinner waist."
Sheila looked at the young girl who wore a scarf around her at about the same angle as the design on the swimming suit. But, she didn't consider that the idea did not work for the young Macy's girl.
"I think I need about a size 90, do you have one in that size?" Sheila thought she was amusing for a moment.
"Oh, the young girl said, "I can't see you wearing much more than a size 16."
"Huhh" Breathless, "I've never worn a 16," Sheila grabbed a size 12 knowing she'd be "swimming in it" she wanted to prove her point.
Marie found the perfect suit, and she was purchasing it at the counter when Sheila was finished trying on the suit and joined them, without the suit in hand. The suit was atrocious on her, the fat bulges in her back were ugly and memorable.
The young extremely overweight girl, said to Sheila when she arrived at the cash register to join Marie, "I'm so sorry!" Sheila looked at her sister who was laughing and then back at the girl, "Did you tell her?" "Yes, I did, it must be the sweater you are wearing that made me think you were a size16."
"I must remember to give this sweater to Goodwill," Sheila said.
Marie had some fun on the way out of the store showing Sheila a size 16 sweater. She tried to console her then, by telling her that the young overweight girl had even asked her what she wanted to hide. She said, "everyone wants to hide something."
Marie and Sheila laughed, there was not one part of Marie that needed to be hidden.
But the memory was fierce, and Sheila had never had trouble losing weight in the past, this time it just felt overwhelming. After all, Michael, her partner is a gourmet chef deluxe. Talk about rich and yummy food. Every meal is a second helping.
Sheila asked Michael, "Do I look big to you?" Michael, always being honest, "Beyond that double chin you mean?"
Sheila went back to her computer to work, what will she do? How can she be on a diet with all of that great food?
"I'll do a vegetable broth diet she thought to herself, that's always worked in the past. I know I can go at least a week." She happened to type that out in an email to a friend, Steven. It so happened, he too was just starting a diet and had just lost eight pounds in one week. But, Steven had another tactic, he had signed up with a Diet and Nutrition Center and he immediately called Sheila to share his knowledge.
"Hmm, I'd have to get weighed in front of someone weekly. They'll teach me the proper way to eat. I'd learn about nutrition and correct meal proportions. I know I'll be able to fit into that "***ing" red and white skirt again by summer. And, I can lose and keep off 16 pounds in one month? Sounds like a plan to me!"
Sheila went in for blood tests, and found out her cholesterol was quite high. The nutritionist suggested to her that she could even bring that down through the foods that she eats.
That was three months ago, Sheila is looking good; she has worn both the red and white skirts. Michael had lost weight too by joining the same center, he learned to alter his cooking style to fit their diets. Steven was so into this center, they'd asked him to be in a commercial! They all loved their bodies, and emotionally, that is HUGE!
Get the weight off! It will be so worth it!
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