Transatlanic Porn Star

So today's title has nothing to do with the actual post. On the way home from the grocery store there was a Death Cab for Cutie song on which made me think of another one of their songs which made me think of today's title.


I don't know if I've mentioned this before but my daughter eats like she's a truck driver. There are times when she's not really hungry or she's tired and cranky but for the most part she's ALWAYS hungry. While at the store I went to get her a Hungry Man meal and her dad goes "does she really need that much?" All it took was a look and he realized what he had said and recanted his question. You're probably thinking my daughter is a chunkster now. Violet weighs 23.2 lbs on a good day. She eats and eats but has a really really hard time gaining weight. Most kids her age are around 30 lbs (at least) by now and she's the size of most one year olds. We haven't really figured out why she has such a hard time gaining yet. Her daddy and I have no problem gaining weight though I am a small person in general. The biggest thing about Violet (other than her personality) is her head. While her height and weight stay in the less than 3 percentile, her head is usually in the 25th or larger percentile. It's normal for children to have larger heads but it's kind of funny to see just how much bigger her head is than the rest of her according to the numbers.

Staying on the topic of food, I really don't enjoy cooking on a regular basis. I like making meals for special occasions ( I make dinner for my dad on his birthday and Father's Day) but not on like a day to day basis. It's hard to do in our house anyway since Violet's dad and I don't like many of the same things and we have really plain tastes and I like for Violet to eat really healthy so if I did cook I'd end up making three different dinners each night. I make two things at least once a week, Spaghetti and Tachos. (Tachos are really taco meat, fritos, and cheese in more of a salad type dish but my boyfriend started calling them Tachos so it stuck) I'm the only one that eats either of those things. Violet's food can usually be popped in the microwave or the oven for a few minutes so I don't consider that cooking and her dad usually makes himself a frozen pizza... The pizzas really annoy me. One day Violet was pretend eating him and I asked her what he tasted like and she said "Dr. Pepper, Pizza, and Hamburgers." I think you have a problem when your two year old can sum up the gist of everything you eat.

Let's Get Physical

I've been pretty terrible about exercising for at least a year and a half now. Before I was pregnant I danced pretty much every day and I ate decently. When I got pregnant I started to eat better although there were days when all I wanted was some rice with soy sauce or a giant plate of mashed potatoes with gravy. I also walked to school some and around the neighboorhood (although I did try to get out of that as much as possible). After Violet was born I went back to dance but I only did one night a week and my diet went downhill quickly. I haven't gone back to dance since classes ended and I've learned that it's much easier to sustain my weight than lose weight. Last night/this morning, however, I got off my slightly larger ass and finally put on that pilates DVD I bought like 4 months ago but never even opened. I LOVE pilates because it's a workout I can actually feel working while I'm doing it and it doesn't blow out my knees like running does. My reasons for working out may mostly center around the fact that my mom still freaks out when I'm not sucking in because I have a nice ring of belly bulge.... It's not often (in public) that you find me not sucking in like my life depends on it since I don't want to look like I'm pregnant again and it makes my boobs look extra perky. Seriously, If you want to look like you have extra upper body muscle or extra cleavage just suck in your stomach. I've also been told that it helps tone your mid section since it's working some of your core muscles. Eventually I may also get my diet back under control but I feel like I may lose focus on my exercise if I do that... I'm not super woman (because if I was I would have more problems with my daughter shooting laser beams out of her eyes and picking up the family car than trying to lose weight) also if I was super woman I could probably eat whatever I want and still be a size zero.