Turtle-ing

To "Turtle" is to stay the same weight. I learned this when I was 12 and an active member of Tops. http://www.tops.org/

I never really lost a lot of weight at TOPS, but it was a good place to socialize with other chubby people. I also got a lot of play for being the only 12 year old. People would bring me little motivational gifts and send me post cards. It was great.

My mom and I would go every Monday night, and then after, about half of the meeting would go to a little restaurant and order obscene amounts of food. My favorite was the Cod sandwich on grilled Italian bread. The best thing about it was that it was GIGANTIC... I mean, I don't think I've eaten a sandwich so big ever since. Kinda funny. And everyone would do that - these women were NOT PLAYING. They'd order all kinds of shit.

And then the next week would roll around and most of us would turtle. I realize it wasn't the most effective way to lose weight, but, eh.. what is??

Oh yeah, diet and exercise.. I should try that. ;)