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Thursday, August 07, 2008

Why I'm Not Naturally Thin

Yesterday I called my cousin to congratulate her on her engagement. After talking for a while she asked me how my younger son (YS) was doing on his high calorie diet. This is my cousin who after eating 6 chicken breasts for breakfast one day at the ripe old age of 20 found out she had a hyperthyroid and had to have it irradiated. This was no surprise to anyone, since she's always been incredibly thin. I told her that YS was doing well, but honestly he just isn't that into his high calorie foods. She said that she has always preferred candy like Air Heads or Twizzlers to chocolate and doesn't really like desserts like chocolate ice cream or chocolate cake. They're simply too rich for her. Alright seriously can we run a DNA test here, because there's just no possible way I can be related to her! Except that somehow both of my sons are just like her. I wonder how many really thin people who don't diet simply don't like high calorie and high fat foods.

I had planned on leftover pork tenderloin for our evening repast. When the tenderloin proved to be MIA about 15 minutes before dinner, I realized that I had no idea what we were having. Fortunately, I had a giant bag of pancake mix that was left over from the Catskills trip last week and some blueberries that were fortunately not left over from the Catskills trip. Voila! Blueberry pancakes for dinner! Alright, maybe it wasn't quite magical and there is a rumor out there that I may have burned a pancake or five, but I was able to get them on the table pretty quickly. The boys were excited to have breakfast for dinner.

As we were all munching and I was fantasizing that my blueberries were chocolate chips, YS starting motioning that he wanted a bite of my pancake that was particularly densely populated with blueberries, despite the fact that he had half a pancake on his plate. When I gave him a perplexed look, he began to motion more frantically and say "blueberries!" As I resignedly passed my fork to YS, I made a startling discovery. His pancakes were filled with holes. He had eaten all the blueberries and left the pancake behind. I then looked at my older son's (OS) plate. He had eaten most of his blueberries and most of his pancakes, leaving a few forlorn berries behind. Not to worry, YS ate those. Despite knowing at the age of 32 that fresh blueberries are healthy, I still wished that if they wouldn't transform into chocolate chips that I could at least pluck them right out, throw them in the trash, and fill the holes with syrup. This is exactly why I'll never be one of those naturally thin people who never has to exercise or watch what I eat. Apparently neither will the Big Giraffe. He came home, glanced at the stack of pancakes, and pulled the leftover pork tenderloin out of the meat drawer of the refrigerator.

Big Giraffe's Lesson Learned: The best place to hide leftover meat is the meat drawer of the refrigerator.

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: If you don't like high calorie and high fat foods, it is easier to stay thin.

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 7:49 PM   7 comments
7 Comments:
  • At 8/07/2008 8:55 PM, Blogger Meredith said…

    This week, my 18-month-old daughter ate an entire pint of blueberries in two days. Thank goodness they're in season so I can get them at a reasonable price! She'll be out of luck this winter when they're $5 a pint.

     
  • At 8/07/2008 9:37 PM, Blogger Heather said…

    I love breakfast for dinner. Just not pancakes. Eggs, hashbrowns, bacon. Yum.

     
  • At 8/08/2008 1:57 PM, Blogger Kami said…

    I am with you here... I stay thin by exercising my butt off and trying to reduce my chocolate chip intake.

    I may have to start triathlon training to keep up with my chocolate intake.

     
  • At 8/08/2008 3:47 PM, Blogger skiplovey said…

    I think it's genetics. I know plenty of skinny people who love high fat foods (my husband) and can't gain an ounce to save his life.
    I like the high fat foods too but I eat them in moderation, y'know for the girlish figure and all.

     
  • At 8/08/2008 4:27 PM, Blogger Jen of A2eatwrite said…

    It may be genetics. Has YS been checked for hyperthyroidism? I wonder if those genetics are there, too? I'll bet he has...

    But I used to just go gah gah for blueberries and I've never been super thin, although I was certainly normal weight for most of my childhood (with just occasional slight weight gains here and there).

     
  • At 8/08/2008 9:28 PM, Blogger Suzanne said…

    Breakfast foods and desserts are my favorite, too. Although I admit that I love blueberries in pancakes. More than chocolate chips and syrup. Blueberries rock. For the record, lest people think that I am like Alex's sons, I ate several brownies today and drank a milk shake. Dinner was mozerella with tomatoes and 2 pieces of pizza. (This is probably why I had a stomach ache most of the day.)

     
  • At 8/10/2008 9:53 AM, Blogger Fairly Odd Mother said…

    I wonder about this---I haven't had major weight problems in my life but also don't really like super fatty things like Alfredo/cream sauce, donuts or tons of fried things---I will have them every now and then, but don't really crave them. Chocolate, on the other hand, is different. . .I could eat it with almost every meal.

     
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