Tummies Need Folds

Big revelation in the shower (sidenote: why is it that the gals in the ED Program take FOREVER to shower???): people are meant to have tummies!

Ok, it sounds so DUH and obvious, but it's something which i always thought would go away if i lost weight. Then, along the way, i equated it with losing enough weight. So, the moment i don't have a stomach anymore, i wouldn't be fat.

Sounds logical, ain't it? Not until you realize that there HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN BETWEEN YOUR CHEST AND YOUR HIPS. If even a fold of skin (which i was convinced would contain fat cells) existed on my stomach, i would tell myself that i'm fat and that i haven't gotten rid of my flab yet (now you see why i always thought i'm fat, even at 35kg and with A TON OF LOOSE SKIN).

I used to have this totally crazy habit of sitting on a chair with a side view of my tummy, and complain that i'm fat when i stare at the (naturally) bunched up flesh. And i didn't really think about what would constitute NOT FAT. If i had a perfectly flat tummy while sitting down, wouldn't it mean that the skin would tear when i stood up (and it would HAVE TO STRETCH if i stood).

You can definitely say that it was a EUREKA moment.

And when i got out of the shower, i scooped up Men's Health. True enough, even hunky people DO have tummy folds when they sit down. And we're talking about people who are in peak shape (which they drop down to during photoshoots and not maintain year round) AND who have underwent Photoshoppage.

And it didn't hurt that G-Boy and another (dude) patient said that i'm (somewhat) hunky. Hey, that's a great ego boost can!