Ana Pires 2.0

It’s the Winter Holidays season again!

I don’t really care about Christmas, since I’m an Atheist. But my family isn’t, and they all have their traditions. My close family likes to put up a tree filled with pretty decorations and hypnotizing lights, my mom cooks a special dinner on the 24th, everyone likes to exchange gifts.

And I just go with it. Some people think it’s a bit hypocritical being an Atheist and exchanging presents and all. But what am I to do? Do I just refuse whatever people give me? That’s a bit rude. Or do I simply take the presents and don’t give anything back? Again, it’s a bit rude. No use in asking them not to give me anything, they do either way. What about the Codfish dinner? “Sorry mom, I’m just going to make myself an egg with sausages to eat instead of that traditional Christmas dinner”. Yeah, sure.

Besides there being no way to absolutely refuse all Christian traditions (even something as simple as not working on the holidays is accepting one), having a family dinner is fun, and so is giving and getting presents. And yeah, the Holidays are nice too. I mean, any day where you get to stay at home and not work is good, no matter what the reason. So, why not?

Basically. Stop calling me an hypocrite or a Christian. There.

The New Year’s going to be great. We usually go to my grandparents for lunch and end up extending the visit to dinner. We eat and talk and go for walks. It’s great. And I just remembered, they haven’t seen me with my new body yet. Oh yay. Hope they notice. My grandfather surely will. His compliments are the ones that touch me the most, since he was always very respectful and tactful with his words in what concerned my weight.
Getting quite excited for it now!

Happy Holidays!

I finished my weight loss and I am now at the ideal weight for my height! (actually, I got there a couple of weeks ago, but I decided to wait until I could get some pictures, which was today)

1,55 meters, 50 kilos. Or, 5.09 feet, 110 pounds.

And now, the pictures!

Before:

After:

A huge thank you for everyone who supported me and said nice things when I needed to hear them, for everyone who worried about me, for everyone who tried to motivate me when I lost my motivation, even for everyone who tried to take my motivation away (you pissed me off and gave me motivation to contradict you), for everyone who said I looked sexy (more people than I’d guess, even if most of them were friends).

Thank you, really.

Losing weight was my 2006’s new year’s resolutions. I think my 2007’s one will be keeping the weight and be healthy.

Either I’m really cranky, or people in general are just trying to annoy me and make me sad lately.

It began when I started trying to lose weight. When it first started showing, I got many compliments from friends and family. Which is kind of funny, because before I decided to start the weight loss, everyone told me I was fine.

When it became really obvious I’d lost some weight, people started telling me I was getting sick, and that I should stop, and that I looked fine. No, I was not sick, I should not have stopped, and I was not fine.

Every time I’d show up and say “hey! I lost another kilo!” people would give me a disgusting patronizing look. I was happy, and doing something good for myself. Would it be that difficult to say something nice? Really, a simple “nice” would do!

But no. It seems it sounds smarter for them to pretend to know what I’m going through, which according to them, is a problem. Oh no! She’s getting physically and mentally healthy, CALL THE AMBULANCE! Of course, this makes me sad. I don’t care what my friends and teachers say (yes, it’s gotten to the teachers), but they are somewhat important in my life, and it’s like I have no one to talk to, no one to be happy for me. And that’s not very pleasant

Please, to all of you, including my real life friends if they happen to pass by, wish me good luck on my weight loss, and on keeping my weight. I’m doing a very healthy and good thing for myself here, and you have no idea of how much I needed it. Don’t try to look smart by making me sad, it’s not nice.

Go me!