The moment I realized I can’t count.

9/09/2007

I’m a skinny girl, have been my whole life. But because the last few semesters my classes have all been in one building I no longer get my cardio of walking across campus to get from class to class. This has lead me to gain some weight, which I wouldn’t mind except it’s always in the same 2 places. Breast and belly. Now, the breast I don’t mind, but the belly, I could do without.

In my effort to not become a skinny fat girl, you know… a skinny girl with a fat belly, I’ve started doing some exercises. Of course, it’s nothing that requires me to leave the presence of my television, but something is better than nothing. Right? Right.

So, for the last week or so, my exercise routine has consisted of crunches and leg lifts. I’ll do 50 crunches, then 100 leg lifts each, and then another 50 crunches. While doing my leg lifts I’ve discovered that I can not count. 24 years old and I can not count. Each and every single time while counting I jump from 89 to 100. Every single time.

I guess it’s time for me to revisit the 3rd grade.

There are 11 comments in this article:

  1. 9/09/2007Aaron say:

    The first step is admitting you have a problem :) But seriously, I have people in my English classes that ask me to proofread their papers, and they are horrible!!! College students who can’t even write an intelligible sentence…

  2. 10/09/2007Jenger say:

    That’s not it. You can count, you just subconciously want to be done… everytime. LOL

  3. 10/09/2007Victoria say:

    @Aaron: I feel your pain. I had a girl ask me to proofread her resume and she had just graduated and was starting her job search and I was embarrassed for her. It was the saddest resume I had ever seen. I couldn’t believe that she had graduated before me.

    @Jenn: LOL girl, I believe you’re right. Exercising for me is a serious chore, so any excuse to be done, right?

  4. 12/09/2007cristina say:

    On the flip side, Anorexic girls loose their chest and butt first. Actually, the boobs go first. Then the butt. And then once the weight gain starts to come back… it comes back in the boobs and butt. Nothing wrong with that, but a girl could go from an A to a B within a month or two…..

    I know what this is like. All too familiar.

  5. 12/09/2007courtney say:

    at least you’re doin it…I’ve gotta do SOMETHING and SOON. I’m sorry to read about your friend in today’s post. I hope that her memory will forever be a happy one. :)

  6. 12/09/2007chris rhee say:

    Also, you could just do less than 89 leg lifts at a time.

  7. 20/09/2007KeshaDoll say:

    I am assuming this is you in the video posted. You look too skinny to be doing any exercises. But I have the same problem. I’m slim but if I do gain any weight it always goes to my stomach. One question for you, do the crunches and leg lifts work?

  8. 20/09/2007Victoria say:

    @KeshaDoll – Yeah, that’s me in the video. I am skinny, it’s just that damn ‘pooch’. It’s all good when I’m standing up, but as soon as I sit down the belly goes over my jeans, lol. The exercises work… when I do them. I’m not trying to lose weight just tone up some.

  9. 1/10/2007saha say:

    haaa! that can’t be good but no one would’ve known. have you tried planks? those are reaaaally good for your mid-section.

  10. 1/10/2007Victoria say:

    @Saha – Maybe I’m just out the loop, but I’ve never even heard of planks, lol. I guess I better go google it.

  11. 4/12/2007Ryan say:

    Your not alone with the Counting, Last Sunday I saw a person on the reality series The Amazing Race counting and she jumped from 89 to 100 and she lost time in the race and had to start over.

    I stumbled upon this page because I was counting just now and did the exact same thing, I have done it for years but I always catch my mistake I did a Google search on it and here I am :)

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