Rom said one afternoon while pointing at an obese man patiently falling in line to secure a passport just across my table.

It was obviously a joke but to me, it sounded like a prophecy. I admit I am afraid to gain weight. My family has a profile of obesity. In fact, my father and uncles were already overweight when they were in their early thirties.

I did not have to worry much then about my weight. My metabolism was fast so even if I gorged too much on food, my body weight remained the same. I even tried eating more than normal. Then, after graduating from college, I became less active and idle on weekends. My high school friends noticed that I gained too much weight. So I decided to trim down. I blamed it again on my metabolism. It slowed down year after year. So, now, I am anxious that I would still gain weight even if go on a special diet.

Three months ago, I started cutting my carbohydrates intake and ate low-fat, high-fiber foods. After a month of discipline and some exercise, the scale went down from 170 lbs. to 149 lbs. That's almost six pounds a week!

Yesterday, my sister said, "Hey, your denims are practically falling off!"

I proudly replied almost instantly, "Yeah, I know, there's not much fat on my waist for my pants to hold onto.

Keyword: Fat Phobia

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Posted by albinopoy 2008-06-29 22:51:01 .... Unfortunately, I have been gaining again :( + Report this comment
Posted by lemon 2008-06-29 23:00:45 .... Did you mean 'Two years from now your body will be the same as that man' instead of 'Two years from now, your body would be the same with that man.' ? I think this would be an interesting beginning to a longer story, but it needs some work =] + Report this comment
Posted by flossy 2008-06-30 00:51:06 .... Just did'nt get it.Agree woth lemon.You could make it longer.But as it is it has'nt got anything appealing. + Report this comment
Posted by albinopoy 2008-06-30 01:16:46 .... Thank you guys for your heartbreaking comments. Perhaps I need to brush up my writing, stories and style. + Report this comment
Posted by The 13th 2008-06-30 02:03:27 .... Dont be heartbroken.It was'nt that bad.Most of us are here to learn anyway, even Flossy.The story just needs a bit more content.May be humour.That's upto you.Keep with it.Goodluck. + Report this comment
Posted by soulwriter 2008-06-30 03:44:13 .... There is nothing wrong with this story - aside from the fact that, standing alone as it does, it is not really a story, being too short and not really having a plot arc. Sounds like a prelude to the main story, and if it is that then it was a good introduction. + Report this comment
Posted by Pilgrim 2008-06-30 13:09:27 .... Make sure you proofread your work a few times before submitting it. I found a lot of grammatical error, something I am obsessive about. I usually won't finish a story if I find too many errors within the first few sentences. Try this for a beginning, "Pointing at an obese man waiting in line to secure a passport, Rom said, "Two years from now your body could end up looking like that!" + Report this comment
Posted by resistanceisfreedom 2008-06-30 14:25:31 .... i just didn't understand where you were trying to go with this. and it was just very boring. but i'm sure if you went at it again and made it longer you could probably make it more appealing. + Report this comment
Posted by eternalsunshine 2008-07-07 15:22:09 .... This sounds more like a testimonial to low carb eating, or losing weight. Its inspiring, but there's no story. Maybe delving deeper into what you did, step by step, to get to where you are would make it more interesting. + Report this comment

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