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[a weight loss story]

kathrynoh at nemesis dot com dot au

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Cupcakes

Cupcakes are my new obsession - I've even been dreaming about them. At around 150 calories a pop, they aren't too damaging (compared to say a slice of mud cake from your average cafe) and you get a whole cake! My sister calls them little magical cakes of completeness, or something like that. Check out 52 Cupcakes for some excellent food porn.

I've been thinking of buying a fabbo cupcake stand but fear the temptation to fill it (and then empty it).

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The other night my sister and I were arguing, as you do, about which one of us our Nan hates the most. She told me that I was the favourite grandchild now because I've lost so much weight.

We tend to think that with age comes wisdom and maturity but there you have it - you can reach 90+ years of age and still think like a high school girl. My nan is like if Barbie grew up into a grandmother - she's all about the thinness and how you look. Academic or professional success mean nothing to her. To get in her good books all you need to do is be thin.

I think I'm growing up because hearing that I'm in Nan's good books doesn't make me want to go out and wolf down a pavola just to pack the weight back on in a fit of defiance. It's sad and scary but it's also so remote from me that it means nothing.

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I'm thinking late August for the clothes swap (see previous post). More details to follow.

# 7 comments * Post a Comment

Oh dear, I better not look at those cupcakes!

I hope your Nan really does love you both. She is the one that is missing out by being too picky.

By Suzy, at 4:11 pm

Oh my godness a barbie Nan thats a bit different ay!

By Ang, at 5:19 pm

Thanks for the link about the cupcakes - how totally wonderful and evil at the same time.

*drools*

I've off to make some low-fat muffins now - a poor substitute :S

By Ails, at 6:54 pm

GIVE ME CUPCAKES!!! Its funny how tucked into every family there is a barbie wanna be - you know you have really grown up when you dont feel you have to please them anymore.

By Bex, at 8:45 am

Barbie Nan - that's just so wrong in so many ways!
My current obsession is coffee friands - not so very different from cupcakes!

By Sue, at 9:05 am

Before I got back on the exercise train my big downfall was in part to a cupcake addiction. Actally, I think it was more the frosting...

Betty Crocker Devil's Food and Vanilla cake mixes made up as cupcakes are gooooooooddd.

By Kat, at 10:28 pm

I too have been wanting to buy a cupcake stand. They are so cute when they're all filled up, but that's the problem! *LOL*

By Michelle, at 11:34 am