Unhappiness Can Make You FAT

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Right, lately I'm working more on my inner-self, hence my absence from the beauty blog. You can find my sporadic "creative"-related posts at my newly re-started craft blog Aichaku Creates.

Today I just wanted to pop in to tell you something about weightloss.

Cue music from Oprah Winfrey Show
Oprah: Cathy here went for a Gastric Bypass Surgery, what we call "Stomach Stapling", and she lost more than 1000 pounds! Cathy tell us about what happened after your surgery.
Cathy: I was so beautiful, but I didn't feel beautiful inside. I still felt unhappy and empty, so I started drinking.
Oprah: Nodding So you used to eat to fill the void that you felt inside your heart and now you're drinking instead.
Cathy: starts tears Yes. I was soooooo unhappy. Until I dealt with the unhappiness, I was still a fat girl, even though I'm thin on the outside.

Well, I may not be so accurate with the dialogue phrasing. I mean, Oprah does have her very unique way of talking, but that was essentially one episode of Oprah Winfrey that I saw one afternoon.

I thought it was pure crap until just 2 weeks ago, I returned to work and found myself gaining weight! I noticed a trend.

When I was on my Sabbatical Leave in December, I was actually losing weight. I was happy and not fat. Now that I returned to work, I was stressed and unhappy that I didn't have enough time to work on my personal projects anymore. I started to think alot about food and ate alot of junk even when I wasn't hungry.

However, if on one particular night, I worked hard on a successful project, I wouldn't feel the need to eat so much on the day after.

So, I begin to think that there really IS a connection between food and emotions for me. Maybe weight-loss is just a simple matter of me making enough time for myself to ensure I am happy enough!

Maybe I'm over-simplifying things here, but I suspect there's some food for thought in here.

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Am I Transforming Into An Unwashed Hippy?

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hippie also hip·py (hĭp'ē)


n., pl., -pies.

A person who opposes and rejects many of the conventional standards and customs of society, especially one who advocates extreme liberalism in sociopolitical attitudes and lifestyles.



At the end of 2010, I started to wind down on my beauty efforts and although I'm back to work now, 2011 is turning out to be extremely minimalist for me.

I've stopped using base makeup and makeup in general, no deodorant (just a spritz of perfume/perfume oil), and no hairspray. I haven't been using my body scrubs or face scrubs, just some moisturising mask once in a while.

I haven't bought any new makeup or skincare or body care items since I came back from Japan.

It's not like I'm smelling bad or looking awful (just rather washed out and pale I guess).

I rather like the minimal effort needed before I leave the house. No one seems to have noticed anything different in me anyway (my office is conservative and few people wear loud makeup, if any). That is, I'm just wondering when's the next time another old lady will state matter-of-factly an unsolicited advice about how "aunty" I am. Again.

Not that I'm transforming into an unwashed hippy anytime soon, but I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn't have bought all those new makeup palettes in 2010!

By the way, thanks for all the comments in the previous post. I agree with all of you! :D

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