Hi and welcome to my website, FatAndSkinny.com. This is my personal body-sculpting journal. Very important: this is not a weight-loss journal. If successful, I may even end up weighing more than I do now (muscle weighs more than fat), so this isn’t about turning the dial down on the scale.

I am an Asian American female living in Los Angeles, CA.  I am 26, 5′1″ tall, and usually hover around 100 and 105 lbs. I have a pretty good metabolism, and without a car, my normal daily activity level can be pretty high. I walk A LOT, and my normal pace is very brisk compared to most. I build muscle easily; my legs are pretty toned and shapely without much effort. Unfortunately, my stomach and back are another matter. They’re soft, with a noticeable layer of excess fat. Why?

I EAT A LOT!

Okay, it’s not just that I eat a lot, which I do, but it’s also that I don’t eat well. I love meat: bacon, ribs, sausages, pork rinds, steak, fried chicken, and more! I don’t eat to sate my hunger or to get necessary vitamins and minerals. I eat because I love the flavor, texture, and aroma of food. I’m a bit of a hedonist, and if something’s good, why not have as much of it as you can?

Well, because you get a flabby belly, that’s why!

I eat until my stomach is stretched taut and I end up looking about 3 months pregnant. When I haven’t eaten, that skin doesn’t just go away. It’s loose and soft and waiting to stretch again to accommodate my eating habits.  The skin isn’t flabby or wrinkly (that would be ewwww), but it’s just there… a perpetual bulge.

I want a nice, tight torso; I want sculpted abs. I want a defined back! And so help me, I will get it. I need to change what I eat, how I eat it, and make sure I exercise. Diet is going to be the most important in this, I know, and the hardest for me.

But you know what, I’m just as capable, determined, and intelligent as anyone else. So many people have done it, and if they can do it, so can I!  I look at pictures of models and actresses and wannabe-celebs, and I think to myself “What makes them smarter? More determined? More disciplined than me?  If that floozy can do it, so can I!”

Right?! Right.

*gulp*