bloat is the norm for whales

some species hibernate for months without eating (like bears) and others who don't have thick fur eat to provide a thick layer of fat (like whale blubber) to keep from freezing... these species need to eat a lot more than they need for daily healthy functioning because of their environments... humans, on the other hand, do most of what they do for pleasure (let's not get into why we kill so much, especially not mentioning the religious commandment against it that so many say they live by)...

i was doing well for three days and then, nudged along by the desire to socialize with friends after softball, i ate the monte cristo (twice, cuz in the u.s. almost every meal purchased in a restaurant contains enough calories for at least two full meals and many contain enough calories for a full day of calories, which is why the majority of the u.s.a is overweight and a sickly large portion are clinically obese)... this makes maintaining a healthy weight much more challenging than it ought to me, but then, cultural norms are the walls we all must climb or hide behind... so i feel bloated again in spite of not eating anything else in the past 30 hours and nothing in the past 18 hours... next time, salad (though outside salads are generally almost as many calories as a lot of other meals, but cultural norms, ya know)...

going out for a walk now...