Do these pants make me look fat???

Living with Steven and Kari has not helped me maintain any idea of a girlish figure. Not that I had a girlish figure before but I have certainly swooped in the wrong direction. The problem is I now live with two other people who share my love for sugary, syrupy, sweet, saccharine filled food. Every night after dinner dishes are done and the kids are tucked in their beds I head straight to the kitchen to satisfy my super sweet tooth. Normally I do a pretty good job of curbing my sweet tooth because Randy is not a huge glucose enthusiast. Eating a huge bowl of ice cream by myself usually comes with a heaping scoop of guilt on top. However if “everybody else is doing it” the guilty topping is much easier to swallow. Now every night before settling on the couch for a nightly episode of Heroes season 1 (my new addiction) I must have a desert to accompany it. Last night I decided enough was enough. So I forced a piece of Extra Peppermint gum in my mouth to substitute my craving. I crossed my arms and chewed as quickly as I could. I even had to close my eyes and concentrate on conquering self control. It worked… I didn’t indulge last night but I woke up with a REALLY sore jaw.