Latest articles
The latest writing from Too Petty to Quit, with the newest article first.
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Why do I want to eat all the time when I’m trying to lose weight?
Sometimes I am genuinely hungry. Sometimes I have eaten and still want food. The difficult part is working out what I am actually asking food to do.
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Responsibility without self-hatred
No one else can make the private choices or lose the weight for me. Taking responsibility means being honest about those choices without treating the person making them with cruelty.
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Realising you have become someone who comes back
After years of turning one difficult day into a week of giving up, I realised I had quietly become someone who returns to the plan without punishment, panic or another dramatic fresh start.
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Feeling jealous of other women’s bodies
Sometimes jealousy arrives before I have even noticed a woman’s face. This is an honest look at body comparison, the faults I search for and what the feeling may really be trying to tell me.
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The emergency meal for the day you cannot be bothered
The right emergency meal is not the one that looks best on paper. It is the one you genuinely want to eat when you are tired, hungry and completely unwilling to cook.
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Doing it badly still counts as doing it
Doing the full version is not always possible. A shorter walk, a smaller portion or an honest food log may feel unimpressive, but those imperfect choices still move you forward.
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One biscuit is trying to ruin the entire week
Two small biscuits should not have had the power to ruin an entire day, but in my head they quickly became proof that I had no control. The real damage was not the biscuits. It was everything I decided had to happen next.
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Can AI help you lose weight? For me, the answer is yes
AI has become the most useful weight-loss companion I have ever had. It helps me make sense of fluctuations, plan around difficult days, stay honest and calm down before one bad moment becomes a full collapse.
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Protecting your future self without hating your current body
I wanted to protect the woman I might become, but I was being cruel to the woman doing the work. Losing weight should not mean postponing kindness until you are thinner.
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The scale is not the only proof
The scale may be dragging its feet, but progress can show up elsewhere: in looser clothes, easier walks, unfamiliar collarbones and the quiet realisation that you can trust yourself again.