I signed up for the "Beach Ready Boot Camp Challenge" with my trainer and about 20 other brave women. I am pretty sure I am the biggest one in the bunch, but I am using that to my advantage. You see, there is a cash prize of $200 for the highest percentage of weight lost. Everyone knows fat people lose weight faster than thin people, right? Haven't you ever watched The Biggest Loser?
So, bloggy friends, I am putting my starting weight out there for the world to see: 183.8. I have until the end of May to get fit and drop some pounds. Wish me luck! Good or bad, I will keep you all posted.
In case you were wondering why an overweight, grown woman would tell the whole (blog) world exactly how fat she is, down to the tenth of a pound, here is why:
I am tired of being a slave to food and the size of my hips, stomach, butt. By posting my weight, whether it goes up or down, I hope that it will free me of my insecure body image.
Which reminds me of a funny story. I went jogging (in shorts) the other day and happened to follow a young, fit woman in tight workout attire. Up ahead was a group of construction workers waiting in line for the lunch wagon, or as we call it in California, the "roach coach". She jogs by them and they all turn to watch her cute butt going by.
I was next.
Nothing. No head turns. No cat calls.
And you know what? I was relieved. For the first time in my 43 years I didn't care about my jiggly, bare thighs.
Maybe my plan is already starting to work : )
-Lela
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Good for you mama! This world is too concerned with the way we look and sometimes it's really freaking hard and people think-fat slob! Stop eating so much...but for me I have a slow ass metabolism and really can't lose a lot of weight unless I starve and I'm not ready to do so. So leave me alone with my fat jiggly cellulite ass!
Happy weekend! Enjoy the flub! Who cares!
Well, you're definitely right, you'll knock some pounds of with some small changes whereas some people starve themselves, eat practically nothing and take days to drop a pound! The exercise will help, too, though, you gotta do both really. Otherwise, you'll wind up torturing yourself. Hardly the point!
Good luck!
Kat
http://todayscliche.com
Just keep moving, that's my best advice! The pounds come off a lot easier that way. Diet is important too, but you need to exercise or you're lost.
I agree with Kat. Just keep moving. I know it's hard when you're battling inner demons.
I weigh in around 150ish and although I know I'm not morbidly obese, I feel disgusted with myself most of the time and loathe the way I look. I am trying to change the way I see myself. For women, so much of our self worth is wrapped up in our weight. Ugh!!! We all need to remember that beauty really does come from within....
Oh I love this! Best of luck to you. I think the older I get the less I care what people think..it's all about feeling healthy at this point!
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