I have to admit, I've gotten a bit obsessive about working out. I'm far from loving the actual act of exercise, but I love what it's doing to my body. Last week I uncovered my ab muscles. Not since Columbus has a discovery been so surprising and yet major. So that's what was under all the fat for all those years...
Last summer I had all but given up on looking good. Yeah, I still paid $25 for a hair cut, but I didn't care if I had a tan since covering up my fat was a full-time job. I couldn't walk a flight of stairs without getting winded and my jeans gave me gas, but I had just passed my 35th birthday and found that Oreos taste great and exercise sucks.
Then I met the boy, and I was so mad at myself for having poor self-esteem because of the way that I looked. So I took the clothes off the treadmill and started to walk. And now, seven months later, I'm 30 pounds lighter and two sizes smaller. Not to mention more confident. It's sad that it took a man to motivate me, but even if that boy never becomes my manfriend, he got me off my butt and taking better care of myself. I feel better. I look better (heck, even the girls are noticing!). And I'll probably live longer.
I heard last weekend that NutriSystems paid Larry the Cable Guy a million bucks to lose 50 pounds. Where do I sign up? Git-r-done indeed.
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Congrats. I am proud of you. Memaw
I just got an elliptical machine. Now I'm looking for the motivation part. I've been using it frequently as of now but the new-ness is starting to wear off...
And you've always looked fantastic...now you'll just be fantastic and smaller :)
Wow, LJ--that's awesome!
Ok, I fell off the wagon, but you have inspired me to climb back on it. I had lost 28 lbs, but I hurt my back and stopped walking for going on 4 weeks now, so starting Monday I am going to see if I can find my abs too!
Debbie
ps. I may take the wrapper off that Pilates for Dummies dvd I bought and try that too.
Awesome, Lo!
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