Obesity Free Challenge - RESULTS

Posted by Ekcarraway on September 10th 2009 to Obesity

Its all in the Pants…

Yesterday was weigh day - and yes - the work of the past 28 days paid off.  You all well know that I dislike focusing on pounds.  My goal was to make the sizes and the outfits that I had bought for my sisters wedding.  Sizes 10-12.  And the results are in:

Size 10 Capris - FIT & packed for travel

Size 32 Jeans - FIT & packed for travel

Size 32 shorts - FIT & packed for travel

However - for those of you who are fond of numbers:  6.2 pounds lost and another 7 inches off my waist, hips, thighs and arms.

Ahhhhhh - it feels good.  I have to admit, I felt anxious on the days when social events took me off course.  I could have declined them, but that seems counterproductive on so many levels.  I never want to be a woman who can’t enjoy friends and family because they eat differently then I do.  And after 4 weeks of concentrated effort, I am smaller still than I have been in my adult life.  Specifically - I am no longer obese.

The Ties that Bind

In just a few hours, I will be getting off a plane and seeing people who haven’t seen me, ever, this size, this weight, etc.  I am physically transformed.  Despite the confidence and the pride that I have regarding such a change, I am still going “home”.  Back to situations, places and people that were part of my old me.  To say I am anxious would be a massive understatement, yet my eating and moving over the past few days has not reflected any change in my mood.  THAT is what I am taking with me as I travel.  I don’t have to eat to survive family.  I can still move when my geography and schedule changes…my life is permanently changed, not temporarily altered.

Obesity has been the mainstay of my life for 30 years.  The people I am visiting me have ONLY known me that way.  I imagine there will a lot of interesting posts over the next 4 weeks as I visit and process the experiences.  This much I do know - I changed ME, for ME, and I will return to MY life to do more of the same.  Obesity will not be a part of my life anymore…even if makes others more comfortable that way.

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