Obesity Free Challenge - RESULTS
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.
Obesity is really an epidemic these days. People have become very lazy and does not want to exercise anymore. I do a lot of jogging and brisk walking everyday just to be fit and healthy.