Three Fats and A Skinny: Scary: When The Panic Fades

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Scary: When The Panic Fades

So I woke up and had a double chin about 3 weeks ago... WITHOUT bending my neck. I was like where did this come from? Then I thought back and realized it came from the many months that I have been spending not doing anything proactive about weight loss - they were all catching up to me starting with my chin. So I got in to a frenzy, stole my husbands IPOD and jumped on the treadmill - 3 x per week for an hour each time... not bad huh? Then I joined Jenny Craig with encouragement from Sporty and LOST 10 lbs... So happpy to see my chin recede... But here is the thing. I can't afford Jenny Craig - it is like $400 per month and if I could I really would - the food is good and it works - but for now that is not an option... So what has happened? I am again on no particular plan and soon my chin will grow. By the end of next week I will committ to join WW on line and begin to count my points. I will also start exercising again at least 3 times per week. We are out of town for a funeral this weekend - Tuesday so I will officially start the Sunday after that. Feel free to check up on me :-).

3 comments:

Ginger said...: I'm so proud of you -particularly with the exercise. Lucky for you it's free + accessible so you can keep working that angle...

On the food front, you can get real clear (in advance) on why counting points is worth it to you. That way you'll have something specific to tell yourself before you make each choice. Changing the internal dialogue around food sets you up to make decisions that support your goals. You might even turn it into a mantra :-)

Also, this isn't about going hard core + then burning out. Instead you're making a commitment to stay engaged...to act consciously...to celebrate the victories and work through the challenges. Your habits can and will change -one choice at a time.; November 8, 2007 at 2:29 PM
Ginger said...: On a lighter note, my chin is a little "loose" as well. In addition to weight loss, I'm trying a new product that I'll be sure to blog about soon :-); November 8, 2007 at 3:02 PM
djw said...: Not sure if it's because, I've not been visiting the blog as much lately, or it's because you haven't been around either...but I logged on and started reading this entry and for a second was confused as to who Scary was! LOL Thought we had a new member I didn't know about!! LOL.... Anyway...

Congrats on the 10lbs! 10lbs can make a difference in how clothes fit. Yayyyy!

And of course, Ginger is right...do what you can to keep health at the forefront of thought... you'll have ups and downs, but that's part of the journey!

Hope to see you back here soon!; November 14, 2007 at 1:03 PM

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The Story of Us

Here's a story,of a lovely lady
And three of her very be-est friends...
3 of them were overwe-eight--
The other one was thin...
(To the tune of the Brady Bunch Theme)

We've been friends for 20 years...yeah, we feel old. Back in the day, I (Posh) was the skinny one. I had this gaunt I need more food look. Fortunately, I had some padding in the right places so in the moment it wasn't so bad, in retrospect I looked hungry. Wasn't really into sports but I used to hike a lot (mountains, parks, waterfalls) with the family. Anyway, had a kid and I'd like to say that the whole pregnancy thing triggered off a latent hormone cycle that spiralled me, in the last 11 years, to 209 lbs...but I can't... It sounds a lot nicer, though, than I like to snack a lot and that great food can be the highlight of my day and that I go through intense cravings for cheese curls and macaroni pie and roti & curry (island food) and lemon crunch cake with vanilla ice-cream and that my concept of a "hike" now is my walk across the parking lot to get to work....and well, you get the picture. So that's me.

Then there's Sporty. Since back in the day she's been saying that she was fat. I don't think her size ever really registered for the rest of us. Most we may have thought was that she was "big boned"...cause she is... Think her height (5ft) may have accentuated what was or wasn't there. She's 235 lbs now. We looked at some home videos recently, though and realized that she had a really nice normal size...not too skinny...not fat...Didn't even realize it at the time. She's been the most avid weight-loss attempter. She can organize a weight-loss plan with the best of em... Weight Watchers, Body for Life, Random Weightloss clinic, Weight watchers, Exercise Boot Camp, Weight Watchers... She's gone through a couple of cycles. And when she's on, she's on! Dieting & Exercising Demon... She lost over 50lbs one year....only problem...she gained it back the next! She keeps on trying though...This year's gonna be a weight-loss year for her. She's a good inspiration!

Scary. I guess you could say she's always been the "fat" one... remember when we were really, really young her grandmother making a comment about how she drank too much juice...not sure if that was the actual case, but several years and glasses of juice later she's 238lbs. I think out of all of us though, she's the most comfortable and secure with her weight size. Not that she wants to stay that size but she's comfortable in her own skin. She's been focusing on the health issues of being overweight...diabetes runs in her family...ever the logical one though, she's given herself a deadline...this coming July, I believe...if she hasn't gotten it together and started losing weight, she's gonna get Gastric Bypass Surgery. She says she'd rather deal with those side effects than deal with Diabetes. She wants to choose her health issue!

And finally Ginger (aka Miss Skinny who went from a size 10 to a size 8 because she decided to embrace veganism as a healthier life style and who doesn't drink soda 'cause it tastes so artificial and who likes to wake up in the mornings and go for walks or even a nice afternoon walk....). Yeah, so Ginger...she was always a regular size I would say....had a moment in college where she put on some weight but she became a vegetarian and lost all the weight (just have to insert bitterly that I've been a vegetarian all my life and I'm still 209lbs...but oh yeah, I forgot I have the whole hormone thing going...) Anyway, I think she's been talking about how she's having problems fitting into her clothes so she's trying to do the whole exercise thing (more) this year. I don't even know how much she weighs... Who cares, anyway-- she wears a size 8!! I'd love to fit my size 18/20 self into her jeans! But anyway, in the spirit of best-friendliness: Go Ginger! Go Ginger!

So that's the gang.

Of course we have a few peripheral characters: Scary's husband who wants to be wearing a speedo, with six pack abs on a beach this November (No he's not even close to speedo wearing); Mimi,Ginger's friend and workout buddy (who would never think of using this blog as a way to distract herself from her dissertation writing); Sporty's cousin, Jill, who thinks she can take sexy back from Justin if she loses 20lbs; my skinny active sister, Spice, who always wants to exercise and "lose weight" (yeah, she gets the same kind of bitter comments as Ginger); My son who started reading food labels last year, to remind me of my caloric intake and weight-watcher points (even though I never asked him to, but he says he's just trying to help); and my villainous mother who notices every plate of food I eat and the number of cheese curl bags in the trash and just knows that I'm gaining weight, even though the scale says I'm maintaining and who says that I need to dilute my juice with half a glass of water...

So yeah, The chronicles of our weight-loss begins!

Three Fats and A Skinny

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Scary: When The Panic Fades

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