TWO DAYS YOU GUYS :)
Anyways:
So yesterday at work I was talking to my coworker about losing weight. He of course, like a nice person who doesn't feel comfortable about talking about me losing weight, says "You look fine the way you are, you don't need to lose weight!" UGH I HATE that sentence. I know his intentions were to not hurt my feelings, but I KNOW it isn't the truth. I know it isn't because one I am not healthy, as my doctor has told me with blood tests and that little chart they use, and when I look in the mirror I am SO not happy.
So we then went on to talking about how much, since I convinced him that yes I indeed do need to lose weight, we would want to lose. He talked about how he wants to get into shape as well and said liek 20 pounds or something. Then he asked me the question, "How much do you want to lose?" And I proceeded to answer that number that has been in my head for MONTHS that I never want to see on my body again. I answered 40-45 pounds. His mouth DROPPED and he goes, "You cannot lose that much, there wont be enough of you left." HA HA HA. Unfortunately there will be plenty left! lol.
You see I am about 5' 8' and (cant believe I am telling you this) about 185-190. UGH. I dont know my exact weight because I refuse to weigh myself. I was weight last November at a gyno appointment and she said I was 191 well I have been working out and eating a hell of a lot better since then so I know it has dropped...a little. My doctor says that my HEALTHY medium weight would be 153. So, I thought ok, why not go about five pounds below that and be happy. BUT HEALTHY. So my goal weight is 145-150. MAX.
I always say to myself, I want to look skinny in skinny jeans! Haha, I am sure you girls who are in the same boat as I am know what I am talking about. I also just got my first tattoo and it is on my back, and the only way you can see it is if I am wearing a two piece bathing suit..I would like to show my fuck awesome tatt off next summer :)
So ladies (I dont think we have any guys on here) how much do you want to weigh? Let's be honest with ourselves. I feel better with that out there now believe me. If you dont want to share your weight, please dont. But a ballpark number of how much you want to lose would be good if you want to say.
45 pounds...can I do that in a year? I think I can...no wait...I KNOW I can.
thanks for posting a very personal story and feelings about yourself. I too have started working on losing weight. I am 5'2" and weigh 160lbs my doctor says that my ideal weight is 105lbs I feel I can do this in a year. Check out sparkle people on the net, they are a great help. here's to us that we come back in a year at the goals we have set for ourselves....
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ReplyDeleteI am not sure if you will receive an email saying I responded, but thank you so much for commenting on this! I think we can do anything that we set our minds to. I wish you good luck, and I hope that you follow with this blog and let us know how you do! You can always chat with me on twitter! We are determined to do this!! And I will for sure check out that website you gave me! Thanks so much again, and stop by soon :)
I'm 5'8'' too and I get the sameeee comment whenever I tell people I am trying to lose weight. Yes I want to look better, which is part of it, but a bigger part of it is that I want to FEEL better..like I could get out of bed and go run a 5k or 2 if I felt like it! I'm aiming for getting down to 135-140ish (a weight I was at manyyyy years ago haha). Good luck to us all...we can all do it!
ReplyDeleteAnd I think I need to learn more about Rob Pattinson if that's providing encouragement for people haha. Gotta say I don't know much about him, and I have a nerd crush on Jimmy Fallon...so maybe I'll do it for me and a little bit for Jimmy ; )
ReplyDeleteAHH hunny, let me get you hooked on rob :) Are you on twitter? Follow me at freebird1790 and send me a tweet :)
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