It’s always nice to hear that people notice you are losing
weight…really, it’s flattering…but it also makes you wonder if those that already
know you are taking the necessary steps needed to shed pounds are just saying
it to help boost your confidence? Yea, yea…I know, shut up and take the dang
compliment. But you see, I’m somewhat of a skeptic when it comes to what comes
out of adults mouths (no offense my friends…you allllll know you are the same
way) BUT, if a child compliments you then you better KNOW it’s for real. Let’s
take my 7yr old for instance; one day after church a few months (pre-journey)
back she overheard the conversation I was having and heard me say “Yea, I’ve
just gotta run to such-n-such blah blah blah”. She, in turn, whips her little head
around and says “yea mom, you need to do some running to lose some weight”. Rude.
Now some people would take offense and pop their kid upside
the head. Not me…I listened to her. Why you might ask? She has absolutely no
reason to sugarcoat my size or her feelings about how my size hinders my
ability to be the mom that can ride rides at the fair with her or go down the water slide with her etc. It absolutely SUCKS to be the mom that says “no honey,
I’m so sorry I’m too big to do that with you…maybe one day!” or you know some
moms be like “they should make rides available for us bigger moms”. Uh, no. it’s
not their fault we don’t know when to push our seat back from the table or
strap on a pair of tennis shoes and put them to work. Any who…the moral of this
story is that a kid’s compliment trumps an adult’s any day of the week (in my
eyes).
With that being said, I received my first compliment of this
process from my 7yr old the other day. It went a little something like this…”mom, I
can tell you are getting a little smaller…you don’t look so much like this
(bows her arms out to her sides as if she’s showing me I use to be shaped like
a pregnant woman)”. I’ll take it! That just makes me want to strive THAT much
harder and do THAT much better. Her one little comment had more of an impact on
me than 20 friendly “I can tell you’ve lost some weight” ones even though I know
I have lost weight…wanna know how much? I sure did when I went in to boot camp
earlier than normal yesterday. In a 6 week span of working out 3-4 times a week
(with the exception of the snow-blizzard-snowpocalypse thing that occurred last
week) and staying at or a little below my goal calorie intake I have managed
to:
-Lose 11lbs (yesterday I thought it was 12 but I obviously
can’t count)
-Lose 5in (2 of which were in the one area most women lose in
first but wish it wouldn’t leave from)
-Drop my BMI down by 1%
I am exactly on track with where I want to be…losing 1-2lbs
per week! Even though by this amount of time doing the fad diets I did in the
past, I’d have already lost close to 30lbs, I’m proud of what I have
accomplished thus far.
When I first started working out 6wks ago I could not hold a
plank, do a box jump, do a sit up or a “girl” push up…now I can do them all
(not for long or many, but I can do them). I still can’t properly do a burpee,
but I’m getting there. My body is just not down with the whole “thrust-your-body-on-the-ground-then-thrust-your-body-off-the-ground-by-doing-a-push-up”
thing yet. Baby steps here…baby steps…
-Erica
