Lots of people I know are working hard at losing weight and getting healthy. It’s like an epidemic! One I’m really excited about. Just a few:
Brown Betty: BB was slim and trim growing up, but that changed after having four children. She put on the “correct” amount of weight with each of her kids, but didn’t lose it each time. However, for the last 20 years, she has maintained her weight. Granted that weight is much higher than it should be, but she hasn’t gained any weight in 20 years. For someone who eats essentially whatever she wants (except when on ‘fad’ diets, which never last long) and doesn’t get any exercise, I think that’s astounding, don’t you?
BB has recently started seeing a nutritionist who is giving her some excellent advice on how to eat healthy… and BB’s following it! She’s no longer counting apple fritters and blueberry muffins as fruit. She’s eating three square meals a day – BREAKFAST even! She’s even got her husband to stop enabling her (not a malicious enabler, just a clueless one).
Her efforts are all paying off. She’s lost over 11 pounds so far! The success has spurned her to add exercise into her routine and she’s making arrangements to get a treadmill so she can start walking/jogging.
For the first time in 30 years, BB’s doing it right. And it’s going to work this time. She’ll be slim and trim like her old high school self in no time!
Awesomesauce: Awesomesauce has always struggled with her weight; I think it’s one of the reasons we became such good friends, even though we didn’t talk about it much at first (we secretly bonded over it). A few years ago, she did Atkins and lost quite a bit of weight, then switched to Weight Watchers and ‘watched her weight’ go lower and lower. Then she fell in love, and – as is often a result of cohabitation – put all the weight she lost back on.
Good news, though! Awesomesauce – and Mr. Awesomesauce – have both made a commitment to return to a healthy lifestyle. They understand that getting better nutrition, exercising and losing weight will help them in all sorts of ways – lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, increasing self-confidence, decreasing stress, perhaps even an improved sex life *wink*wink*
Both Awesomesauce and her hubby have started watching their diet, and really sticking to it! And, I’m pleased to say that (thanks to my influence, lol) they’ve both started the Couch-to-5k program. They’ll be running fools!
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I’m so proud of Brown Betty and Awesomesauce (and Mr. Awesomesauce!) for making the commitment to lose the excess poundage for good. And since I know these people, and I know that they can do anything they put their minds to, I’m confident I’ll soon be surrounded with svelte hotties :)
There are others in my circle who are editing their lifestyles to be healthier, happier folks. No doubt, there are hundreds – THOUSANDS – more out there who are doing the same thing! To those of you working on getting in shape and losing weight, know that you’re not alone and that it can be done. And that YOU can do it.
Go team!
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