I’ve been a member of SparkPeople for quite some time, never really sticking to it long enough to make a lasting difference. I recently bought the book and started the 28 day program to get a jumpstart, but I’m finding it’s really difficult to get the initial motivation to start the forward motion.
Browsing their forums today, I came across a fellow Viriginian who is proud of her husband’s decision to get healthy. She has done it herself, and reading his blog I found out that he’s gotten tired of letting his life slip by and made the decision to get healthy too. I’ve got my own reasons to get fit, and I feel inspired by this guy. I’m going to be keeping tabs on his blog.
It’s really hard for fat people to take advice from skinny people, especially skinny ones who have never been fat. It’s one thing to let Jillian Michaels tell me what to do – she’s made a career out of it. But skinny friends and family trying to help me out is like rubbing salt in a wound. If you’ve never struggled with weight, you can’t understand it. Unless you tried to quit smoking.
But listening to a fellow “big-boned” individual is better. We’re in it together. That’s why I’m looking forward to seeing Ed’s progress. Kinda like JC, who has also become an inspiration to me. He was my size when I had seen him last. By the time I got back from Paraguay, he was a bean pole.
I’m going to try to make this progress more public here. I need people to keep me accountable. I want Kathy to almost not recognize me when I go back for our wedding. It can happen.
-j
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