I met a new friend at the gym today. She asked me last night at aqua running to meet with her this morning for cardio. Thank God I committed to her, otherwise I wouldn't have went! I met Giselle at 10:30 and I did 20 minutes on the treadmill, 20 minutes on Elliptical and 30 minutes on the recumbent bike. I was soaked with sweat and I felt great for the rest of the day. The best part, was that it flew right by because we were chit chatting. It is amazing how hooking up with a friend to work out can be a fun event.
Exercising with a friend is great and so is dieting, if it is done the right way. I sold my metabolism to NUTRISYSTEM in 1991 for about $5000! That's right, that is the day I actually sold my metabolism and I have been desperately trying to get it back ever since. The day I walked in there I thought I was the fattest biggest hugest COW that ever walked. I was 193 pounds! I remember the 'before picture' from that day and I was absolutely disgusted!! I would KILL to be 193 pounds now. After NUTRISYSTEM I rolled over 200 pounds and kept right on going. I have never been below 200 pounds since!
I got extremely lucky. My childhood girlfriend Logan had joined NUTRISYSTEM and we decided to move in together. Our entire cupboard was full of everything NUTRISYSTEM. We were never tempted like most other people who have to diet and live with those 'freaks' who can eat whatever they want when they want. My favorite NUTRISYTEM meal back then was the macaroni tuna casserole. MMMMMMM! I bet that you are all drooling about it right now! I think Logan and I ate that astronaut-just-add-water delight about 4 times a week.
The best part of this time in my life was living with Logan on Horsefield Street. It was an amazing apartment! The heritage buildings were renovated and turned into apartments by Dominic Eden. He hand picked a variety of professionals who would make a cool mix in the common courtyard. Logan and I would get weighed on Fridays so we could cheat, drink and be merry! Every Friday we sipped on Moose light beer in the common courtyard, blared some tunes, smoked, and laughed and just chillaxed. The neighbors would sometimes gather in the courtyard with us. We had the gay hairdressers James and Paul, a naval officer Ken, a PR chick named Melissa, Dominic's mother-in law Marilyn, and some others I cannot recall. We'd end up going out somewhere clubbing and dancing and then stumble home hammered, sometimes crawling up Germain Street. I loved living in uptown Saint John! Then, the absolute BEST part of the night was JULIUS pizza at the corner of Horsefield and Charlotte Street. I would literally 'blow' somebody for a 12 " slice of that pizza right now!!!!! I am drooling just writing about it.
Here is the sad part of this story. I got down to an all time low of 167 pounds on NUTRISYSTEM. I remember Logan and I both had identical 'goal' jeans. They were brand named "Manager", sized 13 and I wish to God I still had them. (Logan more than likely does!!) They were kick ass jeans and we looked HOT in those!! Sadly, I still felt and thought I was a HUGE cow! I still remember my clothes feeling tight and being uncomfortable in my skin and self conscious about how fat I was...at 167 pounds! Can you imagine? This time around I am actually not obsessing with damn numbers. I have to focus on health, feeling better and looking better. I do look at the numbers on labels and that is important to control my sugars and lose weight. BUT, I am trying very hard to stop obsessing with the number on the scale and the size number on my clothing. It is a struggle living for a number...but all I remember is hitting that number on the scale and thinking I had to hit another better number. I was totally incapable of celebrating because of damned numbers! I remember years later looking at some pictures and I asked my friend "who is that?". IT WAS ME!! I am not kidding. I did not even recognize myself in a picture....and I had no recollection of ever looking that good...I was still dissatisfied. Is that tragic or what? I now know that weight loss success is avoiding any fast fix diets that require just adding water, taking supplements, 'speed' or denying entire food groups. The key is to not eat white stuff, eat fruits and veggies daily, lots of water and fiber and exercise! That's it. Pretty simple formula...and no numbers necessary.
Lynn
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