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I decided that 2009 would see a slimmer healthier me! My rose colored
spectacles had fallen off on Christmas Day when I looked at the digital
photos and was horrified to see a stranger enjoying Christmas with my
family. It was a considerable shock to realise that the stranger with the
Hitchcock profile was in fact me. I was the large, rotund figure and, at some
point in my life, I'd managed to morph into a Hitchcock double.
Although I was upset I didn't rush into a diet on January 1st as I wanted to
take my time to view the different options that were available other than
liposuction and other drastic measures which did not appeal to me on many
levels.
I am in a category in which many women of my age, the baby boomer years,
find themselves.... heavier than they'd like to be and finding it far more
difficult to lose weight than ten or twenty years ago.
When I was young I was like a stick insect and my parents continually fed
me a diet of raw eggs and cod liver oil and malt in an effort to put some fat
on my scrawny frame. If only that were me now. These days I only have to
look at a doughnut and it immediately finds a location on my thighs, signs a
long term lease and settles down to indefinite residence. But this year I
want to shake up the horrid cellulite and give the doughnuts an eviction
notice.
It isn't just that I feel large and unattractive these days but being over
weight physically manifests itself in a lot of huffing and puffing and
difficulty performing simple exercises. As I approach a flight of stairs my
heart starts racing at just the thought of the upcoming effort. Not a good
sign.
I don't even know when the weight started to settle. One minute I was a
nice, comfortable size 11, not slim slim, but a dignified size and weight and
then over a winter a couple of years ago it came like a thief in the night and
robbed me of my hitherto 'feel good' complacency.
When spring arrived and I realised that my light weight clothes were too
tight I convinced myself that they had all shrunk in the new washing
powder. I avoided looking at the size labels when shopping, threw out the
weighing scales, as they were old and obviously needed adjusting, and
averted my gaze whenever full length mirrors or shop windows suddenly
presented themselves in my line of vision.... And there I stayed for the next
few years in a limbo of self denial.
But now I am determined to overhaul my mind set and my body! In 2008 I
am going to look and feel better. I am going to buy a new swimsuit and new
clothes for summer. I am not going to set unrealistic goals but I really want
to lose at least one stone in weight. That should help with my health and,
the more weight that I lose, the more active I should become.
I am fed up looking at clothes in, the 'Women's" section, the designated
area for women of a 'certain size'. I don't want to only buy clothes which
cover up my thighs and tops of my arms, I don't want to seriously consider
buying elastic waist bands to accommodate my ever increasing middle for
the rest of my life and I don't want to get out of breath tying up my trainers.
I want to wear slim fitting jeans again and to be able to walk in a pair of high
heals without worrying that I could topple and fall like an awkward turtle
onto my back, not able to stand with dignity, but having to roll onto my
side and then my knees to be able to get perpendicular once again. Being
overweight effects your life in so many ways. It is not fun and I'm
determined that 2008 is the year when the turtle turns!
Best wishes, from an unfit 54 year old with great hope, expectation and a
newly found resolution.
spectacles had fallen off on Christmas Day when I looked at the digital
photos and was horrified to see a stranger enjoying Christmas with my
family. It was a considerable shock to realise that the stranger with the
Hitchcock profile was in fact me. I was the large, rotund figure and, at some
point in my life, I'd managed to morph into a Hitchcock double.
Although I was upset I didn't rush into a diet on January 1st as I wanted to
take my time to view the different options that were available other than
liposuction and other drastic measures which did not appeal to me on many
levels.
I am in a category in which many women of my age, the baby boomer years,
find themselves.... heavier than they'd like to be and finding it far more
difficult to lose weight than ten or twenty years ago.
When I was young I was like a stick insect and my parents continually fed
me a diet of raw eggs and cod liver oil and malt in an effort to put some fat
on my scrawny frame. If only that were me now. These days I only have to
look at a doughnut and it immediately finds a location on my thighs, signs a
long term lease and settles down to indefinite residence. But this year I
want to shake up the horrid cellulite and give the doughnuts an eviction
notice.
It isn't just that I feel large and unattractive these days but being over
weight physically manifests itself in a lot of huffing and puffing and
difficulty performing simple exercises. As I approach a flight of stairs my
heart starts racing at just the thought of the upcoming effort. Not a good
sign.
I don't even know when the weight started to settle. One minute I was a
nice, comfortable size 11, not slim slim, but a dignified size and weight and
then over a winter a couple of years ago it came like a thief in the night and
robbed me of my hitherto 'feel good' complacency.
When spring arrived and I realised that my light weight clothes were too
tight I convinced myself that they had all shrunk in the new washing
powder. I avoided looking at the size labels when shopping, threw out the
weighing scales, as they were old and obviously needed adjusting, and
averted my gaze whenever full length mirrors or shop windows suddenly
presented themselves in my line of vision.... And there I stayed for the next
few years in a limbo of self denial.
But now I am determined to overhaul my mind set and my body! In 2008 I
am going to look and feel better. I am going to buy a new swimsuit and new
clothes for summer. I am not going to set unrealistic goals but I really want
to lose at least one stone in weight. That should help with my health and,
the more weight that I lose, the more active I should become.
I am fed up looking at clothes in, the 'Women's" section, the designated
area for women of a 'certain size'. I don't want to only buy clothes which
cover up my thighs and tops of my arms, I don't want to seriously consider
buying elastic waist bands to accommodate my ever increasing middle for
the rest of my life and I don't want to get out of breath tying up my trainers.
I want to wear slim fitting jeans again and to be able to walk in a pair of high
heals without worrying that I could topple and fall like an awkward turtle
onto my back, not able to stand with dignity, but having to roll onto my
side and then my knees to be able to get perpendicular once again. Being
overweight effects your life in so many ways. It is not fun and I'm
determined that 2008 is the year when the turtle turns!
Best wishes, from an unfit 54 year old with great hope, expectation and a
newly found resolution.
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Power Shaper
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Power Wrist Exerciser
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Bamboo Yoga Block
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Embroidered Yoga Mat Bag
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Energy Balance Yoga DVD
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10 MINUTE
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Hang Ups F5000 Inversion
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Bilateral Stepper
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