I have a confession to make….
I know you can’t see it any pics which I use for my online profiles. But I am overweight..
I always have been a little bit.. I always have been bigger than most.. I could give you lots of reasons, but they all boil down to the same thing..
As a kid I was always pretty short, and I guess you might call me more of a fuller-figure girl. I have got extremely poor co-ordination and balance and found doing anything physical very difficult. I guess when you fall over every time you try to run then you probably stop running… It was always difficult in my family too, having a brother and 2 sisters who are all quite athletic. And even now I struggle with exercise. I am the only person I know who has fallen off a bike, down stairs, off a tread-mill, off a x-trainer and off anything possible which is slightly higher up than other things all in the last year alone. I think the stair-falling count is up to around 5 or so times in the last year. If there’s somewhere to fall, I will fall. I’ve never done any serious injuries all in all… I mean apart from smashing out a few teeth at age 15 after a fall from a bike, and tore some ligaments in my ankle last year after the most serious fall down the stairs..
All of this is fairly normal in someone like me who has had many operations on my ears as a child. Just chronic ear infections. All of this has left me with somewhat slightly affected hearing, and the poor balance.
So, here is my thing.. I am overweight. And I gotta do something to change that. If I don’t how can I ever expect to be happy!? I know, I know.. weight isn’t everything. But I have a certain expectation for myself and for my health. And none of it is particularly unreasonable.
But now I have decided that enough is enough. And I am going to do something about it. With your help and encouragement I can do it. I am going to lose weight, get healthy and get fit. There is already a risk for my health with cancer running in the family. Besides how can I stand there as a nurse and tell my patients to live healthy lifestyles when I so obviously don’t?
Excellent!!! I’m always trying to lose weight and get fit and healthy, too. I’ll encourage you all the way. Good luck!!
I’ll certainly encourage you too. Hubby has been loosing weight – was over 100kg, yes, he’s 6ft2… but still… he has tied so many times, but finally found the one thing that has motivated him – so stick with it… slow and steady… I need to exercise more to keep my strength up (arthritis) so we can all encourage each other!!
Good luck!
awww, wow! thanx! yeh I’m working at it!! this week has been good.. finger’s crossed for a better one next week!