1 post tagged “skinny”

happy day

Today I reached my weight loss goal...

skinny jeans

jeans

I'm skinny.  Well no I'm not really skinny. But from now on I'm not going to allow myself to be the judge of that. Because back in 2000 when these jeans fit, I thought I was too fat then too.

Now even with 46 pounds shed altogether... that girl who always thought she was fat is still living inside me. So from now on I'm going to trust the jeans. There'll always be clothes that don't fit, girls that are thinner and another piece of cake that can be squeezed onto my plate at the buffet table.  But as long as these jeans zip up I'll call myself skinny...

Yes, I do unfortunately tell everyone I've lost weight.  Especially, when I'm trying on clothes at the store, there's always an excited exclamation that brings the attendant running in and I need to explain politely 'No ma’am, I'm not having a heart attack, I just can't believe that the dress I'm trying on actually fits'.

How did you do it?

That's the question I get asked most often. No, I'm not starving myself.  In fact my first 10 pounds lost were accompanied by the munching of many, many packets of Oreo's.  

Then there was the Bee3 video.  Yes, I did a ‘how to’ video for the Bee3 label printer (one of the best label printers I've tested by the way). And did I not look like I swallowed the house Kimora built?  Watching myself in that Bee3 video, I finally saw what everyone else did when they looked at me.

That my friend is called an Aha! moment. The moment where the great light from the sky shines down upon you and enlightenment begins... only in my case it was more of a horrified choking gurgle noise in my throat. Once the shock of my fatty-ness wore off, I then also realized that I sounded pretty British too. This is disturbing because I'm not British. Yes, the day the Bee3 video was unveiled was a day of reckoning I won’t soon forget.

My motivator, the reason I'm even in these Jeans is a young lady called Mildred Munjanganja... maybe you've seen her blog.  She's brutally honest about what she eats and where her weight-loss is going...  Anyhooo, this remarkable woman eats healthy and goes to the gym regularly.  This year I only made one commitment to myself - SAY YES!   I say yes to the healthy food, the fruit and the avoidance of fast food outlets. Yes, to the idea that an eating out Friday night treat is sushi and not a cheese burger.

So whenever Milly calls me up at 5am and says: "Let's go to the gym Leanne",

    My response has to be 'yes'.

Then there's Christina Leon. This woman is a Godsend.  A fitness trainer and a real human being who understands what it's like to be fat. She also just had a baby 4 months ago, and got her body back in shape in no time. Her twice weekly workouts and great advice about what works and what doesn't work when it comes to weight-loss, has kept me on the straight and narrow.  I can actually run a mile now without passing out or stopping to catch my breath.  Where my arms used to be pillowy fleshy softness there is now what they call in the world of skinny folk - muscle.  In just 3 months with Christina my rear has most definitely been uplifted an inch or two. Yup, Christina definitely gets results. No more Bridget Jones granny underpants for me. Whoo-hoo!

That's it?

     -   Pretty much.      


What about the before and after photo's?  
    

    -    Er... No, there'll be none of that. What self respecting woman would put a fat picture of herself on the                     internet? No, No, No.

But here's a photo I took just the other day.

Leanne Naidoo