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Monday motivation

Ever feel like everyone's staring at you .. breathless just walking in a straight line... well it won't always be like that... once you don't give up! 

For all the negative comments that I have put up with being 'big' ... no one has ever slagged me off for exercising... last year I did the 'Pink Run' in Dublin...  and when lots of runners who were doing their second lap (its a 5k circuit so you had to go round twice...) and whilst the walkers were still stomping around on our first... they still cheered people on... and I was amazed! "well done" .. 'you can do it'... all smiles and fist pumps ... and it meant the world...  




So today... walk outside your door... keep going for 10 mins... and then you HAVE to walk home.. 20 mins DONE... then tomorrow... do it again.. in a week you'll surprise yourself... you've walk little further... a little faster and maybe you'll try 15 mins... PLUS you'll feel a WHOLE lot better about yourself... No excuses unless you're made of sugar and will dissolve!

Week 2 chart below... 37lbs lost in total so far! Rocking it kids!









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  1. I found it hard to get confidence to exercise at first. I started with an aqua aerobics class, then GP referral at the gym and more recently aerobic swimming with WW friends. I now do 3 hours aqua fit/aqua zumba, 2 .5 hours gym and 2 hours aerobic swimming a week. My experience has differed somewhat from yours. I'll never forget walking into the gym back in January 2013, bearing in mind I had already been a member for almost a year, I continued to go after the 16 week GP referral ended. There were 2 young super slim girlsand they both looked at me and laughed, then, i guess assuming I had my iPod on, the EarPods were in but there was no music, one turned to the other and said "Oh my god!". I felt like crying and walking out but I didn't, my reasoning being that in the past 11 months of going to the gym same time twice a week on the same days I had never seen them there before (or since for that matter). On the other end of the scale i've had women come up to me and say "Wow you're amazing working as hard as u do" and "Seeing you here inspires me to keep coming" which is amazing and a massive boost. Now I don't really care what people think so much. Thing is I may be overweight (I've lost almost 7 stone so far with a lot more to go) but not as much as I used to be, also I am healthy and dare I say....fit?! Although I do agree that on the whole people are supportive of exercise, there's just a minority who think they are better than you when in fact we are all equal, we all struggle with something or other, just so happens that for me it's my weight.

    Apologies for the long rambling comment, just felt I had to reply.

    Aren't we all doing well :) that chart is awesome!!

    (BTW I kicked those girls butts on the x trainer, they couldn't breathe after 5 minutes!)

    Em x

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    1. oh Em it gives me rage! But you know what... you a better person regardless of weight! That behaviour is just vile! They're horrible humans.. skinny or not! We're in the exact same spot weight wise... lots more to lose... I'm not super fit... I'd love to do the mini marathon in June but if I can't then next year... but I'm not unfit... I'm just not super fit! Fuck them... they're not even relevant ... you're rocking it and you should be so proud.. one thing this journey has taught me is you learn more about yourself and how some people just aren't worth it! I was in a restaurant and this woman was staring at me from the moment I walked in... till she got up to leave.. I thought she was going to say something smart about my weight or what I was eating... and I swear I was really ready to have a right go at her... turns out she liked my coat and wanted to know where I got it... ! Live and learn... surround yourself with the 'good uns' and forget the rest xxx PS: love a good ramble!

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  2. It's infuriating isn't it! Maybe they wouldn't be like it if they knew the background but they're not the type of people I want knowing my background. They can judge all they like as long as they don't expect not to be judged themselves! The biggest learning curve so far is to be proud of myself and to accept flattering comments, which in itself is a massive challenge. I think being bigger we expect people who stare to be judging us not to like the clothes we wear! As for sticking with the 'goo duns' u certainly learn who your friends are on this journey! A lot of the excess weight shed has been jealous so called mates! Well I'm not there for other people to feel good about themselves! The marathon is an achievable goal, whether u do it this year or the next, it's getting there that counts xx

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    1. oh its ignorance... and later in life.. when they realise that no one is perfect.... it'll be too late to change and they'll just be bitter... As for friends... the ones who encourage you...are proud of you and stick by you... they're the keepers... I've been genuinely shocked by the reaction of some of my so called 'friends' to my weight loss... and I was mad enough to do anything for them! Its a learning curve but we're rocking it! The marathon will happen !!! regardless! I still can't accept compliments though... has to be the irish genes in me! LOL x

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  3. Sorry doll, I was late posting last week's weight loss, and then posted it in a comment on one of your older posts. Whenever you get around to updating your chart, my loss for last week was -1lb and this weeks loss was -7 lbs. Fab post as usual :) thanks x

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    1. AWESOME!!!! that's a brilliant loss! x

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    2. Thanking you. Nearly fell off the scales with shock :) . Moving house at the minute so I reckon the stress has something to do with it :) x

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  4. My loss for the second week was 0.5 lbs and my holiday weight gain this week was 2.5 lbs! I enjoyed every single meal so it actually was worth it!! Week 4 I'm coming for ya! xx

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