"I have a few fat friends that have lost a lot of weight in regular exercise routines and at the gym but still look fat. And instead of congratulating them on their progress we sort of trivialise what they do."
Ahem…So after my last zealous post
about sculpting my abs in time for the spring in September….How far are my abs
from the Spring time?
Well, well the first day after writing
that blog was very easy. I strapped on my vibro shape belt to my hip, lay on my
bed reading a book, while my hips and tummy vibrated on medium cycles, until I got
a headache. Forty minutes later, I
unstrapped the belt, got onto the floor, did four sets of 15 sit ups, bounced
around on a gym ball for a while and retired for the evening in front of my
laptop.
The next morning, as I intended to arise from bed, my tummy hurt, it
was really painful. I paused for a moment, recollected my work out pattern and
said to myself….Well Done, its working! I continued my day as normal, whipped
up a huge pasta dish for dinner and dunked my face in it completely oblivious
to my quest of finding my abs again!
I remember this moment very clearly, standing
by the kettle making coffee, thinking to myself, “I feel so stuffed”, it was then
only did I realise that I had not done any exercise. Especially after the
hearty meal I consumed at dinner time, there was no way I would even be able to
pick myself off the couch let alone the floor!
Days passed without burning a single
calorie. There has not been a moment whereby I could even find the time to
strap on my lame excuse “ab work out belt”. I have been having my regular
meals, always healthy, over indulging in black coffee as usual(an addict but
the winter does not help!), absolutely no exercise and the only sit ups I did was
when “I sit up in bed in the morning and lay down at night”. That’s about the
only exercise I have time for.
I slipped on my skinny jeans again today
to see if I would be able to tolerate my tummy in the spring and well……No I will
not be able to!
I need to implement at least a 60min
exercise plan into my day and remain committed and focussed.
What I am
discovering is that it is so easy to criticise our appearances. I have a few
fat friends that have lost a lot of weight in regular exercise routines and at
the gym but still look fat. And instead of congratulating them on their
progress we sort of trivialise what they do.
It is hard work keeping in shape
and even harder trying to maintain a great figure. My lesson here is to
acknowledge and encourage everyone out there that is trying to live a
physically healthy lifestyle and in future there will only be positive
criticism from The Socialites circles!
As for me, my saga continues as the
Spring is only five weeks away! J
