Survey of weight loss....

Over the weekend, I watched several shows about (morbidly) obese people who are trying to loose weight. Friday night I watched Heavy, which chronicles the weight loss journeys of people over a six month period. They are provided all the right tools, and it is amazing how much weight they loose and keep off. It truly is inspiring. Yet another show I watched, while at the gym, is Too Fat for Fifteen. This is a show about teens who are extremely overweight and attend a special school that helps them not only loose weight but learn how to live a healthy lifestyle. Again, truly inspiring....And my final show of the weekend is Ruby, a show about a woman in Savannah who weighted around 700 pounds and got all the way down to 300! Again, inspiring...

So here is my issue- all of these shows picture a percentage of the population...the morbidly obese. I am many things, not always positive things, but morbidly obese...or obese...is not one of them. After watching that show, I felt BETTER about eating....not inspired to work harder and eat healthier. I didn't feel MORE motivated to work out...I felt empathy for those on the show and impressed with their bravery. Overall....it made me question the psychological side to weight loss and how EACH and EVERY person has their own triggers and issues. That weight gain is MORE connected to our emotions than our stomachs.

So while I will continue to watch my shows (I DO love them!) I want to be more aware that I cannot relate my journey to theirs and need to concentrate on finding my own path, with all the bumps in the road belonging to ME! That's the only way to fix the psychological in my mind...

And speaking of my journey, I am holding strong at 17 pounds. I feel like I have definitely hit a plateau...so I am trying to crank up the cardio this week and keep the calorie intake down. I actually made it 50 minutes on the elliptical without passing out. And of course, blondie two rows over looks perfect and is barely sweating with her machine set to the highest resistance....I looked like a HOBO!

Why can't people who have NEVER been overweight have their OWN section of the gym?? Or at least periodically spray people with water so we all look alike! Seriously??

Signing off,
Miss Mad