No Fussin’ No Cussin’ No Hasslin’ No Wrasslin’
My title is from a MySpace page for a little bar I want to go to in Austin, Tx. It has a bingo game there called Chicken Sh-t Bingo and this chicken in a cage poops on numbers and you hope you have the numbers it poops on. I like the title because it’s cute and I think it’s fitting for some folks here on Buddyslim.
Anyway…….I signed up for a 5K race for Oct. 15th. This will be the first race I have done where I actually ran it. I hope that training for this race will help jump start my weight loss efforts again and if I complete the race then I can scratch that one off my New Years Resolution list.
On another note, the other day I read a blog where someone spoke about the skinny people and their efforts to lose weight too and how they talk about it. When I was younger I used to think they (skinny people) were just complaining over nothing too but I have since changed my way of thinking. I remember when I was 207 and I needed to lose over 60 pounds. When I started reaching the 160’s did I then become one of the skinny people? No. When I reached 150 did I become one of the skinny people? No. I may have gotten skinnier but I wasn’t skinny. My BMI still said I was overweight. What is that magic number out there that tells others you need to stop talking about weight loss? I know there are some people that need to lose 60, 70 or even 100 pounds but just because a person isn’t in the 200’s doesn’t mean they shouldn’t talk or act on their weight loss. Just because a person has only 15 more pounds to go doesn’t mean they shouldn’t talk about it. I remember working with some skinny girls and they would watch what they ate and discussed it and that’s probably because they knew if they didn’t that they would gain weight too. The only difference between them and I was that they watched what they ate and I just ate whatever I could. I guess my whole point is on this subject is what’s the magic number that you have to quit talking about weight loss? I may not be 200 and something pounds anymore but my weight is still at a dangerous number for heart problems and other medical problems so I think that’s ok. And if someone whose 130 wants to try and get at a healthy but at a lower weight then I’m ok with that because it’s better they do it now before it really becomes a hard struggle. This was not a rant but just an opinion on the subject. I mean, if we all made it to our goal weight and became “skinny” are we not allowed to talk about our weight loss efforts anymore because we are no longer considered “fat” by others? Believe me when I say the struggle continues on. I made it to my goal weight once and you just don’t magically stay at that number. You have to keep working out and eating right or the weight comes back on.
Have a good one buddies. To all my fellow Texans out there, especially the one’s living on or near the coast, stay safe. That Ike looks pretty mean.
Great blog WW! Congrats on your decision with the 5K in October. That’s a great goal. I’m a wuss when it comes to running; I can do everything but run.
No matter how much a person has to lose, the struggle to lose weight, maintain and live a healthy lifestyle doesn’t have a number. I know now that IF I ever get to goal or if I don’t, that I need to do this for the REST of my life. Eating right and exercising is very much a part of waking life. Whether one has 5 lbs or 150 lbs, the struggle is the same. I find that trying to lose these last almost 20 lbs has been so hard; but I won’t give up and I won’t allow negative attitude to deter me from goal.
We’ve all got our own battles to face, regardless of how much. I know that when I was 338 lbs, I would look at people here who were the size I am now and I was jealous of the relatively small amount of weight they had to lose. I wonder how some who are where I was at view the me I am now…likely the same way I viewed people in the low 200’s then. The thing I’ve come to learn is that we all have our own battles to face and no one persons battle is any more or less…it’s just a hard fought battle, simply put. No one knows just what it took that “skinny” person to get “skinny”, and stay skinny, know what I mean? The thing that bothers me is the Paris Hilton type of skinny people that go on and on about how fat they are. Now that truly drives me mad!
Sounds like a fun bar that you went to and omg I would so love to play that chicken sh*t bingo..sounds too funny. One of those odd quirky things you rarely come across in life.
Hey girl, glad to see ya around again…been wondering if you were ok. I can see that you are.
5K race…man this is awesome!! Girl, I hope you are so proud of yourself!!
That does sound like a fun bar…though I dont do bingo..that one might be fun lol.
Take care now girl! Love Debbie
Very nice blog…Its not like we wear tshirts that say HEY I USED TO BE MUCH FATTER…You dont know someones weight history with just a glance…Very well said!!
Amen and thanks for saying that! Lmao on the Bingo and your title!
Good luck on your race! You are my hero! I haven’t gotten brave enough for that!
have I told you lately that you just friggin rock?! lol Awesome blog….
yes maam I am one of those Texans..I dont live right on the coast but we are definitely in for some high winds and flooding. We are actually just about to head to my parents’ house for a couple of days so yall hold down the fort
I agree with your perspective 100%. I think many of us see are true eating disorders come back to light once we reach our goal weight and start to feel comfortable eating again. I know I have really realized how often I would eat when I wasn’t hungry just to taste food or to block emotions because I pay attention to these feelings before I put food into my mouth. Before when I was overweight I didn’t. So the true struggle begins to change these habits permanently so I can maintain my weightloss.
Awesome blog and so well put.
Congrats on deciding to do the 5k
You have to let us know how it goes.
I am proud of you for pushing yourself to new heights.
Would love to get to the point of being able to run one not feeling quite there yet.
Maybe someday though.
You are an inspiration.
YOU GO GIRL!
Have a great weekend
Lori
Good to have your back.
Girl - I am with you….I am a fat person no matter how much I weigh….need to change my mind and habits….weight is so much more than a number on the scale - are you on a challenge team?
Wow! a 5k? that’s great! Proud of you.
Wow you go girl a 5k race…you are so amazing! Love the blog about “skinny” people…I never thought it was right either to judge someone else’s weight loss battle…losing weight is a battle weather it is the first 100 pounds or the last 10 pounds.
By the way I thought the chicken shit bingo was so funny…I never heard of that before.