I've always been competitive by nature. Throughout my school career, I competed in athletics, netball and hockey. I was on the debate team, I sang in the school choir and took piano lesssons. My report card was always above average.
Losing control
After school I kept fit by playing squash. When I had my kids it all changed. Whatever the reasons or in some cases the excuses... I gradually gained weight to where I am now. I know there are people that say "Love yourself just the way you are no matter your weight." Alas! I'm not one of them.
Don't get me wrong. I do love myself and I have plenty of friends and family that love me too. But I can't and won't accept and love my weight. I'm uncomfortable and nothing looks good on me. Accepting would mean admitting defeat and I'm just too competitive to be defeated by something I know I can beat!
Getting hold of myself
In the past year and a half I took back control. It was a battle, but slowly I started losing weight and began seeing the number get smaller. I got to throw out my pregnancy pants! Yaahh me! Over the holidays I kept to my eating habits even when I was tempted by delicious Christmas meals. But..... I drank far more than I usually do. Groan...
So... I managed to gain half a year's weight loss in just three weeks!! Not good.
Bright idea!
My husband is in partnership with Natalie du Toit. The South African gold medal swimmer. We were chatting the other day about how and why we feel we should each lose weight. Natalie hadn't swam in a while but is planning to do the Midmar Mile next weekend. The Midmar mile is a very popular open water swim enthusiasts compete in annually. So she started swimming again in preparation for the event. I started swimming again to erase the damage I did during the holidays.
And so....
We agreed on how much weight we plan to lose, but I didn't bargain on who I was dealing with! Natalie's drive is much stronger than mine, but my will to compete might just override my good senses.
ive always wanted to do something about my weght recently my mum complained of adding up, this isnt funny anymore as my friends tells me this too
No beter time to start than now. I wish you all the best.
that is also my problem ... how to lose weight...
since I'm not getting younger it's necessary to watch our weight & have good health...
I still need to lose 8 kilos... and I will try harder...
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I agree. My mind feels 21, but my body just isn't. No matter how I fight against it. Eight kilos feels like 50 when you're not in your twenties! Good luck though. I think you can do it!!
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I read the article, then I noticed your name. That made it funny, that and Dori. I love Dori.
But seriously, if you suddenly stop posting does that mean we should hold a memorial?
Im pretty competitive too, but this sounds super rough.
Good luck.
Funny thing is all the food industry is making us fat (with all the junk they put in), while the pharma is trying to make us slim (with all that slim-now products). In the end its just a big (huge) industry and we're just the collateral victims....
Cheers,
Adrian
@meonline
LOL! Thank you. I'm still alive and kicking. Don't hold a memorial yet. With the amount of alcohol I had in December, I should probably be bottled when the time comes!
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Our body weight is determined by the amount of energy that we take in as food and the amount of energy we expend in the activities of our day.
The level of our physical activities really count
Lifestyle and work habits partially determine how many calories we need to eat each day.
Swimming with an olympian is a bad ass accomplishment all by itself
I haven't swam with her yet. Truth be told, I'm bying as much time as I can before the day comes. It will be bad ass though.
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Good for you for not just rolling over and accepting the weight gain and instead fighting to improve yourself, that's the same for everything, you will never be perfect in anything and there is always room for improvement
Keep it up!
lol, that was a total indirect hit from that silly doctor
Lol
I hate being fat
I think that isnt good
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I think the "love yourself no matter what" come from people with no motivation, who just wants to do zero effort to be a better person for themselves and for others. Be demanding with yourself !