Nobody can go back and start a new beginning,
but anyone can start today and make a new ending. - Maria Robinson –
I was saddened yesterday realising that people
(even some of my members) still judge others on their size, I don’t think anyone has
the right to tell someone else they’re ‘fat’ or at what size you will become attractive! What’s that all about, every woman (and man)
I know is gorgeous in a different way, in their own unique way. And I think the way I reacted yesterday showed
me I’m a little bit naive to think that because I think this way everyone else
will too.
It always makes me smile when they start
throwing statistics and research at you to about the dangers of being
overweight, research full stop makes me smile because for every piece that
tells me the dangers of being fat, I can find similar on the dangers of being
slim, heck chocolate is supposed to be bad for you but last week ‘research’
showed it could help you lose weight.
Trust me researchers can find evidence to prove anything!
I’ve been every weight from 8st 13lb to 14st
since I was 18, and those numbers have not only affected my physical health but
my emotional health also. These days I
hover around 11 stone and according to the charts I’m overweight and guess what
- I couldn’t give a stuff! Why?
Are you thinking “you’re a Weight Watcher leader, you should care, you
tell people to get to their goal weights?”
No actually I don’t, I try to tell people to get to a weight they’re happy
at, a weight they can maintain, a weight they can still enjoy life at and be
happy in their skin.
I’m healthier than I’ve ever been, both
physically and emotionally. I eat
healthy foods most of the time because I appreciate that they make me feel well
and they give me energy, I don’t eat ‘diet food’ because it makes me thin! I move more, I walk the dog every morning
because it sets me up for the day and makes me feel calm, not because it burns
calories. I run at least once or twice a
week because it challenges me and invigorates me, I don’t run for fun, I’d be
lying if I said I did, I do run because it makes me feel better about indulging
in a glass of wine though, I see it as counterbalancing any harm the alcohol
might be doing – whether that’s true or not only my body knows, I’m not
interested in the research.
I’m going away this weekend and I will
overindulge, I’ll eat too much and drink too much and I’ll do it with real
gusto and without a thought for my weight, the enjoyment I’ll have this weekend
with my friends and family with give me a feel good feeling that will last me a
month or more, and when I return I’ll eat sensibly and drink less to counterbalance
the overindulging.
Beauty comes in all sizes, I have photos of
myself from when I was in my 20’s and looking at them I know I wasn’t happy
with my body even though I was a good stone lighter than I am now, even the
photos of me at a size 8, I can recall me wanting to lose more or being scared to
go out for fear I’d put some weight on.
That’s not healthy nor happy.
My most favourite photos of myself these days are the ones
when I’m smiling and laughing because I can always tell by the smile in the
photo whether it’s a real one or that ‘smile the camera’ pose. 20 years ago I didn’t like having my photo
taken, 20 years on I was brave enough to have a photo shoot done including a
naked shot, yep I took my clothes off even though officially I’m overweight
because I don’t care what anyone else thinks of me and how I look because guess
what, “I love me and I’m very happy in my skin”.
That’s what I want for every woman that joins my
meeting, for them to learn to love themselves regardless of what they weigh, I
see it happen too and it makes me so happy, there’s nothing better than seeing
a gorgeous lady feeling good about herself and being happy in her own
skin. That feeling doesn’t come from a
set of scales, that feeling comes from inside.
So gorgeous, enjoy your day and have a fabulous
Easter weekend, I know I will.
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