wantonfrolicking's Journal, 01 April 2009

Today at the gym, a woman came up to me.

"Do you work out every morning?" she asked.
"Yeah. At least, I try. Last week I didn't come in twice, though."
"And you wear those blue shorts, right?"
"Yeah," which isn't completely true. I have three different work out outfits, but I didn't need to tell her that.
"You look great!"

This took me by surprise. I was anticipating a question on motivation rather than a comment on my size.

"How much weight have you lost?"

It was very gratifying to have a complete stranger recognize my weight loss efforts. Truthfully, I can only tell by trying on pants and the scale. I never see my weight loss in myself. I think I'll need to lose drastic amounts (maybe 50 pounds or so) before I can even begin to recognize that I way less when I look in the mirror.

This was even more gratifying since I haven't been losing weight this week, which has been frustrating.

Diet Calendar Entries for 01 April 2009:
1996 kcal Fat: 80.81g | Prot: 55.03g | Carb: 280.06g.   Breakfast: Refried Beans, crackers, mini bagel. Lunch: blue cheese, lettuce, red pepper, balsamic dressing trader joe's, candied pecans, dried cranberries. Dinner: Tortilla Chips (White Corn), Soft Taco Corn Tortillas, Spanish Rice. Snacks/Other: chocolate, hummus, baby carrots. more...
2722 kcal Activities & Exercise: Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 30 minutes, Exercise machine (moderate) - 35 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 55 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...

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I enjoyed reading your journal entry. I think it is very important to remember this encounter to keep going.  
01 Apr 09 by member: Deana Garcia
What a great story! Isn't it great that someone would go out of their way to give a stranger a compliment! In a perfect world everyone would be that kind... 
01 Apr 09 by member: megan4

     
 

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