Commit to be Fit
“You don’t get the ass you want by sitting on it.”
This might just be the most motivational thing I have ever heard. It certainly put my ass into action!
To give you some context, I am an overweight girl who had a distant dream of shedding the extra pounds one day. Unfortunately for me, while I waited for that one day, the best times of my life were passing by in a haze as I struggled with the day to day consequences of being overweight. People who have been overweight are intimately familiar with the unique lack of confidence those extra pounds give you. There is also the added anxiety over attending new events and meeting new people. While friends and relatives offered well meant but insensitive advice over best ways to shed those extra pounds, each and every unsolicited advice and remark chipped away at my self esteem until I dreaded those family gatherings and outings with friends.
It was not like I was ignoring my health completely. There were spurts of time when I was motivated enough and lost quite a few pounds. But life got busy as it is wont to do and I regained them with some added interest! If the judgemental attitude of people around me was bad before, they were nothing compared to their reactions now.
The truth is, when you are overweight, that is all you are to the society. None of your other merits and achievements matter. They all just fade into the background until all everybody sees is the extra pounds on your figure. Even the good things in your life are somehow tainted. Your love for cooking turns into an advice fest over not using fats and carbs. The occasional pizza takeout comes topped with unhelpful counsel of avoiding too much dairy and cheese.
Even if you ignore all the callous remarks and insensitive behaviour of people who really should mind their own business, there is always your own guilty conscience. Even if you manage to shut up everyone around you, you can’t shut the little voice inside your own head.
Well, I have now decided to listen to the little voice. Instead of waiting for one day, I have decided to invest in my health today. Instead of wishing for a good body, I have decided to work for it.
That is all my little blog is about. It is a way for me to keep myself accountable. But even more than that, it is way for me to meet like-minded people and enjoy my fitness journey.
So join me as I turn my passion for cooking into healthy meals and a healthy lifestyle. After all, what all my failed past efforts have taught me is that Fitness is not a destination, it is a Way of Life!