Monday night I went to my gym to meet with the manager and get my certificate for finishing the 60-day challenge. I had the highest percentage of weight loss at that location, so the manager also set me up for my free year membership and told me I have five personal trainer sessions for free. I haven’t scheduled one yet, but it’s on my to-do list to do soon!
I had my picture taken with the manager, holding my certificate, that will be on the gym’s website soon. I am a bit stressed about my picture being on a public site, because I am still 30 pounds from my goal weight, but I need to just get over it and be happy that I did so well in the challenge. I got a t-shirt that says “60 Day Challenge Finisher”, too. I put it on as soon as I got home from the gym and strutted about like a celebrity.
Yesterday morning, during a staff meeting, my boss told me she can tell I am back to working out and that I look great. It was out of the blue, and in front of all of my co-workers, so I was a little startled but happy to hear it. It’s funny, I had just written about how no one was mentioning my weight loss this time around.
This morning a co-worker said, “You have lost a lot of weight!” then was afraid she had offended me. She apologized and said, “Not that you were really big before,” and I could tell she felt awkward and embarrassed, so I said, “Thank you” so she could stop apologizing. I was quite big before. That is just the truth. I am barely 5’3″, so 211 pounds was a lot, and it showed.
There’s no turning back now! I don’t want to disappoint anyone by gaining this weight back, especially myself. I have been waiting a long time to be back at goal weight. I will not sabotage myself and deny myself that joy again.
Sweat & Sparkle 