Half of Me:The Story of Fat Girl Slim

Nope. Didn't get a copy of that memo...damnit, at least I would have had some warning...

Thanks for the good wishes :D like I said, point duly noted, I will try to do better, I promise. If not I will submit to being beaten accordingly.
 
ali.smedley said:
Nope. Didn't get a copy of that memo...damnit, at least I would have had some warning...

Thanks for the good wishes :D like I said, point duly noted, I will try to do better, I promise. If not I will submit to being beaten accordingly.
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Trust me, I need to watch it myself. Not for the same situation you have but just because if I do not eat at regular intervals/times I have a tendency to binge. No where near as debilitating as what you go through but bad all the same.
Beatings only need to occur after the fourth occurrence. :D
 
If not I will submit to being beaten accordingly.
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A beating a beating!!:D

You are doing great. Dont let one person get you flustered. I agree she is probibly jealous.

Changing up your work out will help you a lot. Its a good move. Keep on losin it!
 
I am glad to see that everyone is in agreement with my 'friend'. Although it is weird, it really is just amusing to me and it pushes me to do better.

I will take whatever pushing I can get :D

I am so excited about the change up, although my body is a little angry with me today because of it. I like feeling like this, it tells me that what I am doing is working...

I just have to keep on moving forward...wait, isn't that a Toyota commercial???

I need to get some original lines...
 
Hey ali,

I always like when my PT decides to put me thru a new workout. Its definitely fun to change things up. Don't worry about your "bitch sessions", this is your diary and that is what is for when you need to.

Hope your workouts and work go well this week :)

-Sam
 
ali.smedley said:
I am glad to see that everyone is in agreement with my 'friend'. Although it is weird, it really is just amusing to me and it pushes me to do better.

I will take whatever pushing I can get :D

I am so excited about the change up, although my body is a little angry with me today because of it. I like feeling like this, it tells me that what I am doing is working...

I just have to keep on moving forward...wait, isn't that a Toyota commercial???

I need to get some original lines...
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I mean personally, I think everyone is going to agree with you in regards to your "friend" situation. We all have people like that in our lives... you will get to a point and realize, you aren't doing it for them anymore. I mean, you may have done it for the "oh's and ah's" of it for the first 80 lbs... after that, it becomes more personal and you realize what it really is all about... I am at the point that it is embarrassing for people to talk about how much I've lost... believe it or not. It will happen... :)
 
I mean, you may have done it for the "oh's and ah's" of it for the first 80 lbs... after that, it becomes more personal and you realize what it really is all about... I am at the point that it is embarrassing for people to talk about how much I've lost... believe it or not. It will happen...
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That is interesting that you say that. I think I am starting to get to that point, but I have to admit I do love the "oh's and ah's" when someone hasnt seen me in a long time and I havent told them Ive been losing weight.
 
you will get to a point and realize, you aren't doing it for them anymore
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I never did it for anyone other than myself and I am not even looking for accolodades (although they are tasty :D)

You and I have talked about this...it is more the dichotomy of how she presents herself to me as a friend...my friends have said something and noticed. It isn't about the fact of the weight loss, but more that something has changed in my life and the people who care about me noticed that change. For all she knows I could have terminal cancer...

Anyway, I could give two shits, even though it appears like I do, at this point it becomes more of how long will it take before something is said???

I could start a forum pool and make some $$$ hehe...
 
Ali, is this person a friend? Because if she is she isnt acting like one. I had a friend turn to me yesterday and say "Oh, are you losing a little weight?" My wife just about blew a gasket. She was like "A LITTLE weight? What do you mean a LITTLE weight?" It was funny.
 
Wow, I love this thread... makes me chuckle with the annecdotes.

Ali, I know you are doing it for you, but I mean it is for the OH's and AH's if you think about it. If being overweight and obesity were accepted and not looked down upon, none of us would be at this website, so in some small twisted analytical way, you are doing it for other people (sorry if I am over simplifying this).

I do personally know the situation Ali is going through, so I can say that this person is just a douche bag. She knows it isn't cancer and that you're doing via hardwork, I just think she doesn't like the method (and I don't mean the hard work being the method). So, fuck her, she wants the relationship Ali has... but doesn't and probably never will.

Coffee, as for your situation, people make dumb comments all the time. I've been asked if I had AIDS... it's just the way it is. The human race is just stupid... nature of the beast. At this point, due to the amount I've lost, I am afraid of seeing old people from before, because it is so dramatic I fear comments that make me more self aware. Whereas people who have seen me change gradually USUALLY don't make a big deal out of it (unless they see an old photo, or my family who are the most unsupportive pricks around). :)
 
Coffeebro said:
Ali, is this person a friend? Because if she is she isnt acting like one. I had a friend turn to me yesterday and say "Oh, are you losing a little weight?" My wife just about blew a gasket. She was like "A LITTLE weight? What do you mean a LITTLE weight?" It was funny.
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I suppose it depends on how you define friend...is she someone I can go to bingo with or chat with on the phone, sure. Is she someone who knows my deepest, darkest secrets? Hell no.

In short, she is an acquired friend. She will tell you that I am her 'best friend' but IMO, those people would notice a little something like a 75+ pound weight loss.

I'm over her, but I am thinking of starting a pool to see just how much weight I have to lose before she says something...

As for the person you just dealt with - something happens to people when weight loss is involved that makes their brains explode, that is the only explanation I can come up with...


Wow, I love this thread... makes me chuckle with the annecdotes.
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Keith, I am more than happy to provide you with daily entertainment dear...glad to know I provide you with some daily laughs :)

Ali, I know you are doing it for you, but I mean it is for the OH's and AH's if you think about it. If being overweight and obesity were accepted and not looked down upon, none of us would be at this website, so in some small twisted analytical way, you are doing it for other people (sorry if I am over simplifying this).
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You are not oversimplifying it at all, I think that in my mind, knowing my confidence levels, I never expected people to look at me in a positive way. My goal, if I had one along those lines, was to not stand out as the fat girl. Perhaps there was a subconscious ohh and ahh factor but not out there right in the front of my mind. At any rate, I would be a liar if I didn't admit that I get a charge out of the attention, but from her I guess I just wanted to know that she noticed. Now, it is a game I play...immature, but hell its my life and if I want to act like a 3 year old...I can :D

I did not get to track anything today and totally winged it...my body is angry with me from the erratic eating (no heart problems today, TG) to the late day gym session (where I saw the court clerk for one of the judges I appear before regularly, there is nothing like bolstering your reputation by sweating profusely in ragged gymwear) and now my late night at work. What, you ask? You are working late again??? Haha, silly reader, the odd night is when I don't work late.

I must address those clients that felt compelled to yell at me today via some method of correspondence lest I be accused of ignoring them futher...
 
Darth Pooh said:
I mean, you may have done it for the "oh's and ah's" of it for the first 80 lbs...
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Spoken like someone who has lost 80 lbs...read my numbers dear, I have a few more to go before I get bored with the whole thing like some other people (hehehehe) :D
 
As much as I hate to jump in late to the conversation- I also was working late but no internet connection in sight.......

I did not start this for the Ohs and Ahs. The interesting thing is that I am embarrassed when I get them. I mean, how big was I at the start of all this that people are making an issue out of 35 lbs?? I really do not like when people ask or point out that I 'look good' or have 'lost weight'.
The interesting flip side to this whole thing is that I am ticked that my brother has not said word one regrading this. If I truly was embarrassed and did not like the comments why would I be ticked at him?

Personality contradictions like these are why I was not invited to the good parties in school....
 
In short, she is an acquired friend. She will tell you that I am her 'best friend' but IMO, those people would notice a little something like a 75+ pound weight loss.

I'm over her, but I am thinking of starting a pool to see just how much weight I have to lose before she says something...
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Doesnt sound like you are...

What does it matter if other people notice or not... Some people just don't notice things - like new haircuts or dramatic hair color changes... Hell there was a woman in my office who was 8 1/1 months pregnant who was peeved that people didn't say anything (no one knows the backstory -maybe she gained weight, maybe she wasn't keeping the baby - whatever) Other people's body changes aren't really other people's business. Maybe you've got some life threatening disease and she doesn't know how to bring up the topic...

If you want her to say something - TELL HER...
 
So I was greeting this morning with a phone call from the woman who watches Abby...a car drove into the front of her house...thankfully no one is hurt, but needless to say, daycare was cancelled for today :)

So I am working from home w/my three year old...
 
No it was before she would have gotten there...working from home=good, working from home with a small child=loosely controlled chaos.
 
Somewhat, haha...

I think I said it somewhere else before, raising a toddler is like trying to nail Jello to a tree...a lot of effort with very little in the way of real results...
 
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